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Looking Back on 2024: New to Me Authors

I feel like I read a bunch of new authors this year – let’s take a look!

New to Me Authors in 2024

  • If I Promise You Wings by. A.K. Small
  • These Deadly Prophecies by. Andrea Tang
  • The Summer She Went Missing by. Chelsea Ichado
  • Snowglobe by. Soyoung Park
  • Compass and Blade by. Rachel Greenlaw
  • The Half King by. Melissa Landers
  • The Last Bloodcarver by. Vanessa Le
  • Nettle & Bone by. T. Kingfisher
  • The Fine Print by. Lauren Asher
  • So Let Them Burn by. Kamilah Cole
  • The Poisons We Drink by. Bethany Baptiste
  • A Winter Wish by. Emily Stone
  • Spindleheart by. T. I. Avens
  • Beautiful Villain by. Rebecca Kenney
  • Curious Tides by. Pascale LaCelle
  • Just for the Summer by. Abby Jimenez
  • Warm Hands of Ghosts by. Katherine Arden
  • Flawless Girls by. Anna-Marie McLemore
  • The Calculation of You and Me by. Serena Kaylor
  • Dungeons and Drama by. Kristy Boyce
  • A Magic Fierce & Bright by. Hemant Nayak
  • This Summer Will Be Different by. Carley Fortune
  • Not Here to Be Liked by. Michelle Quach
  • A Song to Drown Rivers by. Ann Liang
  • Birding with Benefits by. Sarah T. Dubb
  • All Roads Lead to Rome by. Sabrina Fedel
  • The Girl with No Reflection by. Keshe Chow
  • Castle of the Cursed by. Romina Garber
  • The Monstrous Kind by. Lydia Gregovic
  • Happy Medium by. Sarah Adler
  • Filthy Rich Fae by. Geneva Lee
  • Dishonestly Yours by. Krista & Becca Ritchie
  • Fledgling by. S.K. Ali
  • Deja Brew by. Celestine Martin
  • Fear of the Flames by. Olivia Rose Darling
  • Road of Bones by. Demi Winters
  • House of Thorns by. Isabel Strychacz
  • Eleven Houses by. Colleen Oakes
  • The Wren in the Holly Library by. K.A. Linde
  • Bloodguard by. Cecy Robson
  • Truly, Madly, Deeply by. Alexandria Bellefleur
  • Cloak of the Vampire by. Sapir A. England
  • Darkly by. Marisha Pessl

I read from 45 new-to-me authors this year! 👏🏽 My favorites that I would definitely read from again are:

Vanessa Le, Marisha Pessl, Demi Winters, Geneva Lee, Sabrina Lee, Lydia Gregovic, Sarah Adler, Serena Kaylor, T. Kingfisher, Emily Stone, Kristy Boyce

How many new to you authors did you read in 2024? Or who is your new favorite?

Let me know in the comments!

Looking Back on 2024: Series That I Started or Finished

I did a similar post last year to see what series I started and finished during the year. It’s very interesting to see if I stick to a series or not. It’s so hard sometimes to get back into a series after waiting so long for the next book since I don’t re-read a lot of books anymore.

Series That I Started or Finished in 2024

Here’s what I started:

