WWW Wednesday: April 6, 2022

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 These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan. I’m a sucker for these types of fantasy novels. If last weekend wasn’t so busy I’d probably have finished the book by now. The writing is descriptive, but succinct. Though I love lyricism in writing, I very much prefer this style as well. Plus I sense a love triangle coming on. Most excellent.





Recently Finished: The last book I finished was Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman. I wrote my review and posted to NetGalley, but it hasn’t seen the light of day yet on my blog. It’s a historical fiction set in 17th century New England. It’s not something I normally read, but I must have had a flexible mind when I requested it on NG. Long story short, I’m glad I did because I ended up really liking it.




Reading Next: Next I’m going to read Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel. It’s a reimagining of “the life of Kaikeyi, the vilified queen from the Indian epic the Ramayana.” I know next to nothing about Indian mythology, so I’m excited to dig in and read this retelling.





Book Haul: March 2022

I haven’t done a book haul post in a very long time. This is partly because I hate formatting these types of posts. And partly because I don’t usually buy many book in a given month to warrant spending my time composing these types of posts. However, March 2022 turned into a beast of a month for book purchases. So I thought what the hell, let’s make my life hard and do one of these book haul posts. I warn you that it’s quite long. In fact, it’s an obscene amount of books (for me).

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Book Review: The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

Today’s review is about THE GILDED ONES by Namina Forna. It’s the first book in the Deathless trilogy. Deka nears the age of her village’s blood ceremony, which will determine whether she can remain or be forced out. When her blood runs gold instead of red, she decides to leave and fight for the emperor. But once she does she begins to wonder about the truth of the stories told to her people.

Author: Namina Forna
Series: Deathless #1
Age Category: Young Adult
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Publish Date: February 9, 2021
Print Length: 432

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Monthly Book Blog Wrap-Up: March 2022

Even though March was a few days longer than February, it still seemed to pass quickly for me. I think it’s because I signed up for my first readathon (more on that below), so I made an effort to put a dent in that and my backlog of ARCs. I feel I made good progress on both accounts and even boosted my NetGalley ratio back to above 50%. Anyway, keep reading for a recap about what I posted in March!

Book Reviews

I posted five book reviews in March. From earliest to latest, here are my recent book reviews.

Book Memes and Other Posts

I participated in three blog tour spotlights:

And I posted the following book memes:

I also participated in the Support Book Bloggers Challenge by commenting on 10 book blogs. Check the post out to learn more about how you can join and boost other book bloggers!

Statistics

A few more lovely people followed my blog to bring my total to 59 of my 2022 goal of 100. Thank you to my new blog followers for helping me make my way to that goal!

Unlike last month, I didn’t participate in as many blog tours hosted by The Write Reads. But I still managed to squeak out slightly higher numbers despite this.

In March my top five posts were:

#BeatTheBacklog

Lisa at Owl Be Sat Reading started the hashtag #BeatTheBacklog to rally those who want to make a dent in their TBR list. Three of the five books I finished in March were part of my #BeatTheBacklog: The Cicada Tree by Robert Gwaltney; The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna; and Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman. I haven’t posted my reviews for these books yet, but I will at some point, of course.

Other Bookish Progress

In March I participated in Trope-ical Readathon for the very first time. I was very intimidated because I thought I’d feel super stressed to read all the books. But it felt much more relaxed than I expected. It’s like modifying a work out to suit your needs, only it’s about books not jumping jacks. I ended up finishing five books for this readathon.

Lastly, March 21, 2022 marked one year since I posted my first book review. I celebrated my one year blogiversary by posting a Q&A session here. Check it out if you want to learn a little bit more about the blogger behind the blog. Thank you to those who submitted questions!

Book Tour: The Dragon Ring by Fil Reid

Author: Fil Reid
Series: Guinevere Book 1
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, USA
Publish Date: January 11, 2022
Print Length: 312
Link: Amazon*

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