A lifelong reader of all things YA and books with heartfelt moments that punch you with all the feels. Currently expanding my reading interests to encompass anything that makes me feel deep and resonate with the characters
I feel like September has completely just flew by. Like, what happened this month??
Life’s been a juggle act lately. With caring for my cute (but sometimes monstrous) puppy and starting an official bookstagram for this blog, I’m barely having time to breathe at night after a long day of work. How do you all manage to make things work out while engaging with social and the people around you?
Nonetheless, I had a great reading month. Work was slow in the beginning so I had more chance to read, including listening to an audiobook while working. That was a wonderful experience but only if I do a super mundane task at work that doesn’t require a lot of focus.
Without further ado, let’s dig into September!
What did I read this month?
Some of these reads were re-reads because I was in the mood for something cute and quick during some late nights. I think if it weren’t for the fact that some of these books were super long (ahem, JLA and Susan Dennard), I’d have read at least 10 this month otherwise.
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Good morning everyone! I have had such an amazing weekend celebrating my boyfriend’s birthday. I missed travelling, even if it’s just to somewhere not too far away.
But now that I’ve rested a little from that mini vacation, I am back with a freebie topic for this week’s TTT. I have been looking forward to some releases coming out next year – waiting super impatiently, might I add – and I thought it’d be a great time to browse through some covers that have already been released.
Now, they always say “don’t judge a book by its cover”…but let’s be honest, how many of us still kinda do? A little bit?
I have collated some covers that personally look super intriguing to me from series/authors I have yet to read from. That way, I have no preconceived notions that would otherwise draw me to these books.
Happy weekend, friends! I am taking an extra day off on Monday so I’m excited for a long weekend full of fun. But before I go off to try a lot of wines, I wanted to share with you another segment of If You Loved This!
This week, I wanted to highlight historical fictions. If you know me, I absolutely have fallen in love with historical fictions over the last few years. YA keeps putting out really great ones that either follow history pretty accurately, or may have a fun magical twist to what we know. Either way, they’re imaginative and wholly wild to dive into.
That being said, this post is dedicated to a particular favourite on Down the Rabbit Hole. Hopefully it’s not an unfamiliar name to a lot of you, but The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi is our choice today.
From New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi comes a novel set in Paris during a time of extraordinary change–one that is full of mystery, decadence, and dangerous desires…
It’s 1889. The city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. Here, no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. When the elite, ever-powerful Order of Babel coerces him to help them on a mission, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance.
To hunt down the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin calls upon a band of unlikely experts: An engineer with a debt to pay. A historian banished from his home. A dancer with a sinister past. And a brother in arms if not blood.
Together, they will join Séverin as he explores the dark, glittering heart of Paris. What they find might change the course of history–but only if they can stay alive.
If you loved the secret society and their respective Houses…
…then you’ll be crazy not to check out Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo’s adult debut. Filled with secrets among students and faculty on Yale University’s campus, badass protagonist Alex Stern is not a girl to be messed with as she pieces together a crime that has been committed both in the present and the past. There’s definitely more than meets the eye to this school with its different magic houses and powerful players Alex has gotten herself involved with. Plus, what exactly happened to her mentor who had disappeared?
If you loved the found family united around the same purpose…
…then the connections built in 1902 Manhattan in The Last Magicianis a good bet. Having travelled back in time, Esta is on a mission to steal an artifact of great importance to her present-day time that was lost in history. To do that, she needs to charm her way into a tight knit crew to help her achieve the heist of the century! But of course, they have no idea she plans on double crossing them all in the end.
If you loved the combination of magical fantasy building in a historical setting…
…then The Dark Days Clubis a wonderful masterpiece that fulfills just that! Lady Helen has been groomed to be a perfect lady to be presented into society in the Regency era, but tragic circumstances draws her into a world of demon fighters and demonic beings hunting humans among them. Equal parts action and romance, this would already be a great book if it was in modern day but the historical England setting only adds to its charm!
Have you read any of these titles? Are you a fan of historical fantasies? Let me know what you think, or if you have a selection or two that you’d recommend for fans of The Gilded Wolves.
And don’t miss Roshani Chokshi’s conclusion to the trilogy, The Bronzed Beasts, out now!
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