Disney Princess Book Tag

 

So I saw this tag on Instagram last week @NurseKendraReads and I thought it looked like fun because Disney AND books! She followed the prompts from @DreamerWithABook and @Booksta.Graham, so since I followed her post, I will be following her used prompts! I also borrowed this lovely image you see above from her because it's beautiful and I have no tech skill!

SNOW WHITE
seven books on my TBR pile

In my sort of immediate queue I have in no particular order:

MOANA
a character who goes on a self discovery journey

I guess you can say Allison went on a journey of self discovery when she wakes up as a vampire and must adjust to a new lifestyle!

CINDERELLA
a book you read past midnight

Okay, I honestly can't remember the last book that kept me up late at night. But this one was definitely  a fun and spooky one to read late into the night if you like a good scare!

ARIEL
a fictional world you wish you could be a part of

The Magnificent North for sure! Such a magical place, I would love to visit it! I'd take any Stephanie Garber world though! Lol.

AURORA
a book so good it put you in a reading slump

I honestly don't get into reading slumps! I've too many wonderful books on my TBR pile that I want to read. So I bask in the glory of whatever I'm reading, review it and then move onto the next adventure! I guess you can say Legendary was hard to move past, especially after that ending! Lol.

JASMINE
a confident and bold FMC who inspires you

Yeah, I didn't plan that right! Lol. Tella is my girl! I love how bold, feisty, and brave she is!

BELLE
a book that feels like a love letter to reading

I LOVED Obsidian! Katy is a book blogger and omg this is still my favorite ode to reading, to books, to blogging and just the excitement of books! Yes, it plays a minor part in the books and gets smaller as the series went on, but it was still wonderful to see!

RAPUNZEL
a book that made you step out of your comfort zone

Finlay Donovan is Killing It is definitely one of those books I likely would have never picked up if I hadn't read Cosimano's YA books and loved them! I figured since this was a mystery with an amateur sleuth who wasn't even trying to be a sleuth and was just trying to write her book before her deadline, it sounded like a fun time and it has been!

TIANA
a long series that felt ambitious and fulfilling to read

Kim Harrison's The Hollows series! It started at 13 books, I started reading it around the third or fourth book maybe? Or right at the third book releasing. It came to an end at 13 books, but then in 2020, six years after what was once the last book, Kim returned to the series and it's still going as far as I know! Lol. Haven't heard what this year's title is, but last year's was #18 of the series! Pretty much all other series I've read that closed out always ended at 13...really weird, but there you go! Lol.

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:

East of Envy by Nikki St. Crowe (ARC)--Review to come at a later date

Currently Reading:

Living Dead Girl by Rachel Vincent

What I Plan to Read Next:

Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser

Other Posts of Interest:

Teaser & Top Ten Tuesdays
Random Thought: Author Series
Can't Wait Wednesday #238

Books from the Backlog #176
Book Blogger Hop #401
Stacking the Shelves

Stacking the Shelves

 

Stacking the Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts, and of course ebooks! The meme is now hosted by Reading Reality.

Can I just say how much I HATE daylight savings time? Every year we lose an hour of sleep and it takes me way too long to acclimate and get back on track with my sleep! It's AWFUL! Everyone else apparently loves it because they are happy the sun stays out til like 8 o'clock at night and I hate that too! And now sunrise isn't until like 8am because we're changing the clocks too soon. I just wish we could be done with it. I don't want to move my clock forward. I want to leave it at standard normal time and stop this clock moving nonsense. It makes no sense. Yes, in fall, it's dark around 5pm, but now it's dark at 7am because sunrise isn't until later in the hour. It puts me in bad mood. People talk about their seasonal depression in winter, well mine pretty much starts right about now and doesn't let up until the clocks move back. So if I am grumpy anytime starting now...this is why! Lol. It's either grumpiness or sadness pretty much at this point with occasional bouts of happiness, but yeah the bright sun shining at 8pm doesn't really put me in a good mood when I am trying to get to sleep and get up early in the morning. Closed blonds and curtains only go so far. Adulthood sucks. Lol.

But anyway, this wasn't too bad of a week for books. I enjoyed my last week of normal time before losing that hour. I was trying to psych myself up for it, while also enjoying this last normal week, but yeah. It hits really hard and fast and doesn't like to let up. Ugh. I hate DST! Back to books!! Sorry, this seriously does get me in an unhappy mood and you'd think I'd be used to it by now, but it still sucks. lol.

Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen
Midnight on the Celestial by Julia Alexandra
Summoned to the Wilds by A.K. Caggiano
To Cage a Wil Bird by Brooke Fast
Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser--this was my Book of the Month choice! I chose this one since I had a credit still and this was one I was curious about so I went for it!

