NetGalley November Check In

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In November, it is the annual NetGalley November which is a fun month filled with trying to read as many books from your shelf as possible. There are fun prompts, a competition and group chats to help encourage you to read your highly anticipated books as well as the ones you have been avoiding!

My NetGalley shelf currently has 67 unread! Ranging from 2024 releases all the way back to 2020, I have a lot to read.

My feedback ratio is at 67% so I am hoping to get that back up into the 70s this month too.

These are some of the books I am most looking forward to reading:

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree Book Review

Book Title: Legends & Lattes

Author: Travis Baldree

My Rating: 5*

Publisher: Tor

Publication Date: 22/02/22

Genres: Cosy fantasy, romance, LGBT

Pages: 318

Format read: Ebook

Goodreads: After decades of adventuring, Viv the orc barbarian is finally hanging up her sword for good. Now she sets her sights on a new dream – for she plans to open the first coffee shop in the city of Thune. Even though no one there knows what coffee actually is.

If Viv wants to put the past behind her, she can’t go it alone. And help might arrive from unexpected quarters. Yet old rivals and new stand in the way of success. And Thune’s shady underbelly could make it all too easy for Viv to take up the blade once more.

But the true reward of the uncharted path is the travellers you meet along the way. Whether bound by ancient magic, delicious pastries or a freshly brewed cup, they may become something deeper than Viv ever could have imagined.

You're Not Supposed To Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron Book Review

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After 18 months of silence, I am back with another book review!

Book Title: You're Not Supposed To Die Tonight

Author: Kalynn Bayron

My Rating: 3*

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Publication Date: 20/06/23

Genre: Horror, YA, LGBT, Mystery

Pages: 228

Format read: Paperback

Goodreads: At Camp Mirror Lake, terror is the name of the game... but can you survive the night?

Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the “final girl” at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business.

But the last weekend of the season, Charity's co-workers begin disappearing. And when one ends up dead, Charity's role as the final girl suddenly becomes all too real. If Charity and her girlfriend Bezi hope to survive the night, they'll need figure out what this killer is after. Is there is more to the story of Mirror Lake and its dangerous past than Charity ever suspected?

Most Anticipated Books on my TBR!

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Do you ever buy a book that you have heard lots about and know it's going to be amazing so you just leave it on your shelf for a long time never being read?? Or you buy a book for the hype but then don't want to pick it up in case it disappoints you? This is me! For this post I am going to go through some of my most anticipated reads (new and old) that are on my bookshelf that will probably take me a very long time to pick up!

1. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Obviously The Hunger Games are a very big franchise that many people loved, me included, and once I heard about this prequel that focuses on Snow as a young mentor for someone in the games, I was concerned but also curious. I have no idea when I will eventually get around to this but I'm pretty sure it won't be for a while!

Normal People by Sally Rooney Book Review

Book Title: Normal People

Author: Sally Rooney

My Rating: 2*

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Publication Date: 28/08/18

Genre(s): Contemporary/ Literary Fiction

Pages: 266

Format Read: Paperback

Trigger Warnings: Depression, slight mentions of suicide, physical and mental abuse

Goodreads: At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her housekeeping job at Marianne’s house, a strange and indelible connection grows between the two teenagers—one they are determined to conceal.

A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years in college, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. Then, as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other.

How to Play Dead by Jacqueline Ward Book Review

Book Title: How to Play Dead

Author: Jacqueline Ward

My Rating: 4*

Publisher: Corvus

Publication Date: 07/11/19

Genre(s): Thriller

Pages: 352

Format Read: Ebook

Goodreads: She's watching over them. And he's watching her...

Ria Taylor is everything to everyone. Wife and mother, the centre of her family, and the manager of a refuge for women whose partners have driven them out of their own homes.

But one night, with her husband away, Ria receives a terrifyingly sinister message. Someone is watching her. Someone who seems to know everything about her. She knows what she should do - seek help, just like she tells her clients to. But Ria is the help. As events escalate, and terror takes hold, Ria must decide whether to run or hide...

The Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt Book Tag!

I have seen this floating around and thought it would be fun to do! I have a LOT of books but finding some to fit these questions was actually quite difficult! 

1. Find an author’s name or title with a Z in it.

Blood ties by Sophie McKenzie.