  • A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1) by Hafsah Faizal
  • Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth, #1) by. Kristen Ciccarelli
  • A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1) by. Danielle L. Jensen
  • Snowglobe (Snowglobe Duology) by. Soyoung Park
  • The Last Bloodcarver (The Last Bloodcarver) by. Vanessa Le
  • The Veiled Kingdom (The Veiled Kingdom) by. Holly Renee
  • Curious Tides (Drowned Gods) by. Pascale LaCelle
  • When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall) by. Sarah A. Parker
  • Heavenbreaker (Heavenbreaker) by. Sara Wolf
  • The Ever King (The Ever Seas Series) by. LJ Andrews
  • Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy) by. Brynne Weaver
  • Heir (Heir Duology) by. Sabaa Tahir
  • The Dagger and the Flame (The City of Fantome series) by. Catherine Doyle
  • Dishonestly Yours (Webs We Weave series) by. Krista & Becca Ritchie
  • The House at Watch Hill (The Watch Hill Trilogy) by. Karen Marie Moning
  • Fledgling (The Keeper’s Records of Revolution series) by. S.K. Ali
  • A Fire in the Sky (A Fire in the Sky series) by. Sophie Jordan
  • Fear the Flames (Fear the Flames series) by. Olivia Rose Darling
  • The Road of Bones (The Ashen series) by. Demi Winters
  • The Games Gods Play (The Crucible series) by. Abigail Owen
  • Filthy Rich Fae (Filthy Rich Fae series) by. Geneva Lee
  • Fangs for Nothing (The Nevermore Murder Club & Smutty Book Coven) by. Steffanie Holmes
  • The Wren in the Holly Library (The Oak and Holly Cycle series) by. K.A. Linde
  • Zodiac Rising (Descendants of the Zodiac series) by. Katie Zhao
  • The Half King (The Half King series) by. Melissa Landers
  • Bloodguard (Old Erth series) by. Cecy Robson

The ones I won’t be continuing are:

  • Snowglobe (Snowglobe Duology) by. Soyoung Park – from what I remember it was intriguing but don’t know if it’s enough for me to read part two.
  • When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall) by. Sarah A. Parker – this first book was SO long, but I pushed through. I don’t know if I have the patience to read a book two.
  • Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy) by. Brynne Weaver – read this because of the hype and this was entertaining but not interested in the rest of the series.
  • Fledgling (The Keeper’s Records of Revolution series) by. S.K. Ali – entertaining dystopian read but would have to be in the right mood to read it.
  • Fear the Flames (Fear the Flames series) by. Olivia Rose Darling – I liked this one but didn’t love the flow and wasn’t connecting to the characters.
  • Fangs for Nothing (The Nevermore Murder Club & Smutty Book Coven) by. Steffanie Holmes – this was fun but no interest in continuing unless I have nothing else to read
  • The Wren in the Holly Library (The Oak and Holly Cycle series) by. K.A. Linde – bought this because the book cover was pretty but ugh, I didn’t love the story, wanted more from the story.
  • Zodiac Rising (Descendants of the Zodiac series) by. Katie Zhao – interesting world building but didn’t love.
  • Bloodguard (Old Erth series) by. Cecy Robson – another pretty cover but story was okay.

Here are the series that I finished:

I finished 12 series this year! Many were duologies which makes it easier to finish.

  • Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment series) by. Rebecca Ross
  • Destroy the Day (Defy the Night series) by. Brigid Kemmerer
  • The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology) by. Holly Black
  • A Fire Endless (An Elements of Cadence series) by. Rebecca Ross
  • Ghostsmith (House of the Dead series) by. Nicki Pau Preto
  • The Mirror of Beasts (Silver in the Bone series) by. Alexandra Bracken
  • Nothing Like the Movies (Better Than the Movies series) by. Lynn Painter
  • The Blood Orchid (The Scarlet Alchemist series) Kylie Lee Baker
  • Wisteria (Belladonna series) by. Adalyn Grace
  • Fangs for Nothing by. Steffanie Holmes
  • The Whispering Night (The Luminaries series) by. Susan Dennard
  • The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us series) by. Tricia Levenseller

What series did you start or finish in 2024?

Let me know in the comments!

Most Anticipated Book Releases | December 2024

There are some exciting book releases coming up this month! 

This is what I’m looking forward to:

The titles above are books I haven’t read but I think I also should showcase the arcs I read that are releasing this month. So here they are:

  • Better Than Revenge by. Kasie West – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
  • A Monsoon Rising by. Thea Guazon – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
  • What the Woods Took by. Courtney Gould – ⭐️⭐️⭐️
  • Dating and Dragons by. Kristy Boyce – ⭐️⭐️⭐️
  • The Last Fashion House in Paris by. Renee Ryan – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

What is your most anticipated book release this month?

