December Reading Goals

Ren Faire season is wrapped up, and after the Norwegian festival this coming weekend I will finally be headed home! I'm on track to meet my reading challenge goal by the end of the year, so yay. This month's reading list will mostly be catch up review requests, but I want to find some holiday themed reads too. My priority is to finish the Lost Lords series - and the Wallflower's Christmas book.

This is what my December reading list looks like:

A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas
Tangle of Time by Gin Westcott
Not Quite a Wife by Mary Jo Putney
Not Always a Saint by Mary Jo Putney
Druidess by Theophilus Monroe 
Hypersomnolence by Stanley Michelsen
The Other Side of Magic by Ester Manzini
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll by Lenny Kaye 
Bedtime Stories for Cats by Amy Neftzger
Graceling: the graphic novel by Kristin Cashore
The Complete ElfQuest Volume 2 by Windy Pini

Review posting will be dependent on if my old laptop cooperates since I have yet to replace the good one. I still have quite a backlog to post. I am *this* close to trying to make the posts from my phone - which looks complicated. But I will get them all posted as soon as I can. Please be patient and check back.

And, as always, I am open to and love discussion, so I invite you to grab a book and read along!  

November Reading List

I'm in the midst of Ren Faire season, so that means traveling light and sleeping on couches. Just me, my clothes, and my Nook tablet. I think I've caught up on my reading goal, but since I don't have a car to do other things, I will just read a lot and clear my TBR backlog. It will still be all audio books and e-books. I'm sure my library misses me by now. They had gotten used to seeing me so much. My priorities for the month are to finish the Wallflowers series (except the final Christmas themed book - I'm saving that one for next month for some holiday cheer), the Feminine Pursuits series, and maybe the Lost Lords series by MJ Putney.

This is what my November reading list looks like:

The Hellion's Waltz by Olivia Waite
Out of Body Universe by Martin Chu Shui
Truthsight and Winter's Mage by Miriam Greystone
The Librarian: Little Boy Lost By Eric Hobbs
Coffee at Little Angels by Nadine Rose Larter 
Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
One Velvet Glove by Dave Duncan
No Longer a Gentleman by Mary Jo Putney
Sometimes a Rogue by Mary Jo Putney

Review posting will still be dependent on laptop cooperation. And yes, I still have quite a backlog to post. But I feel like I am covering a lot of ground. Not being able to go anywhere means I have the time. So check back repeatedly. (I also mention new posts on FB and Insta.)

And, as always, I am open to and love discussion, so I invite you to grab a book and read along!

October Reading List

Ren Faire season is coming up fast, and that means that October needs to be light on reads. Unfortunately, I'm still just a little behind on my reading goal, so I have to try to catch up still. What that means is that this month's reading list includes several audio books, plus a few shorter catch up review requests in e-book format so they can go with me on the road. My priority is to finish Curse of Cain and That Thing in the Sky, which I started months ago but was not in the right headspace to finish.

This is what my October reading list looks like:

The Curse of Cain by Theophilus Monroe
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite
Reading 5X5 x2: Duets by B. Morris Allen
Nowhere Near Respectable by Mary Jo Putney
Out of Body Universe by Martin Chu Shui
Roam by Alan Lazar
That Thing in the Sky by Christopher Francis
Tae Sung's Peculiar Life; Tae Sung and the Flattened Snake by Elizabeth OCarroll
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
Someone Else's Shoes by Aldrea Alien
The Taming of Viscount Perth by Maria Greene
The Undoing of Lord Saville by Maria Greene

Review posting will be dependent on if my old laptop cooperates since I have yet to replace the good one. I still have quite a backlog to post. I am *this* close to trying to make the posts from my phone - which looks complicated. But I will get them all posted as soon as I can. Please be patient and check back.

And, as always, I am open to and love discussion, so I invite you to grab a book and read along!

September Reading Goals

I'm behind on my reading goal, so I have an ambitious list for the month as I try to catch up. This month's reading list includes mostly books picked up from a trip to the local library, plus a few catch up review requests.  My priority is to finish Enchanted Ever After. Finishing the Enchanted, Inc. series has been a task because the last book was impossible to find! I finally found a copy, thanks to my new library's Hoopla account, but when I got 80% finished reading it, the checkout expired and I had exceeded my allowance for the month. So I have been waiting 2 weeks to finish the last few pages. So frustrating! Once I finish that, there are a few more old reads to finish that I hope to finally complete, and then several new library finds.

This is what my September reading list looks like:

Enchanted Ever After by Shanna Swendson (FINALLY)
The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
Vic Boyo Doofus Detective: Double Murders are Twice as Bad by Milo James Fowler
The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor
Never Less Than a Lady by Mary Jo Putney
A Storybook Hero by Shanna Swendson
It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas
The Curse of Cain by Theophilus Monroe

And if I get to it, this further volume from another series that I have started:

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite

There are still reviews incoming for my August reads as well. Still; getting situated in the new house and trying to get everything for my business established in a new state (plus prepping for a festival at the end of the month) means that I have quite a backlog to post. I will get them all posted as soon as I can. I had ambitiously set up a goal of 2-3 posts a week before the move, and once things get balanced out, I hope to get back to that. Which means that there are a lot of posts coming! Please be patient and check back.

And, as always, I am open to and love discussion, so I invite you to grab a book and read along!

July/August Reading Selections

This month's reading list is 2 months in one, because I am posting late in the month. The books included are the result of my finally getting a card at the local library and going wild with it. I now have access to Libby AND Hoopla! And Hoopla had Enchanted Ever After, a book that I had been struggling to get my hands on, so it's on the top of the list. After that there is a slew of other books I grabbed when I went to explore. A lot of them are graphic novels. No reason in particular - I just love graphic novels and they had a really good selection. ^.^

This is what my August reading list looks like:

Enchanted Ever After by Shanna Swendson
The Complete ElfQuest Volume 1 by Windy Pini
Star Trek: The Manga Volume 1: Shinsei/Shinsei by Chris Dows
Heartstopper Vol 1-4 by Alice Oseman
Check, Please! Book 1 & 2 by Ngozi Ukazu
Bloom by Kevin Panetta
Loving a Lost Lord by Mary Jo Putney
Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Lauren Myracle
Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
The Bride was a Boy by Chii
Zodiac Starforce: By the Power of Astra by Kevin Panetta
Spinning by Tillie Walden

I actually got my library card at the very end of June, so there were two late June reads that will covered as well - both short stories in the Enchanted, Inc. series that I didn't even know existed until I found them whilst searching for EEA.

June Reads:
Paint the Town Red and Criminal Enchantment by Shanna Swendson

December's Intended Reads

Well, I had a reading list for this month, (really, mostly last month's reads because Ren Faire kicked my behind...) but I decided to take this month off. I am still recovering from faire, plus I have to prepare for the Norwegian Country Christmas Tour Heritage Market that I set up at every year, and then I work a ton during the holidays so that everyone else can spend time with their families. I'm still going to share what my list was supposed to be, so that I can revisit it later. 

This is what my December reading list looked like:

5x5 X2: Duets by B. Morris Allen
Embracing Darkness by Tina Moss and Yelena Casale
The Undoing of Lord Saville by Maria Green
Dune by Frank Herbert
Out of Body Universe by Martin Chu Shui
Frogs and Kisses by Shanna Swendson
and
Enchanted Ever After by Shanna Swendson - if I can find a copy. 

I am not focusing on new reads, but I am planning to still post some of the backlog of reviews of past reads. If anything, I'm hoping to finish off the Enchanted, Inc. series.