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[quirkycatsfatstacks]

Review: My Murder by Katie Williams

Author: Katie WilliamsPublisher: Riverhead BooksReleased: June 6, 2023Received: Own (BOTM) Sign up for BOTM | More BOTM Reviews Book Summary: Lou has been murdered. She was the last victim of a local serial killer. Thankfully, after her death, they were finally able to catch him. Since the series of murders caught so much attention, a government project decided to bring Lou and all the other…

[kkecreads]

She Started It by Sian Gilbert (Audiobook)

HarperCollins Publishers Audible Release: June 13, 2023 Listening Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Narrators: Sarah Ovens, Anne-Marie Piazza, Ione Butler, Billie Fulford-Brown, Sarah Cullum, Ella Lynch Genre: Domestic Thriller KKECReads Overall Rating: 5/5 KKECReads Rating for Performance: 5/5 KKECReads Rating for Story: 5/5 I purchased this audiobook on Amazon, and I leave my review…

[coupleofbeesread]

BOTM Predictions: April 2023

We’re on a pretty good high with our BOTM predictions. Here’s what we’re thinking we might see this month: Everything She Feared When a teen falls while taking a selfie at the edge of a cliff, the last thing she sees before plummeting to her death is Katie Harmon, the nine-year-old girl she was babysitting, looking down at her. https://amzn.to/403rwPX Happy Place A couple who broke up months…

[agardenandlibrary]

2022

A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross*

Odder Still by D.N. Bryn

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd*

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel*

The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Moira’s Pen by Megan Whalen Turner

Bronze Drum by Phong Nguyen*

*Book of the Month

2023

The Pits by Katy L. Wood

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty*

We of Little Faith by Kate Cohen

2024 so far

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire

The Amethyst Kingdom by A.K. Mulford

See, I was right! I picked up the BOTM subscription again this year, so as the prophets say: mama mia, here we go again.

thanks to @logarithmicpanda I started wondering how many books I read the year they came out. And now, brought to you by my reading spreadsheet, I have the answer. I know you've all been wondering too.

2015

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen

Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley

Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas

Fairest by Marissa Meyer

The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

Jeweled Fire by Sharon Shinn

Winter by Marissa Meyer

2016

Pearl by Deirdre Riordan Hall

The Course of Love by Alain de Botton

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

The Rose and the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh

The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace

City of Shadows by Pippa DaCosta

We Awaken by Calista Lynne

2017

Prince Orlofsky, Vampire Hunter by Isabelle Glass

Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

2018

Tempest and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Failure is an Option by H. Jon Benjamin

Calypso by David Sedaris

2019

Naturally Tan by Tan France

2020

The Faceless Old Woman by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor

Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

2021

The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison (x2)

2022 (so far)

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

Odder Still by DN Bryn

A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross

I suspect the reason 2015 has so many is that I joined the book side of tumblr in 2015 and immediately added every popular book at the time to my TBR! I kept it up through 2016 then started moving away from that method of picking books haha.

However, I imagine this year I'll read quite a few more books published this year because I have a Book of the Month subscription and I'm trying to be good and read those pretty soon after I get them.

[whilereadingandwalking]

When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri is a fun adult sapphic romance, and we need more fun sapphic romances in the world. It took me about a day to read the story of Katie, the Kentucky former show jumper who just got dumped by her Jonathan-Franzen-glasses-wearing male fiancé, and Cassidy, the butch lesbian who is trying to make partner in the next four years and doesn’t have the time to invest in anything more than one-night stands.

