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Reading Habits Tag 🏷

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Today I thought I would have some fun and do the reading habits tag. I know there are dozens of different kinds of tags out there that is bookish related that I would love to do in the future but for today I hope you enjoy and learn a bit more about me! 🙂

Do you have a certain place at home for reading? 

I like to be alone when I read so it is usually in my bedroom.

Bookmark or random piece of paper? 

Book mark, although if I am in a bind and don’t have any bookmarks or random bits of paper I have been known to dog ear 🤷🏽‍♀️

Can you just stop reading or do you have to stop after a chapter/certain amount of pages? 

I usually like to stop at the start of a new chapter, but if something comes up I can stop mid page, it doesn’t really bother me.

Do you eat or drink while reading? 

Frequently! If you were to borrow any of my books you may come across smudge or faint droplet.

Multitasking: Music or TV while reading? 

I like absolute peace and quiet when I read! Background noise just bugs me.

One book at a time or several at once? 

I am a one book at a time kind of person. I will forget plot lines and get character mixed up and have everything twisted.

Reading at home or everywhere? 

I really only ever read at home.

Reading out loud or silently in your head? 

I mostly read silently in my head. If something particularly juicy happens or if my cringe factor is at an all-time high during a book I do like to make exclamations and talk to myself lol

Do you read ahead or even skip pages? 

Not really. If I am bored during parts of a book I may just skim through paragraphs but never whole pages.

Breaking the spine or keeping it like new? 

I try to keep them like new for as long as possible but its not the end of the world if they do end up a bit worn.

Do you write in your books? 

No, I’ve never been one to annotate.

Updates

This Savage Song Update

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Thought I would give a quick update! Unfortunately I haven’t had the chance to really sit down and get stuck in to this book yet! I’ve read only around 20 pages and so far the premise seems promising. I’ve been having a few issues with headaches over the last week or so and that has really put me off doing a whole lot of binge reading like I usually would. So I figure I would take my time with this book and really take it in and enjoy it as I read! I will definitely be getting back to you with a review when I am done!

Happy Reading📚

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Nevernight

by amyleighreads1 Comment on Nevernight

IMG_2026This is probably one of my most anticipated books of the month!! After I read the Illuminae Files last month which was so immersive and entertaining and different from anything I have read thus far this year, I cannot wait to see what Jay Kristoff has in store for me with the Nevernight Chronicles. A dark mysterious YA fantasy story involving a young female assassin… like yes, that is right up my alley! This is way more my style and comfort zone when it comes to reading and I am so excited to jump in and start!

Happy Reading📚

Reviews

Edgedancer Review

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81SuJQI8uNLI enjoyed my time reading Edgedancer but I don’t think it is a completely necessary. It was really just kind of ok for me.

This is a continuation of the character Lift who has a small role in Words of Radiance. I think she only had a couple of chapters in the whole book. We follow on after she is captured by the darkness who has been following her for the last few months.

I like Lift as a character. I thought she was quirky and different and brought a lightheartedness to the storyline. However it was a little too slow paced for me for the first half of the novella. It’s pretty much a reread of her chapters from Words of Radiance and then the story continues and that kind of bored me a little and made me a little less invested. I did still really enjoy the introduction to the Darkness and how he is connected to the White Assassin Szeth, that was fun to connect those dots together.

I can really see the characters that are introduced in Edgedancer being highly integral to the plot in the coming books in the Stormlight Archives and I am super excited to continue on in this series with Oathbringer very soon!

⭐️3.5/5 stars I enjoyed Lift and Wyndle but wasn’t blown away by the story.

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Blue Lily, Lily Blue Review

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*Some Spoilers*

Blue-Lily-Lily-BlueOnce again Maggie Stiefvater has taken the plot in a whole different direction to what I thought was going to happen. I honesty haven’t been able to predict anything in this series and that’s one of the qualities that I am really enjoying!

Blue Lily, Lily Blue starts about a month after Maura has disappeared underground. Blue is trying to adjust to life without her mom and the boys have renewed their attempts to try and find Glendower whilst dealing with their own personal issues in the meantime.

One thing I love about this series is how multifaceted the characters are. They all have some many layers and different sides to them that really help to convey their personalities that are all so different.

I enjoyed Blue a lot more in this book than The Dream Thieves. I thought she was a lot more vulnerable and showed a lot more emotion and anguish that we haven’t seen from her. We see her relationship with Gansey start to grow even though she knows what will become of it which is kind of exciting to read as we don’t know when or how or what will happen after so that’s keeping me on the edge of my seat throughout the book. Adam was a little up and down for me. I liked that he decided he wasn’t going to hold any grudges against Gansey and Blue and let everything go, simply because he still didn’t want to loose either of them. I thought that shown more maturity from him that we haven’t seen before. I think that has a lot to do with the Cabeswater and how much responsibility he has taken on listening and trying to interpret its needs. Ronan is showing more and more of his softer side as the series progresses. Even though he still has that hard outer shell that he wears constantly we are getting more glimpses of what I think is his true self. The caring, die-hard, loyal person I think he would have been had everything not happened with his dad. Gansey I think grew a lot more as a character in this story. He’s always been pretty well established but every now and then he displays these raw emotional scenes that really touches me. All of the scenes with him and Blue by themselves are so emotionally charged and the scene in the cave where he falls and he opens up to the rest of them was beautifully done.

There is still the end goal of finding Glendower but I find everything else that’s going on is sidetracking me. The pace of the story was a little slow in comparison to the other books. There was a really slow kind of build up to the final scene where everything was kind of jam packed in. There was a lot more intrigue in this book though and some plot twists that I definitely did not see coming! Ultimately I am deeply invested in the story and the characters, I now need to know what is going to happen next and I am excited to pick up the last book and read the conclusion.

⭐️4/5 stars I’m picking up The Raven King and reading it ASAP!