Can you believe we are halfway through April already?! It definitely feels like a ‘blink and you’ve missed it’ one. This month, I decided to do the Magical Readathon which is hosted by the fabulous G @bookroast! You can find out more information about the Readathon in general, my created character Nárendîl Damenor, chosen career paths and my monthly TBR in my previous blog post here.
Current Progress
I feel a bit like I’ve bitten off more than I can chew with trying to complete 13 prompts and books, however the challenge has definitely motivated me to try and keep up my reading pace. I’ve completed 5 out of the 13 prompts so far which is almost halfway through. Returning to work today is obviously going to slow my progress so for the remainder of the month I’m honing down on the career paths which I want to take the most.
Completed Prompts and Books
✅ Animal Studies – A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid ✅ Conjuration – Voyage of the Damned by Frances White ✅ Elemental Studies – Faebound by Saara El-Arifi ✅ Inscription – Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura ✅ Lore – Reread The Legend of Dia
The next half…
Out of the 6 Career Paths I wanted to take, they’re still all open to me as I’ve managed to complete at least one prompt in each one. I’ve kind of ordered my remaining TBR list in the likelihood of what is going to be achievable over the next couple of weeks and which career paths are the most appealing.
Aeldia Excavationist is my most likely path as I only have to complete the Restoration prompt for that career and my book pick is Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros – I’m not going to be able to stay away from that one for too long!
Abjurer and Master of Elements are the two most likely runners up. I only have to complete my audiobook of A Dance of Dragonsby George R.R. Martin to finish all of the Abjurer prompts and for Master of Elements there is, Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros, Zhara by S. Jae-Jones and The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni to go…
Paths that may fall by the wayside and are being ruled out are: Star Whisperer, Craftsmage and Archmage.
That’s where my character Nárendîl Damenor is headed next on their first trip into Aeldia and Orilium! Are you taking part in the Magical Readathon this year? Feel free to drop me a comment and let me know your career paths or TBR lists! Wish me luck in the next half, I think I’m gonna need it!!
Today marks the last day of my Easter holiday before the Trinity Term starts tomorrow! I cannot believe we are entering the final term of the year already. I’ve had an incredibly relaxing break and got to spend a lot of it with my partner who also took some time off work. We travelled to see my parents who live in Cornwall and also did some day trips around our local area and took a mini train adventure to Cardiff.
With all of that adventuring there was plenty of secondhand book shopping to be done and it’s fair to say that I had myself a little binge and bought 8 books! Here are my purchases!
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
After saying in a previous blog post that I probably wasn’t going to read this before the film (with Blake Lively in it) comes out, I may have caved in and bought a copy. It was only £3 and the spine is still in perfect tact!
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Turns out I’ve had this on my TBR list on Goodreads since 2020! I don’t know why I never forked out for a brand new book, but I was always on the quest to find a secondhand copy. Seeing it on the top shelf of one of my favourite second-hand bookshops earlier this week was like a treasure hunting dream come true!
Temeraire by Naomi Novik
Whilst in Cardiff, we found this fabulous bookshop called Troutmark Books down one of the tiny shopping arcades. If felt like they had miles of books, I could barely see the top shelves, let alone attempt to reach them. I’ve heard that the Temeraire series is supposed to be pretty excellent and after my recent enjoyment of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon film, what better time to start reading it!
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
Funny story, I also bought this copy from Troutmark Books in Cardiff, but it felt a little like a forced buy. A few days earlier I had bought ‘One Dark Throne’ back in a charity shop and thought that that was the first book in the series (the title being ‘one’ and all…!). I couldn’t remember which Kendare Blake book I had actually purchased either! Picture me sat on the floor of a secondhand bookshop, amidst the stacks, trying desperately to get enough signal on my phone to load Goodreads and discover the order of the series – reader, I bought Three Dark Crowns anyway! Luckily for me I now own books 1 & 2 in the series! 😂🙈
One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake
See the above comment for this one! I can’t believe I purchased the sequel before the first instalment in the series but thankfully a quaint little bookshop in a ‘technically’ different country came to my rescue!
