Author: Celeste

Mythothon Round 6

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After enjoying Trope-ical Readathon last month, I stumbled across another readathon thanks to Chris at Biblio Nerd Reflections. This April I decided to participate in my second readathon called Mythothon. It’s hosted by Foxes and Fairytales and the details are here. This round follows the story of three Egyptian gods: Isis, Osiris, and Set.

I decided to choose Team Isis because its prompts best fit with the ARCs left in my NetGalley queue. Here is my line up for the team book and the five set prompts.

  • Team Book: Death Comes at the End by Agatha Christie (optional)
  • Magic: These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan
  • The Search: Free by Lauren Kessler
  • Found: Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
  • Flight: Tell Me An Ending by Jo Harkin
  • Embalming: Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

If you want to participate, you can sign up at any point in the month of April. Mythothon runs from April 1 to April 30 and latecomers are welcome.

Trope-ical Readathon March 2022 Wrap-Up

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Last month I decided to join a readathon for the very first time ever. I participated in Trope-ical Readathon March 2022, which you can read about here, including the books I chose for the prompts and challenges. I was initially a little intimidated because I thought there would be a lot of pressure. But it ended up being really fun and I enjoyed all of my reads. It helped to shrug off any lofty expectations for myself and instead just go with the flow. If I couldn’t read a ton, so what?

I read a total of five books during this readathon. All of them were for the Common Challenges. I didn’t keep track of my points, but I estimate that I generated around 1,975 points for Team Fantasy. Three of the five books I read also fall under the #BeatTheBacklog challenge.

Here is the blank Common Challenge image followed by the books I chose, with blue “X’s” indicating completion of a challenge.

I don’t have reviews up yet for all of them, but I’ve linked to any of the corresponding reviews I have published. The books I finished are:

I think it’s safe to say I’ve overcome my fear of readathons and may join more in the future!

WWW Wednesday: April 6, 2022

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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

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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

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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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