Last year, I wrote about what characters I wanted to cosplay. My list was way too ambitious, but I liked having a plan of which characters I wanted to cosplay in the future. It helped set me up for success especially when the convention season began. I will make this an annual post at the end of each year where I list out characters I want to cosplay. I will keep this list shorter and only add 3 – 5 characters max. This way, I can plan out last-minute cosplays that pop up and won’t feel limited to only this list.
To start, here are all the characters I had on last year’s list:
Liliana Vess – Magic: The Gathering
Meren of Clan Nel Toth – Magic: The Gathering
Keyleth – Critical Role
Imogen Temult – Critical Role
Scarlet Witch – Marvel
Kraven – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Doctor Aphra – Star Wars
Padme – Star Wars
Nightsister – Star Wars
I did complete a few of these most notably Keyleth and Padme. For Liliana and Meren, these would be fun cosplays but are a lower priority for me since I’m more of a casual Magic: player. I didn’t make Scarlet Witch or Kraven. I feel like I haven’t done a comic cosplay in a while. I always cosplay Harley Quinn and will probably cosplay Harley every year because I love her as a character. I’d like to go back to doing superhero cosplays since I did a lot of superhero cosplays when I first started cosplaying. Cosplaying as a Nightsister would be neat, but then I’d have to learn how to do body paint and I’m not sure I’m committed to doing that next year, but who knows.
Here are the cosplays I want to complete for next year:
Moonshine Cybin – Not Another DnD Podcast
Vexhalia – Critical Role
Imogen Temult – Critical Role
Zatanna – Zatanna & The Ripper
The first character on this list is Moonshine Cybin from Not Another DnD Podcast. I love NADDPOD and I don’t see many NADDPOD cosplays out there. For Moonshine, her look should be easy. I’d wear overalls, green tights, and a white short-sleeved crop top. There’s a lot of fan art out there, so I want to choose a photo and then create my cosplay from there.
I wanted to cosplay as Vexhalia this year, but there’s much to consider. There’s her bow and quiver which I don’t see any way to buy without spending hundreds of dollars. On top of that, which look would I cosplay? Do I go with her look from the Amazon series? or do I pick a piece of fan art and go from there? I think this cosplay will be expensive no matter what and I’d rather buy one piece of the cosplay at a time instead of paying hundreds of dollars at once.
For Imogen, I’m keeping her on this list because I think she will be an easier cosplay to create. It’s more gathering all the clothing items and then a purple wig. The final cosplay I have is Zatanna from the WEBTOON series Zatanna & The Ripper. I loved this webcomic and I liked Zatanna’s look. It’s cute, but not too over the top. I have a dark blue cloak that would work perfectly for this and it gives me another excuse to wear it.
I think having four characters on this list is plenty. Knowing me, I will come up with something on the fly like I always do. In the next week or so, I’m going to do more of a formal plan as to which conventions I plan on attending next year and that will help me figure out what cosplays I will create. This was a great cosplay year for me and I want to keep that momentum going in 2025.
2024 is coming to a close and I feel like I had a good reading year. I got caught up reading my physical books, started listening to audiobooks, and have been organizing my Goodreads shelves. I enjoyed getting back to writing TBR posts and have learned a lot about my reading habits and what works for me. I wanted to share what I took away from this year.
Picking Two Books to Read Versus Three
I wrote and published eight TBR posts (January, February, March, April, May, July, September, and November). Out of those eight months, there was only one month where I read all three books I picked out. I’m realizing that reading three physical books a month is ambitious. Reading isn’t my only hobby and along with working full-time, working out, and spending time with friends and family, I can’t commit to three books. Going forward, I will be picking two books a month to read. If I finish those two books before the end of the month, I will have a backup book ready. This could be a book to rent from the library or a book on my shelf that I have wanted to re-read.
I think this is going to work a lot better. I don’t want to feel rushed to read a book. When I tried to read three books in a month, it made reading not fun and more of a chore.
Regularly Listen to Audiobooks
I did not expect to love audiobooks as much as I do, but here we are. I listen to audiobooks when I clean or when I’m at work. Audiobooks work great when I’m on a long car ride because Libby doesn’t drain my phone battery as much as if I were watching YouTube videos. I tend to listen to Romance on audio because if my mind wanders, I don’t miss much versus if I were listening to Fantasy. I have been enjoying Memoirs and Non-Fiction as well.
I am going to aim to listen to one audiobook a month. I think that’s doable.
