Fives @ Down The Rabbit Hole

Welcome to November everyone! Another new month comes with another month of exciting new releases that we all look forward to getting our hands on. Looks like November 7th will be bringing a wealth of exciting books for us this month. As usual, I have linked the goodreads links for your convenience. Which one are you looking forward to checking out?

November 7

The Revenge Game by Jordyn Taylor
The Good Part by Sophie Cousens
The Hunting Moon by Susan Dennard
Vengeance of the Pirate Queen by Tricia Levenseller
Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
LoveBoat Forever by Abigail Hing Wen
Dawnbreaker by Jodi Meadows
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Swarm by Jennifer D. Lyle

November 14

Artifacts of an Ex by Jennifer Chen
Wish of the Wicked by Danielle Paige
The Crimson Fortress by Akshaya Raman

November 21

War Widow by Deborah Falaye

November 28

The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
Betting on You by Lynn Painter
Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon

And that’s a wrap! Quite the selection coming up this November. Which one(s) are you looking forward to, or have we missed any? Let us know in the comments below!

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Let’s Talk bookish – Books that Give You Nightmares

October 27, 2023October 26, 2023 Fives @ Down The Rabbit Hole

Aria @ Book Nook Bits is the new host for Let’s Talk Bookish! If you aren’t following her yet, good check out her blog and give her a follow!

October 27: Books That Give You Nightmares

Prompts: Have you ever had a nightmare about a book you read? Do you try to avoid scary books? Or do you really enjoy reading them? What are your favorite and least favorite scary books?

Welcome to another week of LTB here at DTRH, everyone! Today’s topic is about books that give you nightmares, and luckily I don’t think I experience too many because of books. It’s a reasonable fear though, has anyone not ever experienced one?

I think I had a nightmare long ago from a Goosebumps book back when I was much younger. Classic, I know. I think it was Welcome to the Dead House, if I’m not mistaken, and I started dreaming about being in a haunted house with disembodied heads, etc., etc. Needless to say that was a little bit too much for me at the time. Not really sure how that led me to continue to like reading mysteries and thrillers now anyway.

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Review: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer

October 25, 2023October 24, 2023 Fives @ Down The Rabbit Hole

When everything is lost, it’s our stories that survive.

How do we weather the end of things? Cloud Cuckoo Land brings together an unforgettable cast of dreamers and outsiders from past, present and future to offer a vision of survival against all odds.

Constantinople, 1453:
An orphaned seamstress and a cursed boy with a love for animals risk everything on opposite sides of a city wall to protect the people they love.

Idaho, 2020:
An impoverished, idealistic kid seeks revenge on a world that’s crumbling around him. Can he go through with it when a gentle old man stands between him and his plans?

Unknown, Sometime in the Future:
With her tiny community in peril, Konstance is the last hope for the human race. To find a way forward, she must look to the oldest stories of all for guidance.

Bound together by a single ancient text, these tales interweave to form a tapestry of solace and resilience and a celebration of storytelling itself. Like its predecessor All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr’s new novel is a tale of hope and of profound human connection.

I recently read this book for my book club, and it was initially supposed to have been picked from a “list of best books.” However, this style of book just misses the mark for me, though I can understand why people enjoy it.

Cloud Cuckoo Land is a tale that is woven around a translated story. We follow five different characters and their point of views, and we really do get to meet all the characters and their whole upbringing. Each character is set in their own unique circumstances, with the theme of stories tying them together. Each character arc is developed over the book, and their stories are woven together in the end in a rather unique and refreshing way.