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January was a month of temperamental and tumultuous reading. Most of the month was spent re-reading favorites or losing myself to the romance stack, but most of the books I read were DNF or meh or I just couldn’t start them. It was weird. It was a weird month of fleeting reading funks. Ever experience that? Where you want to read, but nothing seems to scratch that itch? Anyways, here is what I ended up reading.
What are you currently reading?
I’m currently reading Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes, a Science Fiction Horror story that Netgalley and the publisher graciously sent me. I am hellbent on finishing it 🙂 I also finally got around to reading Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews, book #7 in the Kate Daniels series. So far, I’m loving it. Wishing for more of those Curran-Kate moments, though. These two cannot catch a break!
What did you read recently?
Dark Lies (Wolf-Bound 3#) by Veronica Douglas dropped at the end of January, and, of course, I HAD TO READ IT. This was one of my most anticipated reads of 2022, and I have no regrets. I also read Kiss the Fae by Natalia Jaster, which was okay. It wasn’t the best. The love interest was off-putting. And the main character wasn’t the most compelling. But we can chat about that later.
What will you read next?
Declaring the next in line to be read feels like a lie sometimes. Because I am SO TERRIBLE at sticking to a reading plan. That said, I do have two books I would like to tacking next.
I snagged an arc of The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan on Netgalley, and I would love to dive into it soon. It releases February 22nd, so I need to jump on it soon.
As for the second book, I’m hoping to read (and enjoy) The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley. It’s one of the books I picked for the February prompt of the Adult SFF Backlist Books challenge. I’ve had several fellow participants tell me this book is SO FREAKING GOOD, and I hope to love it just as much as they did.
What are you reading right now?
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If I could have one book that would make this entire week awesome, it’d be my favourite literary work to date; The Great Gatsby. Favourite novel of all time by author Nick Carraway. This story was so full of interesting characters and vivid descriptions, no-one would dare call it dull in the slightest.
Favourable aspects which I love are its setting of New York City from 1922 to 1924 and Carraway’s writing in giving an honest depiction of how a person’s inner self may change over time, with both good and bad things that come with this journey of life. If I have gone through even a bit of his writings, everything he writes is a little too real with me. That’s what makes the Great Gatsby truly incredible as I feel like it has had an influence upon me even further now after reading more than 25 years later. It will continue to hold a special place in my heart. This week‘s choice? “The Big Man in the Sky”, a biography written by Stephen Crane that describes his early life and life-story that shaped him towards becoming an American Writer, which brought into sharp focus what made life meaningful even until today. It…
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