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
I have been intrigued by the premise of this story ever since the hardback came out in 2022 and it won the Book Prize. It reminds me of the type of magical realism Salman Rushdie writes about. My secondhand copy is a little battered and definitely well-read, however for the bargain price of 30p I knew that it was destined to be mine!
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
This is not my typical genre but when I was at University I got a First for a paper I wrote all about the d’Este family and the duchy of Ferrara in Italy which this novel is about. Obviously my purchase had nothing to do with the gorgeous cover either…! 👀
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Again not something of my typical genre, but I have heard such amazing things about this writer and this book so I figured now was the perfect time to start! I haven’t seen the Hulu series yet either so I’m going to be completely unspoiled!
That’s my bargain book haul – 8 books for the total price of £18.10! Obviously I have absolutely nowhere to put these having rearranged my shelves once this month already – eek! Have you read any of these? What books have you been buying this month? As always, drop me a comment to chat!
A few years ago, my friends and I stumbled on this amazing Harry Potter readathon hosted by G @book_roast which centred around a 2-part challenge with the aims of earning your OWLs and NEWTs. Fast forward a few years and G has created her very own Magical Readathon complete with worlds, callings and guilds! I’m finally in the headspace where I’ve watched all of the videos and am ready to embark on my Novice Path on the way to Orilium!
What is the Magical Readathon?
If you’re brand new to Book Roast’s Magical Readathon, the best place to head to is G’s channel over on YouTube. There, you will find a beginner video to tell you all you need to know to begin your quest and the link to the G Drive containing all of the important files and information. It can be a little daunting to start off with, but after watching a couple of videos, the rest of the way is pretty easy and incredibly fun!
My Character
I’m not sure I have enough creative energies to pick my own character so I have very much gone with the ‘pick one thing’ from each list option!
I used a couple of different elvish name generators to come up with the name. I think it means ‘Fire Friend’. I chose the wildling and providence based on what I’ve been used to growing up (we live in a very green part of the country thankfully!).
I purposefully left my Calling blank at the moment. I shortlisted a number of different callings which I wanted to try and pursue and I think I’ll see which one I end up with based on my reads that I achieve during the month. Shortlisted callings are: Aeldia Excavationist, Star Whisperer, Abjurer, Craftsmage, Master of Elements and Archmage.
My Magical Readathon TBR
With my indecisiveness around which Calling I wanted to pursue, I decided to create a list of all the prompts needed for those particular choices and created my TBR list from that. The number next to each one refers to how many of the Callings feature that School of Magic as a required skill. I’ve purposely left Psionics and Divination blank at the minute as I couldn’t work out how to do a prediction bingo prompt and the likelihood of me ticking all of these off my list by the end of April is quite slim! 😂
That’s my Magical Readathon TBR and April Reading Goals all wrapped up into one! Are you taking part in the Magical Readathon? Do any of my April book choices make your monthly TBR too? As always, drop me a comment to chat!
Happy February! 2024 is well and truly underway! I always look forward to reflecting on my entire month as it gives a real sense of closure. Also thinking about the month ahead is always exciting as I like to be positive about all of the good events that are on the horizon!
Life Update
Life in January started off incredibly well. Having a good chunk of time off over the Christmas period, with a lighter-than-normal schedule, meant that I came into 2024 feeling quite chilled and relaxed! I finally got around to starting up my blog again which had been on my mind for so long.
At the start of the year, I decided that I was going to make a list of 12 day trips to new-found places! The first one of those we did in the middle of January by going to Oxford. I’ve visited the city of dreaming spires many times before, but I’d never visited The Castle and Prison or been there to specifically hunt for bookshops. We found some wonderful stores including The Last Bookshop (which is where I bought a brand new Mexican Gothic for £4!), Gulp Fiction in the Covered Market (a coffee shop turned bookstore) and Arcadia (which doesn’t really have a lot of second hand books, but is predominantly a cute little fairyland/treasure trove filled with loads of assorted knick-knacks).
Work has been somewhat mad this past two weeks for various different reasons, however having the blog to try and keep persevering with is presenting a good distraction from my constant procrastinations over the joy that is being a teacher! I honestly love my job and my class are adorable, but this last month has been Challenging – yes, with a capital C!
