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.

 

 

A woman risks everything to end her family’s centuries-old curse, solve her mother’s disappearance, and find love in this mesmerizing novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Spells for Forgetting.

In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm—and the mysterious curse that has plagued their family line. The whole town remembers the madness that led to Susanna Farrow’s disappearance, leaving June to be raised by her grandmother and haunted by rumors.

It’s been a year since June started seeing and hearing things that weren’t there. Faint wind chimes, a voice calling her name, and a mysterious door appearing out of nowhere—the signs of what June always knew was coming. But June is determined to end the curse once and for all, even if she must sacrifice finding love and having a family of her own.

After her grandmother’s death, June discovers a series of cryptic clues regarding her mother’s decades-old disappearance, except they only lead to more questions. But could the door she once assumed was a hallucination be the answer she’s been searching for? The next time it appears, June realizes she can touch it and walk past the threshold. And when she does, she embarks on a journey that will not only change both the past and the future, but also uncover the lingering mysteries of her small town and entangle her heart in an epic star-crossed love.

With The Unmaking of June Farrow, Adrienne Young delivers a brilliant novel of romance, mystery, and a touch of the impossible—a story you will never forget.

 

I still need to pick up Adrienne's adult debut from last year but this one sounded intriguing enough that I found myself adding it to my TBR list regardless! Lol!

 

TITLE: The Unmaking of June Farrow
AUTHOR: Adrienne Young
PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press
GENRE: Mystery
RELEASE DATE: October 17, 2023

 

 

 

In the luscious, dark sequel to One Dark Window, Elspeth must face the consequences of what she's wrought - perfect for readers of Hannah Whitten's For the Wolf and Alexis Henderson's The Year of the Witching.

Elspeth and Ravyn have gathered most of the twelve Providence Cards, but the last, and most important one remains to be found: The Twin Alders.

If they are going to find it before the Solstice and cure the kingdom of the dark magic infecting it, they will need to journey beyond the dangerous mist-cloaked forest that surrounds their kingdom.

And the only one who can lead them there is the monster that shares Elspeth's head. The Nightmare. And he's not eager to share any longer.
 

 

 

 

I still need to read the first book of this one but it sounds like my kind of read so naturally, I've added this to my TBR list as well! Lol! Hopefully I can get around to reading the first book soon, but then again I might just wait until I can binge the two!

 

TITLE: Two Twisted Crowns
AUTHOR: Rachel Gillig
PUBLISHER: Orbit
GENRE: YA Fantasy
RELEASE DATE: October 19, 2023

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.

 

"The scream wouldn't have helped hey, anyway. It was much, much too late for that. The chain saw flew closer, whirring and grinding, the sound it made an electric howl--

Until it hit bone." p 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TITLE: How to Survive Your Murder
AUTHOR: Danielle Valentine
PUBLISHER: Razorbill
GENRE: YA Thriller
RELEASE DATE: August 30, 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 5 Reading Goals I Still Want to Accomplish Before the End of the Year

*in no particular order
**I'm actually very close to completely all my challenges having just finished the majority of them last month, other than the number of books I want to read for 2023.

5. READ KELLEY ARMSTRONG'S LATEST RELEASES--an odd goal yes, but at one point I was always caught up with her books, now I am wayyyyy behind!
4. READ EMILY WILDE'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES--just one I keep meaning to read, but I honestly don't know which of these books I will actually read before year end! Lol!
3. READ EPISODE THIRTEEN--another spooky novel I want to read but already know it will be post-spooky season!
2. POSSIBLY WRITE 50 DISCUSSIONS--I know, I'm already hesitant to make this goal official as I had zero ideas all September long, until the very last day!
1. READ 50 BOOKS--since I have 3 left in this goal, I'm nearly done!

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 Taste of Darkness edited by Amy McCaw & Maria Kuzinar (4.5 stars)
The Haunted by Danielle Vega (4 stars)
The Unleashed by Danielle Vega (4.5 stars)

Currently Reading:

How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

What I Plan to Read Next:

Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

Other Posts of Interest:

Teaser & Top Ten Tuesdays
Can't Wait Wednesday
Books from the Backlog #50
Book Blogger Hop
Let's Discuss: A.I.
Stacking the Shelves--Signed Goodness & Looming Dread
Challenges Monthly Wrap-up: September

 

Challenges Monthly Wrap-up: September

CHALLENGE 1: 2023 Series Enders Reading Challenge

The Unleashed by Danielle Vega (The Haunted)

I flew through this duology in the last week of the month and just whoa! It was epic and I can't believe I waited so long to read it! Still happily reading series as I can and finishing them without increasing my challenge goal. I'd feel way too pressured if I did that to myself now. Lol.

CHALLENGE 2: 2023 Discussion Challenge

A.I.

