It really is here again, Autumn. Oh it makes me so happy just writing that.
The crisp cool mornings, I truly feel more alive when I am not sweating every time I step outside. The fact that it is the season of long walks in leggings and a sweatshirt is more than enough to have me feeling giddy.
Fall to me is like a hug. My favorite sweatshirts come out, pretty decor goes up, a warm cup of coffee makes you feel all fuzzy inside and my favorite cozy blankets and best of all? My reading gets all the more fun. AND!? Yes, there’s more. Gilmore Girls goes on in the background.
The kids and I were outside this week and I glanced up and noticed our tree’s changing. I know it happens every year but it just takes my breath away every time. Anyone else? Nature truly is beautiful and I am so happy I live in a place where I experience all the season’s.
What are your Fall plans?
I’ve been thinking of mine and I really want to try to make it to all the small festivals around here for the kids and even for myself. Make lots of cozy delicious crock pot recipes. There is also a book event in October that I am extremely looking forward to.
Anything you are excited to read?
I have a lot of romantasy and regular fantasy on my list for the cooler weather, plus some thriller’s as well and of course have to throw in a couple cutesy reads. My big one I think I am going to start though later in the season and attempt to read is the Zodiac Academy series. I am so nervous about it but I think it will be worth it in the end! Has any one read it? Let me know!
I just hope we all have a lovely new season. I know life can be overwhelming at times, but I just hope you know you are never alone and just try to enjoy the little moments as much as you can. When you are walking, look up and enjoy the beauty around you. When you are at home, crack open a book you’ve been wanting to read lately and make yourself a nice warm drink. Enjoy the presence of your loved ones. Enjoy all the joys your kids bring you. Just enjoy it all.
Let me know what you are most looking forward to for the Fall season, I’d love to chat with you! As always, thanks for stopping by and hanging out with me.
I know, I know you see it all over every social media platform and have probably read a million reviews and seen a million reels on this series but you know what? I can’t NOT write a review on these books.
I always wanted to gain the courage to dive into fantasy, I am a true romance junkie and love my smutty scenes and book boyfriends so A Court of Thorns and Roses series was recommended to me to start off with…
I know it’s not full on fantasy but you know what? I AM HOOKED.
My goodness I have never been so sucked into a series before that made real life just seemed so bland. Like I would literally run away to live in Prythian.
So of course I couldn’t resist a mini review on each book because this series really is going to stick with me for a long time. This will be fun because I wrote these right after reading each book and I know it will be fun to watch my thoughts change 😉
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Holy cow, running to read the second book!
I am HOOKED.
So much danger, intensity and 🔥🔥🔥. Particularly Tamlin. Oh how I loved Tamlin.
Feyre was such a strong female character and I found myself gasping at times and rooting for her so so hard. There is nothing like finding a female mc that you just want to see her conquer the whole damn world.
I just loved everything about this, the land, the creatures just the whole world and I am so happy to dive into more of this series and a taste of the fantasy land.
I have seen so much about this and wasn’t sure if the hype would live up but I am only on book one and I have to say Sarah J Maas, you have me trapped in your writing spell!
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First of all, if I could give more than five stars I would. I so would because it deserves so much more than that.
This book has ruined me in the best way possible…I think this will be the biggest book hangover I have ever had even though I can read the next in the series I just know. I KNOW nothing will compare to this. Maybe ever.
I don’t think I will ever love two characters together more than Rhys and Feyre.
I just, I don’t even have words! This book had me in a choke hold.
I am so incredibly happy I finally decided to give in and pick this series up. I can already tell it’s one I am going to re read more than once and that just makes me so happy to have found true treasures.
But this particular book? A Court of Mist and Fury was absolutely intoxicating. I savored it as long as I could.
Lust.
Magic.
Danger.
Friendship.
I LOVED IT. Rhys is like my biggest book crush ever, more like book husband. Defiantly book husband and I honestly cannot wait for more.