Emphasis on Graphic Novels
While I had a great reading year, I did not read nearly as many comics or graphic novels as in years past. I don’t have a good reason as to why. I will say, I haven’t been to my local comic book store regularly. With me and my husband focusing on our budget, I have cut out spending in certain areas including comics. One thing I want to do next year is reorganize my comics shelf. I want to start donating series I have no interest in completing. Additionally, I want to finish more comic series. I tend to read the first volume of a series and never return to it again. I would rather have fewer comics on my shelves but own the complete set versus a bunch of first volumes of so many series.
I want to get back into making regular comic book trips. I miss reading comics. It’s something I enjoyed and have gotten away from.
Keeping My Goodreads Shelf At 300 Books or Less
At one point, my Goodreads TBR shelf was at 600 books. That’s wild! There is no way I’m going to read 600 books. I have been going through this shelf and getting rid of books I may not have a high priority to read. My reading interests have changed over the past five or ten years, so I wanted to cater my shelf to books I am interested in. I think it’s good to have options, so keeping this number below 300 is a good idea.
2024 was a good reading year and I can’t wait to plan out the books I will read in 2025.
I haven’t played Magic: The Gathering in a long time. It’s not that I don’t enjoy it, but I consider myself a casual fan. I will play when the opportunity arises, but I won’t go out of my way to find a game to play. My uncle surprised our board game group with the Commander Decks from Bloomburrow, the Magic: set with a cute animal theme. I haven’t had a chance to play any cards out of Bloomburrow, so it was a nice surprise. I wanted to share my chosen Commander Deck and how the deck worked.
Honestly, I did not choose a deck based on that deck’s ability. I saw the Racoon on the box and snatched it before anyone else could claim it. The commander in this deck is “Bello, Bard of the Brambles”. He’s a 3/3 for 3 mana. His creature type is a Racoon Bard. Look at how adorable this card is! This trash panda is casting spells like nobody’s business. Bello’s ability allows players to turn their artifacts into indestructible elementals to swing at opponents. Another portion of this ability that I like is that it’s only on your turn. This is neat because it makes it difficult to target the stuff on my board since my artifacts are creatures at some point and flip back to artifacts. Certain cards in Magic: are written to target certain card types, so it made it more difficult for my opponents to destroy my stuff.
While I did not win this game, I had a blast. I had Bello out on the field including a vehicle that’s basically the Magic: version of a hamster ball. I would attack my opponents and create hamsters. It was awesome. I think I had close to 10 hamsters on my side of the board. I told everyone at the table that all I wanted to do was see my commander’s ability work and it definitely did.
I loved this deck! It’s been a while since I played a game of Commander where I had this much fun. I may try the other Bloomburrow decks, but this one will forever be my favorite.
The music video for Blurred Lines came out in 2013 when I was a freshman in college. This was a moment in my life where me and my friends would blast music as we went out. This song climbed the charts at the time, but thinking about the song ten years later, I don’t consider it a memorable song. This song has been dissected in our culture today because of how gross the lyrics are and what they represent. The Blurred Lines music video made waves as one of the models, Emily Ratajkowski, was topless and dancing to music. This sparked discussion in later years as Emily talked about feminism and how she didn’t regret making the music video. Emily wrote the book My Body where she discusses her relationship with her body throughout her life.
There’s so much I want to say about this book. There’s a story Emily details in which she took naked photographs with a photographer before the Blurred Lines music video was released. At the time, she agreed to the shoot knowing the photos would only be used for a magazine spread. Years later, the photographer sold several art books of Emily’s naked body. When Emily went to sue the photographer, her lawyers told her it was fruitless since the photos were already out there and it would cost a lot in legal fees. This whole situation is icky. If you agree to do something under certain circumstances and someone violates that, I think that’s awful. I want to be clear, if the situation were reversed (a man agreed to naked photos and a woman sold art books of a man’s body without his consent) I would think this is equally bad. Another thing Emily talks about is how an agent can sign off on release papers for photos without getting a signature from a model. How is that legal? While Emily’s book doesn’t focus on this, the modeling industry is corrupt and we should protect models of all genders from this situation. I listened to the audiobook of My Body versus reading the physical book. I loved the audiobook. When Emily describes the above story, I can hear her voice crack. My heart breaks for her.
Another focus of the book is victim blaming. Emily lists some of the comments she received from both men and women. They blamed her for this. “Don’t pose naked if you don’t want to be taken advantage of”. “Don’t be a model.” “You knew what you were signing up for.” I think that commentary is sad. Shouldn’t we be united on this? All work industries should have protections in place for employees, why is modeling different?
