Beautiful & Sometimes Funny...

This is my space for me to share things I find pretty, beautiful and sometimes funny. But always of interest to me. Im Shannon. This space makes me happy when depressed and always grounded unless Im dreaming. ~Muah!

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This Will Be Fun

This Will Be Fun

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Together We Rot

a href=httpswww.vecteezy.comfree-photosFree Stock photos by Vecteezya (2)  When I signed on to hopefully get a copy of this book for review, I really thought this was something special. I read the first look excerpt and was like “YAS I MUST READ THIS!” As it started, I thought “oh, another story about trying to find/save a parent. Sooo hum drum.”  But as I read more about the characters and the…

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What the River Knows

“The Mummy meets Death on the Nile in this lush, immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt filled with adventure, a rivals-to-lovers romance, and a dangerous race.” You had me at this blurb right from the beginning! The Mummy is one of my all time favorite movies and I definitely felt that vibe while reading this book, and not only in the Egyptian setting. I absolutely adored this book and wish…

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Daisy Darker

So, I started seeing some buzz about this book on Instagram and then I saw that if you bought the book from an indie shop it would come with stenciled edges and that hooked me. I had been looking for a book to reward myself for acing a very important test and I had found my reward. I had to get this book. Set in a crumbling secluded castle owned by Daisy Darker’s 80-year-old eccentric…

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Ink Blood Sister Scribe

Well this is embarrassing! I thought I had already written this review and posted it weeks ago. My bad but I’m here to rectify that now and hope that my memory does it justice. There was a lot going on in this book. Given that it was not confusing and easy to keep up with. There was definitely some surprises (yes some, as in more than one😉) though and I found that wonderful. It’s not often that…

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All the Dead Lie Down

So apparently Gothic Horror is a genre I am really into. I never really thought of myself as a horror person, especially when it comes to movies because my over active imagination keeps me awake and gives me nightmares, or maybe I am just maturing in my taste in books. But When I read Erin A. Craigs House of Salt and Sorrow I loved it thought maybe it was a one off, nope I really liked Horrid…

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Damsel

Let me start off by saying I had some very late nights lately because of this book. I would read it until I couldn’t see straight then force myself to read just a little bit more. I thought that it was a bit different having a book that was commissioned to be based off of a screen play instead of the other way around. This book was written on the basis of the screenplay of a Netflix movie that is…

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The Magician's Daughter

Last night as I was finishing this book I was actually sad to see it end. This book could easily have a sequel but it really doesn’t need one, and I don’t need an excuse to buy more books. I am clearly a fan of magic as most books I read that aren’t thrillers have some sort of magical element to it, some more subtle than others. I complain a lot when a fantasy story is a series because it seems…

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Whimbrel House

So far there are 2 books in this series and the way that the second book ended there will definitely be at least one more. So far of the first two I like the first, Keeper of Enchanted Rooms, better. It is hard for me to separate the two on some level though. Charlie N Holmberg’s historical magic world building is truly something to behold. I love the multiple new ways she has built worlds of…

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Kill Your Darlings

WARNING: Sensitive content will follow. This book is tough, not in a bad way, but let me warn you know if you are sensitive at all to the notions of depression and suicide you might want to bypass this story and review. What if you fell into your favorite book world or the story you created. In Kill Your Darlings Kayla gets that chance. This is a book based in fantasy yet also not. Kayla wakes…

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The King of Infinite Space

Regretably I could not finish this book. I only got about a quarter into it but I found I just couldn’t stay into it. By the time I put it down for the last time I still couldn’t tell what the point was, there may have been the beginnings of a plot but even that wasn’t enough to hold my interest. The story is incredibly jumpy and I don’t mean just the POV which swaps between 3 main characters.…

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Pandemonium

pan·de·mo·ni·um/ˌpandəmōnēəm/noun : wild and noisy disorder or confuion

Similar : chaos, mayhem, bedlam

I wish I were more gifted with words (there’s a reason I’m just a reader and not the writer of books) because I am having a difficult time finding all the right ones to describe this book. This book is easily the best book I’ve read all year. I literally couldn’t put it down.

I read…

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The Green Door

I really wanted to love this story and I do want to follow through the series but I think its opening story fell a little short for me. Not what I expected of Heather given how much I loved the Weaver trilogy so far. The writing for this story doesn’t seem as developed and mature. It’s almost like this story was squeezed out to fill a quota or contact agreement and felt rushed.

I love the…

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The Watcher

I am still reeling over the cliffhanger at the end of this book! When is book three, The Ender , coming out?!? Okay, okay I know technically this installment isn’t even out yet. This second book in the Weaver trilogy is set to bet released in a few days, on the 21st to be exact, and I was thrilled when I was allowed to get an arc of The Watcher.

Here’s a little secret, I didn’t read the first…

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Of Rioters and Royals

I’m going to start out by saying, Give this book a chance.

I know some of you will start with the prologue and not go any further. I suggest skipping the prologue all together. It has little to offer the story since the pertinent information is scattered throughout the story anyway.

On one hand this idea that ones abilities are linked to the color of their eyes is a unique idea, on the…

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Cursed

There have been a lot of retellings of old stories lately. I have mixed feelings about this. I have loved just about every one I’ve read but original ideas would be better. Some you could tell what stories they derived from and some actually seemed 100% original.

I am not very familiar with the Arthurian lore. I recognize the key players names but if it’s not the Sword in the Stone from Disney…

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Crier's War

Crier’s War

I can’t believe I almost skipped out on the October Owlcrate which had this book in it. Not being a fan of sci-fi I thought I may skip that month but eventually decided not to and to give it a try and in so glad I did. Crier’s War was a pretty fantastic read. I hadn’t read the other book that came with this crate yet but I’m more optimistic about it now that this one turned out good.

Crier’s…

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