Books Beside My Chair #1

 I have decided to change my posting name for my weekly reads. I would like to acknowledge Noveltea Corner for this. She does a weekly wrap-up called Books Beside My Bed which gave me this idea. You should check out her channel. This covers the days of December 30th thru January 5th.
I don't have them in order of when I read them. These are the books that I own and the others I had to save onto my computer through Amazon. My 2 December books brought me to 262 books for the year 2019. I have 5 books for January. Total pages read 1,735.
Nothing Daunted By: Dorothy Wickenden was finished on the 5th of January. I gave it 2.5 stars it is a non-fiction book. I read it for my library book club. I gave it this rating because the book jumped around and was a little dry. I love history but I want my book to flow and not be so choppy. This is my opinion but the information was good just not enjoyable to read.
Let It Snow By: John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle was finished on the 30th of December. I gave it 4 stars. I was surprised that I did this because I really don't enjoy short stories but these stories were good and enjoyable and they actually came together in the end. I have never read anything by Lauren Myracle and her story concluded the book and tied everything together and she did a great job. This book takes place around Christmas time in a little town called Graceville in South Carolina.
I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 By: Lauren Tarshis was finished on the 4th of January. I gave it 5 stars and brings me up to date on this series. I will be doing a review on this book in the next few days so keep an eye out for it. I gave it 5 stars. It is a middle grade historical fiction.

 I finished this book on New Year Eve. I decided to pick this book up because it won the Good Reads award for best picture book. The pictures were great. This book is all about the songs that were sung on his show written in verse. Also it told you who sung them. I gave it 4 stars. I can see why it won.

 This is another series I tried to finish in 2019 but didn't get done. I have one more book to read before I am done with series. It is a YA fantasy. I gave it 3 stars. It is okay but getting kind of old but I will finish the series since there is only one book left. I finished this book on the 1st of January. I almost had it finished on the 31st.

 Here is another book that I finished on the 1st of January instead of the 31st. I won't be doing a review on this book. I really enjoy this series by her because it easy for middle graders to learn history. She puts it into easy terms for them to learn and uses children her in stories. She uses true facts with made up characters. I gave it 5 stars.

This is a fun and quick read for me. I gave it 4 stars. I have been hearing about this book from some book tubers and wanted to give it try. It is set in the winter around Christmas time. I could only find this book on kindle.

I hope you enjoyed and as always until next time keep reading.

January 2020 TBR

 Well it is the 7th of January so I really need to get this TBR (To Be Read) posted. I need to read at 16 books and I have 13 here to tell you about. That will leave 3 books that I can mood read. I can already give you a spoiler for the next post that I have read three of these books already.  Now onto the books. Michael Vey The Final Spark By: Richard Paul Evans is the final book in a YA (young adult) series I have been reading for the last couple of years. This will finally finish out this series. It is about a group of 17 children who are electric by a scientific experiment when they were born. That is a really short version of the story. Serpent and Dove By: Shelby Mahurin is a debut novel and I will be buddy reading this with my oldest daughter. It is a Ya fantasy book. It is about a witch and a witch hunter. Nothing Daunted By: Dorothy Wickenden is a non-fiction about her family in the 1870's and 1916 time in the mountains. I am reading this for a book club I am a member of. My mom also read it a while ago.  Eat The Sky Drink the Ocean is a collection of 17 short stories and I will be reading 1 a day for the month.

 A Starless Sea By: Erin Morgenstern is a YA fantasy. I don't know anything about but I did read her first book and enjoyed so want to give this a try. Get A Life, Chloe Brown By: Talia Hibbert is a Adult Romance book that I don't know anything about but I have heard it is good so want to give it a try. Vengeful By: V. E. Schwab is the second book in a duology and again it will get another series off my list. I read Vicious last month and really enjoyed it so I want to read this so I can continue on with the story. Blood Heir  By: Amelie Wen Zhao is another YA fantasy that I know nothing about but I have been enjoying the fantasy that has been being published lately so want to read more.

I will be reading my first Lisa See book this month called Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. This is for a Good Reads group I am a member book for this month. Again I don't know anything about it. Winter Wood By: Shea Ernshaw is another YA book and I really enjoyed her book The Wicked Deep and I am hoping this one will be just as good. The Weight of the Stars By: K. Ancrum again I don't know much about this book just heard a lot about it. Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating By: Christina Lauren is a romance novel. I have read one of her books before and liked so I want to read more of their novels. I have a lot of them on my shelves so I need to read them. 99 Percent Mine By: Sally Thorne is another Romance book. I read her book The Hating Game and liked it so again I am trying another one of her books.
You will notice I don't know too much about these books and I really don't want to. I like going into my books without much knowledge. Sometimes the synopsis is way off and sometimes they give things away. I do take recommendations, so feel free to leave any suggestion in the comment area.
I hope this gives you ideas and until next time keep reading.

2020 Reading Goals

I am doing something different for this and that is to make some reading goals for this year.
I have always done the reading challenge on Goodreads and will continue to do so.
But this year I want to add to it. So here it goes and I am hoping I will be able to accomplish them.
1. My Goodreads goal is to read 200 books for the year. (That means I have to read around 16 books per month).
2. Read one Tome a month. (Tome is a book over 500 pages)
3. Read more genres
4. Read at least one non-fiction a month
5. Read one classic a month.
6. To participate in at least readathon a month
7. Read and review one ARC a month ( Advanced Reader Copy)
8. Complete and/or catch-up on 10 series ( I have around 38 series started)

I know it seems like a lot but with some determination I should be able to accomplish these goals. I am also hoping with these goals it will knock out some of my physical books on my shelves and bring down my TBR.

