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#notsponsored I am an affiliate with Z Publishing House. For more information, see the bottom of this post. Special thanks to NetGalley for a digital copy of this book. The Vampire of Maple Town is by Kane McLoughlin and published by Ever After Press in 2018). It is a fairytale, coming of age, romance for young adults, though I believe some middle school readers would enjoy it as well. The story follows Charlie, a young vampire who was turned as a kid, as he slips away from his adoptive vampire father in order to explore the nearby town of Maple. There, he meets Sally, the local beauty that all the men fall for and their romance begins. But an old deal with some demon twins will force him to kill someone in Maple Town and he has no control over who or how or why. Meanwhile, his friend Scat is creating a blood blade to hunt down the world's vampires. When his romance with Sally starts to faulter and his cruel deed is done, Charlie must find a way to make amends or es...

#notsponsored. I am an affiliate with Z Publishing House. See link at the bottom of the post. Hello everyone, I wanted to give you an update on my reading progress. As you know, my goal is to read eight books every month which means I need to read at least two books per week. This worked out well for me in January but, unfortunately, I didn't quite make that goal in February. Out of the eight books I set out to read, I only completed: Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronavitch-- This book was recommended by a co-worker. It follows Peter Grant as he goes from being a low-level cop to investigating strange deaths and murders that may or may not be caused by magical creatures. He's trained as a magician-- making several references to Harry Potter-- and has to find the culprit while also solving a blood feud between the river spirits. It's fun and strange and magical. Love by Toni Morrison-- I read this one for the POPSUGAR challenge prompt: "read a book with 'love' i...

Well, it's the end of the first month of my crazy reading challenge for the year. As I said before, I am doing both a personal TBR challenge where everything I read is either something I own but haven't read or something someone has recommended to me (or I received as a review copy and needed to get done). With a goal of 100 books for the year and a goal of eight books per month, I'm happy to say I achived this goal for January. If you are interested in full reviews of any of these books (which I might do anyway), please let me know. For my January Wrap-Up, I have read 8 books  this month. These include: The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka-- A historical fiction/ group memoir about the Japanese women who were "picture brides" to men in America right before World War II. Told in eight short stories, everything is told from the collective "we" perspective, from their trip across the Pacific to their first nights with their husbands, to dealing wi...