January 2020 Wrap Up

Hello, friends! Welcome back to my little corner of the internet. 

Today I’m posting my January 2020 Wrap-Up. It’s kinda wild to think that we’re already a month in to the new decade, huh? I still can’t wrap my mind around it. 

You may or may not have noticed a couple things are different, or have changed recently, here on my blog. What I’ve changed is my GoodReads widget. Before, I had my “Current Reads” up, but I changed that to my “Recently Read” because I don’t exactly update my GoodReads “Currently Reading” thing, like, at all. But, I do change my Recently Read quite a bit in comparison!

What I’ve added to my blog is a link to my shop! If you didn’t know, I now make book sleeves, and they’re pretty cute if I do say so myself! (SHOP LINK BELOW or in the menu bar)

Taming Demons for Beginners by Annette Marie | Book Review

Hello! Today I’ve got my book review of

Taming Demons for Beginners, by Annette Marie.

Taming Demons for Beginners is the first book in The Guild Codex: Demonized Series.

Trigger Warnings: Blood, Blood mention, Attempted Murder, Torture, Starvation mention, Abuse mention, Dead parents mention.

Rule one: Don’t look at the demon.

When I arrived at my uncle’s house, I expected my relatives to be like me—outcast sorcerers who don’t practice magic. I was right about the sorcery, but wrong about everything else.

Rule two: Don’t listen to the demon.

My uncle chose a far deadlier power. He calls creatures of darkness into our world, binds them into service contracts, and sells them to the highest bidder. And I’m supposed to act like I don’t know how illegal and dangerous it is.

Rule three: Don’t talk to the demon.

All I had to do was keep my nose out of it. Pretend I didn’t find the summoning circle in the basement. Pretend I didn’t notice the shadowy being trapped inside it. Pretend I didn’t break the rules.

But I did, and now it’s too late.

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From the author of The Guild Codex: Spellbound comes a new series that will plunge an unprepared young woman into the darkest magic of the mythic world.

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THE GUILD CODEX: DEMONIZED
Taming Demons for Beginners (#1)
Slaying Monsters for the Feeble (#2)

Taming Demons for Beginners is a New Adult Epic Urban Fantasy.

I genuinely

November + December 2019 Wrap Up

Hello, reader(s)! Welcome to my last post for 2019! It’s wild that 2019 has gone by extremely quickly. No? I can’t even remember the first 10 months, haha.

Beyond 2019 moving quickly, December absolutely flew by! Though December always flies by every year. This month I actually read more than I thought I did! Which is honestly a great thing. I’ve got to stay sane somehow ya know? Haha.

Books I read:

November;

• Axel (Carolina Reapers, #1) by Samantha Whiskey — 2 stars
• Cupid’s Match (#1) by Lauren Palphreyman — 2 stars
• Dark Pact (Her Dark Guardians, #1) by Alana Serra — 2 stars
• *Written In Red (The Others, #1) by Anne Bishop — 4 stars
• The Outlaw Demon Wails (The Hollows, #6) by Kim Harrison — 4 stars
• White Witch, Black Curse (The Hollows, #7) by Kim Harrison — 4 stars

*  = Re-Reads

December;

• Taming Demons for Beginners (The Guild Codex: Demonized Series, #1) by Annette Marie — 5 stars
• Cold Attraction by Zoe Ashwood — 5 stars
• A Torn Paige (Hidden Kingdom trilogy, #1) by L. Rose, Lila Rose — 5 stars
• A Lost Paige (Hidden Kingdom trilogy, #2) by L. Rose, Lila Rose — 5 stars
• Breaker, by Harloe Rae — 1 star
• Outlaw’s Promise by Helena Newbury — 3 stars
• Black Magic Sanction (The Hollows), by Kim Harrison — 3 stars
• Oath Taker (Kingdom of Runes, #1) by Audrey Grey — 3 stars
• Dark King (Court of the Sea Fae, #1) by C.N. Crawford — 3 stars

Books reviewed:

• Every Which Way But Dead (The Hollows, #3) by Kim Harrison
• The Fire Thief (The Fire Thief, #1) by Gwynn White & Erin St. Pierre
• A Fistful of Charms (The Hollows, #4) by Kim Harrison
• THE HOLLOWS Books 5&6, by Kim Harrison

Books acquired

• The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3) by Holly Black (bought in November)
• Cold Falling White (Zero Repeat Forever, #2) by Gabrielle Prendergast
• The Haunting of Vancouver Island by Shanon Sinn
• The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young

Posted

November;

• Sunday Post + Life Updates + New Shop! ||#001
• October 2019 Wrap Up

December;

• Library Reads #46

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Thank you for stopping by!

See you soon, and Happy Reading!
Adele

See you in 2020!