First, the bad. The writing was sometimes awkward or rushed for me. As a pansexual woman, I struggled a bit with Katie’s inner fight between whether she’s a lesbian or not, since she, the text, and Cassidy’s friends set it up in a very partitioned binary—there was no even remote attempt to bring up the idea that she could have had genuine sexual/emotional feelings for her ex as well as for Cassidy. That said, I thought that the questioning representation was good. Katie’s struggle to figure out what she’s feeling is realistic and portrayed well by Perri—with some drama, as Katie tries to figure out things, but with a reasonable amount of it, and also with a lot of related humor. It’s a realistic path to romance that doesn’t try and force any labels. Cassidy’s friends were fun to read about, down-to-earth and relatable and representing a broad spectrum of women who love women; and anyone who’s lived in a city has known and probably come to dislike a group of friends like that of Kate’s ex-fiancé. Overall, this is a fun, light sapphic romance that would be perfect for a trip to the beach.

[botmainstream]

Everyone’s favorite awful white pop divas released competing music videos/songs and Sacha is having absolutely none of it, plus the whirlwind of awful news coming from the Executive office in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, and more!

[borgeslabyrinth]

2020 reading goal: 50 books. Current standing: 117/50

October's books:

Don't Look for Me, Wendy Walker

When No One is Watching, Alyssa Cole

The Nesting, CJ Cooke

The Companion, Katie Alender

To Tell the Truth, Gilly Macmillian

The Girl from the Other Side 6, Nagabe

The Girl in the Mirror, Rose Carlyle

Don't You Cry, Mary Kubica

Invisible Girl, Lisa Jewell

Our House, Louise Candlish

My Lovely Wife, Samantha Downing

Stillhouse Lake, Rachel Caine

Portrait of the Alcoholic, Kaveh Akbar

The First Mistake, Sandie Jones

Books read in October: 14 books

Books read this year: 117/50

BOTM books read this year: 23/32

[booksociety]

Book Society presents its August Reading Event! This month, our theme is Hogwarts Houses Reads. We welcome you to join us by picking up a book that embodies the values of your Hogwarts house. The lists below are meant to be guides, but you are not required to follow them, since this theme is open to your personal interpretation. This event is open to everyone, not just our members.

✧ how to participate:

optional: reblog this post; check out our network and members

read (or reread) a book of your choice that fits your hogwarts house; there is no botm

share what book you’ve chosen, thoughts, reactions, and/or creations

use the tag #booksociety in your posts, and include “@booksociety’s Hogwarts Houses Reads Event: [insert house here] - [insert book title here]” in the description of your creations

the event starts on 1 August and ends on 31 August

✧ reading recommendations (under the cut)

Gryffindor 🦁 house values: courage, bravery, determination book themes: adventure, heroes, honour

A Darker Shade of Magic by Victoria Schwab (adult, fantasy; 400 pages)

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (children’s lit, fantasy, classic; 211 pages)

An Ember In the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (young adult, fantasy; 446 pages)

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (young adult, fantasy; 544 pages)

Divergent by Veronica Roth (young adult, sci-fi, dystopia; 487 pages)

Dumplin' by Julie Murphy (young adult, contemporary, romance; 371 pages)

Even the Darkest Stars by Heather Fawcett (young adult, fantasy; 473 pages)

Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh (young adult, fantasy, historical; 392 pages)

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan (young adult, fantasy, lgbt; 400 pages)

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik (fantasy, historical; 356 pages)

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (non-fiction, autobiographical; 327 pages)

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (young adult, sci-fi; 602 pages)

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter (young adult, contemporary, romance, mystery; 284 pages)

Legend by Marie Lu (young adult, sci-fi, dystopia; 305 pages)

Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona (young adult, superheroes, comic; 120 pages)

My Hero Academia, Vol. 1 by Kohei Horikoshi (young adult, fantasy, superheroes, manga; 192 pages)

Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O'Neill (children’s lit, fantasy, comic, lgbt; 53 pages)

Roar by Cora Carmack (young adult, fantasy, romance; 380 pages)

Sabriel by Garth Nix (young adult, fantasy; 367 pages)

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon (adult, urban fantasy, dystopia; 466 pages)

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (young adult, contemporary; 444 pages)

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (classic, high fantasy; 366 pages)

