Weekly Wrap Up 25/05

Hello everyone, welcome to my Weekly Wrap Up for last week. I’m going to chat a wee bit about what I read and anything I hauled.

Scotland is still in full lockdown so I have plenty of time to read, and as such I have been trying to take advantage of that and get lots read! I’m not sure how successful I have been, but you can judge for yourself.

Books Read

Shadowblack by Sebastien de Castell

This is the second book in the Spellslinger series, a YA fantasy series which I would describe as kind of Wild West Cowboys with magic! It’s very good, and I have been enjoying the audiobooks of these from my local library!

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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

This one is everywhere at the moment, I jumped right into it as soon as it arrived in the post!

You can read my spoiler free review here!

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The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh

This is a great YA paranormal fantasy featuring vampires in 1800s New Orleans! I am definitely ready for a vampire comeback so this was right up my street!

The sequel is out in July, and with that cliff-hanger I need to get into my eARC as soon as possible!

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Currently Reading

The Darkdeep by Ally Condie & Brendan Reichs

I took a break from my Spellslinger audiobook monopoly to listen to a slightly different book. This is a middle grade adventure/horror, and it has some spooky parts indeed! I’m enjoying using the library to listen to loads of books I would not normally read.

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Half a King by Joe Abercrombie

I have been in a bit of a fantasy mood lately, and I decided to jump into this trilogy which I have had on my shelves for a wee while.

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What's Up Next

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

I have been reading this on and off over May, this is the last week of the month, so I’m hopefully going to finish it this week!

I watched the Keira Knightley movie with one of my friends last week, which has helped give me an idea of which character is which!

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The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark

I listened to his other novella A Dead Djinn in Cairo earlier in May and really enjoyed it, so I’m hopeful to get to this one by the end of the month!

This novella has also been shortlisted for a Hugo award which makes me even more excited to read it!

Books Hauled

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

I received an eARC copy of this novel from Hodder & Stoughton, and it looks like a very exciting sci-fi novel. It’s published in August, so I have a wee while to read and review it!

Published: 4th August

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