ARC Review: A Midsummer Night’s Scheme

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S SCHEME

HARPER KINCAID

SERIES: Bookbinding Mystery #2

GENRES/ SUBJECTS: Cozy Mystery

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Top Ten Backlist Queer Books I Want to Read in 2023

March 21: TTT Rewind (Pick a previous topic that you missed or would like to re-do/update.): Backlist Queer Books I Want to Read in 2023

Sometime in January I did a Top Ten Tuesday on “Queer Books I Want to Read in 2023”. I planned on it being a mix of backlist and new releases, but the 2023 releases completely took over, so I’ve been keeping this topic (all the ones I missed then) in my back pocket.

ARC Review: Stardust in their Veins

STARDUST IN THEIR VEINS

LAURA SEBASTIAN

SERIES: Castles in Their Bones #2

GENRES/ SUBJECTS: YA Fantasy

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Top Ten Books on My Spring 2023 To-Read List

March 14: Books on My Spring 2023 To-Read List

There are so many great books coming out this spring! So much so, I’ve managed to fill the entire ten with purely new releases I’m really excited for between the start of March and the end of May. I’ve no idea how many I might be able to squeeze in, but I hope as many as possible.

Cozy Fantasy Book Tag

The Cozy Fantasy Book Tag was created by 24hryabookblog and, since I’ve been craving more cozy fantasy these past few months, it’s perfect for me right now.

Top Ten Bookish People I’d Like To Meet : Creative Characters

March 7: Bookish People I’d Like To Meet (These can be authors, book characters, book bloggers/influencers, cover designers, cover models, etc.) : Creative Characters

I really love hearing people talk about their hobbies and things they’re passionate about. These are all characters with creative interests (writing, baking, photography etc) I’d be happy to sit down for a conversation with.

Let me know what you think!

Top Ten Contemporary Romance

February 28: Genre Freebie (Pick a genre and build a list around it. It could a list of favorites, a to-read list, recommendations for people interested in reading books in that genre, “if you like this, try this”, etc.) : Contemporary Romance

Until relatively recently, I’d have said that if there was one genre I really didn’t lean towards, it was contemporary romance. However, in the past couple of years I’ve read so many good stories in the genre, it’s one I’ll actively seek out. And there’s so much variety! So for this weeks topic, I’m sharing some some contemporary romances I’ve loved, and some I’m really excited to pick up.

Let me know what you think!

Trope-ical Readathon Round 6 : TBR

Round 8 of Trope-ical Readathon (Round 6 of the month-long version) will begin March 1, 2023.

“The readathon will be a team-based readathon throughout the entire month of March. There are six teams to choose from:

• Team Romance
• Team Science Fiction
• Team Fantasy
• Team Mystery/Horror/Thriller
• Team Contemporary/Literary/Historical Fiction
• Team Non-Fiction/Poetry

There are 13 common challenges that everyone can do and 2 team-specific challenges, making a total of 15 possible challenges to complete. Each challenge is based on a common trope found in books. Additionally, each team has “Team Books” in their genre that they (and anyone else) can read for extra points.”

Full details can be found on the Information Page.

Top Ten Favorite Heroines

February 21: Favorite Heroines

This was a tough topic, because my memory for this sort of thing is so bad! And partly because I really love a lot of ‘non-hero’ type protagonists? I’m sure I’m going to spend all of today reading other peoples lists and thinking — Duh! How’d I forget her? — but these are the ten books with the most memorable, most enjoyable heroines I can think of.

ARC Review: The Severed Thread

THE SEVERED THREAD

LESLIE VEDDER

SERIES: The Bone Spindle #2

REP: FF romance, MF romance

GENRES/ SUBJECTS: YA Fantasy, Retelling (elements of Sleeping Beauty and Red Riding Hood)

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