Tag: book

Uncategorized

March Planning

Courtney/Enchanted.to.Read.You

Hey guys! This is the post where I’ll let you know my reading plan for the month! Reading plans are subject to change, and in all honesty, probably will.
First I’ll show you the Book Battle theme, let you know what team I’m on, and let you see the criteria for this month!

This month is themed around an 80s classic, The Breakfast Club! I’m team Princess! #bbPrincess It’s my 5th month to help and I’m super excited to get this rolling!

Criteria

  • Book with Green Cover
  • Female POV
  • Book Set in a School
  • Criteria Choice #1
  • Criteria Choice #2
  • Club Read #1
  • Club Read #2
  • Book With a Face on the Cover
  • Irish POV
  • Book About a Group of Misfits
  • Team Book

Criteria Choice Options

  • ARC
  • Book with a Crime/Heist
  • Dr. Seuss Book
  • Book with Detention
  • Book with a Clover on the Cover
  • Book with a Purple Cover

Club Reads

  • Warrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller
  • City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
  • Year One by Norah Roberts
  • The Outsiders by SE Hinton
  • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
  • The Disasters by MK England
  • Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M McManus
  • King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
  • Hunted by Megan Spooner
  • Enchantée by Gita Trelease
  • The Queen’s Rising by Rebecca Ross
  • February Owl Crate Book – Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto AND Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill
  • February Owl Crate Jr. Book – The Lost Girl by Anne Ursa

So for the first time ever, I don’t have a TBR based around the criteria. I have a group of physical books and ARCs I’ll read, and I’m just hoping I can fit them!

Physical Books

ARCs

So that’s the plan! I’m hoping since it’s an easy month and back to the normal amount of time, I’ll be able to get to all/most of these. I’m so excited so share my reviews with you! Look for The Tea Dragon’s Society coming up next!

Uncategorized

What’s Coming Up!

Courtney/Enchanted.to.Read.You

Not a lot has been going on lately! Book battle ended on Feb 22. Snow White won! We had the best most chill team! They were amazing.

Next Sunday, at 4pm EST, we are having a live author chat with Kendra Saunders! Come join us over at Words at Whimsy!

Starting, March 1, the new month of Book Battle will begin! This theme is probably one of my favorites! Come join us for an easy month and see where you fit in!

Uncategorized

Shadow Queen Review

Courtney/Enchanted.to.Read.You
  • Title: Shadow Queen
  • Author: C. J. Redwine
  • Book Form: Ebook
  • Pages: 416
  • Genre: Fantasy, YA, Retellings (Snow White)
  • Rating: ★★★★


Lorelai Diederich, crown princess and fugitive at large, has one mission: kill the wicked queen who took both the Ravenspire throne and the life of her father. To do that, Lorelai needs to use the one weapon she and Queen Irina have in common—magic. She’ll have to be stronger, faster, and more powerful than Irina, the most dangerous sorceress Ravenspire has ever seen.

In the neighboring kingdom of Eldr, when Prince Kol’s father and older brother are killed by an invading army of magic-wielding ogres, the second-born prince is suddenly given the responsibility of saving his kingdom. To do that, Kol needs magic—and the only way to get it is to make a deal with the queen of Ravenspire, promise to become her personal huntsman…and bring her Lorelai’s heart.

But Lorelai is nothing like Kol expected—beautiful, fierce, and unstoppable—and despite dark magic, Lorelai is drawn in by the passionate and troubled king. Fighting to stay one step ahead of the dragon huntsman—who she likes far more than she should—Lorelai does everything in her power to ruin the wicked queen. But Irina isn’t going down without a fight, and her final move may cost the princess the one thing she still has left to lose.

– Goodreads

This book took me a bit to get through. It wasn’t the writing. It wasn’t the story. It wasn’t anything about the book.

I think it was me.

I was on Team Snow White this month. We won! YAY! But at first, I was not excited. Snow white is my least favorite fairy tale. And I think I just had a mental block of ‘I don’t want to read about this chick. I hate her.’ But really, this book was great! And C.J. Redwine is the sweetest! If you ever see her ask her about her worst wardrobe malfunction. You won’t be disappointed.

Now, for the review.

I loved how badass Snow White, er, Loralei was. She was amazing. She was a warrior through and through who could think on her feet and could always find a way out of sticky situations. She always put the good of her people and her kingdom before the good for herself, and that’s what makes a really great leader.

Kol was nice too. I liked how he and the Eldrans could turn into dragons and had a human heart and a dragon heart. That was a unique twist on the story and really caught my attention.

Irina was awful, as all villains are. But this book makes you think about her. It shows you backstory and things that happened to her. It makes you feel for her. Like CJ said in her chat, she was one decision away from being good or evil. You could really see that in this book and you kind of feel for her.

