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I am actually very pleased with how many books I read this month! Since March, the number of books I've read has been a roller-coaster ride - some months I read a lot, and other months I can barely seem to get through 4 books. It's all very mood based for me. May & June were tough months. This month, while certain days have been harder than others, I've been doing well. It's weird, sometimes when I'm stressed I devour books, while other times when I'm stressed I just can't concentrate on them. Here are the books I finished this month. Physical Books 1. The Blood of Olympus (Heroes of Olympus #5) - Rick Riordan - 5/5 stars 2. 100 Days of Sunlight - Abbie Emmons - 5/5 stars 3. Love & Luck - Jenna Evans Welch - 5/5 stars 4. Opposite of Always - Justin A. Reynolds - 4/5 stars 5. The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo #1) - Rick Riordan - 5/5 stars Library Ebooks 1. Tales of the Peculiar - Ransom Riggs - 4/5 stars 2. The Haunting of Hill H

Title: Master and Apprentice Author: Claudia Gray Publisher: Del Rey Books Publication date: April 16, 2019 330 Pages 5/5 Stars Goodreads Synopsis An unexpected offer threatens the bond between Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi as the two Jedi navigate a dangerous new planet and an uncertain future. A Jedi must be a fearless warrior, a guardian of justice, and a scholar in the ways of the Force. But perhaps a Jedi’s most essential duty is to pass on what they have learned. Master Yoda trained Dooku; Dooku trained Qui-Gon Jinn; and now Qui-Gon has a Padawan of his own. But while Qui-Gon has faced all manner of threats and danger as a Jedi, nothing has ever scared him like the thought of failing his apprentice. Obi-Wan Kenobi has deep respect for his Master, but struggles to understand him. Why must Qui-Gon so often disregard the laws that bind the Jedi? Why is Qui-Gon drawn to ancient Jedi prophecies instead of more practical concerns? And why wasn’t Obi-Wan told that Qui-Gon

Title: The Spirit in the Crypt Author: Alexander Lound Publisher: Alexander Lound Publication date: June 10, 2019 246 Pages 3/5 Stars Goodreads Synopsis When fifteen-year-old Jonathan Roberts goes out with his friends on a summer night, he doesn’t expect to be forced to enter a crypt by Francis Everton. To be forced to look at skeletons decaying in their graves. To hear the voice, screaming at him. Screaming into his mind. Commanding him to leave. What the voice in the crypt belongs to, he can only wonder. A demon? A ghost? It gives him nightmares for weeks afterwards. Of skeletons strangling him. And then, bizarrely, of a girl from his school, making the long walk across the graveyard and entering the crypt. Never to come out before his waking. When he returns to school in September, he never expects to learn that something awful has happened to the girl, turning his fear to panic. Panic which will force him to unravel the mystery of the crypt, and in doing so, many mysterie

Title: Bone Crier's Moon Author: Kathryn Purdie Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Publication date: March 3, 2020 480 Pages 4/5 Stars Goodreads Synopsis Bone ​Criers have a sacred duty. They alone can keep the dead from preying on the living. But their power to ferry the spirits of the dead into goddess Elara’s Night Heavens or Tyrus’s Underworld comes from sacrifice. The gods demand a promise of dedication. And that promise comes at the cost of the Bone Criers’ one true love. Ailesse has been prepared since birth to become the matriarch of the Bone Criers, a mysterious famille of women who use strengths drawn from animal bones to ferry dead souls. But first she must complete her rite of passage and kill the boy she’s also destined to love. Bastien’s father was slain by a Bone Crier and he’s been seeking revenge ever since. Yet when he finally captures one, his vengeance will have to wait. Ailesse’s ritual has begun and now their fates are entwined—in life and in death. S

Title: Opposite of Always Author: Justin A Reynolds Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Publication date: March 5, 2019 451 Pages 4/5 Stars Goodreads Synopsis Debut author Justin A. Reynolds delivers a hilarious and heartfelt novel about the choices we make, the people we choose, and the moments that make a life worth reliving. When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he’s falling—hard. Soon she’s meeting his best friends, Jillian and Franny, and Kate wins them over as easily as she did Jack. But then Kate dies. And their story should end there. Yet Kate’s death sends Jack back to the beginning, the moment they first meet, and Kate’s there again. Healthy, happy, and charming as ever. Jack isn’t sure if he’s losing his mind. Still, if he has a chance to prevent Kate’s death, he’ll take it. Even if that means believing in time travel. However, Jack will learn that his actions are not with

