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Last book you read???
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Jun 18, 2025 09:39PM
Ancient Sorceries: a collection of stories By Algernon Blackwood
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The last book I read was You Were Gone by Tim Weaver. This is from an excellent and exciting series featuring Missing Person Investigator, David Raker. It was a really thrilling read.You Were Gone by Tim Weaver
⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 for this sweeping story of family, love, resilience and survival set during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in WWII.
When Sleeping Women Wake by Emma Pei Yin https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished Alex Aster Summer in the city -Sadly, it was my first “Hate read”. Hated reading it but kept reading to see if it’d get any better.
It didn’t’ 😅
What Happened To Anabel Taylor by Jennifer Shay CartaI listened to it - SO good!!!!! Highly recommend this audiobook!
What Happened To Anabel Taylor
Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas and wow, I have thoughts.First off, I didn’t expect to enjoy this as much as I did. I went in thinking it was going to be a typical YA fantasy with an assassin who's secretly soft-hearted, and while there’s a bit of that, Celaena Sardothien completely took me by surprise. She’s vain, arrogant, bookish, and brutally competent — and somehow, it works? I found myself weirdly invested in a character who can shift from obsessing over dresses to literally snapping necks.
The story starts with a competition to become the King’s Champion — basically a fight-to-the-death audition among criminals and killers. But what kept me hooked wasn’t just the action, it was the world-building peeking in around the edges: a kingdom where magic has mysteriously vanished, creepy Wyrdmarks appearing in dark corners, and a deeper plot slowly unraveling.
Now, is it perfect? No. The love triangle felt a bit predictable at times, and I think the first book leans more toward setup than payoff — but there’s enough intrigue and tension to keep the pages turning. Also, Sarah J. Maas has a knack for laying foundations that she builds on big time later in the series (which, yes, I’ve already started).
If you're into badass female protagonists, slow-burn world-building, and a little bit of court drama sprinkled with sword fights and mystery — Throne of Glass is definitely worth picking up.
Can’t wait to see how much darker and more complex the story gets from here. I’ve been warned that things really escalate in book 3…
Beyond the Trailer Park, A memoir about struggle and overcoming the person you were to built the life of your dreams. its a good book and I'm happy to have written it. I am currently reading it to my wife nightly.
⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 for rural romance and family drama
Cockatoo Cove by Maya Linnell https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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