Category: Books/Writing

May 22

Can’t Wait Wednesday #5 – Reticence

I’m joining in the fun with a Can’t-Wait Wednesday, a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Usually the books are ones yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

Reticence (Custard Protocol, #4) by Gail Carriger
Published by Orbit on August 6, 2019
Pages: 368

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Bookish and proper Percival Tunstell finds himself out of his depth when floating cities, spirited plumbing, and soggy biscuits collide in this delightful conclusion to NYT bestselling author Gail Carriger's Custard Protocol series.

Percival Tunstell loves that his sister and her best friend are building themselves a family of misfits aboard their airship, the Spotted Custard. Of course, he'd never admit that he belongs among them. He's always been on the outside - dispassionate, aloof, and hatless. But accidental spies, a trip to Japan, and one smart and beautiful doctor may have him renegotiating his whole philosophy on life.

Except hats. He's done with hats. Thank you very much.

OMG! I am so so so SO excited for this book! I absolutely adore the entire Parasolverse Gail Carriger has written and since this appears to be THE LAST book in that world (*SOB*) I am so here for it. I guess I should probably get onto reading Book 3 before this one comes out in August…

Any other Gail Carriger fans out there?

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May 19

Sunday Post #9 – Seeing People

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Hey everyone! Back with another Sunday Post update, via Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s been a LONG time since I did a Sunday Post, but I’d like to get back into it regularly as a way to wrap up. I’m totally patterning mine off of Kimberly’s, at least for now.

This week I actually got to spend some time with friends! Between school and work (for all of us, not just me) it seems like I mostly text or message my friends on social media, and it was great to get to spend a few hours with some lovely people in my life this week. Mary and Kayla, I’m looking at you. 🙂 I also worked on the yard, mainly the flower bed on the side of my house. I love gardening, digging in the dirt and trying to help things grow. I also worked more hours this week than I have in a long time, which was GREAT for reading, since I work at a college and there are only a very few students here for May term.

I’ve also been way more active on Instagram lately, so if you like following #bookstagram be sure to say hi! I’m BentBookworm over there as well. I’ve been documenting my journey through the Twilight Saga for “Can You Read a Series in a Month,” which has been…entertaining. I felt compelled to record my reactions to some parts in my stories, just so I could remember my feelings. 😉

Weekly Dose of Adorableness:

This big beautiful boy turned ONE YEAR OLD on Saturday! How is that possible?? Also HOW does he still have a year or more of growing left…when he already weighs over 100 lbs?!?

Last Week on Blog

A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell #2) – historical mystery review
Can’t Wait Wednesday #4 – The Wise and the Wicked
A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell #3) – historical mystery review

Next Week on the Blog

The Bone Charmer – YA ARC review and tour
Can’t Wait Wednesday
A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell #4) – historical mystery review

Around the Blogosphere

Elley the Book Otter did another post about retellings, this time about ALL the Beauty and the Beast retellings she could find! OMG my TBR was not ready.
Beth over at BooksNest debunked some book blogging myths! And also talked about what it really means to be SUCCESSFUL as a book blogger and I was so encouraged.
Cait of the lovely PaperFury blog talks about the balancing act of being a book blogger AND an author – which she seems to do very well. Also her books are awesome, go read them. *hint hint*

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May 15

Can’t Wait Wednesday #4 – The Wise and the Wicked

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Can’t Wait Wednesday #4 – The Wise and the Wicked

The Wise and the Wicked by Rebecca Podos
Published by Balzer + Bray on May 28, 2019
Pages: 368

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Ruby Chernyavsky has been told the stories since she was a child: The women in her family, once possessed of great magical abilities to remake lives and stave off death itself, were forced to flee their Russian home for America in order to escape the fearful men who sought to destroy them. Such has it always been, Ruby’s been told, for powerful women. Today, these stories seem no more real to Ruby than folktales, except for the smallest bit of power left in their blood: when each of them comes of age, she will have a vision of who she will be when she dies—a destiny as inescapable as it is inevitable. Ruby is no exception, and neither is her mother, although she ran from her fate years ago, abandoning Ruby and her sisters. It’s a fool’s errand, because they all know the truth: there is no escaping one’s Time.

Until Ruby’s great-aunt Polina passes away, and, for the first time, a Chernyavsky’s death does not match her vision. Suddenly, things Ruby never thought she’d be allowed to hope for—life, love, time—seem possible. But as she and her cousin Cece begin to dig into the family’s history to find out whether they, too, can change their fates, they learn that nothing comes without a cost. Especially not hope.

This just sounds delightful. There’s nothing I can say to describe it better than the blurb – I’m just so excited! I didn’t get an ARC of this so I’m going to have to wait until the end of the month with the rest of the world…hehe. If you’ve read it let me know what you think!

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May 12

Sunday Post #8 – Trying to Get Ahead

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Hey everyone! Back with another Sunday Post update, via Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer. I’m really trying to stay up with these! I’m totally patterning mine off of Kimberly’s, at least for now.

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This week I’ve mostly been focusing on getting my life organized! This includes the blog, since I know June and July will be CRAZY for me (taking an entire year of organic chemistry in those two months). I’m trying to get as many posts scheduled and lined up as possible – which also means I’ve been reading like crazy. This upcoming week is a little quiet, but I have a lot of new release reviews and tours coming up in the last half of the month and I’m super excited about them all!

Noah in one of his favorite spots! Mine too, though he seems to spend more time in that chair than I do…hmmm.