NEWTs Readathon Wrap Up - 2019

This yearly readathon took place during the entire month of August. I completed all the OWLs exams in April so Id be able to go for any career I wanted, but since I was concentrating on Metal Charmer during my OWLs I decided to stick with that career for this round. My TBR changed a little as I added more graphic novels, but anything that counts on goodreads counts for this readathon and Im just happy I managed to complete everything I needed for my career. I read a couple more things in August, but Ill talk about those in my Monthly Wrap up on Monday. Some of the books have full reviews up on my blog, but Ill be talking more about my thoughts for all of these in my wrap up. I didnt share them here so my posts wouldnt get too repetitive, but I do mention why each books fits the exam. You can find more information on the Announcement Video.

Only Ashes Remain by Rebecca Schaeffer Review

Rating: 4.5 Stars

Publication: September 3rd, 2019

Not Even Bones #2

Genre: Fantasy

Format: ARC

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Summary:

Dexter meets This Savage Song in this dark fantasy about a girl who sells magical body parts on the black market until she’s betrayed. Nita doesn’t murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the internet, her mother does that. Nita just dissects the bodies. Until one day her mother brings home a live specimen and Nita decides she wants out. Dissecting living people is a step too far and when she tries to save her mother’s victim, she ends up sold on the black market in his place because Nita herself is a supernatural being. After experiencing the other side of the bars, Nita is going to make sure no one can ever capture her again. She did one good deed, and it cost her everything. Now she’s going to do a lot of bad deeds to get it all back.

Bookish Matchmaker

It was a lot harder than I thought it would be to explain why I thought a couple worked well together, but I loved the idea of playing matchmaker with some of my favorite characters. I know not all of these characters are well known, but I hope this post gets you interested in reading their story. Now here are 5 couples Id love to see together.

House of Rage & Sorrow by Sangu Mandanna Review

Rating: 5 Stars

Publication: September 17th, 2019

A Spark of White Fire #2

Genre: Scifi

Format: Egalley

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Summary:

In a universe of capricious gods, dark moons, and kingdoms built on the backs of spaceships, a cursed queen sends her infant daughter away, a jealous uncle steals the throne of Kali from his nephew, and an exiled prince vows to take his crown back. Raised alone and far away from her home on Kali, Esmae longs to return to her family. When the King of Wychstar offers to gift the unbeatable, sentient warship Titania to a warrior that can win his competition, she sees her way home. She’ll enter the competition, reveal her true identity to the world, and help her famous brother win back the crown of Kali. It’s a great plan until her brother breaks her heart and she vows to destroy him for it. As gods, beasts, and kingdoms choose sides, Alexi seeks out a weapon more devastating than even Titania. The House of Rey is at war. And the entire galaxy will bleed before the end.

August 2019 Book Haul

I have 10 books to haul this month and I will have full reviews for each coming very soon. Im super grateful I get to read and review these early and it means the world to me to hear you guys enjoy my book reviews. A good majority of these books are coming out in September so you dont have too long to wait to get your copies if any of them interest you. Okay lets get started.

Last Hope by Krista & Becca Ritchie Review

Rating: 3 Stars

Publication: August 13th, 2019

The Raging Ones #2

Genre: YA Scifi Romance

Format: Egalley/Audiobook

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Summary:

In a freezing world, where everyone knows the day they will die, three teens break all odds by defying their death day and somehow become linked so deeply that they start to share senses and emotions. With the threat of people learning they’ve dodged their deathdays, they end up stealing a spaceship and running right into the arms of their enemy. Imprisoned for weeks Franny, Court, and Mykal have sat with an unfathomable revelation. But as they fight to stay alive, escaping prison means trusting a young mysterious stranger. He knows everything about their lost histories, and when answers aren’t given freely, the bonded trio are forced to join a mission. One that will determine the fate of humanity. Vulnerable and with no choice, the trio on embark on a dangerous mission to a water world where their enemies can’t die and survival comes at a high cost.

Anticipated September 2019 Book Releases

I have a list of 20 September book releases that Im excited about or that Ill be keeping an eye on. Some Ive read or Im in the middle reading while others I plan on picking up very soon. Most if not all of these are young adult fantasy/scifi since thats what I mostly read, but there is a couple adult ones thrown in there. Since I have review copies for a good number of these full reviews will be going up over the next few weeks. With such a huge list lets not waste any more time and get right on into it.

Fantasy JourneyAThon Wrap Up

The second round of the Fantasy JourneyAThon was Harry Potter themed and took place from August 10th to the 19th. I didnt complete all 10 challenges in 10 days, but I did finish 9 prompts so thats pretty good. I ended up changing some of my TBR by adding more comics to help me succeed. I read 3 novels, 2 novellas and 4 comics. I started the readathon a couple days late and spent a good portion of the last days playing Pokemon Pearl on my DS. I finally got a replacement game for the one I lost a couple years ago and got right addicted to it. It just makes me super nostalgic for my childhood. Im sure I could have read more, but I needed a little break to get excited about reading again and it worked. If you want to join the next round you should follow the readathon on Twitter so you can be notified whenever they announce round three.

Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin Review

Rating: 4 Stars

Publication: September 3rd, 2019
Genre: Fantasy

Format: Egalley

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Summary:

Bound as one to love, honor, or burn. Two years ago, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, witches like Lou are hunted. They are feared. And they are burned. Sworn to the Church as a Chasseur, Reid Diggory has lived his life by one principle: thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. His path was never meant to cross with Lou's, but a wicked stunt forces them into an impossible union—holy matrimony. The war between witches and Church is an ancient one, and Lou's most dangerous enemies bring a fate worse than fire. Unable to ignore her growing feelings, yet powerless to change what she is, a choice must be made. And love makes fools of us all.

5 Bookish Aesthetic Boards

I thought it be fun to put a few aesthetic boards together for some of my favorite books and share them with you all. Hopefully they will get you excited to read some of my favorites. The aesthetic boards took way longer to put together than I thought they would, but Im happy with the results considering how hard it was to come up with picture ideas for some of them. Im thinking of making more of these in the future but for now I have 5 to talk about.

10 Graphic Novel Reviews

Ive already talked a little bit about some these graphic novels in my monthly wrap ups, but since they were received for review I figured they deserved their own post. I talk about so many books in my wrap ups that sometimes the comics are overlooked and theres some amazing ones on this list that definitely deserve more attention. I cant believe there was actually a time where I avoided them. I decided to put a bunch of them together because my comic reviews tend to be pretty short. I don't know if its just me, but graphic novels dont usually leave me with much to say. Plus they're so short I dont want to give too much away. They are however great for readathons and getting over book hang overs so Ive been reading a lot of them more lately. For todays post I have 10 I want to share my thoughts on so lets get started.

Alessandras Interview - Shadows Between Us

I saw this idea on Books Amino and thought it would a unique way to gush about a new favorite character. Once I answered all the questions I realized it read like fan fiction, but this interview is pretty fan fiction so that was a new experience for me. Ive never written anything like it before, but I had so much fun I think I might do more in the future.

For this post I decided to interview the main character from the Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller who also wrote Daughter of the Pirate King and Warrior if the Wild. I just recently finished the book and its become an all time favorite. This was her best book to date and Levenseller has cemented herself as a favorite author of mine.

I will have a review go up closer to publication, but it doesnt come out until February 25th, 2020 so this interview is a quick teaser as to why you should put it on your TBR, especially if a slytherin romance is up your alley. Now lets get on with the interview.

Fantasy JourneyAThon TBR - Harry Potter

This readathon takes place from August 10th to the 19th. My TBR is a little ambitous for me since I haven't been reading more than a couple books a week at most, but it will be fun to try. Ill probably not read them in order since I read multiple books at once, but if I dont finish all the challenges by the time the readathon ends Ill only count up to whatever challenge I didnt end completing when I post my wrap up. Im just doing this readathon for fun, but if you want higher stakes you can join a Hogwarts house and earn points. You can find the information for the readathon here. I love readathons with maps and since I joined the last round I knew I wanted to do this one as well. This round is Harry Potter themed which works well with the NEWTs readathon Im also doing this month.

Containment by Caryn Lix Review

Rating: 3 Stars

Publication: September 10th, 2019

Sanctuary #2

Genre: YA Scifi

Format: Egalley

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Summary:

⭐Sanctuary Spoilers⭐

As a citizen of Omnistellar Concepts, the most powerful corporation in the solar system, Kenzie has trained her entire life to become an elite guard on Sanctuary, Omnistellar’s space prison for superpowered teens too dangerous for Earth. As a junior guard, she was excited to prove herself to her company, but then a routine drill went sideways, Kenzie was taken hostage by rioting prisoners, her mother was more concerned with protocol then saving her, and aliens attacked. With people disappearing or being killed Kenzie teamed up with her captors in order to survive. Now they may have escaped the Sanctuary space station, but Kenzie and her new friends are far from safe. With nowhere to go and no one to help them tensions start to boil over when Kenzie discovers more aliens are on their way.

My Royal Court Book Tag - Original

I first created this original book tag on Books Amino April 13th 2018. Now thats its been over a year and I finally started my own blog I figured I would redo the tag so I can post the new version on here. I did change number 6 a little since I found the original question was a little too similar to another question. The tags is all about picking different fictional characters for your very own court. Ive added a list below of all the lovely people I could find that did the tag. I love seeing all your answers so feel free to do it even if I havent tagged you and let me know in the comments so I can add you to the list. If you've already done it and I didnt add you please let me know so I can do it. Now without further ado lets get into the tag.

MedievalAThon Wrap Up

Some of these books overlap with my Book Junkie Trials Wrap Up since they both took place during the entire month of July. I read 7 books this month plus some comics and novellas so I managed to reach the level of Queen which was my ultimate goal. If you want to stay informed in case theres ever a second round you should follow Holly Hearts Books and the readathons Twitter Account. Now lets get into my MedivalAThon wrap up.

July 2019 Reading Wrap Up

Even though I didnt read as many books this month I did manage to pick up a few amazing reads. Besides that, there was one major disappointment and the rest were really good. I did read a bunch of graphic novels and novellas to complete the challenges in the different readathons I was particpating in. Im hoping to read more next month but for now lets get into what I read.

#ARCAugust 2019 Reading Plans

I have more than just these six books planned for August since the entire month will be dedicated to the NEWTs readathon. I have a couple from last month I still want to read and once thats done these six will be my priority. I havent been reading as much lately, but if I somehow manage to finish all of those Ill get to the other ones on my NEWTs TBR. If I run out of time Ill switch out some books for comics to make sure I can complete each challenge needed for my career. You can find my full NEWTs TBR here.