So, I’m dead tired, I’m actually leaning back in the recliner and my head is dangling off the side of it as I type this. Does it sound uncomfortable? Well, it is.
Today at our library was Harry Potter Book Night, and the event was so much fun for my daughter! They had a man come in to explain some creatures, and she got to pet the cutest and largest snake I’ve ever seen in my life, and I was so proud of her as she is usually the type to shy away from anything not fluffy [she was even excited to see the tarantula!]. She also got make a winged key and a dragon egg and spent probably two hours doing everything so it was a nice Sunday for us. I wish her school would have done something for it as well but I’m super happy that our library did and I basically screamed ‘take my money’ at them when they announced they were.
I’m chugging along with bookstagram, the blog, and still….still progressing through the ARCs.
I’ve got two ARCs for this week plus The Priory of The Orange Tree extract I got from NetGalley, and then that’s it I’m taking a week break so I can go through my monthly Agatha Christie and reading the follow-up book to The Axeman’s Jazz; Dead Man’s Blues.
There’ll be at least one review post this week, and I’ll do a list of my top Dystopia picks tomorrow. Speaking of Dystopia novels, anyone have a favorite in that genre?
That’s it, there’s my post, I’m going to go to bed now, lol toodles everyone!
10 replies on “Harry Potter Book Night & The Week Ahead”
Thank you for not including a pic from the tarantula visit in your post lol. It sounds like HP night was a huge success!
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Haha! Your’e welcome, and it was, I’m so glad too because that just means more funds for the library!
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I love this Harry Potter night! It sounds super cute. Is this a regular thing?
Dystopias are my jam, bread, and butter, so I have too many to narrow down, buuuut Brave New World, the Handmaid’s Tale, or The Chrysalids are amazing for more classic Dystopias. But more recent dystopias I love are The Gracekeepers, The Chimes, Good Morning Midnight, and Station Eleven. All of them have their own unique charm to it.
Is it a world drowned in water? Technology/pleasure? Religious dominance and female submission? Dystopias have that.
Or maybe you’re looking for strange psychic farm children or traveling bards? Dystopias have those too. Ugh, I love them.
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It is! It’s annual here 🙂 and ugh I am just a sucker for Dystopia, I would say Brave New World is just like right up there on my favorite books!
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omg HP Book Night sounds super fun and super cute! your daughter’s so lucky to have you to nurture her as a reader and fan – my parents did the same, so I can say from experience that it makes all the difference 💖
I’ve mostly stopped reading dystopia because I spend more time with YA than adult books, and there’s a lowkey aggravating sameness to YA dystopian novels, so I don’t really have any recs for you there 😅 maybe The Hunger Games, if it counts? idk. good luck with the ARCs! 🍀
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It’s great that your parents nurtured that side of you, and now you get to share your literary love through your awesome blog. I love the Hunger Games and definitely count it toward Dystopia ❤ and thanks!
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Aw! This sounds like something my mom got me to do as a kid. I got to go to Hogwarts for a day and do all sorts of crafts and things when I was 11! Sounds like your daughter had so much fun!
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I bet that was fun for you! And thanks, she did 🙂
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Sounds like you have had a lot of fun! Did they sent out extracts for Priory instead of ARCs?
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They sent out ARCs but I think they’re just giving out the extracts to help hype the book’s premiere on the 26
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