Book Blogger Hop

 

 

This meme is hosted by Billy at Ramblings of a Coffee Addict!

 

This week's question is: Do you finish reading every book that you have slotted for a review? (submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver's Reviews)

MY ANSWER: I'm not sure if I am interpreting this question correctly or not. If I agree to review a book from a publisher, I will finish reading it. Obviously, if something doesn't work for me, I will give in to DNFing, but I nearly always finish a book once I start it.

I usually won't schedule a review until I finish the book though. So perhaps that's where the question lies. I mean generally I schedule ARC reviews the week before the book releases. Any earlier and I feel like readers might not remember the book still has a few weeks until it comes out! I know I personally don't read ARC reviews that are more than a week early because I don't want to get excited for a book that I have to wait weeks and weeks for. Especially if I was already excited to begin with!

The same is said for me reviewing my TBR books. I don't schedule those in advance! I read the book and once I finish it, I write a review. Now depending on what time of day I finish the book and get my review together I might not post it until the next day, just because I don't feel like posting a review on my blog at 7 at night since I know I'm not blogging at that particular time of day! So I'll schedule the review for the next morning. I guess being an early bird makes me think people aren't up reading blog posts at all hours of the night/evening. I know I might read for a little bit in the evening, but I sometimes just vege out and watch TV depending on my frame of mind.

So I guess in the long run, I don't really schedule my review until I've finished the book--be it ARC or published.

Random Thursday

 

Today's the day! We enter a new chapter in Shane Carley's True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t! For the next few weeks we'll be learning about bizarre facts regarding history and politics!

(image borrowed from Wikipedia)

Did you know that the state sport of Maryland is jousting?

 

Like, they do they still play it then? Regularly?

(image borrowed from Petco)

Did you know that hamsters are illegal in Hawaii? Apparently, although hamsters would thrive in the climate, Hawaiian lawmakers fear the effects that bringing in a new species into the delicate ecosystem would have.

 

Wow! That's weird!

 

 

(image borrowed from Wikipedia)

Richard Nixon really wanted to be a rapper instead of going into politics. But he apparently never found a "good rap group" to join in those days!

I guess I never thought of rap as being something that came before the 80s! It was the 70s apparently, and here I thought it was just disco that was popular at that time!

(image borrowed from Wikipedia)

Audie Murphy was a famous Hollywood actor, but first he was a decorated solider. He served in WWII and was awarded over 30 different medals for valor in the US military.

Not familiar with this guy, but whoa!

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During the Civil War, an estimated 750,000 Americans died. This was 2.5% of the country's total population at that time.

Oh god, that's just terrible.

Can't Wait Wednesday

 

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine.

 

The first in a YA political fantasy duology about a fierce princess determined to bring lasting peace to her kingdom regardless of the cost to her heart.

Princess Charis Willowthorn is the dutiful sword of Calera. Raised to be ruthless and cunning, her only goal is to hold her war-torn kingdom together long enough to find a path toward peace with their ancient foe, Montevallo, even if the cost is her own heart.

When violence erupts in the castle itself and an unseen enemy begins sinking Calera’s ships, Charis realizes a threat much greater than Montevallo is coming for her people. So she forms a plan. By day, she is Calera’s formidable princess intent on forging an alliance with Montevallo. By night, she disguises herself as a smuggler and roams the sea with a trusted group of loyalists, hunting for their new enemies. And through it all, there’s the one boy she can’t have—who guards her life but steals her heart.

But her enemies are much closer than Charis realizes, and her heart isn’t the only thing she has left to lose.  

When I first saw this cover, I knew it was going to be an epic and amazing fantasy! It sounds incredible too!

TITLE: Rise of the Vicious Princess
AUTHOR: C.J. Redwine
PUBLISHER: Balzer & Bray
GENRE: YA Fantasy
RELEASE DATE: June 14, 2022

Teaser & Top Ten Tuesdays

 

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by Purple Princess of The Purple Booker. 

Here are the rules:

1. Grab your current read
2. Open to a page
3. Pick out 2 lines that are SPOILER FREE
4. Name the title, author, etc.

 

"'Remember: There is only one person in this world who controls your destiny, and that is you. Don't ever let someone else dictate the terms of your life.'" p 59*

*Quote comes from the ARC, therefore it and its page number are not final.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TITLE: Dig Two Graves
AUTHOR: Gretchen McNeil
PUBLISHER: Disney Hyperion
GENRE: YA Thriller
RELEASE DATE: April 26, 2022

 

 

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and The Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

 

This week's topic is: Top Ten Bookish Merchandise I'd Love to Own

 

*in no particular order

 

 

10. LARGE LIBRARY ROOM--yes, I think the Beast's will do
9. BOOKCASE WITH ROLLING LADDER--because obviously!
8. LIBRARY PLAQUE--outside my library room I'd really like a plaque declaring it my library and it's established year...mainly when my book reading took off!

7. BOOK COVER POSTERS--okay, so I know these are an actual thing, but there are still so many covers I'd want as a poster, maybe miniature size or like 8x10 or even movie poster size if I can find the room!
6. BOOKISH MAPS--granted, this is another thing one can likely obtain. There are just more maps I'd like to own but maybe not in scroll format. Those are harder to display.
5. BOOKISH SNOW GLOBE--I've a few general bookish snow globes for holidays but what I'd reallllly love is seeing a bookish world miniaturized into a snow globe!

4. MORE REPLICA JEWELRY--it's hard to see in my old picture, but this is a replica necklace of June's from Marie Lu's Legend series! I loooove when designers make book jewelry come to life!
3. DECORATIVE ARC BOX--after 13 years of blogging, I can count the number of ARC boxes I received on one hand. First it was because I was a newbie, then I guess because I'm an original blogger and only newbies were getting them. Not sure what the formula to receiving them is, but I would love to one day get one of the ultra special ones I always see around!
2. BOOKISH CURRENCY--being a geek and a lover of non-monetary coins, I would love to see currency from fantasy books made real! I'd just think that would be cool! Lol.

 

 

 

1. MAGICAL TABLET THAT RECAPS BOOKS FOR YOU--so this is something that doesn't exist but needs to. I'm thinking of it as a recapper tablet like device. I know there are sites that will recap books in series in their own way, I'm thinking of this tablet as one that will do that too in a precise and easy listening way so that readers can be ready to dive into that next book a year after its predecessor released!