Overall, I gave this book a 4/5 star rating. I loved the battle at the end. I loved the action scenes, and the relationship that unfolded between Loralei and Kol. Places were slow moving for me, but again, that could have just been my mental block against Snow White.

This is a good, clean read for young readers who are maybe above their aged reading levels. Read it if you love Snow White. Read it if you love fantasy, action, and dragons. I’ll be reading the sequels.

Uncategorized

Scythe Review

Courtney/Enchanted.to.Read.You

Title: Scythe

Author: Neal Shusterman

Book Form: Audio

Pages: 435

Genre: YA, Fantasy, Dystopian, Sci-FI

Rating: ★★★★★


Thou shalt kill.

A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.

Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the “art” of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own. 

– Goodreads

So. This book. Had me ON. THE. FLOOR.

I just. The twists and turns. I can’t even.

Jordan at Words & Whimsy has been recommending this book since I joined back in September of 2018. I kept putting it off. I’ts one of those books where you finally read it and think, WHAT TOOK ME SO LONG!?

This book is about killing. Yes, you heard me correctly. Two teens had run-ins with Scythe Farraday on two separate occasions. He decides to take them both on as apprentices in the art of killing – or as they call it – gleaning. Then shit. Goes. Down.

Citra and Rowan, the two teens that were training under Scythe Farraday, get separated. Citra goes with Scythe Curie, who is compassionate. She brings families over after she gleans their loved one, cooks them supper, and listens to stories about the one they’ve lost. It truly is such a sweet, loving gesture from someone who has just taken someone’s loved one.

Rowan gets stuck with Scythe Goddard, who has much different ideals. I won’t go into too much detail, because I don’t want to spoil it, but his time is much different than Citra’s.

There were times I was reading and my jaw was on the floor. I wanted to cry in despair and sadness over some passages. I wanted to yell out in surprise or anger. You should have seen the messages I sent to friends who had already read the book. It just brought out so many emotions.

The sequel, Thunderhead, is on my TBR next month. No doubt.

This is another 5/5 star book for me. I can’t recommend it enough. There are so many plot twists and surprises. It keeps you guessing. Please read it. You won’t be disappointed.

Uncategorized

The Dreaded First Post

Courtney/Enchanted.to.Read.You

I never know how to start things like this. It’s always so awkward. But I’m awkward, so maybe that’s why. Anyways, I’m Courtney. I’m 29 years old, married, mom to an almost-two-year-old, and I’m a full time nurse. I’m the content moderator in Words & Whimsy Book Club. We do 3 club reads a month, have a ton of great recs, and have fun posts like Fan Casting and Fandom Friday. Oh, we also have live chats with best selling authors like Kendare Blake, Annie Sullivan, and Roshani Chokshi. Come check us out! I’m also a helper with Book Battle, the first game of it’s kind, where readers are sorted into teams and read books based on criteria to see who can get the most points in a month! We have bonuses and team challenges. It’s super fun and SO addicting!

Oh yeah, and I’m an avid reader.

I decided to start this blog because I have recently found out I really enjoy reviewing books. I started reviewing them when I started playing Book Battle. I could get 10 bonus points for my team by reviewing 10 different books. They didn’t have to be long reviews. Just a couple of sentences. But as time went on, I found the reviews got longer and longer. Then I found I wanted a space to really share my thoughts and feelings, not just a few sentences. So Mithah Reads was born. Well, the name came from my instagram, which came from my wow character’s name, but that’s a whole ‘nother story.

So this blog will mainly be my book reviews. I’ll review every book I read for book battle, which will be roughly 15 books a month. I also plan to feature a start of the month post, which will show my TBR for the month, and what book I plan to read for what criteria. I also participate in The Book Democracy‘s Book Bingo and The Booket List‘s TAG games, so I’ll list those as well. It’s like a puzzle trying to get a book to fit for all three games! I love it! I’ll do a monthly round up as well, showing which criteria I completed, my favorite and least favorite books read, any DNFs, and a comprehensive list of all my ratings! What fun!

One more thing I plan on showcasing are my book boxes! I am currently subscribed to Owlcrate and Lillypost. I have ordered the February and March boxes of Spellbound. I just can’t make myself subscribe to two book boxes. I’m scared of getting duplicate books! In the last half of February, I’ll be reviewing Owlcrate, Lillypost, Spellbound, and my January Shelflove that I’m waiting on. 🙂

I think that’s enough of an intro post. You know why I’m here. You know what I’m going to do. Let’s get this thing started! The first book I’ll be reviewing is an ARC I received from Netgalley – Corpse and Crown by Alisa Kwitney. I’m currently 65% in, so look for it in the next couple of days!


via GIPHY