Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! I hope this week has treated you all well.
The pseudo-almost-reading slump that I had last week started to continue into this week, but some of my library holds picked up significantly after that, as well as some of the holds that came in on my Kindle. Now I have my haul from my Christmas gift card to look forward to, and I’m so excited for that!
Outlining for the second draft of my sci-fi WIP has been pretty slow going, but I’d say that I’m making steady process. (The fact that I’ve had another light school week has certainly helped.) I left a whole bunch of comments during the initial edits I did on the first draft, and occasionally I’ll just find one that cracks me up.
Other than that, I drew a bit, caught up on WandaVision (OKAY EPISODE FOUR DEFINITELY PICKED UP), and watched The Hunt for the Wilderpeople with my family. The latter made me cry like a baby, but it was 100% worth it. Also, I’m learning “Quicksand” by David Bowie on the guitar š„ŗ what a beautiful song
WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:
Ruinsong–Julia Ember (āļøāļø)
Punching the Air–Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam (āļøāļøāļøāļø)
Lightbringer (Empirium, #3)–Claire Legrand (āļøāļøāļøāļø.25)
Haunting the Deep (How to Hang a Witch, #2)–Adriana Mather (āļøāļø.75, rounded up to āļøāļøāļø)
I’m Thinking of Ending Things–Iain Reid (āļøāļøāļøāļø.25)
POSTS AND SUCH:
- Goodreads Monday (1/25/21)–Gearbreakers
- Book Review Tuesday (1/26/21)–Cold Falling White (The Nahx Invasions, #2)
- Bookish Blog Tag
SONGS:
CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:
Before the Fall–Noah Hawley
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin–Roseanne A. Brown
The Conference of the Birds (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, #5)–Ransom Riggs
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)–Becky Chambers
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 
Omg this is such a good wrap up! You read so much. I loved ruinsong
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Thank you! I’m glad you liked Ruinsong š
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Whenever you do these posts I always want to know your thoughts on the books you read…will you do a book review on Ruinsong? I’m curious to hear your thoughts. It’s okay if you won’t, though, just wondering.
Good luck with your sci fi draft!
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Aww thank you! I don’t think I’ll review Ruinsong. (I was going to, but I have so many thoughts on I’m Thinking of Ending Things so I’ll review that instead). I loved the sapphic representation in Ruinsong and the cover art was SO pretty, but I didn’t connect with any of the characters, and the worldbuilding felt borderline nonexistent
cool magic system though
Thanks so much! I’m gonna need it…
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Oh, okay! Ooh yeah I’ve heard a lot about I’m Thinking of Ending Things as well. Ugh, that’s annoying, well I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy it!
Haha I understand your writing struggle.
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I used to write too but the editing and drafting part always made me procrastinate šš But glad you’re progressing with your draft š„ŗ
Ah, I see you ending up liking Punching the Air š I am more excited to get to it now š
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin have been on my TBR! I hope you enjoy it!š„ŗ
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Yeah it’s a lot less fun than the writing itself but I need to do it…
Yes! Punching the Air was so powerful, and I just finished up A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, which was lovely as well! š
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True š„ŗ I am glad you enjoyed both Punching the Air and A Song of Wraiths and Ruin šš
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