Howdy darlings,
Completely happy new 12 months!! Is it nonetheless okay to say that on January sixteenth? I’m going to say sure, as a result of the 12 months nonetheless feels all recent and new.
January is usually a tough month for me: the sky is darkish, the climate is chilly, and I’m nonetheless worn out from holidaying by way of the top of 2023. However we simply had the fireside in our new home repaired, so I’ve been spending a number of time curled up in a fuzzy blanket in entrance of a heat hearth, studying nice books. It’s pretty.
The solar will return ultimately after which there might be enjoyable issues to do, however for now I’m leaning into the hibernation vibes and taking plenty of time to relaxation and recharge.
How is 2024 treating you to this point?
xoxo,
Becky
What I’m studying
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros.
I learn this whole e book yesterday from begin to end. Not solely is it precisely my kind of e book – fantasy romance with dragons and a powerful lady protagonist – the creator has the identical uncommon genetic connective tissue dysfunction as me (hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) and so does Forth Wing’s important character.
The world positively seems like a contemporary reimagining of iconic fantasy traditional The Dragonriders of Pern however with fewer sexual consent points and fewer home violence (no shaking of girls). There’s journey, intrigue, and superior dragons who every bond to a rider and have the power to speak with that rider mind-to-mind.
I used to be truthfully shaken by how a lot it meant to me to learn a e book a few character whose physique works the identical approach mine does. Apparently that’s one thing that I used to be craving so deeply that I wasn’t even consciously conscious of it. I’m positively trying ahead to e book two.
Truthful warning: this e book feels like YA, however the intercourse scenes are a little bit extra on-page motion than I affiliate with YA. There are solely a few them, however the spice degree places on the identical shelf as ACOTAR quite than The Starvation Video games.
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