My Shelf-ish Week #59

 What I've Been Publishing: 

Day Robber releases today! It's available on my website (LindaKage.com), plus places like Amazon, Apple, BN, Kobo, and Google. After putting a year of work into this one and being super excited to share it, I had a record low of seven pre-orders (well, there were eight, but someone returned theirs before release day). So now, I'm just kind of hanging on and trying not to spiral into a bad place.  I really hope those seven people like it, though. (Thank you, seven people! I love you.)

What I've Been Reading: 

Had lots better luck with books I've been reading than books I've been writing, at least. That's something. I finished Mistakes Were Made and The Wind Weaver.  I really enjoyed them both. Need the next book from both authors asap. 

What I've Been Stacking on my Shelves:

Got two new books for my shelves this week. There's the third book in the Oak & Holly cycle: Raven at the Ash Door.  And the last book I needed to finish my Danielle L. Jensen collection: Tarnished Empire. Hoping to get started on reading both of these in the next month or so.

My Shelfish Week #58

 What I've Been Writing:

Hey, I actually did a bit of writing on Night Giver (which used to be called Defectors and Queens) this week. I mean, not much, but I'm slowly getting back into the groove of working on a story again. Maybe there will be more words next week. The manuscript is at 112,000 now. 

What I've Been Reading:

I was a reading fool this week.  I finished Shadow Reaper and ended up really enjoying it.  But then I started The Wolf King and just flew through those pages. Wow. But good golly, Miss Molly. I loved The Night Prince even more. And double wow. I'm a total Blake girl. Not even gonna apologize about it, even though Callum is fine too. Blake is just...asdfjkl...you know. I knew there were two love interest options and it was about shapeshifting wolves, so I was a little worried that my own Day Robber book would have some similarities. And yeah, it does. I totally follow a formula, I guess. But there are way more differences.  And after that, I needed some contemporary romance in my life, so I read the rom-com Story of My Life, and guys... This one was amazing too. I've been overloaded with really great books lately. You could call me book blessed, I guess. Hopefully, my good book reading streak continues.

 

What I've Been Stacking on my Shelves:

So I got sucked into the Maxton Hall series on Amazon Prime and finally bought that book trilogy. Hopefully, I'll actually read them someday.  Then, I got the deluxe edition of Skyshade.  This series always has really cool artwork in the pages. And Dhampira was my Allurial Book Box of the month choice. I think it's a why-choose romantasy.  Kind of looking forward to reading that one!

Weekly Check-in #57

 What I Wrote This Week:

No new words written this week, sorry!  I've been trying to make promotional stuff for the release of Day Robber.  But next week, I plan to get back to work on Night Giver (formerly called Defectors and Queens).

What I Read This Week: 

I DID return to reading, though!  I finished Broken Dove, and oh Lordy. The cliffhanger definitely hangs. I really should've held off until the third book got here before starting this because this may be a long, painful wait. But I just need MORE!!!  

Then I started Shadow Reaper. I was really distracted by life stuff (okay, doom scrolling) at first, so it was hard to focus on it for a minute, but I think I'm going to get into it more soon because it definitely has all the elements I love to read.

What I stacked on my Shelves This Week:

I am well on my way to collecting all the Danielle Jensen books there are. This week, I added Scorched Earth to the pile, and I have more on the way. Then I got two new-to-me authors to sample.  Shadow Reaper by Lynette Noni and Kissed by the Gods by Caty Rogan. Excited to read both, even though I did a quick inventory of how many books I have on my physical, already-in-my-house, waiting, To-Be-Read pile. It was around 175. Yikes.

Anyway, that was my shelfish week (You know...I may start naming this series My Shelfish Week instead of Weekly Check-in from here on out!)  Hope you have a great National Donut Day.