The rest of this Wrap Post follows my usual format (Past Reads, Current Reads, Upcoming Reads, Films/TV) so feel free to skip any irrelevant parts!
What I’ve Been Reading in January
The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I absolutely adored this book! Having loved the original trilogy so much, I was initially a little hesitant about a seemingly spin-off novel, however I am so glad I dived in! This brought back all of the things I loved from the series but from the fresh perspective of Jameson and Grayson. I can’t wait for the Final Gambit to be released later this year.
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ From one 5* read to another… boy am I glad I hopped on this hype train! This book came to me at the right moment and mindset for me to fall head over heels for it. Those closing paragraphs… what a cliffhanger!
King of the Cloud Forests by Michael Morpurgo ⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was purely a school-based read. We’re doing a mountains topic and I was trying to find an English text which linked to that theme. I found the relationship between Ashley and the yetis so sweet. The ending was incredibly heartwarming too. I think our children will enjoy discovering Ashley’s adventures in the Himalayas.
A Storm of Swords (Parts 1 and 2) by G. R. R. Martin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ After giving up on both the TV series and attempting to read this as a physical book a couple of years ago, I tried my luck with the audiobook and do not regret it in the slightest – I was hooked! And can we talk about that final chapter… 😱 Much has been said about Roy Dotrice’s narration, but I personally found it very charming. He managed to bring the characters to life in a way which just wasn’t happening for me on the actual page. I never realised he holds the Guinness World Record for the most character voices by an individual for an audiobook, but I guess if you’re solo narrating the ‘A Song of Ice and Fire Series’, you’re pretty much guaranteed the accolade right…? I wonder which book series has the most characters in ever? That would be an incredibly nerdy thing to find out! 🤓
#CurrentlyReading
Physical Book: A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas – because y’know… Crescent City 3 👀
Audio Book: The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco – this is one I’ve had in my library for a while. I’m only a few chapters in but am quite intrigued the magical elements and the heartglass concepts.
Upcoming Reads
I have that standard bibliophile problem that my shelves are stacked full of unread books. I try to keep my TBR fairly flexible and rather than set a fixed, monthly TBR, I tend to go with my reading mood or something that I’m desperate to either start or finish. As February is a short month, I’m going quite conservative here…
Taylor Swift The Whole Story by Chas Newkey-Burden (a Christmas gift from someone who knows me all too well!)
A Feast For Crows by George R. R. Martin (Game of Thrones #4 – on Audiobook)
Rivals by Katharine McGee (American Royals #3 – my friend gave me her copy 😍 thanks Nikki!)
House of Shadow and Flame by Sarah J Maas (Crescent City #3 – I don’t think I’ll be able to keep myself away from it for too long!)
What I’ve Been Watching
With Six Nations starting this weekend, we recently started watching the Six Nations Full Contact on Netflix. It’s such a brilliant behind the scenes documentary which really showcases some of the men behind their rugby playing personas. I was quite taken aback by the hardships some of them had faced to get to where they are currently. Still in the middle of making my way through the Percy Jackson series, I just had to start Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney+. I like that it’s more true to the books than the movies, and that Rick Riordan had more control over it. It does a pretty good job of bringing the series to life.
Movies, we’ve seen:
One Life (Cinema) – I was actually really taken by this. It was a little hard to get into at first with the flashbacks between time periods, but the impact of Nicholas Winton’s actions and the legacy he created was so heartwarming. Anthony Hopkins is fantastic at displaying that on screen!
Priscilla (Cinema) – Ever since watching Marie Antoinette, I’m always intrigued by Sofia Coppola’s portrayals of historical events. With Priscilla, she completely nailed the boundary between the love story of Elvis and Priscilla, but also the flipside of how Priscilla was essential groomed into being the type of woman and wife that Elvis wanted. It was mesmerising but uncomfortable at the same time. I came away really enamoured with the film and wanting to find out more about Priscilla’s story.
