Sunday Post #309: Vacation Coming To An End

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #275: On Vacation

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If you read my Sunday Post yesterday, then you know I'm currently on the road! We're heading to Omaha (from Washington state... driving 😨), and tonight we stopped for the day in Rapid City, South Dakota! We should arrive to our destination by tomorrow! Anyway, I'm currently sitting in my hotel room and decided to write this up. So if the post formatting is off or the pictures aren't great... you know why 😅😂

Sunday Post #308: On The Road

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Life According to Literature 2021

This tag was created by Annabookbel! And I know I'm super late to it, but I don't care. I want to do it 😆 Lol.

Using only books you have read this year (2021), answer these prompts. Try not to repeat a book title.
(Links in the titles will take you to my reviews where they exist)

Review: Tear Down the Throne (Gargoyle Queen #2) by Jennifer Estep

Title: Tear Down the Throne

Series: Gargoyle Queen #2

Previous series: Crown of Shards

Previous book in this series: Capture the Crown

Author: Jennifer Estep

Genre: Adult, high fantasy

Publication date: May 3rd 2022

Published by: Harper Voyager

Source: ARC from author for review

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Synopsis: Bestselling author Jennifer Estep continues her Gargoyle Queen series with a highly anticipated sequel to Capture the Crown: Gemma Ripley must protect her kingdom and herself from threats of war, assassination, and a dangerous attraction that could break her reign... or her heart.

Crown princess. Clever spy. Powerful mind magier. Gemma Ripley of Andvari is all those things, but these days, she’s also extremely worried. Her problem? Figuring out how to stop an enemy’s plot to somehow use magical tearstone weapons to conquer her kingdom.

Gemma’s quest for answers leads her to a trade Summit between the various kingdoms. Among the other royals in attendance is Queen Maeven Morricone of Morta and her son, Prince Leonidas—Gemma’s charming and dangerous nemesis.

Gemma knows that Maeven always has a long game in motion, and sure enough, the cunning queen invokes an arcane tradition that threatens the fragile truce between Andvari and Morta. Despite her best intentions to keep her distance from the Morricones, Gemma once again finds herself thrown together with Leo and battling her growing feelings for the enemy prince.

When a series of deadly attacks shatters the Summit’s peaceful negotiations, Gemma realizes that someone wants to tear the royals down from their thrones—and that this enemy just might succeed...

My rating: ★★★★★

My favorite book of the year last year was, without a doubt, Capture the Crown! I’m not a big fantasy reader—high/epic fantasy, I should specify. But this series, I LOVE IT! But if you know me, it should come as no surprise because you know that Jennifer Estep is one of my favorite authors 😆 Tear Down the Throne was one of my most anticipated books of 2022, and it definitely lived up to my expectations! I absolutely loved it!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #274: Only Bad Options Was A Good Option

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Sunday Post #307: Where's the fire?

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Unpopular Opinions Book Tag

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Review: Cabinet Jack (Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #16) by J.L. Bryan

Title: Cabinet Jack

Series: Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #16

Previous books in this series: Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper (#1) | Cold Shadows (#2) | The Crawling Darkness (#3) | Terminal (#4) | House of Whispers #5 | Maze of Souls #6 | Lullaby (#7) | The Keeper (#8) | The Tower (#9) | The Monster Museum (#10) | Fire Devil (#11) | The Necromancer's Library (#12) | The Trailwalker (#13) | Midnight Movie (#14) | The Lodge (#15)

Author: J.L. Bryan

Genre: Adult, paranormal, horror

Publication date: January 25th 2022

Published by: J.L. Bryan

Source: eARC from author

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Synopsis: Close your doors and cabinets tight, or Jack will climb out to see you tonight.

The former railroad stop of Timbermill, Georgia has grown ever more quiet and empty since its boom era faded decades ago. Reduced to little more than a ghost town, it is suddenly revitalized by suburban sprawl from the city of Savannah, its long-vacant downtown storefronts gradually reopening as boutiques for weekend shoppers.

But Timbermill has a dark legend unknown to the newcomers. Stories whispered from one generation of children to the next warn of a supernatural figure who emerges from the doors of closets and cabinets left carelessly open at night. As the children grew up and moved away, the town shrank, windows were boarded over, and the old stories were almost lost.

One recently relocated couple is restoring an antique house for themselves and their children rather than buying into one of the new neighborhoods, but an unsettling figure from the local legend appears to be stalking them. They turn to Ellie and Stacey for help against an old evil that, while nearly forgotten, was never fully buried.

My rating: ★★★★★

Another Ellie Jordan novel in the bag! And I, of course, enjoyed it 😉 Lol. In this book, Ellie and Stacey investigate a very interesting case. We have a classic haunted house case, yes, but the house itself was very interesting! It had all this cabinetry built in, secret passages, and all these little nooks and crannies kids (and spooks!) could hide in. And then Jack himself... what a creep! The things he did... yikes! His story was very interesting though. Messed up, but interesting. I always like the part where the girls do research because it always brings up some interesting things. And this was no different! Learning about the legend of Jack and the history of the town was very fascinating! And at one point we even got a bit of action in the middle of research, so that was fun. Lol.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #273: Unexpected Surprise

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Sunday Post #306: What Did I Watch...

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Hot Summer Book Tag!

This fun tag I found at and was created by Amy @ The Little Booknerds in the Corner.

Top 10 Most Anticipated Books of the Last Half of 2022

With us entering the last half of 2022, I thought I'd take a look at some of the new releases I am most looking forward for the rest of the year!

2022 Mid-Year Check In: Reading Challenges

I'm a little scared to check in on my progress... I don't think I'm doing well at all 😅 I'm hoping to be at the 50% mark by now, but I honestly don't know. Lol.

2022 Mid-Year Check In: Reading Stats

I love numbers, so I'm always excited to look at my reading stats to see how my reading changes throughout the year. I had never done reading stats in the middle of the year until last year though! So, this mid-year check in is still pretty new for me. So far this year I have read 40 books, the exact same as last year!

Top 10 Favorite Books of 2022 (So Far)

I can't believe we're halfway through the year already! But you know what, it's been a pretty good reading year for me because I haven't read any books that I gave less than 3 stars to! That's pretty amazing!

Anyway, as of right now, I have read 40 (how am I still behind on my challenge? 😫 lol) And here are my top 10 favorite books of the year so far! I have nice variety of horror, nonfiction, urban fantasy, retellings, high fantasy, middle grade, and sci-fi!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #272: Steampunk and Murder

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Sunday Post #305: Stranger Things and Serial Killers

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Finish the Series #20: I Think I'm Getting Somewhere

It's been a couple months since I last did a post like this, and since then I've finished exactly ZERO series 😅😂

2022 Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag

It's that time for the Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag! I love doing this and seeing what books I've been loving and what books weren't maybe all that great.