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I have not read any of these but I do have Carmilla and The Palaeontologist on my radar. Fingers crossed I enjoy them more than you did, but I have heard mixed reviews about both.

Oh thanks for the rec. I have added that to my TBR. I did read The Twyford Code after The Appeal but didn’t enjoy that one as much.

The Princess Bride movie just has such a fantastic cast. And the tone is definitely different.

This makes me feel much better about the fact I didn’t force myself to power through it.

I am happy to hear there is at least one other person who thinks it was just ok. 😁 I really did want to love it.

Thank you. 😊 I have not heard of Dead Dead Girls before. Reading the synopsis it does sound like it should be a great read, but it’s a shame it was easy to predict.

I remember you talking about that one in a video. 2.5 stars to the 5th book in a 4-5 star series is quite possibly the definition of a disappointing read!

I would love to hear your thoughts on it if you do get around to reading it.

Thank you for creating the tag, it was fun to take part in it. 😁

Ronald Malfi is an author I really want to try but he has so many books I’m struggling to decide which to pick up.

@@Bookishdowntime In the book I read, they listed his books. I was surprised he has written so many books. He is very prolific

Looking at the reviews it does seem to be a pretty polarising one. Well worth checking out though in my opinion.

Thank you 🙂 It is such an easy way to add in anything I forgot to say, or that I didn’t think I was clear on. I know a lot of people like to go into books completely blind, but I am definitely someone who needs to know what I am getting myself in to 😆

@Bookishdowntime agreed, i read the covers too!!

Thank you for such a lovely warm welcome 😊

@@Bookishdowntime you are definitely welcome!

Thanks for subbing! 🫶🏻💖 I am watching your coffee book tag video as I reply to this. 😁

@ aww Thanks so much feel free to tag yourself in any tags! 🫶🏻🥳

Yay 🙌🏻😂 I look forward to seeing your answers.

Thanks Candy 💖

I agree about Grady Hendrix. I think he especially writes young women well. My Best Friends Exorcism was very well done.

It’s so hard finding the balance between being excited about the new books and actually reading the ones we already have! I know I won’t get to all of these books next year, but it’s nice to at least know what is out there 😄

City of Last Chances is available as an e-book from the library and I keep meaning to check it out as I have heard such good things about that series. Riot Baby is another one that is on my TBR but I haven’t read anything by Tochi Onyebuchi yet… the synopsis for Harmattan Season sounds intriguing. 💖

@@Bookishdowntime Both Riot Baby & Goliath knocked my socks off (in different ways, for different reasons); definitely suggest checking out Onyebuchi. "City of Last Chances," well, it's a weird series so far; I've heard book 1 likened to Les Miserables and book 2 likened to MASH; you can tell it's the same author but the books are very very different... yet cohesive. I don't know how Tchaikovsky writes so many books so quickly but I have yet to read one that I really didn't like.

Oh interesting, that actually makes me even more interested in picking up that first book. I’ve only read the one Tchaikovsky, Children of Time, and really enjoyed it. It’s also another series on my never ending list that I actually need to finish 🙈

I tend to read more backlist books than new releases to be honest and it’s only in the last couple of years that I have started to actively look out for upcoming releases.

Thank you for stopping by 😊 Nerds unite! 😆

I’m worried I might be going into it with my expectations a little high, but I am just really excited for it. 😁

Thank you 💖 And thank you for watching.

Thank you so much!! 💖

It looks like you will be able to get it through Barnes & Noble.

I have never read anything by Sarah J. Mass. Did you read ACOTAR, and what did you think of it?

@@Bookishdowntime I really liked it. If you are interested, i put my StoryGraph review of it below. I rated it 4 stars. This story is told in the first person by Feyre who is human. There are humans and fae In the world of the book. Feyre lives a couple of days journey from the fae lands. There is a wall separating human lands from fae lands. Feyre's family (Feyre's father and two older sisters) was once well to do. But they fell on hard times a few years back. They only survive because of Feyre's hunting skills. She needs to kill prey to provide meat and to get pelts that she sells to get money for other necessities. The story starts with Feyre hunting in the woods during a winter day. A deer comes in range of her bow. Before she can shoot the deer, a huge wolf appears. Feyre kills the wolf and the deer. She skins the wolf and takes the pelt and the dear deer back to her family. Not long after, a very angry fae comes to Feyre's family's cottage. The wolf Feyre killed was actually a fae who had shifted to wolf form. Feyre admits to the angry fae that she killed the wolf. As punishment, she has to spend the rest of her life in fae lands. The angry fae is Tamlin who is one of the Fae High Lords. The story goes from there. This book is a romantasy. Only the second I have read after Fourth Wing. There were a series of chapters early in the book where I didn't feel any threat to Feyre. They almost felt cozy. Once the book ramped up, the stakes got really high. It got very tense. Feyre was a believable heroine (some suspension of disbelief is necessary, but that is to be expected in a fantasy novel). I liked how the romance developed. There was impressive world building. Mostly the fae world is gradually revealed. There is one chapter that was info dumpy. There were some brutally violent scenes in the latter part of the book. The sex was mild. Not graphic at all. I recommend this book for anyone who wants to read a romantasy and who doesn't have a problem with the brutally violent scenes. I'm glad I finally read a Sarah J. Maas book. I already bought the sequel A Court of Mist and Fury.

