March Reading Wrap-Up

March was an excellent month for me. All six of my completed reads were 5 stars. A Flickering Remnant is such a beautiful story. It's a fantasy romance that has a Gothic feeling to it. It's got maternal mental health representation, a curse, an elemental magic system, witches, some amazing found family, a ton of mystery and it's absolutely beautifully written as well. I loved it so much I bought myself a signed copy. Sheltered Fate was just plain fun. It was book three in a series of interconnected stand alones. It's what all monster romance should be, in my opinion. The Troll MMC was a kind and gentle cinnamon roll. I enjoyed this one so much I abandoned all other responsibility and read the first book in the series too. Fresh-Brewed Fate was also just plain fun. It was more adventurous and the world was a little bigger but again the Orc MMC was another cinnamon roll. I rounded out my month by starting the great LJ Andrews Read-a-thon. This readathon will be going on through October and all but one novella will be re-reads for me. I love this author and these two series. At this point they're all comfort reads to me. These characters and this world is so amazing. It's like hanging out with friends and family. If my family and friends were dark brooding sometimes violent Vikings.

I have had my first ARC failure. I didn't finish Demons for Breakfast before it's release date. In fact I haven't finished it all. I just could not really get into this one. I did push myself to make it to 68% before I set it aside to get to my other deadlines. It's not a bad book by any means. The story was interesting and the characters were fun, I just wasn't wrapping my head around all the plant and mineral references. It was a lot and it just wasn't gripping me. I might try to get back to it at some point but not right now.

I've started my April ARC reading already and I'm very much enjoying The Last Guardian so far. More on that later! I received the ARC of Winds of Ruin which is the final book in the Legends of Henosis series by Mariet Kay. I've been looking forward to this one for months now and was sooo over the moon when I received the ARC. I'm debating weather or not to re-read the first two book in the series first or just jump into Winds of Ruin. I have another ARC that releases the very next day and book five of The Beast of the Briar, Frozen by Stardust releases the day before Winds of Ruin. I pre-ordered a physical copy of that one. Then I have one more ARC at the end of April and more Broken Kingdoms books to read.... its going to be another busy reading month.

YOP: Week 29

The fair was a success. My items did well and Liara got some ribbons as well. We went to the parade on Tuesday, then down to the grounds once it was over. We stopped by one local vender to grab some jewelry, grabbed some donuts from the Donut Diner then went to see how we placed. Liara entered earrings that she hand-made with clay. They did not place. She entered a beaded bracelet that got first. She also entered three of her drawings. A Pegasus, a bunny and a magical worm. The bunny and the worm received third and the Pegasus received second. The bunny is my personal favorite of all the drawings she's done. There is always a really good turn out in the drawing and photography categories, so she was up against some stiff competition. I'm really happy she received some ribbons. My items are as follows: Rotini Beanie; First Enchantress MKAL; First. Sunburst Potholder; Second. Cow and Hen Dishcloth set; ...

YOP: Week 30

I didn't have a very eventful crafting week. My time was limited and I think the weather is affecting my knitting mojo. I had to work last weekend so my husband picked up the items from the fair along with the help of our daughter. It looks as though she was supposed to get a first place ribbon for her earrings but they forgot to attach the ribbon, or it was attached and fell off. I'll get an official notification in the mail with our winnings in a few weeks. My garden was looking really good, the peppers and carrots had almost completely regrown. I made the comment to myself Saturday evening when I was watering everything that "oh wow its all looking really good." My parents came over for lunch Sunday so I took my mom over to see the garden. We've been busy so they haven't been over since we put in the raised beds. Well, the joke was on me. The deer or whatever it is came back and decim...

YOP: Week 35

Not much to report this week. I didn't do much crafting. I finished the swap, got it packaged up and mailed out. It should have arrived to my recipient yesterday. I'll share what I made. The theme was Favorite Things. She likes the colors pale yellow and deep dark red and dragons, so I went all out with the dragons. I chose Dragon Scale Mitts for the handmade item. I used Madeline Tosh Sport in the Tart colorway. My camera doesn't really do this colorway justice. It has more depth in real life. I think they came out nicely though. I was able to find dragon fabric at The Quilt Shop. I made a reversible project bag. I paired each dragon fabric with one of her favorite colors. Liara really liked the dragon fabric as well. I'm probably going to get some more when I go again. I also sent some stationary items and a bunch of Swedish Fish, which were also things she had req...

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