Book-A-Week – February books read
My first book I read this month was Angela Slatter’s A Feast Of Sorrows (7 of 52), because our Australian Fairy Tale Society story was The Jacaranda Wife, one of the short stories within. This book is a slightly creepy collection of dark faery tales, peopled by women and girls who are fearless, frightened, brave, bold, frail, and fantastical.
Then I beta read Chasing Neve (8 of 52) by K. A. Last, which is out on March 31. It’s a wonderful reimagining of Snow White, which is love-filled and action-packed, with lovely twists and lots of magic.
I bought The Chaos of Stars (9 of 52) by Kiersten White ages ago, because I loved a quote I came across online. And I kind of forgot about it until my book club theme for February was fate and destiny, and it seemed the perfect choice. It’s an engaging story of first love, Egyptian mythology, and family – if your family happens to be a bunch of twisted Egyptian gods and goddesses! I read it in a day, so I clearly enjoyed it…
🌟 “I didn’t fall in love with you. I walked into love with you, with my eyes wide open, choosing to take every step along the way. I do believe in fate and destiny, but I also believe we are only fated to do the things that we’d choose anyway. And I’d choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I’d find you and I’d choose you”
Kiersten White, The Chaos of Stars 🌟
And I’m absolutely loving Lucy Cavendish’s Magickal Faerytales: An Enchanted Collection of Retold Tales (10 of 52), a gorgeous selection of re-imagined faery tales that restores their pagan wisdom. In addition to the eleven classics, it includes an original story, plus faery-tale-inspired spells, fascinating histories, and more. Beautifully illustrated by Jasmine Becket-Griffith, this hardcover edition is definitely one to keep and savour.
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Book-A-Week – January books read
Last year I challenged myself to read a book a week, and I did! 52 books in 52 weeks. And it was awesome. It’s so easy to not make time for reading, with work and deadlines and everything, but I’m so glad I did. And this year I’m doing it again, because I love reading and I want to make time for it. Plus, there are SO MANY amazing books on my TBR shelf that I can’t wait to read!
January was a mix of things, starting with Greta Thunberg’s No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference (1 of 52), which sparked some fiery debate when I posted about it on instagram (sigh).
I read my favourite singer Mick Thomas’s graphic novel Coldwater Chronicles (2 of 52) as part of a reading challenge, and the middle grade urban fantasy adventure Arnold Ethon and the Lions of Tsavo (3 of 52) by new English writer A. P. Beswick.
I also read three books by BABE authors, in preparation for the book event I was signing at – the saucy Winter Princess by Skye MacKinnon (4 of 52) and For the Win (5 of 52) by Eve L Mitchell, and the grippingfantasy book The Princess Must Die (6 of 52) by Jaymin Eve and Everly Frost, the first in their Storm Princess Saga trilogy.
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