Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! I hope this week has treated you well, and for everyone in the Texas area, stay safe out there. Lots of love. 💗
Reading-wise, I’d say it’s been a bit of a hit-or-miss week. A lot of what I read fell in the 3-star range, but I did find another 5-star read! I still have some of my library haul from this week left to read, as well as some Hellboy books my dad lent to me (thank you!) and 3 eARCs I got approved for. So expect a lot of reviews in the next few weeks!
Writing-wise, I’m nearly done with my sci-fi outline, but I switched gears later in the week because my mom found this writing contest that I’m interested in. I’m now shifting over to outlining/writing a short story, and I’m really excited to get into it!
Other than that, I just drew a bit, rewatched more Fargo, got caught up on WandaVision (OH MY GOD THAT LAST EPISODE), volunteered at the library, and drank a whole lot of hot chocolate.
Also, I thought that the new Julien Baker album came out today, but no, not until the 26th…[cries]
WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) – N.K. Jemisin (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
The Kinder Poison – Natalie Mae (⭐️⭐️.5)
Game Changer – Neal Shusterman (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)
The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller (⭐️⭐️⭐️)
The Punch – Noah Hawley (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
Happily Ever Afters – Elise Bryant (⭐️⭐️⭐️)
POSTS AND SUCH:
- Goodreads Monday (2/15/21) – Dear Haiti, Love Alaine
- Book Review Tuesday (2/16/21) – A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
SONGS:
- “Hello Tomorrow” (Adidas version) – Karen O.
- “Didn’t Leave Nobody But The Baby” (cover) – Noah Hawley
CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:
Mooncakes – Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu
Abandon – Blake Crouch (for book club)
Felix Ever After – Kacen Callender
Hellboy: Odd Jobs – Christopher Golden et. al.
A Dark and Starless Forest – Sarah Hollowell (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 
Oh good luck with the writing content!! 💖🥺 I am excited for you reading Mooncakes!! Even though I haven’t personally read it, I’ve heard a lot of amazing things about it so I hope you enjoy it! 🥺 6 books in a week is really impressive! 👀👀
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Contest* Sorry typo 😅
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Thank you! I just started Mooncakes, it’s so sweet! 🥺 (yeah I read way too fast, it’s almost a problem at this point ksdjhfskjdhf)
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You’re welcome! 🥺💖 As a slow reader, I had always wished I could read faster. But hey, slow or fast we are reading some great books and that’s all that matters! 🤩😍
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True 🙂
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Ah, I REALLY hope you enjoy Felix Ever After! I loved it!
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I hope I do too! I didn’t want to read it at first bc This is Kind of an Epic Love Story was a huge disappointment for me, but everybody and their mother seems to be giving it five stars so I figured it would be worth a try (plus, trans protagonists are always great!)
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Ah, I haven’t checked out that other one, sorry you didn’t like it! Haha yeah I’ve seen a few bad ratings but mostly the ratings are high. (yeah!)
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I love this weekly update idea so much!! Good luck with your contest
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Thanks so much! 🙂 I can’t take all the credit, but it’s always fun
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I reallyyyy need to get on with The Song of Achilles! I’m in a study group atm and we’re doing Hamlet – that made me realise my knowledge of Greek Mythology has gone rather rusty, so I have restarted Mythology (by Edith Hamilton) haha! I’m down the mythology rabbit hole so hoping I pick this up ASAP 🙂
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A whole bunch of my friends recommended it to me, and I picked it up after it came on hold at the library! The beginning’s really slow (I nearly DNF’d it in the first 100 pages or so) but I really picks up from there 🙂
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Oh that is good to know, thank you 🙂
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