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March Wrap Up!

April 4, 2025March 20, 2025 theblindscribe

Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you’re all having a good day today. Today I’m bringing you my March Wrap Up.

I set myself a longer TBR for this month because I have been doing so well the past couple of months finishing the TBRs I set so I thought I would add a few more. So, as I am writing this I have just over a week left of March and two books left to read which SHOULD be possible but we shall see on that count.

From my TBR:

Powerful by Lauren Roberts – I did read this one, I originally wasn’t going to read this because I wasn’t sure about the character in Powerless but I decided it might have an impact on the rest of the series so I read it this month.
Murder In First Class by Helena Dixon – I read this one
The Village Library Demon Hunting Society by C M Waggoner – I read this book but I really disliked it.
The Last Word Is Death by Faith Martin – I read this – and it is a new favourite series.
The Dog Sitter Detective Takes The Lead by Antony Johnston – I did read this
A Court Of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas – I have not read this yet but I am hoping I will have by the end of the month
Throne of Secrets by Kerri Maniscalco – I have started this novel but I haven’t finished it yet but again I hope to by the end of March

Outside of my TBR I also read Murder On The Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood.

What did you all read in March?

Monthly TBRs

March TBR!

March 7, 2025February 20, 2025 theblindscribe

Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all having a great start to the month of March.

It is time for me to share my TBR for the month and I have given myself some book choices this month because I am travelling with a friend to London for a weekend and I need some good books for travelling in the car. Onto the TBR!

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas

This is the fifth book in the ACOTAR series and it will bring me up to date with the series until the next book comes out and also it will tick off some of my 50 books to read this year list.

Powerful by Lauren Roberts

This is the novella that goes alongside the first book in the series, powerless, following one of the side characters and I am looking forward to reading it then reading Reckless in April before the final book comes out that month but I have to say I didn’t love the character this one follows so we shall see what I think of it.

Murder in First Class by Helena Dixon

The next book in the Miss Kitty Underhay mystery series, I am reading one of these every month so soon I will have finished the series which is heartbreaking but also quite satisfying.

Throne of Secrets by Kerri Maniscalco

This is the second book in the princes of sin series, the spin off series from Kingdom of the Wicked, these books are SO good. I can’t explain anything about this series as its a spin off of the other and it would spoil things but all I can say is everyone should read these books. I will read anything Kerri Maniscalco writes.

The Village Library Demon Hunting Society by

I have no idea what this book is about really but it said something about a mystery and it has the word library on the cover so I am intrigued to read this book.

The Last Word is Death by Faith Martin

After reading the first in the series, Murder by Candlelight, in February and devouring it in a night I am excited to jump straight into the next one in the series.

The Dog Sitter Detective Plays Dead by Antony Johnston

This is the third book in the Dog Sitter Detective, a modern cosy mystery series that I like, I am looking forward to reading this but I am hesitant because there is a side character who keeps appearing and I don’t really like him so I will see how I feel after this book.

What are you excited to read in March?

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The Book Boyfriends Book Tag

February 14, 2025January 16, 2025 theblindscribe

Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all doing well today. Seeing as it is Valentine’s Day today, what else could I bring you except a post celebrating some of my favourite book boyfriends. I have to say, it was hard to choose. I made a list of them all and then picked the best ones for the questions and it was a long list.

I found this Tag on Got Meghan’s Blog if you want to check out how they answered the tag.

