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.

Out Of Zion Book Review

Out Of Zion: Meeting Jesus in the Shadow of the Mormon Temple
By: Lisa Brockman
Harvest House Publishers
Christian, Religion and Spirituality
208 Pages
Published date 1 October 2019
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I gave this book 3.5 stars. It wasn't a bad book and not that hard to read. It is a fairly short just over 200 pages. What I like about this book is it is more of memoir of her struggles with her feelings towards the Mormon church and how she couldn't support the beliefs against her college boyfriend. She went into great details about her struggles. This book has a lot of religious talk and it was okay but not something I really enjoying reading.
I am a Latter Day Saint and was able to relate to some of her issues even though she had some of the facts wrong again this read more like a memoir so I won't fault her for that because this is how she felt.
I somewhat enjoyed reading about how she handle things but then again she used a lot of scriptures in her writing.
I am sorry her family had a hard time excepting her leaving the church. I myself have children who have left the church but I treat them just the same because they are adults and have their life to live.
I am glad that they slowly came around but that she still feels isolated somewhat.
Would I recommend this book maybe depending on how you feel about religion. Again I gave it 3.5 stars so it wasn't bad but wasn't really for me.

September 23rd to September 30th Reads

 This is what I read the last week of September. Not a whole lot only four books. At the bottom I will give a quick overall review for the month. I read most of the Anne Frank graphic novel at work one day while sitting at the front desk. It was a slow day. I saw it on the shelf and since I didn't know I was to maintain the desk when I went into work I grab this off the shelf and started reading it. I had to bring it home to finish. It is a graphic novel based off her diary that she wrote while she was in hiding. It has been a long time since I read the diary that I forgot some of things she wrote about. It is a fast read and for a child would be fun to see the art work along with her words. I gave it 4 stars. I really didn't like the art work. The next book I listened to on audio and that is Around the World in 80 days. I needed something to listened to while I was working around the house. I haven't read this book before so decided to give it a listened. It isn't a very long book but fun to listened to his adventures. I gave it 3 stars.

 This is a book that I received from NetGalley for review. I just posted a review  yesterday so go check it out.

This is a historical fiction about the Romanovs. I enjoyed this book. I also listened to this on audio. I gave it 4 stars. I would highly recommend that you read this book if you are into history and want to know what happen to this family.
For this week I read a total of 1,081 pages. I had a good star rating with  three 4 stars and one 3 star. Two books were by female authors and two books by male authors.

For a recap of all of September I read a total of 20 books which totaled 6,626 pages. 11 books were by female authors, 7 by male authors and 2 by a husband and wife team.
7 books were on audio, 11 were physical books and 2 were e-books.
My star ratings were six 3 stars, one 3.5 stars, eight 4 stars, two 4.5 stars, and three 5 stars.
I read three memoirs, three young adult fantasy, six non-fiction, one romance, one horror, two middle grade, two graphic novels, and one classic.
As you look back at my TBR you will realize that I didn't read everything on my list and somethings weren't on the list. I tried to stick to the list but I just didn't feel it on some of the books. I will get them eventually. I am also close to finishing some of them so you will see them soon.
Until next time keep reading.

Beverly, Right Here Review

Beverly, Right Here
By: Kate Dicamillo
Candlewick Press
Candlewick
Children's Fiction
256 pages
Publish Date September 24, 2019
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This was a fun and quick read. I gave this book 4 stars. It isn't one of her best stories but still enjoyable.
This is the third book in this trilogy about three girls who have some problems with their families.
Beverly rans away from home after she buries her dog Buddy under the orange trees. She gets herself a job bussing table in a small town café. She befriends an older lonely woman and stays with her for the summer. It tells about her adventures and how she feels and the people who come into her life during the summer. I haven't read the first book in the series but did read the second about Louisiana (in fact I have a review up for this book). It is a cute story and one you should read if you have read the other books in this series. I will be reading the first book now that I have read these two so I can have the full picture of these three friends.

September 16-22 reads

 I did really well on my reading this week. I finished 9 books. Three of them were audio books. 1 was an e-book and the rest were physical reads. I was so close to being done with a few of them from the week before though.  The book shown above I gave 5 stars to and it was the e-book I read. I have a review up for this one.

 The Darkest Part of the Forest by: Holly Black was an audio book. I gave it 3 stars. It is one of her fairy books, just before  The Cruel Prince. Eliza is another church history book about the second Relief Society President. I gave it 4 stars. I learned about her. I enjoyed it. This was a physical book. Messages in Stone is the book a friend loaned to me. I gave it 3 stars. It is about the formation of the state of Colorado. There is a lot of science in this book. It was interesting but to much science language. This was a physical book. The Witch Boy is a middle grade graphic novel and I gave it 4 stars. It was a quick and fun read. This was a physical book. The Day the Women Got to Vote is another middle grade book and I gave it 5 stars. I just love history and this was about women and the struggles we had to deal with to have some rights in our country. It was a quick and easy book to read. There are a lot of pictures that were fun to look at. This was a physical book. Leaves from my Journal by: Wilford Woodruff is another church history book and I gave it 4 stars. It was in diary form and the he chose just a few entries from his massive collection. This was a physical book.

 This was an audio book. This is the second book in her Red Queen series. I gave it 3 stars. I am hoping the rest of series gets better.

This was an audio book. This book is way to long. I gave it 3 stars. I will not be watching the movie. I am confused about this book and who it is. In the movie he is betrayed as a clown but the book doesn't say who he is in my opinion.

I read 4 books by female authors, 4 books by male authors and 1 book by a husband/wife.
I read 3 middle grade books, 2 young adult books, and 4 adult books. I read a total of 2,521 pages.
Until next time keep reading.

If The Fire Comes: A Story of Segregation during the Great Depression Review

If The Fire Comes: A Story of Segregation During The Great Depression

By: Tracy Daley

North Star Editions

Jolly Fish Press

Historical Fiction, Middle Grade

Pages 128

Publish Date September 1, 2019

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This is a great and quick read. Your school age children will love this book. This book is set during the depression. It is about the work groups that FDR set up for people to work to get back up on their feet. This story is about a group of black men who are in the work company called the CCC. They are to put out fires in the areas. The young man Joseph is a shoeshine boy and he befriends one of the workers and helps him train pigeons. The pigeons are a new project they working on. For a short book there is a lot going on but it keeps your interest. I would highly recommend that you give this book a read.