So here's something interesting...

I put the Bone Ships down. I just wasn't absorbing the words.

I had a headache most of today, it started subsiding around ten. I am reading a different book which seems to be fine.

I wonder if it's because my attention span was being hampered by the headache.

Finished the War of the Dwarves

I loved the first in the series and similarly enjoyed this one.

Something nefarious is happening to the Orcs that have consumed the Dark Water.

On a March towards Girdlegard, they have the Dwarves in their sights.

Next up The Bone Ships by RJ Barker

I am so excited for this!

So many new Fantasy books are coming out in the next few months.

Christopher Buehlman is releasing the Thrice Bound Fool in October. Blacktounge Thief was amazing.

Jackson Ford is releasing Sisters of the Lizard in May (the Bone Raiders made me cry) I am so excited about this.

I need more shelf.

Finished the Adventures of Amina El-Sirafi.

Loved it. Being a gigantic pirate history nerd this was right up my alley.

The writing was wonderful with some frequently hilarious dialogue. The struggle with who she was and who she is was prevalent.

2nd in the Dwarves or Empire of The Dawn next.

So I finished Ironbound.

I enjoyed it but at the same time I found myself getting kind of bored.

It's not the writing or the world or anything like that. I think I just don't like progression Fantasy.

I will still recommend it for people who do enjoy it.

Onto the Adventures of Amina El- Sarafi

Have you ever been so tired that ridiculous things are hilarious?

But you can't go to sleep because you will be awake at 4am if you do?

Finished Of Bl00d and Fire last night.

I loved it. Well except for the blasted ending because it was definitely a cliffhanger ending.( I liked the ending too)

It kept me up until 3am while I freaked out about the incoming thunderstorm.

Next up Ironbound bi Andrew Givler

Almost done of Blood and Fire by Ryan Cahill.

I'm hooked.

Especially because it's got dragons!!

I am definitely interested in the next books in the series.

I am currently reading the Astral Library by Kate Quinn.

I have cried, I have laughed and I utterly transfixed by this book.

I can't put it down.

You used a Capybara.

I'm helpless in the face of a Capybara.

Finished Well of Darkness.

It was great.

Dagnarus will be King even if he is just a second son. And though it means d*ath for her, he also covers another's wife.

As he grows his desperate need to fulfil his goals makes him do stupid sh*t(getting creative..word count)

Next The Book of Three

Thankfully the ones in Canada read the room.

Finished Dragons of Autumn Twilight.

It was awesome.

I giggled out loud lots of times at Fizban and I really want to spend time in the Vallenwood trees. They sound amazing.

The suspense with the traitor was amazing too.

Next up Grave Empire by Richard Swan.

Ha! Growing problems..miss.

Okay I will see myself out.

I adore this game. It's so gorgeous!

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I will never shut up about how amazing Kings of the Wyld and Bloody Rose are.

My Broken Binding set is now complete.

Kings made me cry....

I am pretty sure most of Ontario weeps when it snows.

Which means that we have been nearly constantly weeping since November.

I see your Smudge and raise you a Marmalade, in a sweater, snuggled in fuzzy blankets...

Reading Dragons of Autumn Twilight which is my first Dragonlance novel.

I am loving it. There's something in "band of friends" books for me. Maybe it's because I don't have a lot of friends that tickles my timbers.

I got excited about the Unicorn too. I felt the reactions of the characters.

Yuck. I hope sick kid is getting better.

2025 at a glance:

Left an extremely toxic work space where those that should have stopped the toxicity ignored, hid, or outright accused employees of lying to cover their abusive manager's behaviour

Read a lot of books

Discovered new authors

Rediscovered old authors

But I still h*te winter.

Finished Red Rising.

I enjoyed it. But the pacing was much slower during the last few chapters. The ending pulled me back in. I definitely didn't expect that to happen. But I found myself skimming through pages as well.

The second is on the TBR.

Dragons of Autumn Twilight is up next.

Halfway through Red Rising.

It's good, I am enjoying it.

But it's definitely very Hunger Games-ish.

I like the premise and how the main character is looking for vengeance by convincing people who he is vs who he really is.

There are some parts that are draggy but I am enjoying it.

Finished Empire of Silence.

A few pacing issues towards the end but still really good.

Hadrian is sent away by his Dad, his mother hatches a plan that goes awry.

On a distant planet, Hadrian must survive by any means necessary. While keeping his real identity a secret.

Next Red Rising.

Almost halfway through Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio.

It's definitely Dune-esque. But I am enjoying Empire way more than I liked DUNE(I DNF DUNE)

I like the tenacity of the main character. But I also felt sorry for him because of his parents.

I am anxious to see where it's going.

Finished the Silverblood Promise.

It was okay.

Definitely some parts that felt Tamblyn and that I skipped over.

But I did like the relationship between Flea and Lukan. I loved Flea's attitude and her sassy replies to Lukan.

Still 3 stars.

Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio is next.

I stayed up until 3:30 am finishing Empire of The Damned.

I didn't know that I knew that many swear words.

My dog was becoming concerned because of the amount of loud while still trying to be quiet I was doing.

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Frog and Toad!!! You are part of some of my earliest reading memories.