The Most Romantic Boyfriend: LORD PHILLIP STANTON from The Lady in the Tower by Marie Louise Jenson. Phillip is a bit of a rogue for most of the book but by far out of my fave book boyfriends he would be the most romantic. He is a Lord in the Tudor period brought up on chivalry and how he should treat a lady.
A Dark and Moody Bad Boy With A Good Side: KAI from Powerless by Lauren Roberts. He is the epitome of dark and moody especially for the first half of the book but deep down he’s a softie, he just doesn’t want everyone to know that.
Paranormal Boyfriend: WRATH from Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco. I wasn’t sure who to put to start with then I remembered, he’s a prince of hell so a demon of sorts. Which I am saying counts, okay.
Boy You’d Be Friends With Benefits With: JULIAN SANTOS from Caraval by Stephanie Garber. Now, I wouldn’t be friends with benefits at all but for the purpose of this tag it would be Julian. I love him and he had to make it onto this list somewhere, so I put him here because he dresses like a cross between a circus performer and a pirate.
Your Soul Mate: THOMAS CRESSWELL from Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri maniscalco. You can’t convince me otherwise. He is my favourite book boyfriend by a mile.
Boyfriend You’d Venture Anywhere with: NATHANIAL HAWTHORNE from Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson. He’s magic, it would make life interesting.
Boyfriend You Want to be Stranded on a Desert Island With: KELLEN ARGOSI from Spellslinger by Sebastien de Castell. He literally spends most of the series trekking across a desert trying to survive so he must have picked up some skills from all of that which could help us.
Most Badass Boyfriend: RHYSAND from the A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas. I don’t think I need to explain this one, if you’ve read the series then I am sure you will understand.

That’s my answers! Who are some of your favourite book boyfriends?

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25 to read in 2025

January 17, 2025December 15, 2024 theblindscribe

Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all good today, a bit of a warning, this might be a long one.

I have been seeing these lists everywhere and I thought it would be fun to do my own. So, these are the 25 books I want to prioritize in 2025. I have chosen these books because they are either: oldest on my TBR, continuing series I have started which is one of my goals for the year or they are books I feel like I should have got to by now.

The ACOTAR series (yes, I am counting the books I have left to read – A Court of Wings and Ruin, A Court of Frost and Starlight and A Court of Silver Flames – as one together because I really want to finish this series in 2025)

I Hope You’re Listening by Tom Ryan

Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco

The Gilded Cage by Lynette Noni

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V E Schwab

The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

Sabriel by Garth Nix

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Assassins Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

Map of Days by Ransom Riggs

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Traitors Blade by Sebastien de Castell

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer

City of Brass by S A Chakraborty

Where Dreams Descend by Janelle Angeles

Us in Ruins by Rachel Moore

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

The Painted Dragon by Katherine Woodfine

That’s the ones on my list, what books do you want to read in 2025?

Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them?

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Top Five Favourite Books of 2024!

December 27, 2024November 25, 2024 theblindscribe

Happy Friday bookish people! How are you all today? I hope you are all good. This is the big one everyone. Today I will be sharing my favourite books that I have read this year.

Share with down in the comments what some of your favourite books have been this year, I could easily have done a top ten with almost all five star books that I have read this year but I decided to stick only with a top five, the best books I have read this year.

In at number five is…

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

I was torn on this decision, actually until I was writing this list down to make this post I had a different book in this spot but I have just read Powerless and I gave it a 4.5 stars to begin with and then I just could not stop thinking about it. I had to change it to a five star and put it in spot number five.

In number four is…

Murder At The Dolphin Hotel by Helena Dixon

This is a series I have discovered this year, this book is the first in the series, and I absolutely adore it. If you love cosy mysteries set in the 1930s then I am sure you would love these as much as I do.

In number three is…

Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco

Kerri Maniscalco is now definitely one of my favourite authors, I loved her Stalking Jack the Ripper series and then her Kingdom of the Wicked series and now this is the first in the spin off series and this one follows Prince Envy. It is a brilliant book, I loved it.

In number two is…

The King’s Mother by Annie Garthwaite

This novel is a follow up to her first novel, Cecily, it follows Cecily Neville – the mother of King Edward IV, his wife Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret Beaufort – the mother of Henry VII as they navigate the royal court as women. It is powerful and beautiful and emotional and it will always be one of my favourite books I have ever read. Especially as I got to visit the Neville’s family Castle the day after I read this book.

And finally, in my number one spot is…..

A Study In Drowning by Ava Reid

This novel is gothic and enchanting and just everything I hoped it would be. I know some people don’t love this book but I honestly can’t think of one thing that I did not like about it.