Emily’s honesty throughout the book puts her in a vulnerable place. She talks about using her body for male validation and the attention she got in doing so. She talks about what this did for her career both positive and negative. There’s a quote from the book that sits with me. “I so desperately craved men’s validation that I accepted it even when it came wrapped in disrespect”. Let that sink in. Several quotes from Emily’s book are going to stay with me.
I could go on and on about this book, but I will say one last thing. I think it’s fascinating how our culture treats nudity. The fact that women are demonized for being naked, who cares? Why are some women respected and some women aren’t? I think this topic is interesting for both men and women. Are men treated the same way if they were naked? In some ways, I’d say yes in others, I’d say no. The first thing I thought of when I thought about male nudity was the Sex in the City movie that came out in 2008. In the movie, Gilles Marini plays Samantha’s neighbor and has a full frontal scene. I looked up Gilles’s career and after the movie came out, he had been in several TV shows, but nothing I recognized. Did nudity impact his career? If so, why is that the case? I think our culture, specifically in the US, treats nudity with disdain and I don’t get it.
I’m glad I listened to this. I liked Emily’s writing more than I thought I would. This would be a book I’d want to re-read in the future because there are so many things to take away from Emily’s experience with modeling and how her body was used against her. I think it says a lot about the culture we live in and while women are equal to men in some aspects, societal norms and rules still put women on a different level. My Body is a book I’d re-read in the next few years because it still is relevant in the world we live in.
While driving home from Milwaukee, my husband pointed out a billboard. The billboard was an advertisement for Boards & Bricks, a board game and hobby store in Osseo, Wisconsin. Osseo is outside of Eau Claire on the west side of the state. My husband agreed we should stop there and check it out. When we walked in, the store was massive! There were lots of Magic: The Gathering, Disney Lorcana, and Dungeons & Dragons products each in their specific section. There was a LEGO section and a shelf for puzzles. I bought a few things and I wanted to share what I purchased.
On the counter, there were several stacks of dice. I picked up each set and examined them as some sets had items or animals in the dice. I chose to purchase the coffee bean set. The dice are a pretty brown color with gold specs. Inside the dice are actual coffee beans! I thought these were two cute and I couldn’t resist purchasing them.
LEGO came out with these Dungeons & Dragons surprise sets where you open it and you’re not sure what you will get. I talked about how much I wanted the Strahd one. The store associate helped scan the boxes and chose the box containing Strahd. I’m going to put Strahd on my TTRPG shelf in our bedroom next to Levenia, as she got the final killing blow on Strahd in our game. Next to Strahd, I have four d10s. Vampire: The Masquerade uses d10s and I wanted extra dice in case I need to put some dice in dice jail. I picked out any that looked red or would fit the darker vibe of the game. I will set them aside in a separate dice bag for when I play Vampire.
The final purchase I made was stickers. I like to decorate my TTRPG notebooks with stickers because it personalizes my notes. The two stickers I bought were Sorcerer and Paladin. Those are classes I have played, so I felt a personal connection to them. I’m going to stick them in my notebook before our next session.
Boards & Bricks is a store I would stop in again. It’s nice to have these local spots because it makes the five-hour trip from Minneapolis to Milwaukee much more enjoyable.
I bought Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez earlier this year at a local bookstore. I had planned on reading this book in February but ran out of time. Part of Your World was making the rounds on social media and everyone was saying how much they loved this book. As a bonus, Abby Jimenez lives in Minnesota and runs a local business, Nadia Cakes, which has several locations across the metro. Part of Your World lived up to the hype; all romance books should aspire to be this good.
Alexis Montgomery has a chance encounter with Daniel Grant after her car slides into a ditch. Daniel digs her out and it’s clear they have amazing chemistry together. Alexis quickly learns that Daniel is ten years younger than her, which makes her anxious. On top of that, Alexis is facing enormous pressure from her family to keep the Montgomery medical legacy alive. Alexis can’t deny her growing feelings for Daniel, leading her to uncover some uncomfortable truths about herself.
Part of Your World is the 2005 Kate Hudson rom-com in book form. This book made me blush because it’s so STINKING CUTE. Alexis and Daniel are adorable together. From the get-go, Daniel falls head over heels for her and is genuinely a good person. Alexis doesn’t know what to do with Daniel and his feelings for her. She accepted the love she thought she deserved which is nothing compared to how Daniel treats her. One thing that’s worth mentioning is Part of Your World is not a smutty romance. Most intimate scenes aren’t described, so if smut has been a turn-off, this could be a good book to recommend.
