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Magical Three Monday Reads Tag: Holiday New Year Edition

December 31, 2018

 

New Year’s Eve is finally here! Here are my top three magical Monday reads that I cannot wait to read for the New Year of 2019! 

1…The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

My excitement for this book is an absolute understatement! I devoured The Night Circus and if anyone knows about Erin Morgenstern you would know that The Night Circus was the debut novel for this author! There are few authors out there where their first novel is an unequivocal masterpiece and The Night Circus is in this category for so many reasons! If you haven’t read Morgenstern’s work and you want to experience the reasons why her writing is pure magic then read The Night Circus before the November release of The Starless Sea!

 

2…Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Taylor Jenkins Reid completely broke my heart with The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and I have a feeling Daisy Jones & The Six will be no exception! If you’re curious to hear my thoughts about Evelyn Hugo, read my review about this book that left me a massive book hangover here. 

I have always had a fascination with the ’60s and 70’s ever since I was a little girl and instead of listening to Boys 2 Men and Ace of Base, I was grooving along to bands like The Turtles, The Beach Boys, and the Beatles!

Daisy Jones & The Six is giving me the Penny Lane feels and this book is right up my alley because when Almost Famous debuted I was obsessed with the character of Penny Lane back in high school!

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Although this isn’t a story about a groupie following a band, this is about a girl named Daisy who becomes one of the lead bandmembers of an iconic band in the 1970s! Taylor Jenkins Reid clearly has a gift of writing historical fiction after the success of Evelyn Hugo and I have a feeling this book is going to be HUGE!  I am pretty certain this is going to be my fave book of 2019! March can’t come quickly enough!!!

 

3…Again, but Better by Christine Riccio

Christine Riccio is the first booktuber I started following on Booktube when I found that Booktube was an actual thing and I absolutely gobbled up her channel polandbananasBOOKS! I had the pleasure of meeting Christine Riccio in BookNet Fest and I am so excited for her debut novel!

Again, But Better is a new adult contemporary novel set in college and I am SO EXCITED to read this book because there are not enough new adult contemporary novels that are set in college! I love to read novels set in college and the last one I read was Fangirl which disappointed me, unfortunately. Find out why the book Fangirl was a big dud for me and why Rainbow Rowell and I no longer get along here.

Christine Riccio wrote a book that is right up my alley especially since the main character takes a semester abroad to London! My book nerd heart is dying to go to London to go book shopping and of course go on the Harry Potter tour! Since I have been watching Christine Riccio’s channel for a while now I have a feeling there will be a Harry Potter tour involved here hopefully! EEEK!

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This is a coming of age novel and I am a sucker for coming of age novels especially when it involves a new country! This book comes out in May and I am planning to start reserving this book in the library! One of my bookolutions for 2019 is to not buy any books for the New Year…unless there is an author signing involved and I don’t own their books!

I have a feeling 2019 is going to be the most amazing year for reading! What are your three magical reads for 2019?! Chat with me in the comments below!

 

Feel free to participate in this book tag and Happy New Year of Reading and fangirling!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Filed Under: Catfairy Tags Tagged: Again But Better, Christine Riccio, Coming of Age Novel, Daisy Jones & The Six, erin morgenstern, New Adult College Novel, Penny Lane Feels, Taylor Jenkins Reid, the starless sea

Waiting on Wednesday: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

December 25, 2018

The Starless Sea on November 5, 2019
Pages: 512
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Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a strange book hidden in the library stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues — a bee, a key, and a sword — that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to a subterranean library, hidden far below the surface of the earth.

What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians — it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also those who are intent on its destruction. Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a handsome barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose — in both the mysterious book and in his own life.

Waiting on Wednesday was created by Breaking the Spine, and is now hosted by Wishful Endings (as Can’t Wait Wednesday). It’s a feature where they discuss one of the most anticipated upcoming book releases. The anticipated book release of the week is Erin Morgenstern’s upcoming book The Starless Sea!!!

Synopsis

Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a strange book hidden in the library stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues — a bee, a key, and a sword — that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to a subterranean library, hidden far below the surface of the earth.

What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians — it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also those who are intent on its destruction. Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a handsome barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose — in both the mysterious book and in his own life.

Why I’m Waiting

Erin Morgenstern is one of my favorite magical realism writers and I devoured her book The Circus from beginning to end! I am so grateful that my best friend mailed me the book The Circus because it brought magic to my life during a dark time. Magical realism has been my favorite genre to read ever since I picked up Weetzie Bat when I was sixteen years old. Morgenstern wrote The Circus about seven years ago and she hasn’t published anything for a WHOLE SEVEN YEARS! She wrote such a hauntingly beautiful book where every word was captivating and lyrical but with a mysterious quality to it!

I haven’t read the synopsis of The Starless Sea until now because Erin Morgenstern is the kind of author who could write a book and I would instantly read it not knowing much about the synopsis itself! Now after reading the synopsis, I am getting the Neverending Story vibes and my book nerd heart is seriously getting giddy!

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It seems that the fantastical element of this book is going to be the library! Morgenstern has a gift of writing about the setting as if it was a character itself and I have a feeling that this magical library is going to be one of the central characters of this book! I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am for this book especially after reading the synopsis! November is a long way away but I have been waiting seven years for her to write a new book so I can definitely wait eleven more months! 

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