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Hello! Hello! Voidfriends and Voidfolk. Am I back? Yes.
It’s been a while. That’s to say the least. The last time I really talked to you, feels like it was as I was leaving Scotland. I’m back in the US now. I have a new job (along with my old ones).
Things are about to change massively.
Continue reading “Hello All”
January
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey
Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes
Roseanna by Sjöwall and Wahlöö
Don’t Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine
bloodthirsty for marriage by Susannah Dickey
Total: 7
February
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
One D.O.A. One on the Way by Mary Robison
The Long Firm by Jake Arnott
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
The Long Drop by Denise Mina
Total: 6
March
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
Galatea by Madeline Miller
My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Total: 5
April
The Undying by Anne Boyer
This Brutal House by Niven Govinden
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
Cygnet by Season Butler
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Glasgow Edited by Ruthie Kennedy, Colin Herd, & Tommy Pearson
Total: 6
May
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Total: 1
June
None
Total: 0
July
None
Total: 0
August
None
Total: 0
September
None
Total: 0
October
Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
Tadhya Exordium by Quinn Howard
The Swarm by Frank Schatzing
Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
The House of Always by Jenn Lyons
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
The Righteous by Renee Ahdieh
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas
Total: 10
November
Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. Kuang
Book fo Night by Holly Black
Total: 2
December
None
Total: 0
Grand Total: 37
WOW. I read about half the number of books that I read last year. Which is lowkey criminal for me. I am going to try to change that for 2023, but who knows what the future holds for me. All the same. I will probably be backdating and catching up with posts for August-December of last year, within the upcoming couple of weeks so don’t be surprised.
Also, I did a worse job at keeping track of my manga/webnovels lists than I did last year. As such, I think I’m not going to post about them. Instead I’ll just try to do better in 2023.
MM
For a full list of what this is about go here. And then for the rules and regulations go here. If you have any questions let me know! This is the complete list for the new year prompt list! If you are wondering where in the world I got these words. Essentially they are all key words associated with the symbolism of diamonds.
Continue reading “Whimsy and Mayhem Reading Challenge 2023 Prompts: Diamonds”Hello Void Friends and Voidfolk,
Yeah, sorry that this year has been ROUGH.
I can’t say I’m going to get back to writing book reviews. I will, hopefully, continue to collect quotes. I might do that as a thing instead. Also, I hope to get back into giving you my “what did I read” posts. As for additional content on the blog, I am not sure what it will be… if anything. But! This is all for 2023.
Some updates for me.
I officially graduated from my Masters, with distinction. I officially applied for my doctoral program, and the funding for it. I am still living in the UK at this time, so I really don’t see myself getting back into my usual 150+ book reading habits any time soon.
This blog has always been, and will always be, my writers website. So, tbh, I am pretty sure I will have to revamp it again in the coming months. However, thank you all for sticking with me for so long. You are all the best. I know that I will have a massive drop off in viewers the moment I take down my reviews (which I am contemplating doing but we’ll see).
Here’s to the very best winter for everyone.
Until Next Time,
MM
Once again it’s the same TBR as the last two months. I really do want to get these books read before I go back to Vegas, so that I can just take them home.
Continue reading “August TBR”
A complete Archive of all reviews from the month of July (2022):
Total Number of Reviews : 0
Books : 2
Novellas : 0
Series Reviews : 0
Series Reading Rereads: 0
Poetry : 0
Continue reading “July Review Archive”
My July was an absolute mess. Two of my friends got Covid. My trip was canceled. I had a big panic about the doctoral program. It was just not good in general. My reading stats reflect that.
Continue reading “June Reading List”Sorry that I’ve missed a few weeks friends. I couldn’t actually do the others, because I was unable to really come up with answers and instead of giving you more memes, I was like… I just wont. But I am this week!
<<Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018.>>
July 19: Freebie
For this I’m doing book quotes again but this time I am doing:
STORIES
AKA my favorite quotes in the world. hahaha.
How many do you know? How many do you know that I love? Were you able to call them out before I wrote them down? Yes? No? Let’s go!
Also, to make this more difficult for me. I CANT use the quotes I used on the sky quotes. This means that two of my favorite quotes of all time can not be used: ‘We are stardust and stories’ from The Starless Sea, and ‘These were the stories between the stars.’ from ORV.
Continue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Freebie Summer 2022”
Okay, so. I didn’t read nearly as much last month as I had planned to. This month? We aren’t holding out hope either. But for now! Similar books to last time. Fingers crossed.
Continue reading “July TBR”
A complete Archive of all reviews from the month of June (2022):
Total Number of Reviews : 2
Books : 2
Novellas : 0
Series Reviews : 0
Series Reading Rereads: 0
Poetry : 0
Continue reading “June Review Archive”
Marlena Marie 