Update #2 on my 25 in 25 TBR ......

I have since finished Voyage of the Damned and Enchantra both 5 stars, and have read 3 more off the list.  So I have read 13 out of 25, which doesn't included Enchantra. 

Not too bad, would like to have read more from this list. Currently reading 3 books and none from this list lol 

1. Quicksilver, READ, 5 Stars

2. An Academy for Liars, READ, 4 Stars

3. Apprentice to the Villain, READ, 5 Stars

4. Best Hex Ever

5. A Banh Mi for Two 

6. Caraval, READ, 5 Stars

7. A Curse for True Love, READ, 5 Stars

8. A Darker Shade of Magic

9. Funny Story

10. Heartless Hunter, READ, 5 Stars

11. The Honey Witch

12. Immortal Dark, READ, 4 Stars

13. the Nightmare Before Kissmas. READ, 5 Stars 

14. Phantasma, READ, 5 Stars, READ Enchantra, 5 Stars 

15. Promchanted

16. Reckless

17. Rewitched 

18. Somewhere Beyond the Sea

19. Sweet Nightmare

20. Thirteenth Child, READ, 4 Stars

21. Two Twisted Crowns

22. Voyage of the Damned, READ, 5 Stars

23. When the Moon Hatched

24. Under the Oak Tree GN, READ, 4 Stars

25. Third Shift vol 2 GN, READ, 4 Stars 

Update on my 25 books in 2025 ....

So lets see what I have read.  I have read 9 out of 25, that's not to bad.  I am currently reading Voyage of the Damned which will be number 10.  

1. Quicksilver, READ, 5 Stars

2. An Academy for Liars, READ, 4 Stars

3. Apprentice to the Villain, READ, 5 Stars

4. Best Hex Ever

5. A Banh Mi for Two 

6. Caraval, READ, 5 Stars

7. A Curse for True Love, READ, 5 Stars

8. A Darker Shade of Magic

9. Funny Story

10. Heartless Hunter, READ, 5 Stars

11. The Honey Witch

12. Immortal Dark

13. the Nightmare Before Kissmas

14. Phantasma, READ, 5 Stars, currently reading Enchantra 

15. Promchanted

16. Reckless

17. Rewitched 

18. Somewhere Beyond the Sea

19. Sweet Nightmare

20. Thirteenth Child 

21. Two Twisted Crowns

22. Voyage of the Damned, Currently reading

23. When the Moon Hatched

24. Under the Oak Tree GN, READ, 4 Stars

25. Third Shift vol 2 GN, READ, 4 Stars 

Review - Nothing Special Volume 3 Pride and Pompousness by Katie Cook

Graphic Novel, 4 stars

Expected publication June 24, 2025

E ARC provided by NetGalley

Another great book in this series. I was so glad to get an ARC after how the previous book ended. I just had to know what was going to happen and I wasn't disappointed either. The story, the characters and the art work has never let me down. Don't want to give to much away on what happened but I can't wait to see what Lasser's family is up to.

Highly recommend the series.

Review - Cinderella and the Beast (or, Beauty and the Glass Slipper) by Kim Bussing .....

 E-ARC from Netgalley 

I love a good fairy tale retelling and this was one of them.  

In this story we have Cinderella and Belle. While similar to the stories we know and love but different enough to make the story fresh and unique.   

Without giving to much away, Cinderella is treated badly by her stepmother and Belle's father is a collector of magical objects instead of an inventor.  Something happens when Belle does a bit of magic at the same time as Cinderella's fairy godfather does his and chaos ensues.  They end up switching places. Hence the subtitle princess swap.  You have duel points of view, Belle and Cinderella. Each girl is trying to piece together what happened and how to escape their captors. Will they get there HEA, read the book and see for yourself. 

I look forward to the other books in this series.  I do have E-ARCs for the next two.

My Star Fall Ball - Romantasy Readathon Wrap Up ....

What I wore - A strapless pink dress

My date - A white haired person with a stormy attitude.

My Weapon - An enchanted ring that allows you to disappear/grants invisibility.

My background - I am a witch

My trope (with my date) - Forced Proximity

Bonus prompts - how my night went

This was so much fun. Would defiantly do it again. Thank you to @romantasyathon for the time you put into the event. To all the hosts.

New level of pettiness unlocked thanks to Amazon ....

Well I did it, I didn't think I would, but I did.  In the end it was out of sheer petty ness and spite, lol.  Thanks to Amazon and their new policy regarding downloads of digital books.  See pic down below.

It took me 3 and a half hours and about a half dozen trips to the door to let the dog out.  No he doesn't have any issues other than nosiness and a love for being on the back deck.  Except for when it is storming out.  A Huskey who doesn't love snow, never heard of that before lol 

While I have never used the download feature before now and if I am being honest I had forgotten about it.  I am still pissed they are taking it away all the same. 

Anyway out of the over 1100 books I was able to down load all but 2 or 3.  They were graphic novels.  I even update a half dozen or so books that were available to update. 

One of my goals this year is to be more mindful of the books I buy, either due to space, funding or my inability to read as fast as I buy. lol So going forward I will be thinking twice on what kindle books I will be buying. So win win I guess.  Wonder if this new change will affect amazons bottom line when it comes to buying digital books?   Probably not but I suspect it will affect the authors bottom line.  

Romantasy-athon 2025 - Stunning Romantasy Quotes .....

Sometimes when reading a book a quote jumps out at you and it just hits. These are the tip of the iceberg for my favorite quotes.