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Saturday 18 November 2023
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If you love a middle grade fantasy story then check
out Drumendus: Mission the Drum Planet by Andrew Ashwin
Released: September 13th 2022
Blurb: A mysterious planet. A remarkable family secret.
And music . . . EVERYWHERE!
Blast off to the planet Drumendus with twelve-year-old Ella Crinkle and her
best friend Freddie, on a homemade spaceship invented by brilliant and
eccentric Aunt Belinda, the most famous astronaut in history.
Will Ella be able to face her fears and uncover the truth about her family's
past? What other secrets will she uncover on this unexpected, musical adventure
to the extraordinary purple planet?
Check back in the New Year to see what I thought of this book.
If you love childrens mysteries then check out The Travelers Detective Club by Sussi Voak
Released: September 6th 2022
Blurb: The Grand Wizard is dead, his powers transferred to a stuffed eagle who appears on the front porch of a ten-year-old in Philadelphia. Travis and his friends must confront an evil warlock intent on stealing magical powers. Their days are complicated by the school bully who not only terrorizes them at school, but teams up with the evil wizard. Will the members of the newly formed Travelers Detective Club find the courage to stand up to the boy who has intimidated them for so long? And when they discover that the bully needs help, can they find it in themselves to forgive?
Check back in the New Year to see what I thought of this book.
Released: May 31st 2017
Blurb: The Search For Synergy follows the exploits of two middle-school boys, Rome Lockheed and Julian Rider, as they transition from normal kids into epic warriors fighting for the existence of the Earth realm. Rome is secretly a fire dragon from the Den of Volcana placed under a spell which hides his true form. Julian is an oddball, up-and-coming knight with a case of the "try-hards". Together, they perform an ancient pact which bonds their lives and souls forever. Under the tutelage and guidance of an eccentric, local librarian, Mr. Jones, the two learn of an impending invasion from an archaic evil desperate to invade from the other side of The Void.
Check back in the New Year to see what I thought of the first book in the Talisman Series
2. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
3. The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
4. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
5. Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen
Roll 1: Alyson Noel – Saving Zoe by Alyson Noel
Roll 2: TBR VET – A Witch in Winter by Ruth Warburton
Roll 3: (Double) Poll Pick – The Stardust Thief by Chelsea
Abdullah
Roll 4: Library Book – Blood and Honey by Shelby Mahurin
Books I also want to read in October:
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
1.
The Chimera Code by Wayne Santos
2.
A Demon in Silver by R S Ford
3.
Seven Minutes Later by Bonnie Kistler
4.
The Girl Upstairs by Georgina Lees
5.
A Family Torn Apart by Cathy Glass
6.
Meet Me in London by Georgia Toffolo
7.
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
8.
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
So I currently get 3 book box subscriptions, A Box of Stories which comes every other month and FairyLoot and Illumicrate which come every month.
I love my A Box of Stories box as its inexpensive and you never know what your going to get (I currently get the 2 box Fantasy box down from the 4 books Sci-Fi and Fantasy box) the only problem is some of the books really don't sound interesting and out of the 5 boxes that I've recieved so far this year I've read about 4 of the books. I have 15 books unread from A Box of Stories.
I started getting Illumicrate in May and I have had the May, June and July box. With Illumicrate they do a varity of genres so you could get YA or Adult Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Contemporary etc and I'm predomantly a YA Fantasy reader. I didn't want the book in the August box and I couldn't afford the box for September and out of all the boxes there's only been 1 book that I've read and that was May's book The book of Night by Holly Black which I really didn't enjoy, I'm unsure on Junes book We All Fall Down by Rose Szabo and I am dying to read July's book The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones (I just have to get through my library stack first). So I have 2 books unread from Illumicrate.
I started getting FairyLoot in May also and I have had all of the boxes so far as I prefer YA Fantasy and thats why FairyLoot does so when it came to having to only have 1 book box for September I picked FairyLoot (even though I also wanted the book that was in the Illumictare box). I have had 5 books from FairyLoot since May (June was a double book month). May's book was The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah, June's book was This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede and Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber, July's book was The Darkening by Sunya Maya and August's book was Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen but I haven't actually read any of the book even though I am looking forward to geting to The Darkening and Violet Made of Thornes. So I have 5 unread books from FairyLoot.
Altogether I have 22 unread books from book boxes, 25 if I include the 2 A Box of Story books and September's FairyLoot book which will be here sometime this month (and countless books that I already own that I haven't read yet) and even though I seem to be going through a lot of books this year (I'm currently reading book 49)
I think I really need to start reading some of the books I already own and as well as the one's I've been getting from the library and maybe cut back on book box subscritions and buying new books just so I can unhaul the books that have been on my shelf for years that I am either not going to read or that I've read and I'm not going to read again as my shelves are almost full.
How many of you are also having this trouble? Being subscribed to various book boxes but are not actually reading the books I'm curious to know.
I'm thinking of maybe cancelling my subscription with Illumicrate and just keeping FairyLoot and A Box of Stories for the rest of the year and if I'm still inthis situation in the new year cancelling the A Box of Stories box to or at least spreading the subscription out so it comes every 4 months instead of every 2.