Looking beyond the romance, Part of Your World tackles complex, emotional topics. Starting with Alexis, Alexis reflects on the type of relationship she has with her family. Her father has treated her poorly and doesn’t seem to be proud of her accomplishments. He wants Alexis to be someone he can brag to in front of his rich friends even if she isn’t happy with her life. There’s a moment where Alexis finally stands up to her father and it’s so satisfying to read. Daniel has his own things he grapples with specifically regarding how his mother leeches off of him. She wants to sell their family home not realizing how much the home means to Daniel. Another insecurity Daniel grapples with is how he will never be the wealthy man Alexis might be more accustomed to. It shows that finding a partner that treats you well will always be better than being with a partner for financial support.
Every romance book has the pinnacle fight or argument that ends the relationship. In this one, I felt Alexis and Daniel were mature about what they needed. Alexis talks about their age gap and why this mattered to her. Daniel was concerned about Alexis hiding their relationship from her family and friends. They both had to figure out what they wanted and what they were willing to compromise on. I thought this was handled well and while it was devastating that they broke up, it was the right thing for them to do until they figured themselves out.
How dare I wait the entire year to read this book? It’s a travesty. I understand the hype for this book now. This is a romance book I won’t forget about and a book I will constantly be pressuring people to read. I have already added the rest of Abby Jimenez’s books to my TBR and hope to read them next year. I rated Part of Your World five stars on Goodreads.
I have less than 100 episodes left of Mighty Nein, Critical Role’s second campaign. It’s a bit daunting to watch this campaign since there are 141 total episodes. It feels like a milestone to have less than 100 left. I’m at the part of the campaign where Mighty Nein partners with Avantika to learn more about Uk’otoa. Fjord (played by Travis Willingham) has a personal connection to this as well and Avantika latches on to Fjord right away. I have been loving this arc so far, it’s been interesting to watch and I wanted to talk more about it.
First of all, I love Avantika. Avantika is one of my favorite NPCs Matt Mercer has created. I’d put Avantika up there with Lady Kima and Allura from Vox Machina. The flirty banter she has with Fjord is entertaining. I think it pulls Travis into more roleplay-heavy situations which has been different than Grog which was Travis’s character from Vox Machina. I have had many things about this campaign spoiled for me, but Avantika’s fate was not one of them. There is still a lot of mystery about what will happen to her and if she will summon Uk’otoa.
While this arc is focused on Fjord, there have been ramifications on the other members of the Nein. Jester (played by Laura Bailey) has expressed to Caleb (played by Liam O’Brien) through hints that she may be jealous of Fjord’s relationship with Avantika. Jester has always flirted with Fjord, but this might be the push Jester needs to admit her feelings for him. Caduceus (played by Taliesin Jaffe) clocks Fjord’s relationship with Avantika before the others. Fjord asks him to keep this a secret which Caduceus agrees to do. The fun part about watching a campaign is the story along with seeing how the characters are impacted by decisions the other characters make.
This whole arc is Dungeons & Dragons meets Pirates of the Caribbean. There have been ship battles and mad dashes through tropical forests. Some characters thrive with all the athleticism while other characters tolerate it. When I watch Critical Role, I blog or scroll through Reddit while the episode plays in the background. It’s tough for me to sit and watch three hours of content straight without my mind starting to wander. For this arc though, I am invested.
I am curious how all this will play out and what this will mean for the rest of the campaign. I wonder if there will be a final showdown with Avantika or what kind of powers Avantika will get if she does summon Uk’otoa. Will Fjord unlock any special abilities? Time will tell once I finish watching the upcoming episodes.
I always plan on cosplaying when I attend Twin Cities Con. On Friday, I cosplayed as Kylo Ren. I put together my Kylo Ren cosplay for Halloween last year and it turned out so well that it’s now become a permanent cosplay in my closet. I use red lip liner, black eye liner, light brown eye shadow, and vaseline to create the scar on my face. On Saturday, I put together a last minute cosplay. I decided to do a gender bent, Percy De Rolo from Vox Machina and The Legend of Vox Machina. I wanted to break down how I put this cosplay together.
