A Literary Escape

On My Radar: July 2024

Published on July 27, 2024July 25, 2024 by Celeste9 Comments

Wow, did July feel like a longer month or what?! As a result my July 2024 On My Radar post is a wee bit longer than usual. No point in prolonging the introduction, so just dive right in!

Reviews

Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Ellie at Curiosity Killed the Bookworm
The Hunter’s Gambit by Ciel Pierlot (Blog Tour) by Mayri at bookforager
Eddie Winston is Looking for Love by Bookaholic Bex
Book Review: Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto by Julie at One Book More
Book Review: Ne’er Duke Well by Alexandra Vasti by Julie at One Book More
Review: The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller by Leslie at Books Are the New Black
FILTHY RICH FAE By Geneva Lee – Review by Tammy at Books, Bones & Buffy
The Misfit Mage and His Dashing Devil – Audiobook Review by Chris at Biblio Nerd Reflections
When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker – Review by Rebecca at Powder & Page
The Wren in the Holly Library by K. A. Linde by Briana at Pages Unbound
ARC Review: The Land of the Living and the Dead (Gael Song Trilogy #3) by Shauna Lawless by Sue at Sue’s Musings
Book Review: Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel by Eustacia at Eustea Reads
Book Review | In the Shadow of the Fall | Tobi Ogundiran by Fantasy Book Nerd
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams – #bookreview by Annie at Left on the Shelf
Review: She Is A Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran by Danni at For Books Sake

Discussion

Idle Thoughts on Fantasy Stereotypes: The Damsel Not In Distress by Peat at Peat Long’s Blog
Some UK Librarians to be Replaced by Self Check-Out? by Krysta at Pages Unbound
How Much Money Does It Costs to Run a Book Blog? by Briana at Pages Unbound
Speak Your Damn Mind – Or Why You Should Write Opinionated Book Reviews by Laure at Reading Delicacies
The Dishonesty of Critiquing the Critics by The Orangutan Librarian

Bookish Miscellany

Trope-ical Readathon for August is approaching!
2024’s Big, Long List of Super Self-published Books by Jodie at Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Did I Read the First Half of 2024 Anticipated Releases I Listed? | Did I Like Them? by Annemieke at A Dance With Books
Jam’s Top Reads of first half of 2024 by Jamedi at JamReads
50 Fantasy Releases of 2024 – July to December! by Becky at Becky’s Book Blog

WWW Wednesday: July 24, 2024

Published on July 24, 2024July 23, 2024 by Celeste8 Comments

Since I like the idea of giving mini updates about books I won’t review, I’m back for another WWW Wednesday! This is a weekly meme, so I’ll just focus on what I’ve been up to during the past week. If you missed my last one, you can take a look at it here.

WWW Wednesday was 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?

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A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan

Published on July 22, 2024November 27, 2024 by Celeste2 Comments

Today’s review is about A ROOM CALLED EARTH by Madeleine Ryan. It’s an introspective contemporary fiction that spans about 12 hours of a woman’s life from a night out to the morning after. The author is neurodiverse and the implication is that the main character is as well.

Author: Madeleine Ryan
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publish Date: August 18, 2020
Print Length: 304

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2024 Mid-Year Reading Statistics

Published on July 19, 2024July 17, 2024 by Celeste12 Comments

In January I put together a “Book Blog In Review” post. Part of what I included in it was statistics about my reading over the entire year. Now that we’re at the mid point of the year, I thought it would be fun to introduce 2024 mid-year reading statistics. What I included here is everything I’ve read leading up to this post. So, technically, I’ve included a little more than six months’ worth of reading. But I say that’s close enough! It doesn’t need to be an exact science.

If this is the sort of thing that interests you, then read on for my 2024 mid-year reading statistics! Most of my statistics and images are from Reader Voracious’s Ultimate Book Blogger / Reader Spreadsheet Template.

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DNF: How Herbs Healed the World by Connor Smith

Published on July 18, 2024July 14, 2024 by Celeste10 Comments

Today’s review is about HOW HERBS HEALED THE WORLD by Connor Smith. This, unfortunately, was a rare DNF (did not finish) for me. And it was an ARC at that. As always, I request ARCs with the best of intentions, but sometimes I just won’t click with one of them.

Author: Connor Smith
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Mobius
Publish Date: July 23, 2024
Print Length: 224

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