I do believe I am having an amazing reading month so far this month. There's only a week or so left of January and I've completed 6 books so far this month! And I've finished half of them in the last week.
I want to start with the worst one. I started and finished listening to I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. I really liked the premise of this: Robert Neville is the last human that he knows of and every other person on the planet is a vampire. And they all want his blood. I thought it had so much potential and it just... Let me down. I used to love vampire stories as a teenager, so I thought it would be cool to visit one published before I was even thought of. I had such a hard time connecting to Neville and his plight of being the last non vampire and empathizing with him. So it was just a bit of a flop of a read for me. This may have been better for me as a physical book as opposed to audio book but I was hoping to some extent that it being an audio book would add an additional creepy factor. But that was another thing that fell flat for me. At this point, it's a 2 out of 5 stars for me.
The other audio book from over the last week is Dragons of Winter Night from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman that I started and mentioned in my last check in. The audio versions of these books are definitely proving the way to go for me. I really liked the continuation of the story and don't want to give away anything that happens due to possible spoilers. But I liked seeing the growth of the companions from book one to book two. I'm going to have to put a bit of a pause on finishing the trilogy due to not having credits from Audible until this upcoming Saturday. At that point, I can pick it up and another one as well. This was a 4 out of 5 star listen for me.
I also finished reading Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C Dao. This book is beautifully written and I never wanted to put down as I read. I finished reading this about an hour ago and I would absolutely love to get my hands on book two, Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix, which is due to come out sometime this year. With my luck, it's not going to come out until closer to the end of the year. I gave this book a 5 out of 5 stars. I will try to have a non spoiler review up within the next couple of days, I just want to get all of my thoughts together on this beautifully written origin story of the Evil Queen set in the East.
In terms of books I'll be picking up next, I think I'm going to start listening to Victoria by Daisy Goodwin as an audio book. I might have the physical book somewhere in my unread books but it's a bit of a pain going through them all. Plus, I think it'll be nice to be told this story of Queen Victoria. I love stories of royalty and I don't mind where they come from, whether it be somewhere in Europe, Japan, or anywhere in between. I just wish I knew more and would love any recommendations you would have for me.
For a physical book, I think I'm going to pick up The Cruel Prince by Holly Black in lieu of one of the two remaining books that I mentioned wanting to read this month in an earlier post. It came in my Owl Crate box this month and they had an exclusive, gorgeous cover for it that is super different from the original cover and even better is that the book itself is signed! I have heard so much buzz about this book and so many people seem to love it so far. From what I can tell so far, it follows this girl named Jude, who at 7 years old, alongside her two sisters, watches her parents be murdered. They are take to the High Court of Faerie. Fast forward 10 years later and Jude wants to be one of them. It seems like in order to join the court, she needs to defy the youngest prince and accept the consequences of her actions. I've had the book since this last weekend and I've been wanting to pick it up but wanted to finish Forest of a Thousand Lanterns first since I was loving that book as much as I was.
The main thing I'm trying to focus on with my physical books right now is catch up on on the books I've gotten in subscription boxes over the last few months and haven't read yet while keeping up with the ones that are coming in as well. It shouldn't take me long to get everything all caught up. I'm hopeful that I'll be all caught up with that by the end of March at the earliest and end of June at the latest. After that, I can focus on all of the other physical books I have that need to be read and then just keep up on the books that are coming in through Owl Crate and Fairyloot.
I would love to know what you're currently reading in the comments! Are you liking it so far? What has been your favorite book so far of the month/year?
Your kindred bookmate,
Cassie
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