I had originally thought about cosplaying as Vexhalia, but then thought against it. There are a lot of components to Vexhalia including her bow and her quiver. I was looking online and there wasn’t a way I could cosplay her on such short notice without spending quite a bit of money. Vexhalia is a character I want to cosplay down the road, but I want more time to be able to do the character justice. I was going through a Reddit post and saw someone else doing a gender bent Percy cosplay and I was immediately inspired to do one myself.
The reference image I used was a photo of Percy from the show where he’s bent over a table looking at a map. He’s wearing a light blue dress shirt with a black vest and black pants. This was the photo I used to put together my cosplay. I stole a blue dress shirt from my husband’s closet. I tucked the shirt into a pair of black jeans I own. I used a black tied corset to help cinch the look together especially because my husband’s dress shirt was a bit big on me. I ordered a pair of steampunk glasses and a silver prop gun. To complete the look, I bought a white, wavy wig. I could have opted for a white short hair look, but I like longer wigs, so that’s a personal preference I have.
This cosplay was something I put together in a week and a half. Is this cosplay accurate? Yes and no. As I walked around the con, no one recognized the look. However, when I was walking to the convention center, I had someone compliment my wig and how she thought I looked good in it. This was so nice of her to say. It definitely gave me a boost of confidence as I walked to Twin Cities Con.
I like the cosplay especially because it was a last minute look to put together. I’d love to get a more accurate prop of Percy’s gun and I’d like to find a blue jacket that I could wear over the look as I think it would be more true to Percy’s look. With that said, I’m happy with how this came together and I would wear this to another convention I attend in the future.
Last weekend was Twin Cities Conat the Minneapolis Convention Center. I look forward to Twin Cities Con every year as it always feels like a last hurrah to end convention season. I like how Twin Cities Con is in November and right before the holidays. I volunteered at the Twin Cities Geek booth like I usually do which I always enjoy. It’s great to talk to local geeks and many of the people I talked to said Twin Cities Con was their first con. I wanted to summarize my thoughts about this year’s convention as a whole. This will be broken up into two parts: the first will be my experience at the con and the second part will discuss the logistics of the event.
I had a blast at Twin Cities Con. I was there both Friday and Saturday. On Friday, I was there for two hours and Saturday I was there for 4 1/2 hours. Saturday was the busier day by far. I was shocked at the amount of people waiting in line! I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it’s clear Twin Cities Con has grown in the years since they have been putting on the convention. After volunteering at the Twin Cities Geek booth, I wandered the vendor hall. The crowds were there! It felt like I was at C2E2 or Planet Comic Con. As far as the vendors, I saw quite a few artists and a lot of vendors selling TTRPG stuff. There were a few dice vendors and I had to refrain from spending too much money. There seemed to be a good mix of vendors selling a variety of different products.
One of the highlights of my day on Saturday was attending a panel. I went to the “Women in Cosplay” panel on Saturday at 3 PM. The panelists did a phenomenal job at making the panel light hearted. It was equal parts talking and engaging the audience. They took questions on social media, so if anyone felt shy to ask a question directly, they could submit it instead. I liked this a lot. It made the panel more personal than other panels I have been to in the past. I would love to tell you who was on the panel, but on Twin Cities Con’s website, it doesn’t list who the panelists are which is a bummer. I believe the cosplayers were from South Carolina, but that’s about all I can tell you.
I can’t recap Twin Cities Con without talking about the logistics of the event. I have been following several social media posts made on both the Twin Cities Con Fans and the Twin Cities Geek Facebook groups. There were several people who expressed frustration with how Twin Cities Con was organized and I feel it’s necessary to summarize some of this if I’m going to talk about Twin Cities Con effectively. One of the major complaints was with the security line. This year, Twin Cities Con had a security line with metal detectors outside of the Exhibit Hall. Once you pass through the line, you can find the photo ops area, celebrities doing autographs and the vendors tabling there. However, once you leave the Exhibit Hall (let’s say to go to a panel or to play a TTRPG game with Badwolf Adventure Studios), you would have to wait in the security line again.
Why does waiting in a line matter? Depending on what time of day and who you ask, I have heard of people waiting in line for 45 minutes or over an hour. This matters if you were someone who bought an autograph or a photo op with a designated time slot. For a security line, I would expect to wait 20 – 30 minutes, I feel that would be reasonable. It seems that lines for Twin Cities Con were much longer than that. As a side note, since I was an exhibitor / volunteer, I could go through a separate line versus the longer security line, so I didn’t have to wait long. I think this is important to mention because this probably plays into why I had a good time at Twin Cities Con since I didn’t have to wait as long as others.
