The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:
What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?
What are you going to read next?
It’s September! We are officially in the “ber” months. Can you believe it? I can’t. I think I’ll have more room to read books that aren’t arcs very soon.
What are you currently reading?
Hekate by. Nikita Gil – 8% – I did NOT realize this book would be poetry, so imagine my surprise when I started reading it! 😅
The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:
What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?
What are you going to read next?
Today’s is my son’s 13th birthday! Which means he is doing his Bar Mitzvah in July 2026 😬 I’m already stressed after the information session we got about the whole process. But my heart is so full today – he’s such an amazing young man and still gives me his cheek to kiss (he’s taller than me 😩) when he tells me goodnight every night. 😭 Time flies…but anyways, how is your week going? 😊
The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:
What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?
What are you going to read next?
Are we really almost at the end of August? Will I really have a teenager next week Wednesday? 😭 I can’t believe my son will be a TEEN. Sigh…where has the time gone? I’m trying to finish up September arcs and then I think I will feel freer for the rest of the year because my arc load will be much less! Just in time for the busy holidays right? Hope you are having a great week!
Brynn has spent the better part of her life waiting for the chance to attend the annual market hosted by the Kenta, the very same people who exiled the Alaha to live a life over the sea. A rite of passage for all young guards, she’s not sure what to expect from it, but breaking a century- long peace treaty certainly isn’t on her map.
Neither is the encounter with an enemy soldier.
Returning home to Alaha, she’s confronted with the aftermath of the day’s events. The future is uncertain as the threat of hunger looms over the people. With rumors of a growing rebellion, Brynn and her closest friends promise to stick together.
When an unexpected visitor arrives, Brynn’s loyalty will be tested as she learns of a world of magic and treachery. Once her enemy, always her enemy, right? But the dark, knowing eyes of a stranger make her question everything…
…including her heart.
My Thoughts: I saw the hype on BookTok about the plot twist and yes I was shocked but for me it didn’t make sense. So I wish I loved it as much as other people do.
In this addictive new fantasy series set in a world where magic is fueled by pleasure and pain, an obsessive detective infiltrates a brutal gang of dark mages—knowing that one wrong move will get her killed. . . .
Two decades ago, the Bloodmoons ruthlessly murdered Saffron Killoran’s parents, destroying her idyllic childhood. Hell-bent on revenge, she lies her way into Silvercloak Academy—the training ground for her city’s elite order of detectives—with a single goal: to bring the Bloodmoons to justice.
But when Saff’s deception is exposed, rather than being cast out, she’s given a rare opportunity: to go undercover and tear the Bloodmoons down from the inside.
Descending into a world where pleasure and pain are the most powerful currencies, Saff must commit some truly heinous deeds to keep her cover—and her life. Not only are there rival gangs and sinister smuggling rings to contend with, but there’s also her growing feelings for the kingpin’s tortured son, with his vicious pet fallowwolf, his dark past, and the curious prophecy foretelling his death at Saffron’s hand.
With each day testing her loyalties further, Saff finds her web of lies becoming harder to spin. And when one false step could destroy everything and everyone she’s ever loved . . . the detective who’s dedicated her life to vengeance just might die for it.
My Thoughts: Love this one, but I did give it 3.5 stars because of some issues. But it’s actually a book I can’t stop thinking about and can’t wait for book two. Hopefully I love book two more!
Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She’ll risk her life—and her heart—to be one of them…
Meryn Cooper has never dreamed of being one of the Bonded, the King’s elite warriors who form mental links with massive, vicious direwolves. She’s made peace with her life scraping by in poverty in the shadows of the castle. But then her younger sister Saela is kidnapped, stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting.
And Meryn’s world falls apart.
Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army—only to discover that there are Bonding Trials this year, where all soldiers are forced to risk their lives in an attempt to connect with a direwolf. It’s too late to turn back; Meryn is thrown into the deadly competition against her will.
Now, she’ll need to survive the next four months of training at the castle if she wants a chance of finding Saela. Everything here is a test, from the brutal classes where one mistake means death, to the glittering court parties where every smile hides a knife.
To make things worse, Meryn is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her gorgeous instructor, Stark Therion, is as malicious as the wolves himself.
Everyone is out to get her—everyone but the dangerously handsome crown prince, Killian Valtiere. But if she loses her heart to him, she may also lose her life.
What do you get if you mix Harry Potter with Fourth Wing, Zodiac Academy, a dash of Arthurian legend, and lots and lots of vampires? Bloodwing Academy.
I didn’t sign up for this.
A half-fae in a school of highblood vampires? That’s a recipe for torment.
I’m Medra Pendragon—last of the dragon riders, or so they tell me. Funny thing is, there are no dragons left. Not a single one. But somehow, that hasn’t stopped the vampires from deciding I’m worth capturing. Now I’m stuck at Bloodwing Academy, where the highbloods run everything and blightborn like me? We’re just blood in their veins, pawns in their games.
But that’s not even the worst part. Enter Blake Drakharrow. Cold, arrogant, and way too gorgeous for his own good. He’s been tormenting me since the moment we met, and now, thanks to some ancient ritual, we’re betrothed. He acts like he owns me, but I’m not going down without a fight.
Bloodwing isn’t just a school—it’s a battlefield. Highbloods fight for power, and if you’re weak? You’re dead.
