For being just over a week into the year, my reading has been going really good so far! And I cannot wait to share my updates with you.
In terms of completed books, I've finished one audiobook and one physical book (this I just finished maybe 15 minutes before starting this). The audiobook was what I first started out with on the first of the year before even deciding on what physical book I wanted to pick up first. And that book is Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore. I haven't read this book in years, since I was maybe 20 or 21 years old. We had a copy that was really pretty and looked like a Bible. This was just as funny as I remember it being and I still laughed at the humor. It was a great start to the year. It follows Biff, whose real name is Levi. He is Joshua's (Jesus') best friend and it fictionally fills in the years of Christ's life that aren't reflected in the Bible with shenanigans and travels. This is easily a 4 star listen.
As for the physical book, I just finished Anna-Marie McLemore's Wild Beauty. This book was very well written and I couldn't put the book down when I got into the second half of the book. This follows predominantly Estrella Nomeolvides of the Nomeolvides family who live at La Pradera. They have the ability to grow flowers from their hands but have a curse placed on them: They cannot love someone too deeply or the person they love disappears in front of them. Soon after this book starts, a boy appears that they believe may have been someone that someone in the family previously had loved who had lived prior to the grandmothers, the oldest generation of Nomeolvides women. The story goes from there. The writing is beautiful and I gave it a 4.5/5 stars.
As for currently listening to on Audible, I'm currently making my way through Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. This is book one of the Dragonlance: Chronicles trilogy. I have the physical books but couldn't get more than maybe 50 pages of book two. So I'm hoping that with listening to it through Audible, I'll be able to get through the series. It's not that I don't enjoy the series, I just get sidetracked every time I have picked up the second book. This follows a group of friends that meet up in the beginning after 5 years apart to tell the news that they've gathered over their time apart. One of the friends brings a pair of tribesman with him, the lady of the pair has a staff that initially seems unmemorable. They come to find that this is the Blue Crystal Staff that is being sought after by several people. This starts them off on this new adventure.
In terms of physical books, I think I'm now going to pick up Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C Dao. I described the book in my last post, so if you want to read what it's about you can read my description there or read the description on GoodReads that I linked. I got this in a Fairyloot box, so if you get the box as well, my reading buddy number is #FairyLoot122133 and we can chat about the book! I'm very excited about this book.
What have you read so far this year? Are you enjoying it? I wanna know why either way. Let's discuss them in the comments.
Your kindred bookmate,
Cassie
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