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (middle grade, fantasy, mythology; 377 pages)

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (young adult, contemporary, poetry; 357 pages)

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (adult, high fantasy; 831 pages)

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (mythology, romance, lgbt, retelling; 352 pages)

Truthwitch by Susan Dennard (young adult, fantasy; 415 pages)

Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo (young adult, fantasy, superheroes; 364 pages)

Slytherin 🐍 house values: ambition, resourcefulness, cleverness book themes: leadership, villains, anti-heroes

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (adult, contemporary, romance; 403 pages)

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (adult, contemporary, mystery, thriller; 415 pages)

Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh (young adult, fantasy, historical; 392 pages)

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio (adult, mystery, thriller, contemporary; 368 pages)

Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye (young adult, retelling, gothic; 432 pages)

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (young adult, fantasy, comic; 272 pages)

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (young adult, fantasy; 465 pages)

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder (adult, fantasy; 409 pages)

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (young adult, fantasy; 370 pages)

The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi (young adult, fantasy, historical; 388 pages)

The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell (young adult, fantasy, time travel, historical; 512 pages)

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (adult, fantasy; 499 pages)

The Secret History by Donna Tartt (mystery, contemporary; 559 pages)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (adult, historical, lgbt; 388 pages)

The Power by Naomi Alderman (sci-fi, dystopia; 341 pages)

The Young Elites by Marie Lu (young adult, fantasy; 355 pages)

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake (young adult, fantasy; 403 pages)

Vicious by V.E. Schwab (adult, fantasy, sci-fi; 366 pages)

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal (young adult, fantasy; 472 pages)

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (classic, romance, gothic; 353 pages)

Ravenclaw 🦅 house values: wit, learning, wisdom book themes: mystery, science, puzzles

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro (young adult, contemporary, mystery, retelling; 321 pages)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (children’s lit, fantasy, classic; 239 pages)

Emma by Jane Austen (classic, romance; 474 pages)

Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (classic, sci-fi, dystopia; 194 pages)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (classic, sci-fi; 251 pages)

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (young adult, sci-fi; 602 pages)

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus (young adult, contemporary, mystery, thriller; 361 pages)

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken (young adult, fantasy, time travel, historical; 496 pages)

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (young adult, sci-fi; 374 pages)

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson (young adult, fantasy; 456 pages)

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco (young adult, historical, mystery; 327 pages)

State of Sorrow by Melinda Salisbury (young adult, fantasy; 464 pages)

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (young adult, fantasy; 536 pages)

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (adult, mystery, thriller; 489 pages)

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (young adult, fantasy, classic; 399 pages)

The Gilded Wolves by Rokshani Chokshi (young adult, fantasy, historical; 388 pages)

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (adult, contemporary, romance; 333 pages)

The Martian by Andy Weir (adult, sci-fi, humour; 369 pages)

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton (young adult, magical realism; 301 pages)

The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (young adult, contemporary, romance; 384 pages)

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (young adult, contemporary, mystery; 242 pages)

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon (young adult, contemporary, romance; 380 pages)

Hufflepuff 🦡 house values: hard work, patience, loyalty, fair play book themes: friendship, empathy, heartwarming

Anne Of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (children’s lit, classic; 309 pages)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt; 359 pages)

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (young adult, fantasy, lgbt; 522 pages)

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein (young adult, historical; 453 pages)

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (young adult, contemporary, romance; 483 pages)

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt, comic; 278 pages)

Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren (adult, contemporary, romance; 309 pages)

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt; 352 pages)

Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson and others (young adult, fantasy, comic; 128 pages)

Our Bloody Pearl by D. N. Bryn (fantasy, steampunk, lgbt; 200 pages)

Persuasion by Jane Austen (classic, romance; 265 pages)

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt; 262 pages)

Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson (young adult, contemporary; 449 pages)

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (children’s lit, fantasy, classic; 93 pages)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (young adult, contemporary; 213 pages)

