A Literary Escape

2022 Support Book Bloggers Challenge: 10 Shout Outs

Published on January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 by Celeste8 Comments

In an effort to support and promote book bloggers further in 2022, Pages Unbound is hosting a (very casual) “Support Book Bloggers” Challenge. The idea is simple: we will work together to read blog posts, share them, comment on them, and boost book bloggers in other ways. To learn more about the challenge and the 12 prompts involved, visit the original post here. (The above banner was created by Pages Unbound.)

I think this is a brilliant idea. Perhaps I’m even more enthusiastic about it because I’m a relatively new book blogger. It’s also a great way to learn of other great book reviewers out there. I’m looking forward to boosting others and finding some new blogs to follow this year!

If you decide to join in on the fun, the social media hashtag to use is #BookBloggerSupport22.

Without further ado, keep reading for my responses to the prompt I chose for January.

1. FIND 10 BOOK BLOGGERS YOU’VE ENJOYED READING IN THE PAST AND GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT

The shout out can be as a blog post on your blog, a list on Twitter, or any other ways you want to show them support.

Please share with me the links to bloggers you’ve enjoyed reading so that I can discover more in our #bookblogger community!

WWW Wednesday: January 26, 2022

Published on January 26, 2022June 11, 2022 by Celeste2 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: Right now I’m reading an ARC via NetGalley of Castle in their Bones by Laura Sebastian. Apparently this has been sitting in my NG queue for a little while. I didn’t realize it’s by the same author who wrote Half Sick of Shadows, which I loved. This hits bookstores on February 1. I’ll probably finish it by then, but I don’t think I’ll be able to write my review and post it on the blog by that date.

Recently Finished: The last book I finished is To Bleed A Crystal Bloom by Sarah A. Parker. It’s not the first “dark fantasy” I’ve read, but it’s certainly the darkest. I loved it. Right before that I finished Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith, which is a YA “meet cute” type romance. I wrote my reviews for both of these books, but just need to decide when to put them in the blog queue.

Reading Next: I’m either going to keep reading The Cicada Tree by Robert Gwaltney, or start The Broken Heart of Arelium by Alex Robins. The latter is for a blog tour with The Write Reads, so keep an eye out for my review next month.

Book Review: The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa

Published on January 24, 2022December 17, 2022 by Celeste1 Comment

Today’s book review is about THE CAT WHO SAVED BOOKS by Sosuke Natsukawa. Magical realism takes the reader on a philosophical adventure with a high schooler and a talking cat. Together they save books to keep them alive and unique and where they belong: actively being read by fellow book lovers.

Author: Sosuke Natsukawa
Series: None
Age Category: Young Adult/Adult
Publisher: HarperVia
Publish Date: December 7, 2021
Print Length: 208

Want to support local bookstores? Buy a copy of The Cat Who Saved Books on Bookshop.org!*

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First Lines Fridays: January 21, 2022

Published on January 21, 2022December 17, 2022 by Celeste2 Comments

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The rules are as follows:

Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
Finally… reveal the book!

If you’re using Twitter, don’t forget to use #FirstLinesFridays!

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WWW Wednesday: January 19, 2022

Published on January 19, 2022June 11, 2022 by Celeste1 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 decided to step out of my comfort zone and into the land of YA romance. I can’t remember the last time (or if) I read something in this genre, but I somehow stumbled across Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith. I thought the cover was cute and I thought why not give it ago? So far it’s a nice, light read and I’m enjoying the genre switch.

Recently Finished: The last book I finished reading is The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa. Before that I finished A Land of Never After by R.L. Davennor. You can read my review here. It’s a Peter Pan retelling that’s not particularly fit for a child’s bed time story. Think light fantasy horror regarding a curse where the characters must kill or be killed to survive.

Reading Next: Sometimes I can answer this one, and sometimes I can’t since I’m a mood reader. I might get a head start on a book tour book, or I might try and squeeze in another NetGalley request. If I go the NG route, I’ll read Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman.