#SBPT Top Five Most Anticipated Books

1. Cat Woman: Soul Stealer by Sarah J. Maas
2. Sea Witch by Sarah Henning
3. The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas
4. Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson
5. Seafire by Natalie C. Parker

#SBPT Red Queen Dream Cast

Red Queen FanCast - Angel @ Avid Reader

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Hello everyone! My name is Angel K and I am the blogger behind Avid Reader! I’m here today because I get to take over Tanya’s blog (again!) to bring you a Summer Blogger Promo Tour (SBPT) post. If you’re unfamiliar with what SBPT is, it is a two month long post tour created by The Book Bratz, where Tanya and I partner up and bring fun content to you guys! Today Tanya and I are each making a fancast for Red Queen* by Victoria Aveyard! I got all the pictures from Pinterest. Hope you enjoy:

Mare Barrow Shade Barrow    Prince Maven  Prince Cal

              

And that’s my dreamcast for Red Queen*! What do you think of the fancast? Is there anyone else you would cast for the characters? Let me know in the comments below! Also, check out Tanya’s guest post on my blog! Thanks, have a great day/night and tata for now!

Angel

Avid Reader

#SBPT Review of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina by Roberto Aguirre Sacasa and Robert Hack

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina tells the tale of Sabrina Spellman who is half-witch,half human. I only recently discovered this comic after it was announced that Netflix is creating a show based around it. After reading the description I knew it was something that I would enjoy reading and I was right. It is much different than the previous television show based on the comic. The comic book is much darker and it toes the line into horror. The illustrations are beautifully drawn and I read the book cover to cover in one sitting.

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

#bookeveryweek Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

Onyesonwu is young woman who has spent her life as an outcast, for the crime of her birth, but was destined to save her world. In a far-future post-apocalyptic Africa, the pale-skinned Nuru and dark-skinned Okeke are at war, and Onyesonwu as an Ewu (child of the rape of an Okeke by a Nuru) is reviled and feared by nearly all. This world has magic and sorcerers, pulling from a variety of African traditions, but also deals with gender politics and power struggles on a more political level. It's a rich and complicated world well-described.

The story itself is a pretty traditional quest tale, with Onyesonwu finding herself and her power and her supporters and setting out to defeat the bad guy and change the world. Along the way, there's a lot of body horror and violence (rape, genocide, female circumcision) that can make it hard to read.

While there were many moments that amazed and thrilled me as I read, some parts of the book seemed to drag. Onyesonwu's waffling in self-confidence might be realistic, but it was frustrating and sometimes she seemed to waffle just to artificially create an obstacle in the plot and not from any impetus to make her doubt herself.

For every animal transformation, growth of power, and exploration of The Wilderness that moved the story and Onyesonwu's quest forward, there were two or three ridiculous arguments and small betrayals among the central group of friends. I expected more to come of the core group of female friends who went through the 11th year rite together than ever actually came about. While some of it was good and let the story explore issues of race and difference, a lot of it was just bickering among friends, which I found myself wanting to skim.

Still, I found the world fascinating, and Onyesonwu interesting and complicated. Despite the pacing issues, I never considered putting the book down. It's a compelling read, with echoes of Octavia Butler.

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Post by Samantha Bryant, another bookish fangirl. You can learn more about her and her work at http://samanthabryant.com

Waiting on Wednesday Guest Post - Angel @ Avid Reader

Waiting on Wednesday Guest Post - Angel @ Avid Reader

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Hello lovely people of the world! My name is Angel K and I am the blogger behind Avid Reader! I’m here today because I get to take over Tanya’s blog to bring you a Summer Blogger Promo Tour (SBPT) post. If you’re unfamiliar with what SBPT is, it is a two month long post tour created by The Book Bratz, where Tanya and I partner up and bring fun content to you guys! Today’s fun content is a bookish meme post like Top Ten Tuesday or Waiting on Wednesday, and I picked Waiting on Wednesday and I’ll be sharing 3 books I can’t wait (get it? 😂) to read!!!! Hope you enjoy:

1. Muse of Nightmares* by Laini Taylor - OMGGGGG I am beyond excited for this one!!! It is the second book to the amazing fantasy read that is Strange The Dreamer which happened to be one of (if not my #1) favourite book of 2017! It is quite dreamy (ahahah) and I absolutely loved it so I cannot wait to see what happens next!!!
2. Wildcard* by Marie Lu - ok so this is the second book to Warcross which is a pretty awesome sci-fi/dystopia gaming book that, honestly, I didn’t know if I’d like! In the end, I so adore it and am sooooo excited to see what happens to Emika and the Warcross world!!
3. Times Convert* by Deborah E Harkness - this is a spin-off of sorts for a character (Marcus MacNeil) from Deborah’s All Souls trilogy aka one of my favourite series of all time!!!! I reread the books at least once every year; I just love it so much!!! So I can’t wait to read more about and get to know Marcus more because we barely got a glimpse of him in the books it felt.

And that’s all for today! What book(s) are you excited to read in the coming months? Let me know in the comments below! Also, check out Tanya’s guest post on my blog! Thanks, have a great day/night and tata for now!

Angel

Avid Reader

Red Bubble ❙ Society 6

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#SBPT blog tour

Hi!

I signed up to be a part of The Book Bratz's #SBPT blog tour. My partner is Angel from Avid Reader. I'm excited to see what kind of posts she comes up with and I'm looking forward to returning to blogging after a long break. So stay tuned for lots of fun posts in the coming weeks.