Mar 19, 2024

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.

 

At the time of writing this post, I haven't had time to start the book yet, so my teaser is not strategically picked as I usually do! These are the first few lines, which are still pretty exciting!

 

"Persephone's ears rang, and the Underworld trembled violently beneath her feet.

She was reeling from Hecate's words.

That is the sound of Theseus releasing the Titans." p 3


 

 

 

 

 

 

TITLE: A Touch of Chaos
AUTHOR: Scarlett St. Clair

PUBLISHER: Bloom Books
GENRE: Romantasy
RELEASE DATE: March 12, 2024



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 10 Books on My Spring 2024 TBR 



*in no particular order
**subject to change at my whim! Lol.



10. THE MADNESS by Dawn Kurtagich--this is an ARC I received recently...and starting to think I forgot to include it in my StS whenever I did get it!
9. BEWITCHED AND BETROTHED by Juliet Blackwell--
it looks like this series has ended, so I've just 2 books left!
8. I FEED HER TO THE BEAST AND THE BEAST IS ME by Jamison Shea--
sounds creepy good!



7. KISS OF THE SELKIE by Tessonja Odette--I keep failing to read this one!
6. MY ROOMMATE IS A VAMPIRE by Jenna Levine--
I've sooo many paranormal rom-coms piling up!
5. ENCHANTED TO MEET YOU by Meg Cabot--
it's paranormal AND Meg Cabot! I couldn't not have it! Just wish I found time to read it already!



4. FOXGLOVE by Adalny Grace--really want to read this one as I loved Belladonna!
3. COLD HEARTED by Serena Valentino--
I'm always behind in this series!
2. ANATOMY: A LOVE STORY by Dana Schwartz--
really want to read this duology too!



1. THE STOLEN HEIR by Holly Black--I can finally read this one now! Hopefully! Lol.











Mar 18, 2024

Let's Discuss: My Kindle & Me

 

I can't remember if I ever talked about this topic before, but decided why not revisit it if I did! I'm finding myself more and more unwilling to read books on my kindle and for whatever reason it bothers me.


My Kindle & Me: A Love/Hate Relationship

 

Yes, I think I have a love/hate relationship with my kindle. I do love that it easily allows me to read books from indie authors in a more affordable manner. But I absolutely hate having to read it on! Its not necessarily the size of the screen, although it does play a factor in it. What I hate is that I never know what an actual page looks like. Like how many kindle screens (based on my font and size) makes up 1 page in the actual book? It drives me nuts not knowing!

Usually when I hold a real book I will sometimes just flip through a few pages quickly to see how long a chapter is and see (depending on the time of night) if I am able to stay up long enough to read it before I crash. Sometimes that answer is no friends! Lol. I know the kindle does time you (sometimes, sometimes I notice that timer is not there! Although that might be on the digital ARCs I receive) on how many minutes are left in the chapter. But I have timed myself and they are wrong. So very, very wrong! Like their five minutes goes on for ten! It's nuts! And this is with me consistently reading and not being distracted.

Then it's legit just not knowing the page number, we have a location. Which again, I get is because of the kindle formatting and blah blah blah. A true page would take some finagling because of all the different kindle sizes, then there's using the app on any number of screens. It's hard. I get it. But I'm an OCD kind of reader. I like knowing my page count. I like knowing how many pages I've read and how many pages are left in a chapter.

I find myself actually looking at the digital ARCs and asking, how badly do you want to read this book? Enough to read it early and possibly ruin my enjoyment of it if it's formatted weird on my kindle? Because yes, sometimes I find I might not enjoy the book quite as much as I anticipated because I am reading it on my kindle! 

Then there are things I might be missing out on. On rare occasions books might put a glossary in the back and if the kindle version doesn't include a table of contents, because some don't, I won't know this is back there until the very end. Then I'll get ticked thinking, knowing what a gargantutode (totally made up word I typed just now!) way back in chapter 5 would've been helpful then and not after THE END!

So you see, it's a love/hate relationship to the extreme. Granted, I do love that I can easily afford indie authors' books on my kindle and that I can get better chances of reading an ARC if I agree to a kindle version. But man, sometimes I really have to force myself to finish a book that if written in such a way that reading it on my kindle makes it almost unbearable. Even if it's a book I expected to love from an author I adore! Hence, my indecisiveness over a few current digital ARCs that were offered to me lately.

Plus I feel like I totally read faster with a real book in general too. The aforementioned page discrepancy somehow does effect my reading speed as my brain is trained to pace myself based on the page in front of me, so a small page of words doesn't get read as fast as you would think.


So that's me and my weirdness. What about you? I know lots of people love the ebook reading more than the real book reading. So where do you fit in? Are you one or the other or a hybrid lover?








It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date. It's a fun meme where we gather to share what we've read last week and our reading plans for this week.

 

Last Week I Read:

A Game of Gods by Scarlett St. Clair (4 stars)

 

 

Currently Reading:

A Touch of Chaos by Scarlett St. Clair

 

 

What I Plan to Read Next:

Bewitched and Betrothed by Juliet Blackwell

 

 

Other Posts of Interest:

Let's Discuss: Cover Appeal, But Otherwise Nope!
Top Ten Tuesday
Can't Wait Wednesday
Books from the Backlog #74
Book Blogger Hop #297
Stacking the Shelves