Weekly Me #5

 What I’ve Been Writing:

 Dearest Thief: Did lots of thinking about this one and a little writing on it. It’s at 20,500 words now.

 

What I’ve been Reading:

I finished reading Things We Hide from the Light by Lucy Score (loved the proposal during the shootout; so fun). And now I’m over halfway through the last book in the Knockemout series, called Things We Left Behind. Wow. I think I need to read more enemies-to-lovers stories because the tension between these two…When they finally act, things explode.

 

What I’ve been Buying:

Got lots of new pretties! I once again received the wrong items, this time when I ordered the Never List and Repeat After Me.  They sent Harry Potter and a Dog Man graphic novel instead. I know! So weird. So now we're up to three instances in one month that I've had to return stuff.  I'm like an old pro at it now! Fingers crossed that no more orders get messed up. 

Meanwhile, here's what is new on my shelves.

• The Stars are Dying,  
• The Poppy Wars, 
• The Last One, 
• Sanctuary of Shadows, 
• The Never List, and 
• Repeat After Me. 

Weekly Me #4

 WHAT I'VE BEEN WRITING:

Zero Chance - I haven't gotten much done in the writing world this week. Real life has been distracting me with life stuff. Ugh. I'm still trying to make it through the read-through that I started last week. Word count is at 149,815.

WHAT I'VE BEEN READING:

The Twisted Throne by Danielle Jensen - Oh my goodness. OH MY GOODNESS.  I loved it. The ending was so intense. The cliffhanger sooo traumatic. The wait for the next book just might kill me. Mmm. So good. This story is still haunting me.

Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score - Slowly making my way through it. I'll probably finish this weekend. The third-act breakup (is that what they're called?) is enraging me at the moment, so I'll be happy to move past that part. Excited to read the next two books in the series after it. The author's got me all intrigued about Lucien and Sloane's story.

WHAT I'VE BEEN BUYING:

My sprayed-edge obsession is still going strong. Maybe a little too strong. But I only got one new book this week. The Night is Defying! (That's actually the name of the book I got, not what I'm calling my recent buying addiction, by the way.)

The first book in that series is still on its way.  I also ordered another this week, but it came--gasp!--without sprayed edges, which was the only reason I ordered it. So, yep, I had to return it and order it again from a different place. Fingers crossed this one comes with those fancy edges. This was, like, the second thing I've returned lately (got my kiddo an Easter dress, but it was too big, so we took that back too), and I pretty much never return stuff. They usually just waste away in the back of my closet, but I have now returned two things in the past month alone.  What is happening to me!!!?

Anyway, I'm hearing some scandal gossip about one of the books I bought last week. Must be pretty big if it reached my ears. This should probably teach me to stop buying books because of their edges, but I don't know if I can. I may need an intervention. But if you could wait until I at least have enough to fill one bookcase, that'd be great.  Thanks!

Weekly Me #3

 WHAT I'VE BEEN WATCHING - 

I finished up watching 1923 (the Yellowstone prequel) with my hubby this week, and the Spencer and Alex story...oooh!  My heart.  I loved watching their romance. But that ending. I'm just going to choose to believe that their story ended happily ever after in the snow when he jumped off the train for her and leave it at that!

WHAT I'VE BEEN WRITING - 

Dearest Theif - I poked around a little bit more on this story.  Thinking of maybe a new title name.  What do you think of Light Caster?  I don't know.  I'll think about it. Anyway, it's at 16,000 words now.

Zero Chance - Didn't get far in this week's read-through, but I've trimmed the word count down to 149,805. 

WHAT I'VE BEEN READING - 

I finished Wildfire and Daydream by Hannah Grace, and my favorite of the three Hannah Grace books is definitely Icebreaker. 

But holy crackers, I started on the latest release of the Bridge Kingdom Series (The Twisted Throne) that came out on Tuesday, and wow.  I adore all of those books. They have totally stolen my heart.  I'm about 80% done with TTT. It's so good.

WHAT I'VE BEEN BUYING - 

Which means, yes, The Twisted Throne is one of the books I bought this week, along with the new deluxe edition of Blood of Hercules and the new release, Firebird.  I was so excited about Firebird because of that pretty, colorful cover, but it arrived so much darker than it looked in the picture. Sadness. Maybe they'll fix that in later printings.  I dunno.

Anyway, I asked my youngest kiddo which of the three covers she liked best, and she picked Blood of Hercules before pausing and considering Firebird. 

"Except this one does have dragons," she added because she is BIG into dragons lately. "Except I like nice dragons." 

So I was all like, "How do you know these dragons aren't nice?" because I have no clue what the actual book is about.

To which she sent a dry look and pointed at the spine, answering, "They're literally burning down the town." 

Duh, Mother.

I'd gotten the book because of the pretty, colorful spine and cover, and I didn't even pay attention to what was actually happening IN the pretty, colorful picture. So yes, I totally got blasted by a nine-year-old. And that's pretty much been my whole week.

Weekly Me #2

WHAT I'VE BEEN WRITING:

Zero Chance (Book 5 of the Seven - Keene's story): I went through the whole thing again after the first editor sent it back to me. It's with the second editor now, but I'll probably start another reread at the beginning of next week. Word count is at 150,290 right now. 

Dearest Thief (A Fantasy Romance, not sure yet if it'll be YA or adult): I KNOW!! Why am I still piddling around with this story? I just can't seem to stop. But I think I finally have a first chapter that I like...after starting and scrapping three other beginnings. It's at 15,000 words right now.

WHAT I'VE BEEN READING:

I finished Icebreaker by Hannah Grace this week. Oh my goodness, I fell so in love with Nate. I loved watching this couple come together. It had such a strong beginning. The ending dove off into a direction I didn't see coming, but it didn't keep me from digging into the next book, Wildfire, as soon as I finished it.  I'm working my way through Wildfire right now. 

WHAT I'VE BEEN BUYING:

Look at the pretty special editions I've collected this week!  

Wildfire by Hannah Grace (Ordered from Amazon)

Beach Read by Emily Henry (Ordered from Walmart)

The Flesh and Fire series by Jennifer L. Armentrout (from Cover To Cover Book Box. I ordered this Sunday, and it says it's out for delivery today. But I'm stressing because it's dark and rainy here at work, and I keep thinking about how the box is just going to be sitting at home out in the rain all day to soak. Someone, hold me!)

UPDATE: My mail lady is a saint. She put the package in a plastic sack. Happy day.