Hey peoples, I’m back!
I took a quick break from blogging because I felt like it, but now I’m back at it. You can expect to see posts whenever I manage to throw one up, and hopefully I’ll get some time this week to catch up on all your posts I missed out on.
My plan was to preplan posts for the week over the holiday, but that didn’t work out. So here’s a nice, easy book haul post! 😀
It’s quite long because it’s been a while since I’ve posted one of these.
Couple notes:
First, please let me know if you are using a mobile device to view this post because ever since WordPress switched to the block editor, my posts have been looking wonky on phones whenever I group images together.
Second, all links are to Goodreads unless otherwise stated.
Purchase
Physical





Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
The Conjure Woman by Charles W. Chesnutt
A Girl Is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
I’ve been so eager to get this book. I really enjoyed Makumbi’s Kintu, which was a really good read.
A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison
Oh! That beautiful cover. I’ve wanted to get this book for a long time now and finally gave in to the cover’s temptation.
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, transl. by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos






Manor Black, Vol. 1 by Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt, illus. by Tyler Crook
Justíne by Marquis de Sade
Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke, illus. by Angela Brooksbank
I’m SO happy to have this book! 😀 I mentioned it in my post “20 Picture Books by Black Authors.” It’s so cute.
The World Doesn’t Require You: Stories by Rion Amilcar Scott
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation recently had a web event featuring this author as well as Nisi Shawl and Margaret Atwood. It was a pretty cool event. When I heard Scott read from his book, I knew I had to get myself a copy.
The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling, illus. by various children
A Thousand No’s by D.J. Corchin, illus. by Dan Dougherty
E-books





Black Witch Magic by Mila Nicks
I read this book soon after purchasing it, and it threw me into a serious romance binge. I didn’t read THAT many books, but since I hardly ever read romance, it was a lot for me.
Lady S., Vol. 1: Here’s to Suzie by Jean Van Hamme, illus. by Philippe Aymond
Farmhand, Vol. 1: Reap What Was Sown by Rob Guillory (illus.), illus. by Taylor Wells
Dragon Age, Vol. 1: The Silent Grove by David Gaider & Alexander Freed, illus. by Chad Hardin
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
Library
Physical
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
I was trying to get this earlier in the month so I could read it for the Lit on H book club, but that didn’t work out. I still plan to read it before returning it to the library.
E-books





Blythewood by Carol Goodman
I enjoyed the Fairwick Chronicles, which the author wrote under the pseudonym Juliet Dark, so I went into this book with high hopes. Unfortunately, so far I’m bored and am considering to DNF it.
Grin and Beard It by Penny Reid
Kissing Tolstoy by Penny Reid
I really enjoyed reading these two Penny Reid books. I plan to read the entire Winston Brothers series. I didn’t realize Grin and Beard It is the second book, so I’m on hold for the first one at the library.
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
Our Stop by Laura Jane Williams
I’m actually not feeling these two, so I might DNF and return both to the library.
Audio



The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold, narr. by Lloyd James
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey, narr. by Steven Boyer
The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey, narr. by Steven Boyer
These three were rereads by audio. I enjoyed them as much as I did the first time I read them — for The Curse of the Wendigo, more than I did the first time I read it. All three are linked to my reviews of them.
Free
E-books
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
I think I got this when Tor was allowing free downloads of the e-copy a while back through its newsletter.
ARCs
Physical


I’m using a mobile and it looks good, for the most part. There are a couple images that look like they’re cut off though.
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Yea, that’s what I meant. I don’t know why WordPress Reader keeps doing that. If you use your phone to look at the post via the website, it looks fine. It’s just the WordPress Reader being weird.
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What size did you make the images? Maybe if you set them to medium or small in the settings…?
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I considered that, and have tried it, but it worked perfectly before WordPress really updated to its Block Editor thing.
No biggie. I’ll just keep placing a disclaimer in my posts, lol.
Thanks for the suggestion 🙂
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Cool haul! I read Manor Black and had fun with it. I too got my hands on The Phantom of the Opera a little while ago. I hope you have fun with these soon! 😀
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Thanks! I’ve had Manor Black in mind since reading your review. I think that’s how I found out about it. Can’t wait to read it 🙂
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Good to have you back!
Some cool books on your list, I see 😀
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Thanks! 🙂 I’m glad to be back. Still getting back into the groove.
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Looks like you got some great books! I hope you will enjoy all of them!
(www.evelynreads.com)
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Thanks! 🙂
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Yay, you’re back! Hope you had a good break. Got some nice books to read too, I see 😀 I am so curious about Piranesi.
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The break was great and much needed. I’ll be back to blog hopping soon so I can get lots of book recommendations from your posts 😀
Yea, I’ve been seeing lots of positive things about Piranesi, which has me curious as well.
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It’s too bad the WordPress app messed your layout up like that because it looks really cool if I just go to your site directly. Silly app.
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Silly app indeed. Thanks for checking out my post.
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Glad to see you back, hope you enjoyed your break! Hope you enjoy Piranesi–one of my friends loved it so I’m looking forward to that one myself.
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I loved Piranesi and it is not my normal kind of book at all. Good luck with your reading.
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That’s good to know. Thanks! Hope your holiday went well 🙂
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It did–hope yours did too. We’ve got a little bit of snow here now, too.
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Thanks! It was. We have no snow and I’m hoping none comes, but I think my family is the only one praying for that lol.
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I’m in the middle of tai poutini national park ” The underworld”
With
PATCHY reception
Using a quarter K mobile
And
Your site looks good, no wonk!
The images next to “a K No’s” are smallish but no wonkyness.
Your posts still don’t appear on your blogging calendar and no latest Instagram pics or tweets that used to be the last items of your site.
But still the best put together blog that I’ve visited.
No notifications from WordPress
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No notifications from WordPress
Of new posts or replies,
And no publication date appears on Google with your latest post.
I think wordpress and Google are experiencing difficulties due to covid and the current state of war that the world is under.
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Lol! I’m starting to think so too. Covid certainly affecting everything.
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Lol thanks! It’s good to know that my blog pops up in the middle of Tai Poutini Natl Park, which I’m gonna add to my (after-Covid) bucket list, btw.
Those images should be small, but I don’t know what’s causing the other stuff. I’ll just blame the Block editor changes like all the other bloggers.
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No problem with those small images, easy to enlarge.
The park is looking stunning with it’s summer colors rustling leaves and song of cicada and bird.
Let me know if you ever do visit
And want a guide / visit the gallery-park.
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It sounds beautiful. The pics I’ve seen online make it look breathtaking.
And thanks for the guide offer 🙂 I’ll keep that in mind.
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I’m using a mobile device and can feel your pain with the images. It is incredibly wonky.
Just reminded me that I should go and edit my post that’s due up tomorrow to remove all the image groupings 😭
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Aww man. It’s so frustrating. But on the plus side, I’ve realized that the grouping is only wonky when reading the post in the WordPress app. If I check the post in my phone’s browser, it’s okay.
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Yea, I discovered that, too. But it kind of makes their app pointless. Which I mentioned to them in a tweet. It will probably be ignored as they don’t like to acknowledge their precious block editor is anything less than perfect.
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