This is week 18 of my Manic Monday reading, writing, and general tea update in the life of an indie author.
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A book cover for The Hunger Games by New York Times Bestselling Author Suzanne Collins. It features a black background with gray circular designs that connect to each other and meet on the left around the golden Mockingjay pin from the story. The Mockingjay pin consists of a circle, inside which is a Mockingjay bird in flight, holding an arrow in its beak.
✨️The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins✨️
After reading Sunrise on the Reaping (twice), Panem wasn't ready to let me go, so I'm re-reading the original trilogy now and phewwwww do so many things hit so differently now with all the new context. 🥹
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A book cover for Sunrise on the Reaping, a Hunger Games novel by Suzanne Collins. It features a purple background with a circular design, on top of which sits a gold design featuring a snake and a mockingjay bird facing off with spikes that remind of a crown design between them. The shape of the gold design reminds me a little bit of a harp.
✨️Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins✨️
Emotional, exciting and absolutely gut-wrenching. We already knew that Haymitch's story is a sad one, but damn, knowing all the details about it really kicks you in the feels extra hard. I cried several times. 🥹
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A book cover of Oathbound by #1 New York Times Bestselling author Tracy Deonn, the third book in The Legendborn Cycle. It shows the main character, Bree, front and center with a determined look on her face. What we can see of her brown skin under her tank top is riddled by glowing red veins with a magical quality. Her hands are raised and are emanating waves of purple magical light. A strand of her dark curly textured hair has turned white and is blowing in the wind with the rest. Behind her stands a cloaked figure, partially concealed by shadows with glowing red eyes.
✨️Oathbound by Tracy Deonn✨️
I absolutely loved the new characters we were introduced to in this book, especially Zoe. I also loved Bree's character development in this book and all the mysteries and dramatic turns. Probably my favorite in the series so far. 💖
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A book cover for All Systems Red by Hugo and Nebula Award winner Martha Wells. It shows Murderbot, a robot clad in shiny armor with a visor that hides its face in a clearing on a foreign planet. Trees wind up in the distance underneath planetary rings that stretch across the night sky like a rainbow. This book is part of The Murderbot Diaries and is a New York Times bestselling series. A blurb by Ann Leckie sits on the upper left, saying "I love Murderbot!".
✨️All Systems Red by Martha Wells✨️
So this ended up feeling more like a prologue than a proper first book, but I did enjoy Murderbot's narration and the other characters, so I will probably pick up book 2 at some point. 👻
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A book cover for Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn. It shows the protagonist, Bree Matthews, and her second love interest, Selwyn Kane, back to back in fighting stances. Bree is holding up what could be the sword Excalibur, which is engulfed by her red rootcraft flames. Behind her, Sel is holding silver spear and has the other hand up and curved in a claw-like gesture, conjuring silver aether.
In that spirit, I finished my first book of the year and while I wasn't a fan of the pacing during the first half of it, it really found its footing in the second half again and more than made up for it and I enjoyed it so, so much 🌟
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okay, so i had to push some reading goals back. gonna finish The Iron Widow and then re-read (from the beginning) the Legacy of Orisha so I can refresh my mind and binge to be ready for book 3.
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Today is January 2nd and I read Canto 17 of Dante's "Inferno" yesterday. The monster Geryon's depiction was creepy and compelling. Dante's journey is dark. I can't wait for Paradise!
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Today is January 1st and I'm about halfway through 'Perelandra' which is part 2 of C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy. It's essentially a retelling of the early Genesis story of Adam and Eve (with a Sci-Fi twist).
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Today is December 31 and I'm reading 'Perelandra' by C.S. Lewis. This is the second installment in his Space Trilogy. So far, so good.
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Today is December 30th and I have finished 'Out of the Silent Planet' by C.S. Lewis. It takes a lot to get me to read a series, but Lewis has done it! I'll be continuing on with his Space Trilogy next :)
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Today is December 29th and yesterday I read cantos 12 and 13 of Dante's "Inferno." Slow-reading this thing is killing me as I want to just keep going. But I'm forcing myself to stop and contemplate, peruse other translation, and read supplementary materials.
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Today is December 27th and I read Cantos 7, 8, and 9 of "Inferno" yesterday. This morning I finished "The Pelican Brief" by Grisham. It's been a great reading day so far, we'll see what else is in store!
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Today is December 26th and as anticipated, I did not read very much yesterday. I made some progress in "The Pelican Brief" by Grisham.
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Today is December 23rd and I'm continuing to make progress through "The Pelican Brief" by Grisham. I'm impressed by his ability to shift perspectives from character to character but not lose the reader.
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Today is December 17th and I'm nearly finished with Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis. It's a retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth from the POV of Psyche's half-sister.
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Today is December 16th and I've finished "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer. This is my only 5-Star nonfiction read of 2024. Absolutely thrilling and chilling tale of a disaster on Everest in 1996.
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Today is December 15th and I'm continuing to read "Till We Have Faces" by C.S. Lewis and "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer. I'm coming up on the end of Krakauer's Everest journey. It is utterly gripping!
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Today is December 14th and I've begun reading "Till We Have Faces" by C.S. Lewis. I've been wanting to read Lewis's non-Narnia fiction for a while now. So far so good!
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Today is December 13th and I have finally finished Great Expectations by Dickens. Wow! What a tale. A solid 4 out of 5 stars for me and one that I'll definitely re-read some day.
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Today is December 11th and I have read a few more chapters of "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer. It's a book full of exposition, but it remains compelling all the same!
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Today is December 10th and I've just crossed the 70% threshold on "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. I'm still enjoying it immensely. Yesterday, I released my 2025 deep reading list over on Substack [link in profile].
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Today is November 9th and I'm continuing to make progress with "Great Expectations" by Dickens. I'm about 60% of the way through and a more grown Estella has just re-entered Pip's life. Loving this book so far!
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Today is December 8th and I'm continuing to read "Great Expectations" by Dickens and "Into Thin Air" by Krakauer. Yesterday, a new addition to the home library arrived: "The Metamorphoses" by Ovid.
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Today is December 7th and I'm still reading both "Great Expectations" by Dickens and "Into Thin Air" by Krakauer. Since it's the weekend, I'll have time to make some significant progress today!
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Today is December 6th and I've made more progress through "Great Expectations." A fantastic story so far. Pip has just arrived in London and met the pale boy he fought earlier.
Yesterday I also started reading "Into Thin Air" by Krakauer. So far so good.
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