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November 2024 TBR

Published on November 1, 2024November 3, 2024 by Celeste16 Comments

It’s Friday, which is a good thing in and of itself. And with it comes the first of a new month and thus my November 2024 TBR. November also marks another round of SciFi Month, so I’ll try to focus some of my reading on scifi novellas or books.

For those who don’t know, SciFi Month is hosted by Annemieke of A Dance With Books, Mayri the BookForager, Lisa of Dear Geek Place, and imyril at There’s Always Room For One More. Information is on any of their blogs, but in a nutshell it’s an annual celebration of all things science fiction. Feel free to sign up if you’re interested.

Now, let’s blast off into this November 2024 TBR! The first prompt for this is Astronavigation also known as my TBR. How fitting.

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August 2024 TBR: Trope-ical Readathon

Published on August 1, 2024September 3, 2024 by Celeste15 Comments

Happy August! Instead of my regular TBR format, such as that of July, this time Trope-ical Readathon is my guide. You can learn more about Trope-ical Readathon and sign up here. So for my August 2024 TBR I plan to focus on these books below. Of course, I highly doubt I’ll read all of these. In a good month I read 10 or more books. But I can just hope for the best with my August 2024 TBR! Finally, once again I decided to join Team Fantasy.

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Wyrd and Wonder black dragon artwork by Ehtisham Sajid.

Wyrd and Wonder: Journey’s End

Published on May 31, 2024June 15, 2024 by Celeste11 Comments

After passing a bit of time on the Twin Peaks, I and everyone else are now at the Wyrd and Wonder Journey’s End. These are sad times, my friends. But it was another round of a lovely time celebrating all things fantasy.

This post is a hard one for me to write. Past me had to magic-eight ball what my favorite Wyrd and Wonder Read would be. Since I’m on vacation at the moment, I took a lot of time to schedule an entire month’s worth of content. That planning also included this post. Since my Kindle was my oyster, I only had access to e-books–the horror. (Even though I really wanted to read my physical copy of HOW TO BECOME THE DARK LORD AND DIE TRYING by Django Wexler.)

Anyway, I’m just rambling now. Let me seer this and guess that DREADFUL by Caitlin Rozakis is my favorite Wyrd and Wonder read. And it’s a standalone, hooray! It came out in the US on May 28!

Synopsis

A sharp-witted, debut high fantasy farce featuring killer moat squid, toxic masculinity, evil wizards and a garlic festival – all at once. Perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher, K. J. Parker and Travis Baldree.

It’s bad enough waking up in a half-destroyed evil wizard’s workshop with no eyebrows, no memories, and no idea how long you have before the Dread Lord Whomever shows up to murder you horribly and then turn your skull into a goblet or something.

It’s a lot worse when you realize that Dread Lord Whomever is… you.

Gav isn’t really sure how he ended up with a castle full of goblins, or why he has a princess locked in a cell. All he can do is play along with his own evil plan in hopes of getting his memories back before he gets himself killed.

But as he realizes that nothing – from the incredibly tasteless cloak adorned with flames to the aforementioned princess – is quite what it seems, Gav must face up to all the things the Dread Lord Gavrax has done. And he’ll have to answer the hardest question of all – who does he want to be?

A high fantasy farce featuring killer moat squid, toxic masculinity, an evil wizard convocation, and a garlic festival. All at once. All in all, Dread Lord Gavrax has had better weeks.

And that’s a Wyrd and Wonder Journey’s End wrap! Expect my typical monthly wrap up and June TBR a bit later than usual!

Wyrd and Wonder: The Icy Waters of Waiting for the Next Book

Published on May 17, 2024April 30, 2024 by Celeste10 Comments

After stopping at Reaching Fingers, it’s now time for my Wyrd and Wonder journey to the Icy Waters of Waiting for the Next Book. In other words, I’m going to feature a series that I feel just isn’t being written fast enough. If you’re a long time follower of my blog or Instagram, then you’ll probably be able to guess my top answer to this.

Drum roll, please…

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Wyrd and Wonder: Reaching Fingers

Published on May 15, 2024April 30, 2024 by Celeste13 Comments

After stopping at the Bite Sized Islands, I decided my next jaunt would be to the Wyrd and Wonder Reaching Fingers. Reaching Fingers is where I’ll happily share some upcoming titles that I’m eager to get my hands on. I already have a list of anticipated second quarter book releases. But here at Wyrd and Wonder Reaching Fingers I’ll include some from that list and look farther into the future for upcoming fantasy books. This, of course, isn’t an exhaustive list, but consists of books I’m really looking forward to. That means there’s a higher chance I’ll actually read them.

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