Title: A Touch of Gold Author: Annie Sullivan Publisher: Blink Publication date: June 11, 2019 320 Pages 4/5 Stars Goodreads Synopsis King Midas once had the ability to turn all he touched into gold. But after his gift—or curse—almost killed his daughter, Midas relinquished The Touch forever. Ten years later, Princess Kora still bears the consequences of her father’s wish: her skin shines golden, rumors follow her everywhere she goes, and she harbors secret powers that are getting harder to hide. Kora spends her days locked in the palace, concealed behind gloves and veils, trying to ignore the stares and gossip of courtiers. It isn’t until a charming young duke arrives that Kora realizes there may be someone out there who doesn’t fear her or her curse. But their courtship is disrupted when a thief steals precious items from the kingdom, leaving the treasury depleted and King Midas vulnerable. Thanks to her unique ability to sense gold, Kora is the only one who can track th

Title: Tigers, Not Daughters Author: Samantha Mabry Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers Publication date: March 24, 2020 288 Pages 4/5 Stars Goodreads Synopsis The Torres sisters dream of escape. Escape from their needy and despotic widowed father, and from their San Antonio neighborhood, full of old San Antonio families and all the traditions and expectations that go along with them. In the summer after her senior year of high school, Ana, the oldest sister, falls to her death from her bedroom window. A year later, her three younger sisters, Jessica, Iridian, and Rosa, are still consumed by grief and haunted by their sister’s memory. Their dream of leaving Southtown now seems out of reach. But then strange things start happening around the house: mysterious laughter, mysterious shadows, mysterious writing on the walls. The sisters begin to wonder if Ana really is haunting them, trying to send them a message—and what exactly she’s trying to say.   In a stunning follow-up to

Title: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Author: Rachel Joyce Publisher: Random House Publication date: July 24, 2012 320 Pages 3/5 Stars Goodreads Synopsis Meet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does, even down to how he butters his toast. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning the mail arrives, and within the stack of quotidian minutiae is a letter addressed to Harold in a shaky scrawl from a woman he hasn't seen or heard from in twenty years. Queenie Hennessy is in hospice and is writing to say goodbye. Harold pens a quick reply and, leaving Maureen to her chores, heads to the corner mailbox. But then, as happens in the very best works of fiction, Harold has a chance encounter, one that convinces him that he absolutely must deliver his message to Queenie in person. And thus begins the unlikely pilgrimage. Harold Fry is determined to walk six

Title: Tales of the Peculiar Author: Ransom Riggs Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers Publication date: September 3, 2016 170 Pages 4/5 Stars Goodreads Synopsis Before Miss Peregrine gave them a home, the story of peculiars was written in the Tales. Wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars. A fork-tongued princess. The origins of the first ymbryne. These are but a few of the truly brilliant stories in  Tales of the Peculiar —known to hide information about the peculiar world—first introduced by Ransom Riggs in his Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series. Riggs now invites you to share his secrets of peculiar history, with a collection of original stories, as collected and annotated by Millard Nullings, ward of Miss Peregrine and scholar of all things peculiar. Review If you love "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" you'll enjoy these short Peculiar stories! I think I'd rate this 4 stars. They were fun, quic

Title: Love & Luck Author: Jenna Evans Welch Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication date: May 8, 2018 303 Pages 5/5 Stars Goodreads Synopsis Addie is visiting Ireland for her aunt’s over-the-top destination wedding, and hoping she can stop thinking about the one horrible thing she did that left her miserable and heartbroken—and threatens her future. But her brother, Ian, isn’t about to let her forget, and his constant needling leads to arguments and even a fistfight between the two once inseparable siblings. Miserable, Addie can’t wait to visit her friend in Italy and leave her brother—and her problems—behind. So when Addie discovers an unusual guidebook, Ireland for the Heartbroken, hidden in the dusty shelves of the hotel library, she’s able to finally escape her anxious mind and Ian’s criticism. And then their travel plans change. Suddenly Addie finds herself on a whirlwind tour of the Emerald Isle, trapped in the world’s smallest vehicle with Ian and his admittedly cute,

Title: 100 Days of Sunlight Author: Abbie Emmons Publisher: Abbie Emmons Publication date: August 7, 2019 326 Pages 5/5 Stars Synopsis: When 16-year-old poetry blogger Tessa Dickinson is involved in a car accident and loses her eyesight for 100 days, she feels like her whole world has been turned upside-down. Terrified that her vision might never return, Tessa feels like she has nothing left to be happy about. But when her grandparents place an ad in the local newspaper looking for a typist to help Tessa continue writing and blogging, an unlikely answer knocks at their door: Weston Ludovico, a boy her age with bright eyes, an optimistic smile…and no legs. Knowing how angry and afraid Tessa is feeling, Weston thinks he can help her. But he has one condition — no one can tell Tessa about his disability. And because she can’t see him, she treats him with contempt: screaming at him to get out of her house and never come back. But for Weston, it’s the most amazing feeling: to be