WWW Wednesday: April 27, 2022

Published on April 27, 2022June 11, 2022 by Celeste3 Comments

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme revived and hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is to answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses.

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

Currently Reading: I’m currently reading TELL ME AN ENDING by Jo Harkin. It’s about a dystopian world where one can choose to have select memories erased and decide whether to remember you had the memory removal done or not. Only then people start having “traces” of memories that were supposed to be gone. This is another read for Mythothon. Hopefully I can finish it by the end of the month!

Recently Finished: The last book I finished was KAIKEYI by debut author Vaishnavi Patel. You can find my review for it here. It’s a retelling of the maligned character Kaikeyi from the Indian epic the Ramayana. I really enjoyed the themes of feminism, familial love, fate, and faith in this reimagining.

Reading Next: Next I’m going to read THE STARDUST THIEF by Chelsea Abdullah. I’ve already seen lots of reactions floating around on book Twitter. I’d like to avoid any spoilers and also finish reading and publish my review before it hits shelves on May 17 in the U.S. Publication dates for other ARCs sitting on my NetGalley shelf have long since passed. But this is one of a select few that I have a chance to read before publication day.

Book Blogger Hop: April 22-28

Published on April 26, 2022June 12, 2022 by Celeste4 Comments

The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended on December 31, 2012. With Jennifer’s permission, Coffee Addicted Writer relaunched the hop on February 15, 2013. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end the following Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop’s purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.

The Book Blogger Hop post image was created by Coffee Addicted Writer.

This Week’s Question

Do you finish reading every book that you have slotted for a review? (Elizabeth @ Silver’s Reviews)

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Book Review: Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

Published on April 25, 2022October 15, 2024 by Celeste10 Comments

Today’s review is about KAIKEYI by Vaishnavi Patel. a retelling of the Indian epic the Ramayana from the perspective of the maligned Kaikeyi.

Author: Vaishnavi Patel
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Redhook
Publish Date: April 26, 2022
Print Length: 496

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Book Tag: Meet the Book Blogger

Published on April 21, 2022June 12, 2022 by Celeste2 Comments

I saw this pop up on Becky’s Book Blog earlier this month and saved it to do for later. So while I wasn’t technically tagged to do it, I decided to fill it out anyway. Can’t stop me!

The Rules

Thank the blogger who tagged you (Thank you for posting this tag, Becky)
Mention the creator Lauren @ Lala’s Book Reviews
Tag as many (or as few) people as you’d like
Have fun and get to know one another!

Introduction

Introduce yourself.

My name is Celeste and I work in the STEM field. I live in northern Virginia. In addition to reading and blogging, I also enjoy gardening, baking bread, and watching various sci-fi/fantasy shows/movies.

Something most everyone wants to know…do you have any pets?

Yes! We have one cat. She’s about 12 years old, but still very much acts like a young kitty. She’s a dilute calico and is incredibly sweet. She loves laps and bed time cuddles.

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WWW Wednesday: April 20, 2022

Published on April 20, 2022June 11, 2022 by CelesteLeave a comment

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme revived and hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is to answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses.

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

Currently Reading: I’m currently reading KAIKEYI by Vaishnavi Patel. It’s a reimagining of “the life of Kaikeyi, the vilified queen from the Indian epic the Ramayana.” I’m not very far into it yet, but my goal is to read and review it on my blog before its publication date of April 26.

Recently Finished: The last book I finished was WILD AND WICKED THINGS by Francesca May. This wasn’t originally on my Mythothon reading list, but I’ll probably swap it in for FOUR TREASURES OF THE SKY by Jenny Tinghui Zhang. You can read my review about it here. This book had a lot of hype on Twitter, or, at least, on my timeline. Ultimately, though, for me it fell a little flat and I didn’t connect much with the characters.

Reading Next: Next I’m going to read TELL ME AN ENDING by Jo Harkin. It’s described as a “thrilling speculative debut about a tech company that deletes unwanted memories, the consequences for those forced to contend with what they tried to forget, and the dissenting doctor who seeks to protect her patients from further harm.”