Then FINALLY I received my Fairy Loot copy of Silver Elite! Omg, this thing shipped over a month ago and tracking never updated and then one day this week it was just there!

Silver Elite by Dani Francis--Fairy Loot edition

And then I got my bookmark unscathed from Amazon in the last order I created when I needed to get my total up there for shipping!

It says: Books are the seeds, your imagination is the garden.

It sounded like a nice quote and I was $2 off from shipping, so into the cart it went! Lol.

And that was my haul this week! What all did you get?

Book Blogger Hop #401

 

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

This week's question is: If you had to, would you pass your book collection on to someone special? If not, what would you prefer your family or friends do with your books after you’re gone? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee-Addicted Writer)

MY ANSWER: Well, I will likely leave my collection to my niece and nephew. They are still rather young right now, but I can't really say if they will be readers and want to keep any of the books for themselves. I mean, I would love it if they kept a handful of titles that interested them or just to have as a reminder of me. But ultimately it will be up to them what they do with them. I can only hope they'd at least donate them somewhere. If they want to try selling them, go for it. Keep them, I'll love them forever and ever! Just don't destroy them or I might have to haunt them! Lol. Kidding...mostly. ;)

I may have to stipulate that I be buried/cremated with my unread books, so you know, I have something to keep me occupied in the afterlife for a while at least! Lol.

Books from the Backlog #176

Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread.  If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks. This is a fun meme hosted by Carole's Random Life in Books!

Enter New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s breathtakingly passionate Guild Hunter world with the story of a woman who isn’t a vampire or an angel…or human…

Once a broken girl known as Sorrow, Holly Chang now prowls the shadowy gray underground of the city for the angels. But it’s not her winged allies who make her a wanted woman—it’s the unknown power coursing through her veins. Brutalized by an insane archangel, she was left with the bloodlust of a vampire, the ability to mesmerize her prey, and a poisonous bite.

Now, someone has put a bounty on her head…

Venom is one of the Seven, Archangel Raphael’s private guard, and he’s as infuriating as he is seductive. A centuries-old vampire, his fangs dispense a poison deadlier than Holly’s. But even if Venom can protect Holly from those hunting her, he might not be able to save himself—because the strange, violent power inside Holly is awakening…

No one is safe.

So as I was looking through my list for this month, I started noticing my dates for the Guild Hunter series got way off! I think it was a case of "I forgot to mark it as 'want to read' as soon as I bought it when it released because yeah...I was marking the book before this one in the same timeframe as when this one came out and with MMPB I started making sure I bought them asap because I learned the hard way of trying to track them down later!

ANYWAYS!! That was a segue to say that I added Archangel's Viper by Nalini Singh to my TBR pile in October of 2017. It released in September of 2017, so I likely just forgot to mark it that previous month! I am so behind in this series but I remember loving every minute of it so I was sure to buy the books as they released! In a few weeks you'll see book 9 in this series and this is book 10...so yeah! I get crazy forgetful sometimes...and honestly, I still can forget to mark my books on Goodreads NOW! Lol.

 

Can't Wait Wednesday #238

 

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.

After discovering she's an heiress to a billion-dollar corporation, seventeen-year-old Liliana finds herself at a new boarding school where she must navigate secret societies and a deadly competition. Not to mention two handsome boys.

The Reappearance of Rachel Price meets The Inheritance Games series in this new YA thriller from bestselling author Kelley Armstrong.

In the wake of her mother's death, Liliana Chamberlain's estranged (and very wealthy) grandparents swoop in. Or their lawyer does. Her grandparents aren't ready to meet her, but they want her to have the life her mother walked away from, starting with Westwood Academy, the elite boarding school her mother attended. It should be a Cinderella dream come true, but Lili has serious misgivings. Yet she doesn't have a choice, being under eighteen and dead broke.

Westwood Academy is a school of secrets as well as intriguing classmates, including Hollywood golden boy Theo Dubois and the mysterious Maddox Moreno. As she gets to know them all, Lili realizes there's more to the school than elite-level networking. Something deadly.

For the new girl at school, investigating the deaths of past students — including Maddox's own sister — is a very dangerous game. Do those deaths have something to do with why her mother fled Westdale at the cost of her inheritance?

When a fun night out turns bloody, Theo is the prime suspect, and Liliana must race against time to connect the past with the present and discover the truth behind her inheritance.

If it's Kelley Armstrong I'm buying it! Well, you know minus contemporary romance, but pretty much anything else! Lol.

TITLE: A Deadly Inheritance 
AUTHOR: Kelley Armstrong
PUBLISHER: Tundra Books
GENRE: YA Thriller
RELEASE DATE: March 24, 2026

She's promised to be loyal, dutiful, and obedient, but to whom?

