Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for February 5, 2025

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A Story about a Memorable Acquaintance

Top Ten Tuesday: 2024 Releases I Was Excited to Read but Still Haven’t Gotten To


Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl

Making TBR lists is so much easier than reading the books on them!

It’s sort of like having a meal that consists of all of your favorite foods.

The temptation to put more food on your plate than can easily fit into your stomach is strong.

Luckily, books don’t spoil if you put off reading them until your literary appetite returns.

Here are some of the 2024 releases I previously blogged about for Long and Short Reviews, have not read yet, but do hope to read eventually.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.  Eruption by Michael Crichton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Build a Girlfriend by Elba Luz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.  Januaries by Olivie Blake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Hope Ablaze by Sarah Mughal Rana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. You Like It Darker by Stephen King

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Somewhere Beyond the Sea (The House in the Cerulean Sea, #2)  by T.J. Klune

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

 

 

Book of the Month Poll Winner ~ Men in Books Aren’t Better by Amanda Nelson and Lisa-Marie Potter


Men in Books Aren’t Better by Amanda Nelson and Lisa-Marie Potter
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc.
Genre: Contemporary, Romance
Rating: 5 stars
Reviewed by Mistflower

Voted BoM by LASR Readers 2013 copy

Pressured by her looming deadline and an unfinished romance manuscript, author Molly Covington applies her immersive research skills and goes all in. She hires a male companion for inspiration during three days of research in Las Vegas. Enter sexy, confident Jared Washington-an extreme sports enthusiast and relationship skeptic who moonlights as a Plus One male companion. Molly’s contract puts him within arm’s reach of buying his own business and making his dreams come true. The chemistry between her and Jared is surprisingly easy. Before their Vegas rendezvous comes to an end, one of them will need to lay all their cards on the table to discover if they’ll be lucky in love.

READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE!

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for January 29, 2025

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Book Quotes That Make Me Think

Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2024


Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl

I always try and find new authors every year.  Some years, I do better than others, but 2024 was a great year for finding new favorite authors.  Over the year, I read 15 new authors, and that’s with having read approximately 110 books total.

Here are a few of my new-to-me authors and the books that got me hooked on them:

Travis BaldreeLegends & Lattes

Cait NaryLucky Bounce

Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Sarah Beth DurstThe Lies Among Us

Christina EstesOff the Air

Sally RigbyDeadly Games

Holly GramazioThe Husbands

Ngozi UkazuCheck Please! Volume 1

J. PennerBakers & Magic

V. E. SchwabA Darker Shade of Magic

Have you read any of these authors?  And yes, I know, at my age, I should not only just now be reading Agatha Christie…

 

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for January 22, 2025

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Book Quotes That Make Me Laugh

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for January 15, 2025

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Favorite Things to do in the Winter

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for January 8, 2025

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What I Think of AI (Artificial Intelligence)

Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2025


Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl

I enjoy the challenge of doing this annual post so soon after the winter TBR post. It encourages me to keep looking for books and try not to repeat any of them.

In lieu of adding a stock photo to this post, I’ll let the book covers speak for themselves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao 

Release Date: January 14

Why I’m Interested: Magical realism and cozy mysteries are two genres I’d like to read more of this year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Three Wild Dogs by Markus Zusak

Release Date: January 25

Why I’m Interested: I love stories about rescue dogs finding good homes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry

Release Date: January 28

Why I’m Interested: This is a slice of history I knew nothing about.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.Under the Same Stars  by Libba Bray

Release Date: February 4

Why I’m Interested: Multiple-timeline stories are so interesting!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

Release Date: March 4

Why I’m Interested: March seems like a great month to read a novella about the dangers and joys of interacting with the Fae. This is a time of year where the weather swings rapidly where I live. It can be mildly warm and sunny in the morning only for a snowstorm or ice storm to hit in the afternoon, for example. Likewise, faeries can be just as unpredictable!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Malinalli by Veronica Chap

Release Date: April 11

Why I’m Interested: This is not a legend I was already aware of, so I’ll have to read it before checking out the retelling. I enjoy comparing originals to retelling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.  The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig

 Release Date: April 29

Why I’m Interested: One of my favorite newer urban legends is the one about staircases in the woods and the terrible things that will happen to you if you find one and climb it. Wendig is also one of those authors I try to read but then get too scared and DNF his work. Maybe this time I can actually make it to the end?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Old School Indian by Aaron John Curtis

Release Date: May 6

Why I’m Interested: It’s refreshing to read books about people finding healing at the end of their lives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

Release Date: May 29

Why I’m Interested: I only know a little about this topic and would like to learn more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Girl in the Creek by Wendy N. Wagner

Release Date: June 24

Why I’m Interested: Once again, I don’t know if this will be too scary for me, but I’d like to give it a try.

 

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for January 1, 2025

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New Books I Want to Read This Month/Year