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A USA Today bestselling author, Brenda loves everything paranormal. She has co-authored over twenty-five books in the best-selling Dark Warrior Alliance series, as well as the Hollow Rock Shifters series. She also has best-selling solo titles readers are raving about.
Brenda created worlds that feature dangerously handsome heroes and feisty heroines. With the help of popcorn and candy, she takes dragons, fairies, witches, vampires, and so much more and brings them to life. She lives in Texas with her husband and three kids who fuel not only her heart but her life.
If she's not writing, she's reading, traveling, or knee-deep in projects with her husband and five sisters. She encourages readers to Dream Big. If your dreams don't terrify and electrify you then they aren't big enough!
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2023 Draw My Reads
Here is a full list of all the books I read in 2023 and links to the art I’ve made for them.
Just a few quick notes. I didn’t make art for everything I read. I also fell off the wagon a bit toward the end and went through an art block. Not sure if I’ll continue this project into 2024 but I might do some variation. We’ll see.
Also, I read some absolutely filthy (and ridiculous) stuff sometimes. So be warned.
*Sequels will have an asterisk. First book in series will be in parenthesis.
January
1. Alpha Wolf* by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (Caged Wolf)
2. Feral Wolf* by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (Caged Wolf)
3. Constantine: Distorted Illusions by Kami Garcia and Isaac Goodhart
4. The Ballad of Never After* by Stephanie Garber (Once Upon a Broken Heart)
5. Wicked Beauty* by Katee Robert (Neon Gods)
6. Vicious by V.E. Schwab
7. Hell Bent* by Leigh Bardugo (Ninth House)
Total (so far): 7
February
1. How Y’all Doing by Leslie Jordan
2. Vengeful* by V.E. Schwab (Vicious)
3. A Court of Mist and Fury* by Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
4. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Total (so far): 11
March
1. Kingdom of Flesh and Fire* by Jennifer L. Armentrout (From Blood and Ash)
2. The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
3. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
4. Scarlet* by Marissa Meyer (Cinder)
5. Cress* by Marissa Meyer (Cinder)
Total (so far): 16
April
1. Winter* by Marissa Meyer (Cinder)
2. A Soul to Keep by Opal Reyne
3. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
4. Lauren’s Barbarian* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians, spinoff series)
Total (so far): 20
May
1. Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith
2. The Song of the Marked by S.M. Gaither
3. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
4. Fable by Adrienne Young
5. Bea Wolf by Weinersmith
6. Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
Total (so far): 26
June
1. A Ruin of Roses by K.F. Breene
2. Veronica’s Dragon* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians, spinoff series)
3. Willa’s Beast* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians, spinoff series)
4. Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo
5. Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey
6. A Court of Silver Flames* by Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
7. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Total (so far): 33
July
1. Zodiac Academy: Beyond the Veil* by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (Zodiac Academy: The Awakening)
2. The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen
3. The Traitor Queen* by Danielle L. Jensen (The Bridge Kingdom)
4. The Little Library Cookbook by Kate Young
5. Sheets by Brenna Thummler
6. Cackle by Rachel Harrison
7. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
8. The Borderlands Princess by Ophelia Wells Langley
9. Bride of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes
10. Vow of the Shadow King* by Sylvia Mercedes (Bride of the Shadow King)
11. Angie’s Gladiator* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
12. Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
13. Gail’s Family* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
14. Hanna’s Hero* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
15. Devi’s Distraction* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
16. Destination Alien Bride by Dee J. Holmes
Total (so far): 49
August
1. Destination Alien Mate* by Dee J. Holmes (Destination Alien Bride)
2. Gilded by Marissa Meyer
3. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
4. Cursed* by Marissa Meyer (Gilded)
5. Nadine’s Champion* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
6. Callie’s Catastrophe* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
7. Ice Planet Honeymoon* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians)
8. Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell
9. I’m in Love with Mothman by Paige Lavoie
Total (so far): 58
September
1. Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen
2. Radiant Sin* by Katee Robert (Neon Gods)
3. Ice Planet Honeymoon: Raahosh and Liz* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians)
4. The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner
5. Throne in the Dark by A.K. Caggiano
6. Ice Planet Honeymoon: Aehako and Kira* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians)
7. A Soul to Heal by Opal Reyne* (A Soul to Keep)
8. Ice Planet Honeymoon: Rukh and Harlow by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians)
