Tag: books
OWL’s Magical Readathon
I was aware that the OWL’s Magical Readathon was happening in April but I honestly had no intention of participating… simply because I already had my set TBR for the month and I didn’t want to have to completely change it to comply with the prompts for the readathon. However when I had a look over them a few days ago I figured out that a good majority of the book I read this month actually fit the prompts!
A Retelling (Beauty and the Beast Retelling)
Land Animal on the Cover (I’m kind of cheating but there is a crow on this cover)
Age Line – Read an Adult Book (Adult/Historical Fiction)
Reducto: title starting with an “R” (I know the title has now been changed but I did read the E Book version that was still titled Royals)
Plant on the cover
Published at least 10 years ago (How fitting! This was published in in 2005)
Contemporary (YA Contemporary)
Next ingredient: sequel (2nd Book in the Seven Realms series!)
Sprayed edges or red cover
I think I will continue on with the NEWTs in August and I will do a TBR that month focused solely on the readathon and reveal what magical career I plan to follow … how exciting!
April Wrap Up
I actually had a great reading month… I’m not quite sure how it happened but I deviated from my original TBR and actually read a lot more books than I was originally planning too and I’m not mad at it! I kind of listened a little more to my mood this month and read what I felt like reading instead of just solely sticking to my TBR and I feel like that approach really enabled me to read a lot more!
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne – ⭐️5/5 stars
Sightwitch by Susan Dennard – ⭐️4/5 stars
HP and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling – ⭐️5/5 stars
Circe by Madeline Miller – ⭐️3/5 stars
The Hazelwood by Melissa Albert – ⭐️3/5 stars
Prince Charming by Rachel Hawkins – ⭐️4/5 stars
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid – ⭐️4/5 stars
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer – ⭐️4/5 stars
Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard – ⭐️5/5 stars
Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry – ⭐️4/5 stars
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn – ⭐️4/5 stars
The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima – ⭐️5/5 stars
The Gray Wolf Throne by Cinda Williams Chima – ⭐️4/5 stars
Final Girls by Riley Sager – ⭐️4.5/5 stars
May TBR
All the books I’m hoping to read in May! Pretty diverse group of books that have been on my radar for a while now that I am very excited to get to!
The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima
Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young
Save the Date by Morgan Matson
99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne
Sea Witch by Sarah Henning
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
Red Sister by Martin Lawrence
Quick Fire Fantasy Book Tag🏷
I was kind of coming up blank on what to post today until I seen this fun fantasy tag that your kind of not supposed to think to much about just write down the first thing that came to mind which is what I did! See the original tag HERE!
5 STAR BOOK
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson – this is the first book of the Mistborn Trilogy an amazing adult fantasy series that I absolutely devoured! The first book established the characters and the world so wonderfully and the plot expands and builds up so intricately over the course of the series.
ALWAYS GOING TO RECOMMEND
The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson – another wonderful series by Brandon Sanderson that I cannot recommend enough. Granted this is a very convoluted, epic series with each book over 1000 pages so I would say it’s definitely not for those just beginning their foray into the world of fantasy. But if you are a high/epic fantasy lover I would 100% recommend if you haven’t picked them up yet!
OWN IT BUT HAVEN’T READ IT YET
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang – a very popular fantasy read that came out last year, also one of my most anticipated books on my TBR simply because of the hype that was surrounding it. When it comes to hype around fantasy books nine times out of ten I will pick them up and give them a read simply because I just simply love fantasy.
WOULD READ IT AGAIN
A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J Maas – It’s been over two years now since I first completed this series and I really enjoyed it in particular A Court of Mist and Fury. That book just blew me away let me tell you! But because its such a polarising series I kind of want to give it a reread and see if I have the same feelings the second time around.
IN ANOTHER WORLD
The Lord of the Rings Series by J.R.R Tolkien – I have just always been fascinated by Middle Earth as well as the Undying Lands. When I read the books I was just so immersed in the details of the world and I loved how expansive and immensely real this fantastical realm seemed.
BACK ON EARTH
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling – I’ve really been on a Harry Potter kick of late and it seems like my mind never strays day from the Wizarding World.
Amy Leigh Reads 