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ARC, fantasy, Five Star Book, ya

Top 5 Saturday!

Courtney/Enchanted.to.Read.You

I found this meme over at Devouring Books!

Top 5 Saturday is where you list your top 5 of anything! It can be top 5 most anticipated releases, top 5 books read, top 5 standalones. Anything!

Today I’m going to do my Top 5 Series I want to read this year!

First up is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

This is the book series that reignited by love of reading. It also got me into YA – which is now my favorite genre!

I am SO HYPE for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes releasing on May 19, 2020. So I’ll probably read this series in April/May to then be able to read Ballad!

Next is Thone of Glass by Sarah J Maas!

I started this series years ago. I think I got through book 4? But today by friend Jordan made a post in Words & Whimsy about how she finished and loved it. So now it’s back on top of the TBR!

Plus, I loved ACOTAR (because who didn’t?!) so I feel like I’ll like her other words too! I loved the first few books of ToG I read.

Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy

I loved having them chat with Words and Whimsy! They were so sweet and I need to read this book already!! I’ve heard nothing but good things.

Book 2, Sword in the Stars, comes out this year on April 7! I need to get on it!

Furyborn by Claire LeGrand

I unexpectedly got an ARC of book 2, Kingsbane, last year. And I won’t lie, that book it thiccccc. Like, it’s intimidating! But these books sound like something I love, so they are a priority this year! I already have Furyborn on Kindle, so no need to wait!

Plus, book 3 – Lightbringer – is expected to release October 13, 2020!

The Young Elites by Marie Lu

I love Marie Lu. I loved the Warcross series. That spoke to me as a female gamer. I loved Legend. I remember after a bad 3 day stretch on the floor nursing, I stayed in bed day 4 and devoured Legend. I didn’t get up to eat or anything.

Why have I waited so long to read The Young Elites?! I love Marie and everything she’s done, so I know this is a no brainer.

Have you read these series? What did you think? Let me know in the comments below! I’d love to discuss!

Until next time…

contemporary, Four Star Book, middle grade

A Boy Called Bat Review

Courtney/Enchanted.to.Read.You
  • Title: A Boy Called Bat
  • Author: Elana K. Arnold
  • Book Form: E-Book
  • Pages: 208
  • Publisher: Walden Pond Press
  • Genre: Middle Grade, Fiction
  • Rating: ★★★★


For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises — some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat’s mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter.

But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he’s got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific pet.

– Goodreads

This is my first MG that I’m reviewing on my blog, and I’m SO GLAD it’s this book! I absolutely loved it!

A Boy Called Bat is about Bixby Alexander Tam (Bat) and his journey through his mom finding a baby skunk. He tries his hardest to get his mom to let him keep it.

The most interesting thing about this book, to me, is that Bat has autism.

I felt this would be a great book for any younger child to read. It can show them that people with autism, while they may act differently, they still have feelings and desires just like everyone else.

The illustrations in the book were adorable. I loved seeing pictures of Bat and his baby skunk.

This was the first in a series of three books, and I would love to read the rest! I will be getting this series for by two year old when he’s a bit older. I think its a great way to introduce kids to others with Autism!

Until next time…