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I started reading these books during the summer and have had a lot of fun with them so far. I have Finished Dungeon Crawler Carl, and Carl's Doomsday Scenario. I started reading The Anarchist's Cookbook, and ended up switching to audio due to health issues. I ended up enjoying the audio so much that I think I'm going to go back and listen to each book via audio before I actually review them. In the meantime: if you like fantasy and humor and haven't started this series yet? Run, don't walk. You don't want to miss this. Meeting Princess Donut alone is worth the price of admission.
This is one of the first things I read when I got my Kindle Paperwhite in August of 2024. I devoured the first book in less than 24 hours. Quite a feat for me, given that I tend to view myself as a slow reader. I went right into Iron Flame right after and that took a bit longer. The way the book divided itself messed with my rhythm as a reader. That said, I still thought it was pretty good and what happened at the end is jaw dropping. I've been taking my time getting to Onyx Storm since we don't know when the next book is going to be. I'm debating whether to do a re-read or listen to the first two books via audio since it's been a while.
Harry Potter Full Cast Audio
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Pride and Prejudice
Fourth Wing
This is one of the first things I read when I got my Kindle Paperwhite in August of 2024. I devoured the first book in less than 24 hours. Quite a feat for me, given that I tend to view myself as a slow reader. I went right into Iron Flame right after and that took a bit longer. The way the book divided itself messed with my rhythm as a reader. That said, I still thought it was pretty good and what happened at the end is jaw dropping. I've been taking my time getting to Onyx Storm since we don't know when the next book is going to be. I'm debating whether to do a re-read or listen to the first two books via audio since it's been a while.
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games trilogy were three of the first books that I reviewed when I ran my last review blog. So there is definitely a pinch of irony that we are talking about them again now, as I start this blog. It's not totally surprising, though. This is one of my favorite series--despite how reluctant I was to start it back in the day. And there are two new prequel books that I haven't read yet. So I want to sit down with the originals and go through their stories while the memories are fresh. And then I want to read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and Sunrise on the Reaping.
Shatter Me
I am constantly talking about how I like the concept of a villain getting the girl. Whether he remains a villain or gradually gets redeemed. And yet this series, which I'm very aware contains and makes good on this rare and favored trope, remains incomplete from me after over a dozen years. I was blogging when this series started. I reviewed--and loved--the first book. What happened?! I'm honestly not sure. All I know is that this is something within my life as a reader that I want to change. So, here we go. Back where we started. But now I can just keep moving forward.
Side Projects
Like any people, the Harry Potter series holds a special place in my heart. I was in my final year of high school when my parents bought the first two books for my little brother at Christmas and we ALL ended up devouring them. I memorized the path from the bus terminal in the city I attended university in to the theater as we drove by it every day going downtown so I could see The Chamber of Secrets when it was in theatres. We passed around a copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix during a rainy summer at camp. Here on the blog, I want to recall my memories, and explore the full story for the first time in decades, via the new full cast audio books being offered on Audible.
Every year since 2012 I have told myself that I am going to read The Count of Monte-Cristo, and every year Christmas passes without me having done so much as read the first page. My problem isn't anything tangible. I'm not bored. I'm not worried that I won't understand what's going on. Rather, this is just a numerically massive book and books with big page counts scare the shit out of me. I see 500 pages on a book and my brain goes, "Do we really want to read that?". But this time I have a plan. I'm going to read a minimum of ten pages of this each day. It's not going to be my main read. And with time and patience, it will be completed.
There is a Count of Monte-Cristo readalong happening in 2026 on Reddit. Here is the announcement, and here is a weekly reading schedule. This is even more chill than my original plan, but discussing the book with others, and knowing I need to read the next bit for that discussion, should be both fun and productive.
I've read the majority of books that are considered the starting point of genres or ideas that I love. Frankenstein, Dracula, Lord of the Rings, you get the idea. And yet I have not read anything by Jane Austin, arguably the foundation that the modern romance novel stands on. To be fair, this is in part because my aunt felt that Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights was more important than Pride and Prejudice. Which likely colored how I viewed Austin's work without me even fully realizing it had happened. But at this point, especially given how often Austin is referenced within the romance community, this is something I should likely fix. So, let's do that.
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