Well, I had an incredible month last month and this month I felt burnt out...until the very end! I had this post idea for most of the week but didn't get around to posting it until yesterday. So yay for not skipping September! Lol. Let's hope October is good...I'm actually terrified to try to increase my goal for this one! Lol.

CHALLENGE 3: 2023 New Release Challenge

The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst (4/25/23)
Good Girls Don't Die by Christina Henry (11/14/23) [ARC]--Review to come at a later date
A Taste of Darkness edited by Amy McCaw & Maria Kuzniar (9/14/23)

Not too bad this month! Not only did I complete my goal, but I one upped my challenge number! Still not increasing said goal, but yay for completion!

CHALLENGE 4: The Backlist Reader Challenge 2023

A Pocket Full of Posies by Shawn Sarles (9/6/22)
Flight 171 by Amy Christine Parker (10/4/22)
The Haunted by Danielle Vega (6/4/19)
The Unleashed by Danielle Vega (7/7/20)

Well I apparently completed my goal last month, but I've now surpassed my goal! This officially makes all four of these challenges completed! 

Surprisingly my Goodreads Challenge has yet to be completed, but it's very close and I will definitely be completing it this month, even if I don't want to count my "re-reads" but I think I will have them in there, I'll just make sure to read an "extra" two books that are new-to-me, so to speak! I'll still do monthly updates to record my reading goals here but I am feeling pretty good about meeting all these challenges and I may mentally make my goals higher, I just don't want to put them in writing! Lol.

Stacking the Shelves--Signed Goodness & Looming Dread

 

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. 

Well it was another week! It was a mix of ups and downs. The ups were definitely having not one, but TWO book signings to attend! It was a blast! Wednesday I went to meet John Connolly! I read his The Book of Lost Things ages ago, before I started blogging and I couldn't remember a lot about it, but I remember enjoying it and he just released a sequel, so even though there was a Fierce Reads event for the same night, I went to see him instead! He's also from Ireland, so you know, International authors have to trump multi-authors who were all new to me ones anyway! Lol. It was a fun night! Then Friday I got to see Shelby Mahurin again! She was here last month as a guest author with J. Elle, but now I got to get my copies of The Scarlet Veil signed...because yes, I bought 2. I had preordered the B&N edition and then thought might as well pick up the original one for touring purposes! Lol! Her baby girl was in the audience as well, and she was soooo cute! Lol! As for the downs of the week, we were informed that our company will be letting 2,000 employees go (across the US)...so to say I'm freaking out is putting it mildly. I'd like to say I should be relatively safe as we just hired 3 new people this week for my immediate "team" and we hired another new person on the "greater team" area. So hopefully my little bit of seniority I have should hopefully keep me safe...but it doesn't feel like a guarantee. I believe they told us Monday we'll all know...so please send me all the good vibes and luck! I really like this job and had thought I finally found my place in the working world and then this just hit when I'm just a month and a half away from 2 years in. So yes, please, any good luck and wishes, and just all around positive vibes would be much appreciated!

Well, despite the bit of downer news, the week was relatively wonderful! I just wish this layoff thing didn't have to happen at all. But anyway, here's what I got this week:

The Land of Lost Things by John Connolly--SIGNED!
The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin--SIGNED!
The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin--B&N edition SIGNED!
Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout--SIGNED! I talked myself out of the B&N edition and got the standard edition signed! Very happy with my choice! Lol.
I Feed Her to the Beast & the Beast is Me by Jamison Shea--SIGNED! While I couldn't attend this event, I did find a signed copy at the bookstore when I went there for Shelby's event on Friday, so I made an impulse decision! Lol.
Outcasts by Josephine Angelini--apparently my preorder shipped early...still need to read the one before this but yay! Also loooving this cover, now I feel like I need to dive in my storage unit to find my corresponding Greek sculptures to make a picture with this one. The only problem is finding said box!

I also got my Fairy Loot YA book for September! This book wasn't on my radar but after reading what it was about, I got pretty excited for it!

The cover is really pretty and I think it's alternative, but it might just be more of a color thing. The design on the hardcover itself isn't bad, I guess I just wish the hardcover itself could be matte instead of glossy. The endpages are pretty as are the sprayed edges. So all in all, a gorgeous book!

Then my signed copy of Fall of Ruin and Wrath came with a bunch of pretty swag:

I got a DO NOT DISTURB door sign
a sticker
the preorder bookmark
and a two sided art printish thing that has Jemlin C's gorgeous artwork on it!

Then I got my August, I think it was, cupcake pin from A Touch of Magic Designs! This one was for The Stolen Heir! I still need to read that one but since it's still a duology from what I last heard, I was holding off reading it for sanity's sake!

And that was it for me! An otherwise perfect week...except for the looming bad news. Really hoping I'm saved. Well wishes and luck are appreciated! Lol.

What all did you get?