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Book Series Tracker

December 13, 2024November 26, 2024 theblindscribe

Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all doing good. I wanted to do something a little bit different today. I have been seeing everywhere people tracking the series’ that they are reading. How many they have started, how many they have completed and reminding themselves of which series’ they are currently in the middle of. So, I thought, why not have a look at how many series’ I am reading… there’s a lot. It’s about the amount I was expecting because I do love reading a series and getting all that time with a group of characters but I am terrible at keeping up to date with them. I have found over the years that I can’t binge a series one book right after the other, I have to spread them out with other books inbetween so then it takes me forever to get around to reading them again.

So, here’s a breakdown of the series’ I own and the ones I have read – or not.

BOOK SERIES’ I HAVE COMPLETED:

The Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead – a nostalgic favourite
The Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead – a spin-off to the Vampire Academy series
The Spellslinger series by Sebastien de Castell – LOVED this series
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood – as it stands I am up to date on this series but a new book will be coming in 2025
The Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman – i have read the four books currently out even though he is writing more but I think I am going to dnf this series.
The Stalking Jack the Ripper series by Kerri Maniscalco – a favourite for me
The king dom of the wicked series by Kerri Mnaiscalco
The Caraval series by Stephanie Garber – another favourite series
The Cruel prince series by Holly Black – started my love of fae
The Brown Sisters trilogy by Talia Hibbert – a romance series that surprisingly I enjoyed
The Hatmakers trilogy by Tamzin Merchant – a middle grade series which is stunning
The new Faraway Tree series by Jacqueline Wilson – up to date on the two currently published
The Dog Sitter Detective series by Antony Johnston – two books out currently so I am up to date
The Trial/The Suspect by Rob Rinder – a great new murder mystery series that has two books out currently and I have read both so I am up to date as of 2024
Gir, Missing trilogy by Sophie Mckenzie
City of Ghosts by V E Schwaab – a short children’s series following Cassidy who can see ghosts
The Maze Runner series by James Dashner
The Divergent series by Veronica Roth
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Vicious Duology by V E Schwaab – a great morally grey, are they heroes are they villains kind of book
Name of the Star series by Maureen Johnson – I absolutely loved this when I was younger, it is for teen readers but it is pretty dark

That is all the current series that I have finished/ got up to date with = 22 – not bad but not great either, the next category is the big one…

BOOK SERIES’ I HAVE STARTED BUT NOT FINISHED:

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen – currently reading but I am unsure if I will continue the series or not.
Powerless by lauren Roberts – a definite five star for me
Shadow and Bone by leigh Bardugo
Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
The Maid by Nita Prose
A Court of thorns and roses by Sarah J Maas
The Miss Underhay series by Helena Dixon
Sabriel by Garth Nix
The left handed booksellers of london by Garth Nix
The three dahlias by Katy Watson
Crescent City by Sarah J Maas
Finlay Donovan is killing it by Elle Cosimano
Grave Expectations by Alice Bell
The Cat who solved three murders by
Throne of the fallen by Kerri Maniscalco
The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
Shatter me by taherah Mafi
A Marvellous light by Freya Marske
The strange case of the alchemist’s daughter by Theodora Goss
Six Tudor Queens by Alison Weir
A Curious beginning by Deanna Raybourn
Hercule Poirot series by Sophie Hannah
The art of the dying by Ambrose Parry
Bringing down the duke by Evie Dunmore
Clockwork Sparrow by Katherine Woodfine
Pages and Co by Anna James
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Anatomy a love story by Dana Schwartz
Love and gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
The vanished bride by Bella Ellis
Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price
The windsor knot by Sophia Bennett
Truly devious by Maureen Johnson
How to solve your own murder by Kristen Perrin
The Good Girl’s guide to murder by Holly Jackson
An ember in the ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Spin the dawn by Elizabeth Lim
Court of miracles by Kester Grant
From blood and ash by Jennifer L Armentrout
The beautiful by Renee Ahdieh
Dangerous remedy by Kat Dunn
Serpent and dove by Shelby Mahurin
house of salt and sorrows by Erin A Craig
The wisteria society of lady scoundrels by India Holton
A curse so dark and lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
The Bear and the nightingale by Katherine Arden
The Invisible library by Genevieve Cogman
A darker shade of magic by V E Schwaab
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
The raven boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Miss Peregrines by Ransom Riggs