9. The Barbarian Before Christmas by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians)
10. Penny’s Protector by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
11. Mari’s Mistake by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
12. Raven’s Return by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
Total (so far): 70
October
1. Bridget’s Bane by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
2. Steph’s Outcast by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
3. Sam’s Secret by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
4. Daisy’s Decision by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
5. Flor’s Fiasco by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
6. R’jaal’s Resonance by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
7. Forged by Magic by Jenna Wolfheart
8. A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
9. A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber* (Once Upon a Broken Heart)
Total (so far): 79
November
1. The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
2. Namesake by Adrienne Young* (Fable)
3. Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo and Ren Graham
4. Surviving Skarr by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians Spinoff series)
5. Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle
6. Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson* (Sorcery of Thorns)
7. Destination Alien Treasure by Dee J Holmes* (Destination Alien Bride)
8. Zodiac Academy: Origins of an Academy Bully by Susanne Valenti and Caroline Peckham* (Zodiac Academy: The Awakening)
9. When She’s Ready by Ruby Dixon
10. When She’s Married by Ruby Dixon* (When She’s Ready)
11. When She Purrs by Ruby Dixon* (When She’s Ready)
12. When She Belongs by Ruby Dixon* (When She’s Ready)
Total (so far): 91
December
1. The Dreaming Forest by LB Black
2. Gold by Raven Kennedy* (Gild)
3. Chained to Krampus by KL Wyatt
4. Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell* (Series of standalones)
Total Reads For 2023: 95
My goal was to read 90 books and I beat that by 5. I think I’m going to set my reading goal to just 80 this year. Just to give myself a little more freedom. I did read a lot of really short books just to get my number up and I’d rather just focus on reading whatever I want.
Shortest book read: Ice Planet Honeymoon: Raahosh and Liz by Ruby Dixon
Longest book read: Winter by Marissa Meyer
Current read started in 2023 but will finish in 2024: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
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If you thought we hated on BookTok before… girl, it’s about to get wild. But be sure to stick around, we also talk toxic (in a fun way) queer relationships, reading goals for 2023, and much more! Anybody up for a Frosty?
Books Discussed:
🥀A Ruin of Roses by K.F. Breene
🌹These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever
Books/Series Mentioned:
🫀If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
🫀Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
🫀As Yet Unsent by Tamsyn Muir
🫀Unequal Affections by Laura S. Ormiston
🫀The Book of Azrael by Amber Nicole
🫀House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Mass
🫀Sin and Chocolate by K.F. Breene
🫀The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black
🫀Captive Prince series by C.S. Pacat
🫀The Villains series by V.E. Schwab
2023 Upcoming Releases We're Excited About:
🩸The Gargoyle's Captive by Katee Robert
🩸The Stolen Heir by Holly Black
🩸Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson
🩸Alecto the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
🩸Dark Rise 2 (Unofficial Name) by C.S. Pacat
🩸A Duet with the Siren Duke by Elise Kova
🩸Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
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Books I Read in 2023
#80 - Sin & Chocolate, by K.F. Breene
DNF Review
DNF @ 54%.
I picked this up as a freebie romance by a new-to-me author, and this is a case of "you get what you pay for." I made it halfway through the book and the romance is nonexistent, the two leads have barely interacted and their relationship is currently stalker/creeped-out and angry woman, which I do not support as a valid basis for a romantic relationship in the future.
On top of that, the dialogue is constant and awful, and the staging of each scene isn't always clear. Nobody can get anything done in this story without arguing about it for pages first, and conversations that seem like they should probably be private are held in front of the person the conversation is about, with little to no indication they're trying to speak quietly. At multiple points, I said to myself, "Can the creepy stalker man hear you right now? I feel like he should be able to hear you in this scene, but you're talking about him like he isn't there, I guess you think he can't hear you."
Since this sort of thing happened frequently (though not always with conversations or arguments specifically about the male lead) it gave me the impression that all the characters are speaking at the top of their voice all the time, no matter where they are, like those rude people who talk on the phone on public transit loud enough that everyone can hear them and don't care that they might be disturbing anyone.
I don't want to read about these characters anymore, or slog through this slow story that doesn't look like it's actually going anywhere.
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