Thanks for sharing. I am not sure I will ever get around to reading it but I’m always interested to hear reviews.

I’m not saying I started working on my reading goals in October, but I am also not not saying that 🤣 I do love a good goal!

Thank you Candy 💖

I don’t think it matters too much if you hit your goals, especially when they are around a hobby, but I also think people forget that goals are adjustable. If you set a goal for the year and it is obvious 6 months in that you’re not going to hit it, change it. I am constantly re-evaluating and amending my goals (when I have them). 🙂

@@Bookishdowntime Amending your goals is a good idea. I am too rigid with my goals.

Yay! Thank you! I am excited for all the planning 😆

Thank you! 💖 I still need to figure out what I am doing in terms of having a planner for next year, but I think it is likely I will bullet journal.

Hope you enjoy it! 😁

If you do read either Osgood or IT I would love to hear your thoughts. Both of them have fantastic characters, which I think is why I personally love them so much.

I just looked up Clowns Vs Spiders and it sounds hilarious… although spiders are something I am genuinely afraid of. I am definitely adding these recommendations to my TBR 😁

@@Bookishdowntime It is the funniest book I ever read. If you do read any of the books, I will be interested in what you think of them

I love horror movies but I totally get that they are not for everyone. If you wanted to try some then there are a lot of films which are suitable for teens that I think would work well for a horror beginner. Films like “Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark” or the “Fear Street” movies on Netflix are not too scary for example. It’s really just about figuring out what you like. As for books, I highly support all of these being added to your TBR! 😂🖤

Thanks for watching Marlene 💖

I’m glad you enjoyed the format. It was fun to film this way but it’s good to know it was also enjoyable to watch as well 💖

😁 I think I am going to do something similar for wrap-ups as I also liked this format.

It is SO many pages 😆 I am looking forward to reading them all (or at least as many as I can).

Oh, that’s one I really want to read at some point. It sounds like one I will really enjoy. I feel like relying on the jar was not the smartest choice I have ever made 😂 I am not convinced I can read that many pages in 30 days.

That is encouraging to hear. I did try a few chapters of the day of the triffids a few years ago and I do think I am going to really enjoy it. I’m tempted to start with it as it is the shortest on the list. 🤔

Are you enjoying it? I do love a chunky read but they end up taking me months to finish. 😁

@@Bookishdowntime oh im loving it!

@CandySoulAndSoil it’s been so long since I read an Anne Rice, maybe I should add it to my TBR.

The TBR jar was definitely not my friend when it came to book lengths 😆 We do like a challenge… apparently!

😆 That is definitely a risk with using a TBR jar. I am going to try and be very deliberate about not putting things back, but we will see how it goes. 😬

Thank you for your comment about my voice 😊 The noise was a double-decker bus. I live on a bus route with a stop not too far up the road and that is the noise they make when they are getting back up to speed after pulling away. It happens so regularly that I didn’t even notice it 😂

Thank you for settling that puzzle, I really couldn't decide what it was, my hubby guessed bus, so he gets the points. We have trains go past our house and I don't notice them any more. Cheers, Shell.

I know! It’s over 3000 pages in total, which is a lot for me. This was possibly not my smartest idea ever 🤣 I would love to see you plan a randomly generated TBR but I do also love how deliberate and thoughtful your TBR’s always are.

It’s been a long time since I read a James Herbert as well, and I haven’t read that many to be honest. Which of his books have you read?

@@Bookishdowntime I read Sepulchre. I read Shrine. I read some of The Rats. Not sure if I finished it. I read some others too. Can't remember which. The one I remember is The Magic Cottage. It was the first one I read. I read it not long ago for a second time. I loved it both times.

The Magic Cottage is one I keep meaning to try and you have convinced me that I really do need to pick it up soon. My first James Herbert was Fluke. I got it out of the school library when I was 13 or 14 so I don’t really remember it all that well anymore. 😆

It used to be free to reserve books but then they stopped charging late fees and added a 50p charge for this instead. It is such a small amount that I really don’t mind.

I’m learning Korean and French. I am a bit more serious about Korean, whereas French is really just 30ish minutes of Duolingo a day. I also loved the Disney films of Alice, but I am also a huge Disney fan in general 😆

@@Bookishdowntime I was learning Portuguese on Duolingo (I had over a 1500 day streak) but it started becoming really repetitive and then Duo became really passive aggressive 🦉😂

That owl definitely has abandonment issues! 😂