Lift (Netflix) – Kevin Hart & Co in an airplane heist… Fast and Furious meets The Italian Job with a little Mission Impossible thrown in for good measure. Harmless, action thrills fun!
Poor Things (Cinema) – I can totally see why Emma Stone won the Golden Globe for this! Barbie Oscars drama aside, I would totally give Emma Stone the Academy Award for this. The way she fully encapsulated the awkwardness yet vulnerabilities of Bella’s character was just beyond! From her movements, to her facial expressions and the intonations and inflections in her voice… I was blown away! Don’t get me wrong, this film is graphic and rude and slightly perverse on so many morality levels, but it was weirdly refreshing to watch something that wasn’t a biopic or a superhero movie. It’s made me intrigued to now see what the book is like. Overall, the movie is quirky entertainment with a side of twistedness!
And that’s a wrap! How was your January? Are you still on track with your 2024 TBR or reading goals? I’m totally looking forward to my February TBR pile and having the half term holiday to sink my teeth into it! What are you all looking forward to reading in February?
It has been such a wonderful morning so far. (Non-bookish related) but I have a few shares in some racehorses at a local stable yard and today was the first time since lockdown has been lifted that I’ve been able to go down to the gallops and spend some proper time with the horses and the family that run the yard. It was a ridiculously early start to be down there for 7am but it was all worth it. Afterwards I got to see some of the baby foals at another owner’s nearby stud so it’s been a truly wonderful start to the weekend filled with lots of horse-love! 😍
The Summer holidays are only a week away and I’m already beginning to think about all of the different reading goals I want to try and accomplish during the break.
[All title links go to Goodreads, synopses also from Goodreads.]
Synopsis: Once upon a time, there was something called the sun…In a kingdom ruled by an evil witch, the sun is just part of a legend about light-filled days of old. Luckily for everybody in the kingdom, Siria Nightingale is headed to the heart of the darkness to try and restore the light–or she will lose everything trying.
Sixteen year-old Siria Nightingale has never seen the sun. The light is dangerous, according to Queen Iyzabel, an evil witch who has shrouded the kingdom in shadow.
Siria has always hated the darkness and revels in the stories of the light-filled old days that she hears from her best friend and his grandfather. Besides them, nobody else understands her fascination with the sun, especially not her strict and demanding parents. Siria’s need to please them is greater even than her fear of the dark. So she heads to the royal city–the very center of the darkness–for a chance at a place in Queen Iyzabel’s court.
But what Siria discovers at the Choosing Ball sends her on a quest toward the last vestiges of the sun with a ragtag group of rebels who could help her bring back the Light … or doom the kingdom to shadow forever.
Twelve: Poems Inspired by the Brothers Grimm Fairytale by Andrea Blythe – Release date: 7th September 2020
Synopsis: Twelve is a poetic retelling of the Brothers Grimm fairytale “The Twelve Dancing Princesses.” Bewitching and beguiling, this short series of linked poems takes the reader to the underground realm and back, following the stories of twelve princesses and their life after the magic shoes.
Synopsis: In 1893, there’s no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box.
But when the Eastwood sisters–James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna–join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women’s movement into the witch’s movement. Stalked by shadows and sickness, hunted by forces who will not suffer a witch to vote-and perhaps not even to live-the sisters will need to delve into the oldest magics, draw new alliances, and heal the bond between them if they want to survive.
There’s no such thing as witches. But there will be.
Synopsis: When fifteen-year-old Esme Silver objects at her father’s wedding, her protest is dismissed as the action of a stubborn, selfish teenager. Everyone else has accepted the loss of Esme’s mother, Ariane – so why can’t she?
But Esme is suspicious. She is sure that others are covering up the real reason for her mother’s disappearance – that ‘lost at sea’ is code for something more terrible, something she has a right to know.
After Esme is accidentally swept into the enchanted world of Aeolia, the truth begins to unfold. With her newfound friends, Daniel and Lillian, Esme retraces her mother’s steps in the glittering canal city of Esperance, untangling the threads of Ariane’s double life. But the more Esme discovers about her mother, the more she questions whether she really knew her at all. Winner of a Purple Dragonfly Book Award for best fantasy.