Between deadly competitions, lies that could get me executed, and a dragon-shaped secret looming over my head, all I have to do is survive. Easy, right? Except I’m starting to think the real danger isn’t the academy—it’s what I’m becoming in this twisted game of power.
And Blake? He might just be the one who pushes me over the edge.
They think they can control me. They think they can use me.
But they have no idea what they’ve awakened.
My Thoughts: Another hyped book on BookTok that I was curious about. Tried it out and didn’t love how long it was, don’t love the main love interest…I did read book two but hated the MMC even more. 😅
Like everyone else in the settlement of Mistaken, Greer Mackenzie is trapped. Founded by an ambitious Scottish lumber merchant, the tiny town on the edge of the American continent is blessed with rich natural resources that have made its people prosperous—but at a cost. The same woods that have lined the townsfolks’ pockets harbor dangerous beasts: wolves, bears, and the Bright-Eyeds—monsters beyond description who have rained utter destruction down on nearby settlements. But Mistaken’s founders made a deal with the mysterious Benevolence: the Warding Stones that surround the town will keep the Bright-Eyeds out—and the town’s citizens in. Anyone who spends a night within Mistaken’s borders belongs to it forever.
Greer, a mapmaker and eccentric dreamer, has always ached to explore the world outside, even though she knows she and her longtime love, Ellis Beaufort, will never see it. Until, on the day she and Ellis are meant to finally begin their lives together, Greer watches in horror as her beloved disappears beyond the Warding Stones, pursued by a monstrous creature. Swiftly realizing that the stories she was raised on might be more myth than fact, Greer figures out a way to escape Mistaken for the very first time. Determined to rescue Ellis, she begins a trek through the cold and pitiless wilderness. But Greer is being hunted, not only by the ruthless Bright-Eyeds but by the secret truths behind Mistaken’s founding, as well as her own origins.
Playfully drawing from Scottish folklore, Erin A. Craig’s adult debut is both a deeply atmospheric and profoundly romantic exploration of freedom versus security: a stunning celebration of one woman’s relentless bravery on a quest to reclaim her lost love—and claim her own future.
My Thoughts: I love this author, she’s a must read. I enjoyed the atmosphere of this book but the story goes in a different direction and it feels like 2 books. I still enjoyed it but wish I enjoyed it more.
The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:
What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?
What are you going to read next?
Are Swifties okay today? 😅 I don’t think I’m a “Swiftie” but I am a fan and I was surprised about the album release, wasn’t that fun to find out on 8.12. at 12:12? LOL…except in Hawaii it was 6:12pm so we didn’t have to stay up late for the announcement. I think that’s the most exciting thing to happen this week. It definitely countered the constant bad news we have happening in our country daily. Plus my mood has been so blah this week, a combination of the hot weather and a heavy period – the worst. Tomorrow my friend got tickets to Alex Warren and she says I AM GOING lol…so I guess I’m going even though I only know his one song, The Ordinary. At least I’ve been reading more!
The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:
What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?
What are you going to read next?
My kids are officially back in school! My son went back yesterday and today my daughter went back. So back to drop offs and pick-ups. Have you been seeing the Halloween candy and decorations in stores lately? And yet it’s so HOT outside – anyways I felt like I was in a reading slump after coming back from Vegas. But I think I’m out of it with the help with two audiobooks (I needed someone to read to me LOL). Now I’m ready to read again 😅.
The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:
What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?
What are you going to read next?
So we had a tsunami warning yesterday in Hawaii and sirens going off, alerts going off on our phones every hour for 4 hours – so it was an anxiety filled afternoon and night. We are barely in the safe zone – we didn’t have to evacuate, but we were monitoring the news very closely. There was actually tsunami waves around the state, on ours of Oahu I think one coastline got 4 feet. It was small but I’m HAPPY about that.🙏🏽
Anyway, haven’t been in the best mood for reading – I think I have just too much on my mind with the house being painted, my dog going crazy because of the noise the men were making around the house while painting lol, the kids going back to school next week and having to finish up with school supply shopping, etc…and the tsunami warning didn’t help! Anyway, how is your reading going? Maybe I’m just tired because we are at mid-year and I need to gather all the energy to finish up the rest of the year!
The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:
What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?
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I had a time this weekend – Lady Gaga is AMAZING live. I only wish I bought the closer tickets that popped up days before the show because the nosebleeds didn’t give me a view of the middle screen (speakers were blocking). Other than that I danced and sang my heart out. My hubby and I walked through a few hotels (hotels are huge so we almost walked 20,000 steps in one day 🫠), but we did eat a buffet that day so, we had to burn off the food! It was hot, I’m a humidity kinda girlie, dry heat feels like the hair dryer is on me outside. 😂. It was a fun trip but damn, Vegas is pricey these days. I think I have to go back on my book buying ban! 😩
The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:
What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?
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Going to Vegas on Friday so I’ve been just getting things ready for my family to babysit my kiddos and our dog! Not looking forward to the weather in Vegas but I think we’ll be staying mostly indoors anyway. Looking forward to Lady Gaga!
The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:
What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?
What are you going to read next?
How is everyone’s week going? It was a quiet 4th of July, I buckled down and FINALLY finished all my July arcs. 😅 I have only 2 more August arcs to read and then a whole bunch of September arcs. Will be glad to read non-arcs soon but honestly, a lot of the arcs I got I’m so grateful for and have been really good this year!
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