There are plenty of bookish/bloggy things to make a note of this Sunday, starting with Rough Pages by Lev A.C. Rosen, which was utterly awesome, as has been the whole Evander Mills series, and I can’t say enough wonderful things about the narrator, Vikas Adam. I’m going to be SO disappointed if the series doesn’t continue and if Adam doesn’t continue narrating it.
I don’t have a lot of A+ reviews. I do have a lot of B and higher, because if a book isn’t at least that good I’ll probably DNF and just move on. Life is too short to read books that aren’t working. But A+ are rare – as they should be – because a book has to be just about perfect – or at least perfect for me. This was a VERY good reading week!
One note about bloggy stuff, because I got an email about just this kind of thing earlier this month – and it’ll probably happen again. Most giveaway hops start on a specific day and if that’s not a good day for the site the site can’t participate. Which is completely understandable from all sorts of perspectives. Howsomever, because the Versatileer-sponsored giveaway hops, like the Fall 2024 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop and the Late Fall Amazon/PayPal Giveaway Event! are open for six weeks or more, the organizer has a five-day window for sites to post. That specifically means that I’m grateful to be able to participate in the Late Fall Event because I can post on October 17 instead of the official start date October 16, which is the day I’m participating in the Silly Pumpkins Giveaway Hop. And that’s not silly at all. But George – see picture below – certainly is!
Here’s George, looking like he’s having a literal meltdown. Or that he’s melting down into the couch. Or both. Last weekend Galen was out of town as part of a several day trip to see his sister and attend a work conference. The cats ALL made me very aware that I am the inferior cat servant and that they missed him every bit as much as I did! George and Tuna often act like bookends on this couch, one cat on each end, and this end is George’s usual spot. But he’s usually up at the top there, checking out his domain. In this shot it looks like he’s melting down into the thing – possibly as prep for pulling it all over his head!
Current Giveaways:
$10 Gift Card or $10 Book PLUS EVENT-WIDE AMAZON/PAYPAL PRIZE in the Early Fall Giveaway Event (ENDS TUESDAY!!!!!)
$10 Gift Card or $10 Book in the Scaredy Cat Giveaway Hop (ENDS TUESDAY!!!!!)
$10 Gift Card or $10 Book in the Fall 2024 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop
Blog Recap:
A- #BookReview: The Village Library Demon Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner
A+ #AudioBookReview: Rough Pages by Lev A.C. Rosen
B #BookReview: Shoestring Theory by Mariana Costa
A- #BookReview: In the Shadow of the Ship by Aliette de Bodard
B #BookReview: What We Sacrifice for Magic by Andrea Jo DeWerd
Stacking the Shelves (622)
Coming This Week:
The Crescent Moon Tearoom by Stacy Sivinski (#BookReview)
Fangs So Bright and Deadly by Piper J. Drake (#BookReview)
Silly Pumpkins Giveaway Hop
Late Fall Amazon/PayPal Giveaway Event!
The Booklover’s Library by Madeline Martin (#BookReview #BlogTour)