For the blog I would like to post at least three times a week but as you can see I am already behind.
I want to continue to do reviews with hopefully more input.
I want to do TBR's, weekly wrap-ups, hauls and maybe some other things.

If there is something you would like to do or post please let me know.

Until next time keep reading.

Mooncakes Review

Mooncakes
By: Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu
Diamond Book Distributors
Lion Forge
Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Teen and YA
256 pages
Publish Date 15 October 2019
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This is a cute graphic novel that you should read around Halloween time. I gave it 4 stars. This is about two young ladies one who is a witch and the other one a werewolf. There is a demon in the area and they are trying to get rid of it. You are thrown in right away with a little back ground about their past. This novel has a great family atmosphere and you can read it in a day. There is also female/female romance in this book.  I would recommend this book it is a fun read.

The Immortal City Review

The Immortal City
By: Amy Kuivalainen
BHC
General Fiction (Adult)
Sci-Fi and Fantasy
324 pages
Published 19 September 2019
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I really enjoyed this book. At first I wasn't to sure about it because I don't speak Italian and I wasn't able to understand what was going on at the beginning but the author got better with letting us know what was being said. This is a mystery with magical elements. I don't see it as being sci-fi but more of a fantasy mystery.  I really haven't read a book like this before and found it enjoyable. It did take me a while to read not because it was bad just that I was busy. This is the first book in a series.
This book is about a woman named Penelope who is a historian who loves the story of Atlantis and has discovered a piece of a tablet. She has had bad luck because of Alexus who has blocked her progress with a grant because he is protecting the knowledge of Atlantis and the people. She ends up going to Italy because of a couple of murders that are very strange and she is helping the police. She finally meets up with Alexus and they have some interesting adventures as they try to solve the murders. I would highly recommend this book if you are into both fantasy and mysteries.

Reindeer Readathon TBR

Yes here is another TBR for the month of December. Luckily for me it is a month long. You might notice two of the books already because I am reading them in another readathon. Doubling up where I can. Unfortunately you can't double up on prompts for this readathon. That is ok because it is a month long and you only have to read nine books. I average about 13-15 books a month. I will also link the announcement down below. 

Basically you have nine prompts named after each of Santa's Reindeer. You read one book per prompt. You register which will be in the announcement and then you are put into one of four teams. I am on team Mistletoe. Each prompt is worth points that you can earn for your team. Now for the prompts.

Dasher -15 points: A fast read (book under 250 pages) I will be reading In An Absent Dream By: Seanan McGuire

Dancer -20 points: A book that has a main them of music or dance. I will be reading Let It Snow By: John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle

Prancer - 25 points: A book that has moved around on your shelf but you still haven't read yet. I will be reading Penny Pinchin' Mama By: Jill Cooper. Side note all of these books would count.

Vixen - 20 points: A book with a strong female character I will be reading Sting By: Sandra Brown

Comet - 20 points: A book that you think will have an impact on you (an alternative option is a sci-fi read) I will be reading Skyward By: Brandon Sanderson.

Cupid - 15 points: A book that has romance as its main theme. I choose On the Fence By: Kasie West

Donner - 15 points: A book that you think has a beautiful cover. That book is 10 Blind Dates By: Ashley Elston

Blitzen - 5 points: Read a graphic novel. I will be reading Heart Stopper Volume 1 By: Alice Oseman

Rudolph - 20 points: Read a book with a red cover. I will be reading Vicious By: V E Schwab

Bonus - 15 extra points: Christmas Star: Read a book over 500 pages. I will be reading the book from the Comet prompt because that one is 510 pages and that book is Skyward By: Brandon Sanderson.

This readathon sounds like fun and I can't wait to read these books that have been on shelves for a while. 

Here is the video announcing the readathon.

Let me know if you are doing this readathon and what team you end up on. Let's have fun with this.

Until next time keep reading.

The Bookie Trials: Winter Quest TBR

 I know it has been a long while since I have written a post but I am back and with my first of many readathon TBR's. This readathon is called The Bookie Trials: Winter Quest and it takes place from December 2nd through December 9th. I will add the announcement down below because Rachel explains it better than I will. I will only be reading two books for this readathon but they cover all the prompts. Rachel says the less the better. I was hoping to find a book that would cover all the prompts but I couldn't. There are eleven trials you have to go through to save your daemon. My daemon is down below and I will declare him shortly. So onto the trial prompts which I will be brief .
The Queen's Armanda: Buddy read a book and that is Vicious By: VE Schwab
Orc Eaves: LGBTQIAP+ book and again that is Vicious
The Beacon of Hope: A Warm Drink while reading both books can work for this
Serpentine Allegiance: Recommended book by a booktuber or blogger and again that will be Vicious
Rural Haven: Author I 5 stared before and that will be Sting By: Sandra Brown
Eastern Escape: Read a book by a marginalized author and again both books will work
Graves End: Contains death/theme of death and again both books work
Glacial Pass: White book and I will read Sting
Desolate Ruins: Free, Own, or Library and both books will work
Daemonic Residue: book with one or more animals or magical beasts and Vicious will be my book
The Dark Shard: morally gray character or villainous main character and again Vicious will be my book. I am hoping I will be able to get these books read in the seven days. I haven't been doing great on my TBR's or readathons so here is hoping. Oh just to let you I am a Scribe in the trials.

Now for my daemon. Isn't he cute but he has been kidnapped in the trials so I need to rescue and the books above should help me recover him. His name is Zeke and he is a Malauhaua. I am hoping to rescue him and bringing him home.
here is the YouTube video about this readathon

Let me know what you are reading if you are joining on this quest. What is your daemon.
Until next time keep reading.