Which gives us 53 started series…

BOOK SERIES’ I OWN BUT HAVE NOT STARTED:

The Graceling series by Kristen Cashore
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Faebound by Saara-El Arifi
Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
The Bone Spindle trilogy by Leslie Vadder
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
Legendborn by Tracey Deonn
Crown of Ivy and Glass by Claire Legrand
Furyborn by Claire Legrand
Sisters Grimm by Menna Van Praag
Bone Criers Moon by Kathryn Purdie
The Guinevere Deception by Kirsten White
Traitors Kiss by Erin Beaty
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
The Crowns Game duology by Evelyn Skye
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
The fate of wrath and fame by K A Tucker
Shadowscent by P M Freestone
Seafire by Natalie C Parker
Al of us Villains by Amanda Foody
Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
Traitors Blade by Sebastien De Castel
This Savage Song by V E Schwaab
Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J Tuli
The library of the Dead by T L Huchu
Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
Library of the Unwritten by A J Hackwith
Song of the Forever Rains by E J Mellow
lightlark by Alex Aster
Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman
Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
Chain of God by Cassandra Clare
Swordcatcher by Cassandra Clare
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Fairies by Heather Fawcett
A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos
Threadneedle by Cari Thomas
Set Fire to the Gods by Saara Rasch
Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim
Everyone in my Family has killed someone by benjamin Stevenson
One of us is lying by Karen M Mcmanus
Lockwood and co by Jonathan Stroud
Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
The Diviners by libba Bray
Daughter of smoke and bone by laini Taylor
All the stars and teeth by Adalyn Grace
Fable by Adrienne Young
Incendiary by Zoraida Cordova
Where Dreams Descend by Janelle Angeles
Deal with the elf king by Elise Kova
Well Met by Jen DeLuca
A Thief’s Justice by Douglas Skelton
Marion Lane and the midnight murder by T A Willberg
Blood and sugar by Laura Shepherd Robinson
The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder by C L Miller
Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Empire of the vampire by Jay Kristoff
little thieves by Margaret Owen
This Woven Kingdom by Taherah Mafi
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
The Atlas six by Olivie Blake
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
Stolen Heir by Holly Black
Realmbreaker by Victoria Aveyard
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
The Wren in the holly library by K A Linde
Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Castles in their bones by Laura Sebastien
Dance of Thieves by Mary E Pearson
Only a monster by vanessa len
The North wind by Alexandria Warwick
The Crimson Moth by Kristen Ciccerelli
The Coven by Harper L woods
Crucible of chaos by Sebastien de castell
Play of shadows by Sebastien de castell
A Dark and hollow star by Ashley Shuttleworth
These Hollow vows by Lexi Ryan
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
The Serpent and the wings of night by Carissa Broadbent
Way of the argosi by Sebastien de castell
When the moon hatched by Sarah A Parker

Which brings us to 90 series I own at least the first book for but I have not started. Let me know if you have read any of these and what you thought of them.

So, final tallies are: 90 series’ not started, 22 completed series, and 53 series that I have started and not finished

Grand total = 165 series!! Wow, that’s a lot. Hopefully I will make better progress with them in 2025. What are your priority series’ for 2025?

Monthly Wrap Ups

November Wrap Up!

December 2, 2024November 25, 2024 theblindscribe

Happy Monday bookish people! How are you all today? It is December, the final month of 2024 but before that we need to talk about how November went.