Synopsis: Storytelling was outlawed. Magic had all but vanished.
That all changed when the woman in black came to town.
Branded with the black stamp at a young age, Brent thought he would end up a vagrant like his father. His craft was telling stories, but the Order had long forbidden any weaving of tales. When Brent sees the woman in black, she leads him into a menagerie of tunnels beneath the earth where his life falls into the nauseating, but beautiful, mist of the dead.
He finds friendship in Rho, a young woman who hides her face with a tree branch while roots and vines bow to her every whim. Together, they embark on a journey to explore the world, escape the watchful eyes of the Order, and discover the woman in black’s secrets.
For thousands of years, the mist and the tunnels were under the sole guardianship of the Council of Mist Keepers. But as new monsters enter the mist, and magic is forced out of the shadows, the Council searches for young blood to join their ranks and Brent’s next in line.
I’d also like to explore the sequel to A Touch of Death, A History of Madness in The Outlands Pentalogy which I started earlier this year for author Rebecca Crunden. You can read my spoiler-free review of the first book in the series here!
Carlos Ruiz Zafón Readathon
So this is not an ‘official readathon’ thing, but after being heartbroken at hearing of Zafón’s death last month I decided it was time to revisit and reread all of his books, in particular the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series. Zafón is one of my all-time favourite writers and I would auto-buy all of his books without even reading the blurb. I’m hoping to go right back to The Shadow of the Wind and finish with the last book he wrote The Labyrinth of the Spirits (which I have yet to read so it will still be a surprise!).
Not forgetting the actual TBR pile…
With an influx of Fairloot boxes due to the Corona backlog and my birthday book haul from May, I have a stack of books and series which I was hoping to start or finish! reading. Some of these include:
All the Wandering Light by Heather Fawcett
Given to the Earth by Mindy McGinnis
Rage by Cora Carmack
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie
+ the two books in Fairyloot’s June box which arrived on Thursday evening (no spoilers for those who haven’t received their box yet!)
There’s always plenty to read as they say…
I know that I’m going to be nowhere near achieving all of these! I’m such a mood reader at the best and worst of times so I’ll probably float through the various challenges I’ve set for myself or even invent something new should I get stuck in a slump… especially as we are nearing the final stage of our house renovations before (FINALLY) moving – and all of the school work, recovery curriculums and new risk assessments which will need doing before all of the kids return in September. It’s going to be a pretty busy summer!
What are your summer reading goals? Do you have a set TBR list of are you more of a mood reader? What three books are you looking forward to reading next from your TBR? As always, drop me a comment to chat!
A brand new month is upon us…well it will be tomorrow.
What I’m Reading
I’m still currently reading ‘Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix‘ which I started earlier this month but have now also begun ‘These Wicked Waves‘ by Emily Layne which is an e-arc from Netgalley due to be released on October 22nd. What will really kickstart my reading again is when my copy of ‘Into the Crooked Kingdom‘ by Alexandra Christo arrives in the post. I won a copy of it from Readers First which is a website I’d recommend to any book lover. You can get a first look at selected upcoming releases and if you write a brief review you get entered into a prize draw to win the book. I have previously won copies of ‘Wicked King’ and Alexandra’s first novel ‘To Kill a Kingdom’ from them – to be honest, the three book draws I’ve entered have all been successful. There aren’t a huge amount of YA/Fantasy novels that come through but it’s a great way to win a book!
October TBR
To be honest, with the current state of my reading, my October TBR will probably consist of the three books I’ve mentioned in the above paragraph. With half term towards the end of October, I’m hopeful to start ticking a few more off my list. You can read about what those books are in my previous TTT post here.
Films I’ve Seen in September
IT: Chapter Two – based on the Stephen King novel this thriller didn’t scare me as much as the first instalment of this movie reboot. Don’t get me wrong, the clown is still super sinister, but there’s just something about blowing it up to Godzilla size that just took the scariness away.
Downton Abbey – As if I haven’t talked about it enough already I loved seeing the Downton Abbey film this month. I’m normally hit and miss with period dramas, I either love them or hate them but this was definitely a LOVE. I’ve even completed my TV series DVD collection this month just so I can watch all of the episodes all over again!