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness (young adult, fantasy, contemporary; 317 pages)

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (retelling, mythology, romance, lgbt; 352 pages)

The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur (poetry; 256 pages)

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (young adult, contemporary, romance; 355 pages)

We Are Okay by Nina Lacour (young adult, contemporary, lgbt; 236 pages)

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon (young adult, contemporary, romance; 380 pages)

[v4mpyr3n3rd]

d4t3; w3dn3zdæ 10/21/2020

Heyyyy, been a while :)))

It’s only Wednesday and I’ve had 2 test in hard subjects (College Chem and AP Psychology) I actually think I did well on my essay test on Psych which is a FIRST.

Okay so when I talked abt starting a pride club w/ Axel and Katie turns out.... ITS ACTUALLY HAPPENIBG!! We met with a teacher to facilitate for us and now I just have to bring it up to our dean now to ask permission ;-; fuuuuun. And it’s gotta be me because Axel and Katie are both full virtual... FUUUNNNNN ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡

also I’m v excited w/ my readings now. I have to finish Watchmen, and I’m reading one poem of Sweet Dark each night, and I’ve gotta finish Frankenstein by Friday. AND I’ve got a book coming in the mail soon from book of the month club AND I already have my books from next BOTM club picked outtttt :))) very boring ik. Maybe at lunch I’ll write more abt my fEeLinGz or something bc that’s probably more interesting to y’all (^.^)

[lisa-lostinlit]

💬 Do you subscribe to any subscription boxes? What’s your favorite thing to see in a box? . Today is the first day of the #SLCGameOn Photo Challenge! Join for a chance to win a free @shelflovecrate box! . I’m sharing my unboxing of the July GAME ON box today. This box included: . • Team Phoenix Riders patch by @heyatlascreative • Golden Snitch lamp by Team Shelflove • Book Boyfriend: Kiss, Marry, Kill dice game • An Ember in the Ashes inspired card deck by @blanca.design • Ready Player One socks by @abbymalagaart • BOTM: The Beckoning Shadow by @katharyn_blair • Katniss & Peeta chess pieces by @silketara (pieces 17 & 18 of 32) . September’s theme is THE WITCHING HOUR! This box will include items by @dropandgivemenerdy, @abbymalagaart & @beckythornsdesigns! Fandoms included are The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Grishaverse, A Discovery of Witches, Throne of Glass, and Practical Magic. And the book included will be There Will Come A Darkness by Katy Rose Pool!! I’m so excited for this box! 🖤 Use code LISA10 for a discount! ________________________________________________________ #shelflovecrateunboxing #shelflovecrate #subscriptionbox #unboxing #thebeckoningshadow — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2P6NTE7

[brightbeautifulthings]

10 books I want to read in 2019

@the-forest-library, thank you for tagging me, lovely! I'm a few months late and so bad at planning what I'm going to read, but here are a couple new releases I'm looking forward to and series I'm hoping to continue.

1. Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell - I'm already pretty sure it's going to be my best book of the year! 2. Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater - It's a beautiful time to be a bookworm when Rowell, Stiefvater, and Bardugo all have books out in the same year. 3. The Furies by Katie Lowe - Is it cheating if it's next in my NetGalley queue? 4. Puddin' by Julie Murphy - I've been waiting on the paperback, and it's finally here! 5. Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand - I'm a little worried it's been over-hyped, but I can never say no to horror. 6. Elysium by Nora Sakavic - This just, like, dropped out of a clear blue sky, but after All For The Game, I'll read anything she writes. 7. A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire - Next October Daye novel 8. Serpentine by Laurell K. Hamilton - Next Anita Blake novel (26? 26 is an insane number) 9. The Gunslinger by Stephen King - I'm way overdue to read this series 10. Sabriel by Garth Nix - Cheating again a little, but it's Forgotten YA Gems' BOTM