As a month in general, not the best honestly. It seemed to be a month of one bad thing after another, but hopefully we are past all of that now. Onwards and upwards. In terms of reading, it was actually one of my best months of the year. I have started doing an hour or two of reading every evening instead of watching something on TV and it has made me feel much better, not only in terms of loving what I am reading but also I just feel better within myself, most of the time. Reading has been a great escape from everything this month.

How was your reading this month? Any new favourite books?

My November TBR was:

Murder At The Playhouse by Helena Dixon – the third book in the Miss Underhay cosy mystery series – I did read this and LOVED it, it might be my favourite one in the series so far.
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Fairies by Heather Fawcett – I did not get to this one, I really wanted to and still do but it wasn’t at the top of my priorities for this month.
Curtain Calls to Murder by Julian Clary – I did read this book. It looked like something i would love from the description and I didn’t hate it but it also wasn’t something I loved. If you’re interested in knowing why I will be writing a review soon.
Powerless by Lauren Roberts – I finally read this and again, I loved it. I will be putting up my review for this in December so look out for that if you are interested.
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannon – I am currently reading this book and honestly, I’m not sure at the moment if this is going to be a soft DNF and I will come back to it later or if I am going to push through and see if I like it. I am 100 pages ish in and I have no idea what is going on so we will see.
People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield – I did not read this. I just was not in the mood this month for a gothic feeling book.
The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton – I did not get to this either which was a shame because I was hoping to get a series finished and crossed off my list.
Queen B by Juno Dawson – I did read this, I love anything Anne Boleyn so I wanted to make sure that I gave this book a go.
Diabolical Bones by Bella Ellis – I did not get around to this book either unfortunately.
Pandora by Susan Stokes Chapman – This was one book that I really wanted to get around to but it just didn’t happen this month.

So, from my TBR I read five books this month which I am pretty happy with but, I also read two books outside of my TBR. I finished Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco and then I also read The League of Lady Poisoners.

So, overall I read seven books this month. Which is a great amount in my opinion. I am happy with it and excited to get started on my December TBR.

Monthly Wrap Ups

October Reading Wrap Up!

November 1, 2024October 22, 2024 theblindscribe

Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all doing well today. It is the first of November and the cold weather has arrived which means it is time for my October Reading Wrap Up! Enjoy!

What I read from my TBR:

Murder at Enderley Hall by Helena Dixon – I did read this! This is absolutely my new obsession. It is the second book in the Miss Underhay mystery series. Kitty Underhay and her Grandmother run the Dolphin Hotel and Kitty ends up getting involved with investigating thefts and murders alongside an ex-military man named Matthew Bryant. I love this series, I am planning on reading one a month so I should finish the series in around eighteen months….
Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft – I did not read this, I am interested in the premise but this month there were other books I was more excited about.
Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco – As I am writing this post, I am currently 100 pages into this books so I should get it finished by the end of October. Another book that I am loving, it follows Envy, the brother of Wrath from the Kingdom of the Wicked series, he is a prince of sin and I am very intrigued so far about what Envy needs the main female character, Camilla, for.
A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn – I did not read this, again there were other books I wanted to read more.
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace – I did not read this. Honestly, in September and October I have been redecorating parts of my house and I am not sure where I have put my copy of Belladonna so I wasn’t able to read this in October.
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik – similar to Belladonna, I didn’t read this because my copy is hidden away on my bookshelves for the time being.
Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson – I have not read this yet but I am hoping to still get to it by the end of October, I am going on holiday so I will have some travel time to do some reading.
Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom by P M Freestone – Same as Enchantment of Ravens I have not got to this book yet but I am still hoping to by the end of this month. Fingers crossed.

Outside of my TBR, I also read The Examiner by Janice Hallett, The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman and also, (I haven’t yet, as I am writing this my copy will be arriving tomorrow but I will be reading it immediately), Spectacular by Stephanie Garber.

Overall, that means I have read 5 books and hope to finish two more on top of that by the end of the month. I am happy with that, I didn’t realise I had read as much this month as I have.

How has your reading been this month? Any new favourite books? Let me know in the comments!