The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
Book Beginnings is hosted by Rose City Reader. We share the first sentence and whatever thoughts of impressions it provokes. For the Friday 56, hosted by Freda’s Voice, we share a few lines from either page 56 or 56%.
Opening Line:
Dusk at the end of winter, and two men crossed the dooryard of a palace scarred by fire.
Page 56:
Even after Vasya had told him the truth, in the hours after Moscow had caught fire and been saved by snow, Sasha had hardly believed his sister’s tale of devils. He was about to demand again that Varvara tell him properly where Vasya was, when Olga broke in: “What does that mean, that the Bear is loose? Who is the Bear? Loose to do what?”.
Book Summary:
One girl can make a difference…
Moscow is in flames, leaving its people searching for answers – and someone to blame. Vasilisa, a girl with extraordinary gifts, must flee for her life, pursued by those who blame their misfortune on her magic.
Then a vengeful demon returns, stronger than ever. Determined to engulf the world in chaos, he finds allies among men and spirits. Mankind and magical creatures alike find their fates resting on Vasya’s shoulders.
But she may not be able to save them all.
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15th – 21st – Have you ever thought about taking a break from blogging/Booktubing (if you’re a Booktuber)? If you have, how long was the break and what did you learn from it? (submitted by Danielle @ PoetryBooksYA)
Knock on wood, I’ve not had to take a full on break yet. Sometimes I switch up the weekly memes I take part in to keep from getting bored of them, and I’ve moved the number of reviews I post per week up and down to something I’m comfortable with.
Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer.
Foxes and Fairy Tales 
This book looks so great, I’m going to binge read all three of them, very soon 🙂
Here is my Bookish Memes on Friday post https://journeyinbookland.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/book-memes-on-friday-february-15-2019/
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That sound like a great way too read them! I wish I’d be able to jump straight from the second one into this one.
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Your book has a sense of a fairytale from the past. I wonder if it has its roots in any fairytales?
As for taking a break from blogging, I have never stopped all my blogs at once but I did recently (gulp) close down two blogs because they were so neglected. It was time.
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I think it’s inspired by Russian folktales and mythology in a general sense. 🙂
Wow! Running multiple blogs at once is mind-blowing to me. I’m not surprised it was a lot of work for you! I think you deserve kudos for keeping all three going for any lengh of time!
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I love that series, and that cover is GORGEOUS! What edition is it?
Marie @ Pages to Explore
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Its the UK hardback 🙂 The whole series of UK books match the style of this one.
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The excerpts have me intrigued. Hope you enjoy it!
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Thanks!
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Sounds interesting. I hope you are enjoying it. I am spotlighting Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch this week. Happy reading!
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I hope you’re enjoying Broken Homes! I love that series!
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Ack, I need to read this series! I love the excerpts. 🙂
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I’ve absolutely adored both the first two.
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The Winter of the Witch is my favorite book from the Winternight Trilogy. Enjoy your current read!
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Those are great snippets. I’m definitely intrigued! Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a great weekend! 🙂
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Thanks! Have a good weekend too!
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Is this the third book in the series? I keep reminding myself to read the second book but forget to do it when I am casting about for something new to read. Loved the first book. My Friday quotes come from Life on Mars
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It is! I think the second one is The Girl in the Tower. It’s incredible!
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I love the cover. And it looks to be a book I would love to read. And it’s a series? So many good series out there now. Here is a link to my Friday 56: https://coffeeandcatsblog.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/friday-56-90/
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It’s a wonderful series! Both the previous books were absolutely marvellous!
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I so want to start the Katherine Arden series!! It sounds amazing and those covers are GORGEOUS. I’m glad you’ve never wanted to quit blogging *flails* It is so fun!
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It’s wonderful! I really hope you enjoy it if you decide to pick it up. I love the covers too. The UK and US ones are so different, yet both totally suit the series.
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I plan to read this one soon. Have read the first two books in the series and they are wonderful, can’t wait to see how it ends!
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There’s so much going on from the last one, I can’t wait to see how it all plays out and comes together!
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I am excited about reading Arden’s books. I keep hearing good things about them, and this sounds like a great addition to her series. I sometimes switch up the memes or blogging schedule too, although not so much recently. I do take breaks now and then, depending on what is going on in my life. I hope you have a great weekend!
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I really reccomend this series if you’re interested in Arden! It’s sooo good! I’ve not read her other work to compare though.
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