Ready or Not – This movie was like a horror version of Downton. Young bride gets initiated into a rich board-game family by being made to play a game of hide and seek…only problem is, if the family find you, they have to kill you due to some devil pact that an ancestor made. It has some pretty strong gore and violence but I thoroughly enjoyed the concept and it was worth a watch.
The Goldfinch – I read this Pulitzer Prize winning novel as part of the Between Two Books Book Club which is a book club created by Florence + the Machine Fans. It really captivated me so I was thrilled when the movie was announced. I love the way the painting runs throughout the main character (Theo’s) narrative and the film was a wonderful way to remind me how much I loved this book.
(A few of the) Things I’m Looking Forward to in October
Cheltenham Literature Festival – October is one of my favourite months for the very reason that this Literary Circus rolls into town! Honestly, the line-up doesn’t seem as great to me as previous years however I’m immensely looking forward to it.
Rugby World Cup – The RWC continues throughout October. The only downside to it being in Japan is the time difference and being able to watch the matches, however the contest has already been so thrilling that I’m really looking forward to see how the teams end up after the pool stages. Any fellow bookish rugby fans amongst us?
The Cheltenham Races Showcase – Jumps season kicks off again towards the end of October and I can not wait!
My childhood friend gets married! – This will be my fourth wedding of the year to attend and I am so excited. Hannah is one of my friends from primary school so it will be so wonderful to see her walk down the aisle.
Half-Term! – I’m still really enjoying my new job, but any chance to get a holiday and get the chance to breath is always welcome.
What books are you looking forward to reading this month? What has been your favourite September read? What are you most excited about for October both bookish and non-bookish?
Happy 1st September! Whilst my inner child is happily in London at Platform 9¾ to get to Hogwarts, the real me is sat at a laptop screen wondering how on earth September is happening already?!
BREAKING NEWS – I have actually got rid of some books! 😱 Getting rid of books either by donating them or selling them has been one of those ‘never have I ever’ things for me, but considering all of the books I’ve been buying recently, the fact that my floorboards are now actually bending underneath the sheer weight of all of my tomes, and that I barely have time to read a majority of them… I figured it was finally time to part with some of my lesser-loved reads that I know I’ll probably never pick up again. To be honest, I can’t even remember what I’ve parted with – I just know that they have found their way to a community centre where hopefully others will find some enjoyment in them. How do you decide what to part with and what to keep? Do you donate or sell? Any tips would be gratefully received to try and cure my hoarding affliction!
With that all sorted, it gave me a little more room to concentrate on the epic list that forms the ‘never-ending TBR pile’to see which books I could actually start ticking off my list. In case you missed my summer reads, you can shimmy on over to see which series I’ve finally finished reading here. According to Goodreads, the Reading Challenge to read 50 books by then end of 2019 is ‘on track’, which is hilarious considering the amount of time I’ve actually given to reading these past few months!
September’s TBR focus is still trying to complete a few more outstanding series before I start to get cracking on some of the newer ones.
This month I’m aiming to read: Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix by Julie C. Dao – This is the conclusion to Forest of a Thousand Lanterns which was one of the first books I ever reviewed on this site. I loved the atmosphere of this Evil Queen retelling that I have been desperate to finally start it the sequel.
Song of Sorrow by Melinda Salisbury – After receiving State of Sorrow in a previous Fairyloot box last year and then coming across a gorgeous edition of Song of Sorrow complete with fancy stencilled edges, it was a dead cert that I’d have to be completing this series.
If I have time: Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson – As this is a standalone it’s been allowed to be bumped up the TBR list! 😂 I’ve heard some wonderful things about it on Bookstagram and the magical library may be just the escape I need from teaching young muggles this month!
What are you all reading this month? Are you on track to reach your reading goal? Is your inner child also on board the Hogwarts Express? As always drop me a comment to chat!
So this is not an ‘official readathon’ thing, but after being heartbroken at hearing of Zafón’s death last month I decided it was time to revisit and reread all of his books, in particular the 
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