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Currently Reading - 06/10/25

I've been AWOL lately - been focussing on my bookstagram. Anywhozzleby...

1. Promise of Blood - am enjoying quite a bit and 75% complete 2. Dragonflight - 30% through and hoping FMC has a decent arc.
3. Harvest of Hearts - too early to tell

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Under The Whispering Door is my favourite by TJ Klune so far!
I'm hoping to read my first by Blake Crouch soon in Dark Matter. He gets such rave reviews so I'm hopeful.
I really liked this one. I thought the different modes of travel were just so clever and imaginative. I was relieved by the ending to be honest, I was worried for a bit there.
Wrap-Up

My October was a month of surprises. There were books I was a little disappointed with and a couple that I enjoyed way more than expected.

My top read for the month was The Accidental Medium by Tracy Whitwell and the narration was brilliant by the author herself!

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This is so cool 😱😱😱
Oh I haven't watched the series so I can't compare!
1. Promise of Blood - enjoyed this one 4⭐
2. Dragonflight - 3.5⭐ it was fine, I liked the dragons but all the shaking of the FMC by the MMC was off-putting
3. Harvest of Hearts - 3⭐ it was fine but not outstanding. Lot of telling rather than showing.

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Bahaha the death queue πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ damn I feel that to my soul. I think of it as pre-booked (pun intended) entertainment for my afterlife.
Yay! I hope you love it, I know I did! You have to tell me what you end up thinking of it when you get to reading.
I liked that the dragons weren't just glorified mounts for humans, but characters all of their own. I'm hoping the second book will be a bit stronger as I had some minor issues with the pacing of this one.
So this was a short sneaky one I read yesterday after finishing 2x of my other reads...

Thoroughly enjoyable and completely unexpected for a horror. I love T Kingfisher.'s work. Her characters are just so delightful.

Is cosy horror a thing?

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Oh this is what I want to hear. I just finished it right this moment and enjoyed it!
Currently Reading - 06/10/25

I've been AWOL lately - been focussing on my bookstagram. Anywhozzleby...

1. Promise of Blood - am enjoying quite a bit and 75% complete 2. Dragonflight - 30% through and hoping FMC has a decent arc.
3. Harvest of Hearts - too early to tell

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It was anything Enid Blyton for me I think. Loved Mr Meddle and all the Fantastic Five.
I had to follow you immediately because of your tag line of 'reader of books. Anxious of mind. ' is me too a tee.
Update: 23/9/25

2. I'm 25% into Yumi and the Nightmare Painter... I will say at this stage I'm not enjoying it as much as Tress or The Frugal wizard. It'll be interesting to see how I feel as I progress further.
Update: 23/9/25

1. The Magicians: I'm 56% in and I've been enjoying it quite a bit up until now, and not understanding the 3.5 avg ratings - but now I feel like it's maybe dragging a bit. I will say the different magic and classes have been pretty cool.
So per a previous post I DNF'd Legacy of Brightwash, BUT I did enjoy the other 2x.

Shield of Sparrows was a Book-Club read and the first romance (though as a subplot) that I've enjoyed in a while.

That's not my name was a slow-burn. The characters were a bit younger than I prefer currently (17yr)
Currently Reading - 22/09/25

1. The Magicians by Lev Grossman - TBR Buster
2. Yumi the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson - Alphabet Challenge
3. Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson - Book-Club

A Fantasy heavy set of current reads - and I am here for it!

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Ugh you are not wrong there 😬
I read this one towards the end of last year and rated in 3.5/5. I think I found the first part a bit slow moving or something but by 40% I was invested and quite enjoyed the last 1/3 of the book.

I'd not heard of the Goose Girl fairy-tale before!
I have serious FOMO so I can't help myself if people keep gushing about certain books haha. I'm sure I'll try again in the future πŸ˜…

What was your favourite dystopian? Maybe I should give that one a try.
Yeah maybe. Thus one has been hugely popular recently so I chose it as a book-club read and it was fine but I definitely didn't get the wow factor. I don't understand how I can love grimdark fantasy but not like dystopian. Maybe there's more action?

Have you read this one?
In branching out of my comfort genre - Fantasy I've made another new discovery. Dystopian is not for me. I'm also not sure if I'm smart enough for some of these thought-provoking reads. They get so much hype and I just don't seem to have my mind blown.

Am I alone in this?

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