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TBR

Make Your MythTaker Readathon TBR

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020by amyleighreads3 Comments

I have decided kind of last minute that I wanted to participate in the Make Your MythTaker Readathon hosted by A Frolic Through Fiction on Booktube, for her announcement video click HERE! It looks like a super fun, pretty chill readathon with a lot of the prompts coinciding with most of the books I planned on reading this month anyway. I’ve decided to be a Witch, just because I’m feeling the witchy vibes this month but I may end up completing and adding another character if I can fulfil the prompts.

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The prompts and my tentative TBR include:

Featuring an animal – Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw

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Read a book with a foiled cover – The Missing of Clairedelune by Christelle Dabos

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Featuring a magical battle – The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

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Occult themes – These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling

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Top Ten Tuesdays

Opening Lines

May 26, 2020July 11, 2020by amyleighreads21 Comments

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is opening lines, and I decided to go with the first line from 10 books on my physical TBR! These are all very high on my reading list and seeing some of these opening lines definitely makes me excited to get into a few of them!!

A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos

“It’s often said of old buildings that they have a soul.”

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The Toll by Neal Shusterman

“There was no warning.”

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Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

“The disrupter blast hit the Betraskan right in her chest.”

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Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare

“Lucie Herondale was ten years old when she first met the boy in the forest.”

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The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

“They’ve never found the body of the first and only boy who broke my heart.”

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Into the Crooked Place by Alexandra Christo

“Tavia Syn made a living on magic and it was rarely the legal kind.”

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These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling

“They say there’s a fine line between love and hate.”

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Heart of Flames by Nicki Pau Preto

“Veronyka kicked as hard as she could at Tristan’s face.”

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Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw

“A boy went missing the night of the storm.”

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Flamecaster by Cinda Williams Chima

“Compared to the freezing weather outside, the stable was warm and steamy and alive with the sleepy murmuring of horses.”

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Top Ten Tuesdays

Books I Enjoyed but rarely talk about

April 14, 2020July 11, 2020by amyleighreads14 Comments

This weeks Top Ten Tuesday prompt is the perfect opportunity to showcase 10 books I really loved but haven’t had a chance to talk about in a while. I find usually I will post a review for a book and then won’t really bring it back up again. I highly recommend all of these books and their series!

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas

Truthwitch by Susan Dennard

Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh

To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Dance of Thieves by Mary E Pearson

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

Book Lists

5 Books I Want to Read in 2020

January 23, 2020January 14, 2020by amyleighreads5 Comments

These are the five books from varying genres that I would really like to prioritize and read this year! They have all been on my TBR now for a while and I figured it was time I bit the bullet and gave them all a read!

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw

Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

Book Lists

5 Fantasy Stand Alones

March 21, 2019March 21, 2019by amyleighreads3 Comments

These are a few of my favourite fantasy stand alones! I think most of these are great if you aren’t an avid fantasy reader, to get you started and to dip your toes into the genre. Fantasy is my absolute favourite and I don’t get around to reading a lot of stand-alones in the genre but what I have read I have loved!

Graceling by Kristin Cashore – I get that there are two more books in this world but I believe they are just companion novels, so I am counting this as a stand-alone. I loved this book. The premise alone I found to be very interesting and I loved how it was executed! Katsa is one of my favourite female protagonists and I loved her arc throughout this story.

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To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo – This book surprised me a little bit! I picked it up on a whim and thought it was going to be a little dry (lol) but I actually really enjoyed the storyline. The pace was very well done, I thought the premise was unique and the kind of hate to love romance trope is one of my favourites so I really liked this!

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Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson – I was highly entertained throughout the course of this book! I loved Mila and her commentary in this book was very witty and kind of snarky which I like in a female protagonists. Overall I think it was her desire to find out the truth and her stop at nothing nature that really captured my attention and ensnared me!

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The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw – Dark and atmospheric, I really enjoyed this book as well. The premise I found to be very unique and the twist at the end did really surprise me! I didn’t see it coming and I felt like the execution was very well done.

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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon – Even though this is a fairly new read I had to put it on the list! An epic fantasy book of over 1000 pages I’m sure it is intimidating to the average person. However, I found it to be an incredibly fast engaging read. The world is vast, the characters are diverse and the magic system is unique. Everything I love about fantasy this book really captured!

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