#patricksamphire

[debbiedoesbooks]

Book review - 4 stars . . Mennik Thorn is a second rate mage. He's also kind of a fuck up. He gets on people's bad side and it's not even intentional. Barely scraping by a living, he's dragged by his best (and only) friend for a "simple" job. This was immediately after botching the job he was just on. Botched job means no pay... The book doesn't necessarily start off slow...but for a quick bit there you kind of start to get over how seemingly pathetic Mennik is and how much he gets his ass kicked. Even the 11 year old isn't afraid of him. She's definitely way scarier than he is LOL. Then you get to the one page where it all makes sense. With one sentence you get it. Why he seems unambitious. Why he won't work for a mage and go up in rank. Why he wants nothing to do with the people in power, with power and about power. After that it's a wild ride. . . Flawed and likeable characters, good world building, magic, fantasy, mystery and it was well done. I read it as an e book but this is a book I definitely want on my shelves. I'm on board for book 2. #ShadowOfADeadGod #PatrickSamphire #StoryTellersOnTour @sot_tours https://www.instagram.com/p/CCd7g1egCwO/?igshid=1uivd78n42bz6

[reader44ever]

Here's my #WrapUp for #BoutofBooks 22! #FinalStats 😍❤ . . . . Books Read: 8 plus over half of a 9th! Pages Read: around 1,879! . What did I read? 🤔 . . . . 1. One Trick Pony by Nathan Hale, 128pp 4⭐ 2. Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl (illustrated by Quentin Blake), 205pp 4⭐ 3. George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl (illustrated by Quentin Blake), 89pp 4⭐ 4. The Castle in the Mist by Amy Ephron (illustrated by Vartan Ter-Avanesyan), 169pp 4⭐ 5. Jake the Fake Keeps It Real by Craig Robinson and Adam Mansbach (illustrated by Keith Knight), 136pp 4⭐ 6. The Emperor of Mars by Patrick Samphire (illustrated by Jeremy Holmes), 357pp 4⭐ 7. You by Caroline Kepnes (audio performed by Santino Fontana), ~369pp 3⭐ 8. ❤ Lemons by Melissa Savage, 305pp 5⭐❤ 9. Three Slices by Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson, and Chuck Wendig, listened to first two stories (73% or ~121pp) . I am very happy about having read eight books in seven days, but I'm a little disappointed that my total page count wasn't higher. For August's #BoutofBooks, I'll hope to read over 2,000 pages in the week! Roughly 268 pages per day isn't bad, but I'd like to read at least 300 pages per day! 🙄❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #NathanHale #RoaldDahl #QuentinBlake #AmyEphron #VartanTerAvanesyan #CraigRobinson #AdamMansbach #KeithKnight #PatrickSamphire #JeremyHolmes #CarolineKepnes #SantinoFontana #MelissaSavage #KevinHearne #DelilahSDawson #books #series #BoutofBooks22

[reader44ever]

Today's task for #jcfmay is to share #shells as a prop. I asked, and my Mom came up with this great Bag o'Shells, which was probably purchased with the intent to be spread artfully around in the lighthouse cases we have in this house. (I can't remember what they're called at the moment, but my parents have A LOT of lighthouses.) 😄🎉❤ . . . . But I didn't want to open the bag. (Where would they go after I photographed a few of them?) So instead, scroll to Photo Two if you'd like to see more of the shells. 😍❤ . . . . My main prop, my Max, is only in the first photo. (I caught him looking in my direction!) But since he's partially obscured, scroll to Photo Three if you'd like to see his face in full from very close-up. 😍❤ . . . . And in Photo Four, I finally got a photo of the books I am reading, The Emperor of Mars by Patrick Samphire and You by Caroline Kepnes, with the shells AND Max. Of course, now that I'm typing this, he's off exploring the backyard again. #neverstaysstill 🤣😉😍❤ . . . . Oh! I am GOING to finish The Emperor of Mars today! It's 4:35p and I'm nearly halfway through it, so it will be today's #MiddleGradeMay and #bookadayinMay book. 😄🎉📚❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #PatrickSamphire #CarolineKepnes #books #TheEmperorofMars #You #series #SecretsoftheDragonTomb

[reader44ever]

I went a little crazy with placing holds at my library this past week. In May, I am hoping to make a good showing in both the #middlegrademay and #BuzzwordReadathon or #buzzwordathon readathons. To that end, I requested A LOT of middle-grade books, some with the buzzword "girl" in the title! 😊 . . . . All told, I maxed out the holds on three accounts: mine, my Mom's, and my Dad's. Dad may no longer be with us, but he still helps me when needed! 😄❤ . . . . That means I had 45 holds on books. And today, 32 were available for pick-up. I think I checked out 34 books! 😲🙈 32 books are pictured, two more were checked out for my Mom. 🙄❤ . . . . The books aren't shown in any sort of order in the first photo above. There are several series in the two stacks that are all jumbled together, just as the books for the two aforementioned readathons are all jumbled together. 😕 But I do have middle-grade books in the stacks and adult books standing on the right. 🎉📚❤ . . . . In the second photo, I tried to organize the books by readathons and by series - on the right - and the stack on the left is made up of assorted stand-alones and book ones (I think). These are the books for #middlegrademay (month-long). On the far left, standing up are the three books I found that have "Girl" in the title, for the week-long #BuzzwordReadathon. (Missing from this second photo is The Dry by Jane Harper, which doesn't work for either readathon. I checked it out for a Swap-Bot.com swap.) 😊❤ . . . . The third photo is in this post just so that you can see my Max. 😊😍❤ . . . . Oh, and that top book in the stack on the right? It is a book two by #PatrickSamphire. I read book one - Secrets of the Dragon Tomb - a year or two ago. 😊❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #LibraryBookHaul #BookHaul #LibraryBooks #books #lotsandlotsofbooks #series #SecretsoftheDragonTomb #PercyJackson #PercyJacksonandtheOlympians #NotSoImpossibleTales #InkheartTrilogy #WelcometoWonderland #TheTapperTwins