October Wrap-Up, Novermber TBR

October was a decent little month this year. There was lots of work to do, but I managed to finish three books (and one long poem – The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes – that Goodreads counted as a book, yay!)

I'm glad I picked a theme for this October – witches and wichcraft – because my reading materials sort of set the atmosphere for the end of the month which we are awaiting eagerly each year (despite the fact there is no trick or treating in my country, I just love Halloween and everything to do with it).

On Halloween night we switched my chain of pumpkin lights on, lit a candle, watched Sleepy Hollow and ate Halloween chocolate. I know it's not much but it was nice (also, it was the first time I saw the Tim Burton movie, and yeah... it was definitely worth to watch).

On November 10 we are planning to go on a trip with my friend (the one who came home from England recently), I'm looking forward to that a lot. 

I really hope my reading month will be at least as good as October was, since the end of the year is coming and I still haven't finished my Goodreads challenge.

Here is a summary of October on Paradise Found:

I've finished three books:

Time Crawlers by Varun Sayal – My Review

The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox – Bolg Tour + Review

Lady Macbeth's Daughter by Lisa Klein

Other posts on the blog in the month of October:

Book? Movie? Both? – Books I'm planning to read because I'm excited to see their adaptations on screen

Review – The Crucible by Arthur Miller

 

Weekly Memes:

Book Beginnings and the Friday 56 (Oct 12, Oct 19)

Plans for November:

I'd like to read the following books in November (in no particular order):

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Aaru (The Aaru Cycle #1) by David Meredith

The Winner Stands Alone by Paulo Coelho

 The Oddling Prince by Nancy Springer

What are you planning to read in November?

September Wrap-Up, October TBR

October is here!! *happy dance* 

The leaves are already changing colours outside and Halloween is a mere month away. This is my favourite time of the year (besides Christmas).

It's wonderful to live together with my other half and to have some routine in my life at last. I still miss the adventure I had in London sometimes, but I learned to appreciate what I have here and I think I made a good decision when I stayed at home.

September started with a challenge for me at the workplace, because I got promoted to an English/Spanish speaker agent, which means now I have to use my Spanish too sometimes. I've been learning the language since I was a teen but never really had to use it much, so now I have to grow up to the task. I'm watching some series in Spanish and will pick up some books written in Spanish too from now on to practice. Wish me luck!

September was a much better reading month for me than August had been, I finished 3 books (almost four, I got to the end of The Crucible today but that doesn't count because it is the 1st of October already, ugh). 

I'm hoping to be bewitched this October by my reading list. See what books I'm planning to read at the end of this post!

Here is a summary of September on Paradise Found:

I've finished three books:

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Blackmail, Sex and Lies by Kathryn McMaster – My review

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Other posts on the blog in the month of September:

Review – Claire's Last Secret by Marty Ambrose

Books Around The World #1

Weekly Memes:

WWW Wednesday (Sept 26)

Book Beginnings and the Friday 56 (Sept 7, Sept 14) 

Plans for October:

  

I'd like to read the following books in October (in no particular order):

The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox

Lady Macbeth's Daughter by Lisa M. Kline 

The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel: A Story of Sleepy Hollow by Alyssa Palombo

Time Crawlers by Varun Sayal

 What are you planning to read in October?

August Wrap-Up, September TBR

August was a busy month for me, the number of books I managed to read shows that pretty clearly.

Anyways, this previous month was about moving and settling down, starting a new exciting life and, naturally, that began with packing, organizing, doing lots of shopping and stuff. 

I'm hoping in September I'll be able to chill a bit and read more, watch more tv shows and just generally enjoy autumn, my favourite season of the year. I can't wait for the wather to turn a bit cooler to create the perfect autumn feel...

I already can't wait for Halloween... But let's not jump ahead, let's enjoy September first. And without further ado, please see the summary of the month of August on the blog below!

Here is a summary of August on Paradise Found:

I've finished two books:

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline – Review

Claire's Last Secret by Marty Ambrose

Other posts on the blog in the month of August:

Book Haul

Events in my life

Happy Birthday, Mary Shelley! 

Weekly Memes:

Book Beginnings and the Friday 56 (Aug 3, Aug 17) 

Plans for September:

I'd like to read the following books in September (in no particular order):

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Blackmail, Sex and Lies by Kathryn MyMaster

In Azgarth's Shadow by Cassie Sweet

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

(For the Timeless Book Club. Join here if you're interested: Lucy Preston Literary Society)

 How did your August go? Did you reach your reading goal?

June Wrap-Up, July TBR

As most of you know by now in the end of May I landed a job after a couple of months of search for a suitable one. June has been a challenging month for me, in the sense that I had to learn many new procedures, absorb a lot of information. But here I am, fully functioning, doing my tasks with more and more confidence at my new workplace, which is great. 

Since I acquired a full time job I've lost some of my reading time, and it shows. I could only finish 3 books instead of my usual 4 in June. I guess it's not that bad, considering that I had a lot on my plate recently. I'll do my best to catch up with my reading in July.