Tagging @shutupandreadtiffany, @soggywarmbooks, @paperbacksandpizza, @paper-stardust, @sleepy-being

[kkecreads]

Book of the Month

Book of the Month

Curious about his Book of the Month (BOTM) works? Here’s yourmonthly breakdown. STEP 1We feature 5-7 wow-worthy reads.STEP 2You decide if you want one (or more).STEP 3Then you read, review, and repeat. Still have questions?We’re glad you asked. Read on. Why should I subscribe to BOTM over buying books a la carte?Early releases, vetted quality, and oh — we’re way cheaper. Plus, a subscription…

[poirot]

hey darling, i hope you hit 4k real soon because you deserve all of the recognition in the world for how lovely you are and how absolutely stunning your blog and edits are, i voted for botm + ⚡thank you angel

omffffg ❤❤ you’re to sweet, I don’t deserve this ❤❤ Thank you so much !!

House: Ravenclaw | Hufflepuff | Gryffindor | Slytherin

Blood status: Pure blood | Half blood | Muggleborn

Pet: Owl  | Toad  | Cat | Rat  | Steals a dragon with Hagrid

Squad: Golden trio  | Silver trio*  | Bronze trio**  | Fred/George/Lee |Dean/Seamus | Lavender/Parvati | Cho/Marietta |Angelina/Katie/Alicia |  Marauders  | Lily  | Albus/Scorpius  | Rose  | Teddy  | James (next gen)  | Newt/Jacob | Queenie/Tina

*silver trio= Ginny, Luna, Neville ; ** Bronze trio= Draco, Blaise, Pansy

Favorite subject:  Charms | Transfiguration | Defence against the dark arts | Potions | Herbology | Astronomy | History of magic | Divination | Care of magical creatures

Favorite place: Common room | The lake | Library | Hogsmead | Forbidden forest | Great hall  | Kitchen  | Room of requirement

Quidditch: Keeper | Beater |  Chaser | Seeker | Commentator |Spectator

Quote: “ I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.“

Want one?

[katiecanedy]

I chose to read Cynthia and Dan because I LOVED E-M-P Honeymoon. Readers who loved December 2019's BOTM will LOVE this one too! Dorothy May Mercer is one of my favorite authors, and she did not disappoint with this work. :)

[n80-8-blog]

What Is Culture Central?

Culture Central is where I'll be posting about ALL aspects of culture and the arts. The posts will contain articles on anything that influences culture in some way. This means art, literature, music, all manners of cultural topics will be discussed in relatively brief posts. Key word relatively. I suck at keeping things brief- but Ill do my best to crunch topics down into bite sized bits that shouldn't take more than 7 minutes to read at the most. Now, for the monthly preview. This month I may post about; the newest album released by punk-rock powerhouse "Rise Against", the impact and presumed goal of the media and what journalism embodies, the cultural impact of the Dakota Access Pipeline, my BotM (Band of the Month), Katy Perry, and any other topic that comes up and I feel I should post about. Be aware some topics mentioned may not end up being written about, this list is merely an idea of what's on my mind pertaining to culture at the moment.

[fredhandbag]

Paula Hawkins has given us another entertaining read with Into the Water. "Nel Abbott is found in the river, an apparent suicide - the same place a young girl named Katie also took her life. A place everyone calls the Drowning Pool. Did Nel jump...or was she pushed? How will we find the truth in a town full of people with something to hide?." Hawkins has given us some great characters and a good story. The style is similar to the Nugent book I just read. We get a different POV and back and forth in the timeline. I expect to see a lot of this book on the beach this summer. #intothewater #paulahawkins #botm #bookofthemonthclub #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #bookshelf #books #booknerd #bookhoarder #bookworm #booklover #bookish #bookreview #bookclub #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookcover #bookhaul #bibliophile #igreads #goodreads #homelibrary #bradsbooks #bradslibrary #crimefiction #thriller