My Heart is Booked Blog

I can’t believe we are already halfway through July. Americans, did you file your taxes? I’ll admit I waited until this past weekend to do it. I’m an independent contractor, so I always owe a bunch of money and put it off as long as I can.

Anyway, it’s time for another WWW Wednesday! This meme was originally hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and has been revived by Sam A. Stevens at Taking On a World of Words. To participate, just answer the following questions:

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

Currently Reading:

Ok, I know that this book was my CR from my last WWW Wednesday two weeks ago. My poor mom has already finished and is just waiting for me to catch up. It’s not a bad book, but it did move much slower than the first. That combined with my overwhelming review tbr pile has seriously thwarted my reading for pleasure time. I should hopefully be finished tonight though so we can move on to the third and final book.

I am listening to Empire of Gold right now and I am so happy to be back in this world. I still love Dara and I’m terrified that this will end tragically for him, but I’m coming around to Ali. I’m just naively hoping for a happy ending for everyone.

I started reading Red Rising for a Instagram book club. I have only made it to the first check point which was Chapter 13, but it’s already not what I expected. I’m not really sure what I was expecting, but I don’t read a lot of sci-fi, so this completely threw me for a loop. I’m intrigued by the storyline though.

Unveiled is my next review read, so you can anticipate a review this weekend sometime. I’ve only just begun this one so I don’t have any opinions of it yet, but I am excited by the premise and hope it lives up to my expectations.

Recently Finished:

I recently finished and loved Staff of Nightfall, the intoxicating conclusion to The Mercenary and the Mage duology. This book just released today. You can read my full review here and an interview with author Selina R. Gonzalez here.

I also finished The Midnight Bargain, which I reviewed for Once Upon a Book Club box. I really enjoyed this story and loved how the author blended important themes like fighting misogyny to reclaim body autonomy in the magical regency-inspired world. You can expect a review of this in the coming weeks.

Reading Next:

I will obviously be reading on in the Snow Like Ashes trilogy as well as picking up the last of my review books for July, but I really hope to be able to fit in Beach Read some time this month. Everyone that posts about it loves it and it took me so long to get my hands on a copy. I am just dying to see what all the fuss is about.

How is your reading going for the month? Any new favorites? Feel free to drop the links to your WWW post below.