Lady Ammalie Avington, Baroness of Faebarrow, has discovered the truth, and it should not come as a surprise: the blood mage who threatened, spellbound, and abducted her intends to bring ruin to the realm--the very one she is sworn to serve. It's just a terribly inconvenient fact to learn because, well...he's rather cute.

But it's not safe to pine after the son of a demon, especially not whilst locked up in a tower surrounded by infernal beings and a rival for your affection, nor trapped below ground in a den of beguiling vampires, nor even in the heart of a wild jungle under the tutelage of esoteric witches. Amma just can't help herself around Damien Maleficus Bloodthorne, danger be damned, but, truly, what danger is there? Damien's heart, the one he swears to not have, has been softening right before her eyes. Nevermind the weird smoke that sometimes unwittingly emanates from his hands or that faraway look he gets to his eyes, and a voice she can't hear telling him that he's meant to be a vessel? Surely it's all just a bad dream.

After finally tasting freedom and learning that Amma may have ancient, innate magical powers of her own, why not use them to do exactly as she pleases?

Yes, I still need to start this series...don't I always? Lol. But it gives off the right vibes that I may likely be wanting to read this sequel too!

TITLE: Summoned to the Wilds
AUTHOR: A.K. Caggiano
PUBLISHER: Sourcebooks Casablanca
GENRE: Fantasy Romance
RELEASE DATE: March 24, 2026

The Wall was built to keep them safe. Or so they thought.

For as long as seventeen-year-old apothecary Rose Allgood can remember, the towering stone Wall surrounding Noah’s Valley has protected her people. No one leaves. No one fights. And no one questions why.

But their paradise has been hiding its thorns. When Rose’s mother becomes the Valley’s first murder victim and her twin brother is swiftly condemned, she alone is searching for the real killer. Determined to find the truth, she follows a trail of hidden messages, forbidden knowledge, and whispers of a past no one dares to remember.

The deeper she digs, the more certain Rose becomes that her mother’s death was no accident. That the Wall isn’t just keeping something out.

It’s keeping something in.

Fans of The Hunger Games, The Grace Year, and The Maze Runner will devour The Verdant Cage―a chilling dystopian thriller about what it takes to rebel when you discover your entire world is a lie.

This is another one that sounds delightfully creepy. I am loving this cover too! But then I saw a white background one but really hope this is the final because it looks amazing!

TITLE: The Verdant Cage
AUTHOR: Jess Lourey
PUBLISHER: Entangled: Mayhem Books
GENRE: YA Dystopian
RELEASE DATE: April 7, 2026

Random Thought: Author Series

 

So I had a random discussion idea pop up! Yes, I am still trying to do these on occasion but without the pressure of a set number. Just like the old days. Lol.

The question that came to mind was: Do you start an author's new series if you're still behind on their old/completed series that you started?

For me, it depends. Normally, I would say that I'll start the new one once I finish the old one. But then you get the authors who write multiple series at once plus standalones galore! Lol. Yes, I've an author who seemingly never sleeps. I love it, but holy cow am I behind!

But then there's an author who I just started her completed trilogy but just haven't gotten around to reading the last two books and now she has a new series starting that I REALLY want to read. But I told myself not until I finish her last one! 

For the most part, I would say I would only move onto the next series if I finished the old one or whatever one I was still reading. But if it was for something totally spectacular then yes, I would break my rule. My reading rules are never that strict anyway! Lol.

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.

"I've already experienced enough weird sh** in my life. I don't need to add 'creepy magical architecture' to the list." p 88

TITLE: Fallen Gods
AUTHOR: Rachel Van Dyken
PUBLISHER: Red Tower Books
GENRE: Fantasy Romance
RELEASE DATE: December 2, 2025

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: GENRE FREEBIE: Top Ten Fairy Tale Retellings

*in no particular order

10. FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS by Julie C. Dao--Snow White retelling

9. THE SHADOW QUEEN by C.J. Redwine--Snow White retelling
8. SNOW by Tracy Lynn--the first Snow White retelling I ever read!

7. THE BEAST'S HEART by Leife Shallcross--Beauty and the Beast retelling from the Beast's POV
6. CRUEL BEAUTY by Rosamund Hodge--Beauty and the Beast retelling

5. Nocturne by Syrie James--Beauty and the Beast retelling but with vampires!

4. DOROTHY MUST DIE by Danielle Paige--The Wizard of Oz story after Dorothy came to town. This had to be the first book with a title that made me buy it without ever reading what it was about!

3. CRESS by Marissa Meyer--a Rapunzel retelling and my favorite of The Lunar Chronicles!
2. TIGER LILY by Jodi Lynn Anderson--Peter Pan retelling through Tiger Lily's eyes

1. LOST BOY by Christina Henry--Peter Pan retelling that's a Hook origin story!