My heart broke hearing the Timeless cancellation news. Losing this show is like losing friends for me. I'm hoping against all hope that the creators will at least consider bringing it back as a book/comic book series, I'd read the hell out of Timeless novels if the existed. They say we might still get a movie but I'm not very positive we will. I will never watch an NBC show ever again, that is for sure.

In the end of July me and my boyfriend will travel to London to attend the London Film & Comic Con. I'm very excited, I've been there once in 2016 and it was a pretty special experience. I'll be happy to share it with my beau this time.

Here is a summary of June on Paradise Found:

I've finished three books:

Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf – Review

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee – My review is coming soon!

Hold Your Own by Kate Tempest – My review is coming soon!

Other posts on the blog in the month of June:

Review – Clowders by Vanessa Morgan

Review – Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Reading Habits Tag

Weekly Memes:

WWW Wednesday (Jun 13)

Book Beginnings and the Friday 56 (Jun 1, Jun 15, Jun 29) 

Weekend Wrap-up (Jun 17, Jun 24)

Plans for July

I'd like to read the following books in July (in no particular order): 

Mrs Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca 

I've already started this book and it is extremely good! I'm planning to finish it this month.

The Women in the Walls by Amy Lukavics

Winter Eternal (The River That Flows Two Ways #1) by E. Thomas Joseph

Uneasy Lies the Head (Tudor Saga #1) by Jean Plaidy

How was your June? Which was your favourite book this month?

May Wrap-Up, June TBR

Summer is here folks and I'm wishing for fall (the weather is too hot for my liking already). But let's not jump ahead so fast. I'm hopeful that this is going to be a really good summer, filled with events and trips that I'm already looking forward to. 

In the month of June my focus will probably solely directed on work though. Since I'm new at the company I'll have a lot to learn this month, but hey... you gotta start somewhere.

I'm still trying to figure out a reading routine that could work now that 8 hours are taken from my day. During the training weeks I'll probably have some extra studying to do at home too, but I'll do my best to be efficent and I'll make sure to leave myself time to relax with a good book after the hard work.

I really hope I can finish at least 4 books this month too. One of these books will be a play (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee), which makes my life easier because I usually fly through plays. 

I'm very excited to join my fellow Clockblockers in a read-along of Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca. Some people had the amazing idea to start a Timeless book club (in which we read books that are related to the tv show in some way) and this is the first title that we'll discuss. I can't wait to learn more about Grace Humiston, badass female detective of the 1910s.

Here's a summary of May on Paradise Found:

I've finished four books:

Nothing But Sky by Amy Trueblood – Review

The Stolen Girl (The Veil and the Crown #1) by Zia Wesley – Review

Clowders by Vanessa Morgan – My review is coming soon

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman – My review is coming soon

Other posts on the blog in the month of May:

Book Tour (Excerpt) – Succubus Lips by Lina Jubilee

5 Genres of Fiction I'd Like to Read More Of

Weekly Memes:

Goodreads Monday (May 7, May 21) 

Tell Me Something Tuesday (May 22)

WWW Wednesday (May 9, May 23, May 30)

Book Beginnings and the Friday 56 (May 4, May 11, May 18, May 25)   

Weekend Wrap-up (May 5, May 12, May 26)

Plans for June

I'd like to read the following books in May (in no particular order):

Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf 

(For book tour)

Winter Eternal (The River That Flows Two Ways #1) by E. Thomas Joseph

Mrs Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca 

(For the Timeless Book Club. Join here if you're interested: Lucy Preston Literary Society)

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edwards Albee

Did May treat you well? Please leave a link to your monthly wrap-up post if you'd like me to read it! :)

April Wrap-Up, May TBR

Hello Lovelies! 

Another hard month is behind us in this surreal world we're currently living in. I hope you're all holding up okay and staying safe.

I don't have work at the moment, since air traffic is basically non-existent during the virus and thus I was put on standby for a month. To be honest I'm not sure if the situation will be better in May, but I'm hoping for a miracle.

I'm trying to do my best with the big amount of spare time I suddenly have on my hands. Of course I'm reading a lot, doing a puzzle and working on my diamond painting I started months ago but never had time to finish. From time to time I go out to play frisbee with my younger brothers or we just have a walk.

Bad news that I still didn't manage to conceive (we've been trying for 10 months now and it's worse and worse to face the failure at the end of each month). But May is a blank page and therefore a new possibility. Fingers crossed.

Good news that we'll be cat parents soon!!! My colleague's cat has had kittens recently and we'll adopt one in the beginning of June. I'm very excited for the new member of the family. I've never had a kitty, according to my mum she'll be spoiled. Tell me if you have any good name ideas for a girl cat!

And now onto what happened on the blog last month...

