Goings-On

Not so much bookish acitivity for the past two weeks because I finished The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo and I ended up konmaring all the things! It’s been great, I knew I was hanging on to a lot of stuff that needed to go, but I hadn’t realized how much. And I have actually been super tidy since then. I still need to sort a lot of stuff that’s left at my dad’s place, but planning that for next weekend as I was super tired and needed a break.

And by break I mean starting a new workout routine and gving myself mad DOMS. I started this from Hybrid Calistenics, I think I just saw one of the videos on Twitter and the dude is so nice and encouraging and decided to look him up and turns out the routine is exactly what I was looking for. Easy to follow and keep track of, beginner friendly and can scale up. But ouch, those squats were not as easy as they looked.

I’m participating in Wyrd and Wonder, Asian Readathon and A LOT of Book Clubs and Readalongs on r/Fantasy this month. To check out the Wyrd and Wonder post, which are great,  I use the Master Schedule to browse.

Books read

My reading plans this month are going pretty well, my copy of Black Sun is being given up on, bookshop said they can do a replacement for it. Which means I might actually stand a chance at reading everything I want to.

• The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart– Wyrd and Wonder Readalong and Asian Readathon (AR) Read any book written by an Asian author in your favorite genre, r/Fantasy Book Bingo: Asian Inspired Setting Hard Mode (I hope it fits) – Currently at 75% 
• Shadowglass by Rin Chupeco – AR Read any book written by an Asian author. Personal challenge, finish some series, Bingo: Witches Currently at 60%
• Finna by Nino Cipri – Reddit Fantasy Hugo Readalong Done!
• The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin – Reddit Fantasy Classics? Book Club – Currently at 20%
• The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri – ARC, AR  Read any book featuring an Asian protagonist., r/Fantasy Bingo: Forest Setting – Done! LOVED IT!
• Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeanette Ng – Reddit Fantasy Mod Book Club pick, Bingo:Any r/Fantasy Book Club / Read Along Book – DONE! I think I might like Gothic?
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo – currently reading – AR: Read any nonfiction book written by an Asian author. – DONE and this had consequences!
• Gods of Jade and Sorrow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia  Reddit Fantasy Feminism in Fiction Book Club pick, Bingo: Latin American Author – READ! 
• Hugo Nominated Short Stories and Novelettes – Reddit Fantasy Hugo Readalong – READ! 

These Past Two Weeks on the Blog

• Wyrd and Wonder: Top Ten Tuesday: Full Sentence Titles

• Wyrd and Wonder: Had me at hello: Books I loved from the first page

• Mini-reviews Hugo short stories and novelettes

• Wyrd and Wonder: Fantasy creature on the cover

• Wyrd and Wonder – Bone Shard Daughter Readalong WEek 1 

Wyrd and Wonder is a month-long event celebrating fantasy books. Check out Imyril’s intro post for all the details. The event is hosted by Imyril of One More, Lisa of Dear Geek Place and Jorie Loves a Story, and you can follow Wyrd and Wonder on Twitter. Pegasus images by Svetlana Alyuk on 123RF.com

The Bone Shard Daughter – Wyrd and Wonder Readalong

This is my first time participating in a readalong through blogging, so excuse me if I get it wrong. There’s also a Goodreads Discussion for it.

Going to spoiler tag the discussion. I missed last week’s so I might make a little mix of the questions. Spoilers up to 78%/chapter 36 of the ebook, because I forgot to stop. Big spoilers esp from the last few ch.

I’m linking up with The Sunday Post, hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer. and The Sunday Salon, hosted by Deb at Readerbuzz