Tamlin who!?????
Still caught in your trap of works Sarah J Maas and absolutely loving it.
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These characters, oh my goodness I am just so hooked on all of these characters. ALL OF THEM!
Talk about intense though! I think my heart leapt out of my chest in some parts of A Court of Wings and Ruin and my nails defiantly took the wrath of my nervousness.
I could not put it down once again and I just keep wanting more! More, more, more of everyone’s story because they are all finding a way into my heart, maybe not Nesta….yet?
This world and this writing is really getting me excited to read more fantasy. I find myself thinking of Prythian more than once in my everyday life and that’s just what I love about good books. They suck you in and don’t let go and I am defiantly not ready to let go.
If you have not read this series yet, DO IT!!!!
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I thought this was such a nice refresh from all the intensity you were left with after reading A Court of Wings and Ruin. I loveeeeee me some Rhys and Feyre so I was happy to get more of just them being a couple, I am a total hopeless romantic at heart.
Rhys is just so 🔥🔥🔥
Also I loved the other POV’s coming into focus, I think that was my favorite!
But I am ready to jump into Nesta’s story, bring it on!
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I can’t lie about being nervous going into A Court of Silver and Flames because Nesta… if you know, you know.
Talk about a character transformation and I was here for it. Nesta’s defensiveness is frustrating for sure and there were times I wanted to jump into this book and shake her and say “WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?” but overall I finally understood her and understood why she was the way she was and I couldn’t help but do a fist bump once we finally clicked and I was rooting for her!
Let’s talk about something though…..the 🔥🔥🔥 in this book was unreal, I was not expecting it even though I knew the spice had to be good because It’s Cassian and you can just tell. I was here for it though and I loveddddd every spicy part!
Also, the bat boys have for sure nestled their way into my heart.
I was so satisfied with every aspect of A Court of Silver and Flames but again it just leaves me wanting more. I read this so slowly because I was truly not ready to say goodbye to these characters, they are so special and I really hope we get more because I just need another book!
Fun little tid bit about me, I am a total book worm. Before having my kids, any free time I had usually consisted of writing and reading. My favorite hobbies by far and every chance I get, my nose is in a book.
Tell me if you can relate but I feel like whenever you finish a really good book, sometimes you are just at a loss. You connect so well with the characters, you go through their journey with them and then just like that, it’s all over and you feel like you just lost a friend.
Books to me are so powerful, I love all the emotions you can get just from reading one book. You can laugh with the characters, you can cry with them and feel their pain and their heartbreak. There’s nothing better to me than an emotional book, I am a sucker for them. Books to me are like my safe haven. Ever since I was little if I just wanted to get away or just clear my mind from whatever was going on, my first instinct was to grab my favorite book and curl up and get lost in it. I love the connection it gives you, it takes your mind right to where the author decided you should be.
“When reading, we don’t fall in love with the characters appearance. We fall in love with their words, their thoughts, and their hearts. We fall in love with their souls.”
Another confession, I’ve always wished I had the talent and creativity to create a story that the reading world would love, to connect your readers to the characters you have fallen so in love with as you’ve created them and come to know them. That has to be the best reward as an author, to listen to your readers feedback. To find out who their favorite characters were, or what book boyfriend they love the most (we all have one!) I love when I find a book and find out the author actually cried while writing it, just the emotional bond we all find with books is amazing to me.
“We lose ourselves in books, we find ourselves there too.”
We book lovers feel emotions like no other, in the way we interpret words, in the way that our hearts and mind follow whatever story we are into. I love finding characters who relate to what i’m feeling, just like when you hear a song that just tells your story, some characters just tell our own stories so well in their own words. Let’s keep connecting and keep feeling every chance we get, I will always find my safe haven in a good ol’ book.
I really hope my kids find a love for books. Right now they really love them and learning new things from each book they have which as a mom and as a bookworm, makes me so happy!
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