I do want to take a step back and compare Twin Cities Con with C2E2. C2E2 does have security, but the way C2E2 does it, you go through a separate area that’s right across the aisle from the exhibit hall. Once you’re through security, you have access to everything. The exhibit hall, the food area, alcohol, and the panel rooms. The only reason you would have to leave is if you were done for the day or you wanted to go out to eat at a sit down restaurant. When I have gone to C2E2, I have never had to wait longer than 10 minutes to get through the security line. Seeing how other conventions handle this, I think Twin Cities Con has room for improvement in creating a seamless experience for anyone attending the con.
What’s the solution for something like this? I am not an event planner, so I can’t say how much of this is on Twin Cities Con or how much of this is on the Minneapolis Convention Center. I saw someone suggest moving the entrance to the security line to the front door of the Convention Center. While this isn’t a bad suggestion, this would also have people waiting outside to get in. The weather this year was mild, but November in Minnesota can be a hit or a miss. For cosplayers, it sucks to have to bring cold weather clothing and then carry it around for the entire convention. Another suggestion I saw was putting stickers on badges for those who already went through security, so they could come and go as they please. There is a safety risk for this. Let’s say someone goes through security, then decides to bring in something they shouldn’t. With big guests like Hayden Christensen, there does need to be some way to make sure guests feel safe attending a larger event like this. I am not sure what the solution is for this. I hope Twin Cities Con listens to some of the fans and offers an alternative for next year.
With all that said, I have a few minor critiques for Twin Cities Con. The first is to list who the panelists are on the panels. I’d love to shout out the panelists for the “Women in Cosplay” panel. Another critique is when you go to Twin Cities Con’s website, it lists vertically all the panels and events for each of the days. It’s difficult to read because when you scroll down, it’s not clear which day you’re reading from. I think it would be cool to see a virtual convention book online or even printing a few convention books to have on hand. It would make it a lot easier to plan out my days and what I want to do on what day. These are all pretty minor tweaks versus the security line being called out by many people.
I was not expecting to go into this level of detail over Twin Cities Con, but here we are. As mentioned, I like Twin Cities Con and I will be back next year. I didn’t experience as many of the pain points that other people experienced. I think it’s important to mention that everyone’s opinions and thoughts are valid even if you disagree with them. I think Twin Cities Con could improve on a lot of things, however, I’m glad Twin Cities Con is here. It’s nice to not always have to travel several states away when I want to attend a bigger convention.
How is it already November? These next two months are going to go by in a blur with the holidays around the corner. I had been meaning to write an October TBR post, but I ended up switching around what I would read. For my TBR this month, I am going to read the remaining books on my shelf. I have two books I haven’t read yet and a manga. Once I finish these books, I will have read all of the physical books I own. I have been trying to buy less books and focus on reading everything on my shelves. It will be so satisfying to achieve this. Before getting into the books I will read this month, I wanted to do a recap of Spooky season.
In September and October, I read seven books, three were audiobooks. The books I read were:
The Babysitter’s Coven by Kate Williams. 2/5 stars
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark. 5/5 stars
We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix. 2/5 stars
With Love, From Cold World by Alicia Thompson. 4/5 stars
The Serpent & The Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent. 4/5 stars
Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver. 4/5 stars
Critical Role: Vox Machina – Kith & Kin by Marieke Nijkamp. 3/5 stars
That’s a solid reading list! Incorporating audio books into my reading has helped immensely in reading more. I didn’t think I would enjoy audiobooks as much as I have, but here we are. Now onto the books I plan on reading this month
The first book I’m going to read is Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez. I’m a third of the way through the book and I LOVE IT so far. It reminds me of a Kate Hudson 2004 Romantic Comedy movie that takes place in Minnesota. The second book I am going to read is Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett. If you’re sick of seeing this book pop up, I am too. I said I would read this book in three of my TBR posts? I am going to commit this time. The final book is Demon Slayer #1 by Kimetsu No Yaiba and Koyoharu Gotouge.
In addition to the physical books on my TBR, I’m currently listening to My Body by Emily Ratajkowski. My Body is a memoir where Emily talks about her beauty, her body and how those have both been exploited in this industry. I have had two audiobooks on hold for a long time. They are Icebreaker by Hannah Grace and What Doesn’t Break by Cassandra Khaw. I’m not sure when I will get access to both of those books since I have been in a queue for a least a month for both.
It will be a great feeling once I finish reading these books. I can think about what books I want to purchase for my collection and potentially going back and re-reading books on my shelves.
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