Who’s ready for to uprise against the Man?
I really need to get a bookshelf…
I’ve kind of fallen out of reading books again – I need to get back on that! Especially since I have SO MANY I’m behind on reading and they all look amazing. Goodreads is telling me I’m 14 books behind schedule and only have a month until the end of the year. I don’t think I’ll be hitting that 25 book goal.
Uprising is a theme that seems to be more relevant as things in the real world go a little weirder.
This is an exciting two-book box!! We got our regular special edition hardback book, as well as Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray. It’s also a special paperback edition and it looks so good.
I never thought I’d like these, but the Prison Healer-themed cardholder is a nice edition. I use the other one we got a couple of boxes ago all the time. It’s actually replaced my actual wallet? Which I never thought would happen.
I’m always a big fan of receiving socks in the box. These socks inspired by Six Crimson Cranes are a welcome addition to my sock drawer. Now, pretty much all my socks are book/fandom-related in some way. Excellent.
I love the art of this tapestry, inspired by Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Unfortunately, I never have anywhere to put wall-hanging-related items so these usually just sit around for a while.
Sticking the enamel pins into my corkboard is always such a rush. I love the way they all look together. They’re always so shiny and such great quality. This one is inspired by An Ember In Ashes.
This month’s tarot cards are the 3 and 4 of Pentacles featuring Jacks and Fallen Star from Caraval.
September’s ‘Uprising’ themed book is Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer.
A fantasy series about a kingdom divided by corruption, the prince desperately holding it together, and the girl who will risk everything to bring it crashing down.
The kingdom of Kandala is on the brink of disaster. Rifts between sectors have only worsened since a sickness began ravaging the land, and within the Royal Palace, the king holds a tenuous peace with a ruthless hand.
King Harristan was thrust into power after his parents’ shocking assassination, leaving the younger Prince Corrick to take on the brutal role of the King’s Justice. The brothers have learned to react mercilessly to any sign of rebellion–it’s the only way to maintain order when the sickness can strike anywhere, and the only known cure, an elixir made from delicate Moonflower petals, is severely limited.
Out in the Wilds, apothecary apprentice Tessa Cade is tired of seeing her neighbors die, their suffering ignored by the unyielding royals. Every night, she and her best friend Wes risk their lives to steal Moonflower petals and distribute the elixir to those who need it most–but it’s still not enough.
As rumors spread that the cure no longer works and sparks of rebellion begin to flare, a particularly cruel act from the King’s Justice makes Tessa desperate enough to try the impossible: sneaking into the palace. But what she finds upon her arrival makes her wonder if it’s even possible to fix Kandala without destroying it first.
via Goodreads
The 2nd book is Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray.
A boy who keeps secrets.
A girl who tames beasts.
A creature who wants blood.Steeped in rich, Pan-African influence, Ayana Gray’s Beasts of Prey follows two Black teens as they strike a dangerous alliance to hunt down the creature that has ravaged their home for nearly a century. But in a magical jungle where spiders weave nightmares and the trees hoard secrets, they soon find that even the hunters can become the hunted.
This forthcoming YA blockbuster promises “monsters, mythos, and #MelaninMagic.”
Via Goodreads
As I haven’t read either of the books yet, I’ve added them to the list. Maybe I’ll have time around the holidays to get some solid reading done. Stop late night phone scrolling and get back to the ol’ e-reader. I’m pretty excited that Beasts of Prey seems to be a solo standalone novel with no sequel? Sign me up. I love fantasy fiction but waiting for the trilogy is sometimes hard!
Of these two books, which would you read first?
Let me know on social media or in the comments!
J x
