{Wrap Up} September 2017 – Week 2

What I Reviewed:

As always, my reviews are linked to each photo included. Simply click on the photo to be taken to the review if you’ve not yet seen them. 🙂 

Percy Jackson V: The Last Olympian
by Rick Riordan

Middle Grade / Fantasy. I finally reached the end of Percy Jackson’s journey. Percy turns 16, and the Prophecy that has haunted his entire childhood finally meets its end. I really enjoyed this series and am happy that I made the time and effort to read it!

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
by Patricia McKillip

Fantasy / Fable. An ARC from Netgalley and Tachyon Publications, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld is a re-release. Originally published in 1974, I have high hopes that fans of stunning works of prose and high fantasy will help this book find a new and appreciative audience today.

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What I’m Currently Reading:

The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller

Young Adult / Mythology / LGBTQ. The tale of Achilles adapted for a modern audience, with a focus on a M/M romance. I wasn’t sure how I felt about this at the start as the names of people and places were throwing me off, but I’m in love with it now. I can’t wait to review this this week!

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by Marit Weisenberg

Young Adult / Fantasy / Contemporary. This was a book I requested on Netgalley months and months ago. It’s publishing next month so I figured I’d jump in now. I’m still early into it so I’m continuing to orient myself to the characters and plot, although it’s not impressing me as much as I hoped it would.

The Dark North
Anthology w/ numerous authors

Art / Dark Fantasy / Anthology. Since this is publishing in October, I figured I’d pick it up now. Really intriguing thus far, with some awesome artwork. I love dark fantasy and horror, so I’m thoroughly enjoying this!

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Books I Hauled:

Still waiting on my Book Depository order. I noticed that they now list the Mistborn Trilogy boxset as unavailable on their website, so I’ve sent them yet another email inquiring about my order. It’s doubly frustrating because my friend who ordered the same box set on the same day I did received hers about a week ago. I’m certain mine is either lost in the mail, or was never actually shipped. At this point I’m just hopeful I’ll get a refund so I can order the books from somewhere else.

I did buy a few new books last weekend too. I’ll be taking some photos of them for my instagram account and then I’ll include them next week!

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Netgalley/Edelweiss Update

I’m a tad annoyed this week. I heard that John Gwynne’s newest book A Time for Dread was available for request on Netgalley, so I requested it on September 12th. I was approved on the 14th, (yay!) but the book was archived on the 15th before I could download it. So now I have a lowered ratio and it looks like I never reviewed one book. Has anyone ever had that happen to them before? Is there a way to tell Netgalley that I never got the read the book in order to review it?

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Writing Update

Not much to report here, unfortunately. I’ve had a really busy week this week in my personal life. I had a few job interviews this week that really messed with my schedule and so something had to give, which was unfortunately my time for writing. I did manage to make some time for writing early in the week and squared away nearly 2000 words in my WIP. Hopefully I can refocus this week and hammer out some better progress this week!

 

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How is your month going? Reading anything great? Writing anything? Let me know in the comments section below!

xoxo