Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! I hope you’ve all had a lovely week.
You ever just get so consumed with the fact that it’s your birthday week that you forget that it’s the last week of summer? Whoops…
At least that last week of summer was lovely for me. I had a wonderful birthday, and I’m starting to get back on my feet as far as writing goes. I’m nearing the climax, and I FINALLY feel as though I have some sense of direction. (Key word here is “some.”) I can owe part of that sense to something new–Amie Kaufman’s new podcast! For all you writers and aspiring writers out there, Amie Kaufman On Writing is a super helpful resource. There’s only two episodes out as of now, but it’s weekly, if I remember correctly.
I’ve had a hit-or-miss sort of reading week–I’ve had a lot of bright spots, but Cinderella is Dead turned out to be a major disappointment, so that was a travesty. At least there were several books that made up for it. I also got some comics and a gift card for my favorite bookstore, so there’s bound to be lots of interesting books next week…
Also, just so everybody knows, since school starts tomorrow for me, I won’t be able to post as frequently. Luckily, I get off school earlier on every day but Friday, so I’ll at least be able to get to my usual Goodreads Monday/Book Review Tuesday/Top 5 Saturday.
WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:
The War That Saved My Life–Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
Cinderella is Dead–Kalynn Bayron (⭐️⭐️.5)
The Umbrella Academy, vol. 3: Hotel Oblivion–Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
Spinning–Tillie Walden (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)
The Weight of the Stars–K. Ancrum (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)
POSTS AND SUCH:
- Goodreads Monday (8/17/20)–The Dark Matter of Mona Starr
- Book Review Tuesday (8/18/20)–The Shadow Wand (The Black Witch Chronicles, #3)
- Aurora Rambling: My scatterbrained theories for the cover of Aurora Rising #3
- Books and Bakes Book Tag
- Top 5 Saturday (8/22/20)–Young Adult Books
SONGS:
- “We Will Become Silhouettes”–The Shins
- “Smoke Bomb”–The Aubreys
- “Boys From Town”–Alaska Reid
- “Let Me Adore You”–Soko
- “Ghost”–Chris Knox
CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:
An Unkindness of Ghosts–Rivers Solomon
Magnificent Ms. Marvel, vol. 2: Stormranger–Saladin Ahmed and Minkyu Jung
Michigan vs. The Boys–Carrie S. Allen
Fire With Fire–Destiny Soria (eARC)
Mary: The Adventures of Mary Shelley’s Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Granddaughter–Brea Grant and Yishan Li (eARC)
Jelly–Clare Rees (eARC)
Today’s song:
That’s it for this week in blogging! Have a wonderful rest of your day, and take care of yourselves!
The Bookish Mutant 
I will definitely be checking out that podcast! Happy belated birthday too!!
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It’s absolutely worth a listen, I can’t wait for episode 3! And thank you! 🙂
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Will also be checking out the podcast. I really want to read Cinderella is Dead! I’ve heard so many good things about it
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I hope you like it! It’s incredibly informative 🙂 as for Cinderella is Dead, I hope you enjoy it more than I did. Personally, I thought the concept and the representation was great, but the worldbuilding was barely there, and the writing and dialogue were both far too stiff for my liking.
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happy belated birthday!
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Thank you! 🙂
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Happy belated birthday! I’m sorry you didn’t like Cinderella is Dead – I’ll admit it wasn’t quite as awesome as I’d hoped either. That cover for Fire with Fire is incredible!! Hope you’ll have a nice week at school!
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Thank you so much! Hopefully that Fire With Fire will be as good as the cover. The protagonist is bisexual (according to the author), so I’m super excited!
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Happy belated birthday Madeline! 💚💖💛💜🎉🎉🎉🎉
Sorry Cinderella is Dead was such a disappointment… can I hope for a rant review though? I do love a rant…. 😅😅😅🙈🙈🙈😂😂😂
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Thank you so much! 💗
As for the rant review…
Perhaps… >:) (I have two more lined up to review before I get to it but there’s definitely going to be one by early September)
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*rubs hands together with glee* 😏😏😏
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“Oh, yeah, it’s all coming together…”
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