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. 

Weekly Check-in #56

What I've Been Writing:

Guess what!  I am done editing Day Robber (Formerly Impostors and Thieves). It's releasing in ebook and paperback on June 20th! Oh, and I have a cover for it too!  Yay. That was a long project to work on. It came in at 550 pages long / 149,323 words.

What I've Been Reading:

Didn't read a new book this week. Was too busy getting my own story set up for release and trying to make promotional stuff for it. But I've been watching The Burroughs with my hubby. I'm actually liking it quite a bit.  I mean, not as much as Off Campus, but I'm hooked. 

What I've Been Stacking on my Shelves: 

It was a very slow week for book purchasing too. I got a used copy of Allurial's version of To Cage a Wild Bird.