Here's a summary of April on Paradise Found:

I've finished 5 books:

Screamcatcher: Web World by Christy J. Breedlove – My Review

A Rudnay Gyilkosságok by Gyula Böszörményi

White Lotus by Libbie Hawker – My Review

My Family and Other Animals by Gerard Durrell 

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker 

Other posts on the blog in the month of April:

Books for Characters on TV - La Casa de Papel Edition

Easter Readathon TBR

Happy Easter! - Easter Readathon Update

Excerpt - Dreams of Thunder by Christian Cura

Easter Readathon Wrap-Up

 Weekly Memes:

Book Beginnings and the Friday 56 (Apr 10, Apr 24)

Down the TBR Whole (Apr 20)

WWW Wednesday (Apr 29)

Plans for May:

I'd like to read the following books in November (in no particular order):

 Green Rider (Green Rider #1) by Kristen Britain 

Shadow in the Empire of Light by Jane Routley

Ice by Sarah Beth Durst

What are you planning to read in May?

April Wrap-Up, May TBR

We made it to May, Lovelies! Well done us! I'm satisfied with April as a reading month, I hope I can keep the good work up in May too (however I seriously need to catch up with review writing!!)

I enjoyed my first read-along with Brittani from Hope, Faith & Books (thank you for hosting it!) and I managed to finish the first Percy Jackson book with my lil' brother by the end of the months (three cheers for us!).

I'm glad to announce that my Red Tent Giveaway has ended and the winner is... Kimberly from Caffeinated Book Reviewer!!! Congratulations! Today I'll get in touch with her via email and will make sure she gets her prize soon.

Here's a summary of April on Paradise Found:

I've finished five books:

The Shipbuilder by Salina B. Baker – Review

How to Hang a Witch (How to Hang a Witch #1) by Adriana Mather – Review

The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence #1) by K. D. Edwards – Review is coming soon

Red Queen (Red Queen #1) by Victoria Aveyard – Review is coming soon

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan

Other posts on the blog in the month of April: 

Blog Tour + Review + Giveaway - Hiding by Jenny Morton Potts 

Book Tour + Review + Q&A - Song of Blood & Stone by L. Penelope

Book Tour + Review - The Shipbuilder by Salina B. Baker

Review + Giveaway - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant 

My Trip to Oradea in Pictures

Book Blitz - Death Island by Kelsey Ketch

Book Blitz - Wings of Flesh and Bones by Cathrina Constantine

Red Queen Read-Along Update #1 

Red Queen Read-Along Update #2

Discussion - Confessions of a Slow Reader 

Weekly Memes:

Goodreads Monday (Apr 16, Apr 30)

WWW Wednesday (Apr 11, Apr 18, Apr 25) 

Book Beginnings on Friday and the Friday 56 (Apr 6, Apr 13)

Weekend Wrap-up (Apr 7, Apr 14, Apr 21)

Plans for May

I'd like to read the following books in May (in no particular order):

The Stolen Girl (The Veil and the Crown #1) by Zia Wesley

Clowders by Vanessa Morgan 

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Winter Eternal (The River That Flows Two Ways #1) by E. Thomas Joseph

Was April a good month for you? I'd love to read your monthly wrap-up posts, so leave links for me please!!

March Wrap-Up, April TBR

Happy Easter, Folks!!!

 

One more month is gone and hopefully Easter will bring us the spring we deserve. 

I know I'm a bit late with this wrap-up post... my only excuse is that I've just got home from my trip to Romania and I didn't have much time to blog there.

I don't have any reason to complain, March was generally a good blogging month for me. I'm a bit behind with my reviews but I'll work on them in April and try to catch up with myself.

Here is a summary of March on Paradise Found:

I've finished six books:

Sawbones by Melissa Lenhardt – Review

Song of Blood & Stone by L. Penelope – Book Tour and Review is coming at the end of April.

Ain't He Precious by Juliette Poe – Review

Oops, Caught by Alli Reshi – Review

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant – Review is coming soon

Hiding by Jenny Morton Potts  – Book Tour and Review is coming on April 4th.

Other posts on the blog in the month of March:

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini – Review
 
For The Love of Fish! – Oscars 2018 + Book Adaptation Tag
 
Some quotes to brighten your day
 
Creating the atmosphere
 
Words, words, words – Review: Hamlet (National Theatre Live) with Benedict Cumberbatch
 
Book Blitz + Giveaway – The Dragon Raider by Ava Richardson

Weekly memes:  

Goodreads Monday (Mar 5, Mar 19, Mar 26) 

Tell Me Something Tuesday (Mar 20)

WWW Wednesday (Mar 7, Mar 14, Mar 28)

Book Beginnings and the Friday 56 (Mar 2, Mar 9, Mar 16, Mar 23, Mar 30)   

Stacking the Shelves (Mar 10)

Weekend Wrap-up (Mar 17, Mar 24, Mar 31)  

Plans for April:

I'd like to read the following books in April (in no particular order):

How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather

The Last Sun by K. D. Edwards 

Nothing But Sky by Amy Trueblood

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard  

How was your March? Did you have a satisfying reading month?