Black Friday – Black Book Covers

I forgot to make a post for Thanksgiving yesterday – whoops! I hope everyone who celebrates Thanksgiving had a very nice one. I spent time with family and we had good, filling food. Today is Black Friday, where supposedly there are good deals at the stores — does anyone feel like the days of the “good deals” are gone? Hardly anything is 50% off anymore, it’s usually 15-25%, which is a bummer so am I shopping this weekend? Nope. But in the spirit of Black Friday…here are some black book covers!

  • Onyx Storm by. Rebecca Yarros
  • The Floating World by. Axie Oh
  • Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by. Kylie Lee Baker
  • Ninth House by. Leigh Bardugo
  • Quicksilver by. Callie Hart
  • The Whispering Night by. Susan Dennard
  • The House at Watch Hill by. Karen Marie Moning
  • The Thirteenth Child by. Erin A. Craig
  • An Academy for Liars by. Alexis Henderson
  • Immortal Dark by. Tigest Girma
  • The Familiar by. Leigh Bardugo
  • Unhallowed Halls by. Lili Wilkinson

If you are doing some shopping today I hope you get some good deals and get your Christmas shopping done!

Most Anticipated Book Releases | November 2024

There are some exciting book releases coming up this month! 

This is what I’m looking forward to:

The titles above are books I haven’t read but I think I also should showcase the arcs I read that are releasing this month. So here they are:

What is your most anticipated book release this month?

Most Anticipated Book Releases | October 2024

There are some exciting book releases coming up this month! 

This is what I’m looking forward to:

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The Ancient’s Game by. Loni Crittenden

The titles above are books I haven’t read but I think I also should showcase the arcs I read that are releasing this month. So here they are:

WOW, did I have a lot of October arcs or what?! 😱

What is your most anticipated book release this month?

Most Anticipated Book Releases | September 2024

There are some exciting book releases coming up this month! 

This is what I’m looking forward to:

The titles above are books I haven’t read but I think I also should showcase the arcs I read that are releasing this month. So here they are:

What is your most anticipated book release this month?

Most Anticipated Book Releases | August 2024

There are some exciting book releases coming up this month! 

This is what I’m looking forward to:

The titles above are books I haven’t read but I think I also should showcase the arcs I read that are releasing this month. So here they are:

What is your most anticipated book release this month?

Sassy Saturday

I’ve been looking for a Saturday post to do for awhile and I found this blog meme on The Sassy Library Fox – please go check out her blog!

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All you have to do is to follow those three golden rules:

1. Credit the creator of this tag (The Sassy Library Fox) and link back. (so I can see all your amazing answers!)
2. Answer the 5 questions below!
3. AND enjoy doing the blog meme! 

„SASSY Saturday“ is planned to be a monthly meme but if you want to do it more often feel free to go for it! This meme was created to get to know other bloggers, their new obsessions and to reflect on your own last month! Above all it was created to have fun though!

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S – Series you loved this month

House of Dragon: The only series I’ve started to watch this month is House of Dragon which in usual Game of Thrones style, starts off a bit slow but it’s gotten good but it is just so tragic.

A – Author you discovered

I just read this arc from Emily Stone and really enjoyed it, except the ending felt a bit abrupt but other than that it was a fun read! I’ll definitely read more Christmas romances from her.

S – Song you couldn’t get enough of

I am obsessed with the whole Brat album by Charli xcx – it gives me energy when I don’t have coffee. It helps me not be bored on the treadmill, but this song Apple has cool lyrics and a fun tiktok dance and I do NOT learn tiktok dances but I did learn this one with my daughter and I thought it was so much fun (and easy!).

S – Surprise – Something that totally caught you off guard

Surprise my son caught Covid this month! 🙄 I am so tired of the carousel of covid, flu, colds and allergies that cycle through my house in a year lol.

Y – Your fave blog post of another blogger

#TopTenTuesday: In a Purple Daze!

There were so many fun posts for this topic and I love a purple cover so I’d say Dini’s post was one of my favorites!

And that’s Sassy Saturdays! If you want do the meme please link back to the creator as mentioned above.

Most Anticipated Book Releases | July 2024

There are some exciting book releases coming up this month! 

This is what I’m looking forward to:

The titles above are books I haven’t read but I think I also should showcase the arcs I read that are releasing this month. So here they are:

What is your most anticipated book release this month?