Author: Stargrace

Just another gamer with too much time on her hands.

April TBR (hopefully)

I’ve been holding pretty steady this year with the books per month that I read, and I’m hoping to continue that for April (but as always, we’ll just have to see). I have 6 books on my TBR pile for this month. The very first one is my BBBC book read for the month, “Strange Beasts” by Susan J. Morris. Two of the books are audiobooks (one from the library, one I’ve purchased) which include The Butcher’s Masquerade and The Third Gilmore Girl. The Prisoner’s Throne is one that I was finishing up from March, and the other two books were random recommendations I threw in. I can’t wait to read them and explore these new worlds. What are you working on for April? Have any book recommendations? Let me know in comments, and as always, happy reading!

4/5 Stars – The Prisoner’s Throne

Another amazing read, once again into the story of Oak. His love interest really frustrated me, but I loved watching his character develop. The world building was fantastic, but the ending seemed rushed and didn’t make much sense to me, hence my 4 star instead of 5. I’m glad to be finish with this duology, even if it did leave me with more questions than answers.

4/5 stars

March 2025 Wrap-Up

The awesome March calendar graphic comes from The Storygraph, which I’ve been using almost exclusively this year. You can see that I read 7 books – was currently still reading one (I just finished it, but that will get added to April), and I DNF one book (let me state how much I love these statistics, I appreciate that The Storygraph lets me track DNF and even how many pages I read).

No 5 star reads this month, but there were still some great books covered. I’ve been getting the reviews added to my physical reading journal, which I (at the time of this post) still have not updated for April, but I hope to, soon. The calendar also shows me where I focused on reading vs. audio books, and I appreciate that. I’ve got a great line up of books to read in April, and I might actually get a blog post or two done about that, too.

Up next? I’m currently reading When the Moon Hatched, by Sarah A. Parker, and my audiobook of choice is The Butcher’s Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl #5) by Matt Dinniman.

3/5 Star Review: How to Keep House while Drowning

I went into this with some pretty strong negative feelings, but the methods presented in the book actually made sense to me, and were things I would actually use in my day-to-day. the end was quite repetitive, and the book was already very short, which is why I give it such a low rating.

This was a BBBC (book club) read for the month of March.

3/5 stars

4/5 Star Review: The Gate of the Feral Gods

This book was amazing. Princess Donut makes the book, as always. I listened to it as an audio book – HIGHLY recommended for all of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Rough story about Maggie & Chris. Frank. I wonder how Agnes manages each floor. I’m excited to start the next book and it’s probably the only book that I suggest people listen to the audio instead of reading it.

4/5 stars

BBBC for February (Bujo Buddies Book Club)

The Bujo Buddies Book Club read for February was Psyche and Eros, by Luna McNamara. This was my very first Greek mythology retelling, and to be honest, it really didn’t do anything for me. The very first part of the book was incredibly slow, and I wanted to DNF it, but I pushed through and the book started to get good even if the story made no sense to me. Then the story started to rush – and then the ending was SUCH a disappointment. I was very frustrated.

We had our monthly get together about this book and around 100 others showed up. Some were much more experienced with Greek mythology and were able to tell me things I didn’t know, like the fact that MOST Greek mythology end in death / sadness, so the fact that this book did not already made it good for some readers. It was also a mash up of a few different myths, which I hadn’t realized.

Overall, I gave the book a 2.5/5 rating, because it simply wasn’t for me. The pacing felt awkward and while I eventually fell into the story, the ending just ruined everything. I’m still glad I gave it a read, and I really do love participating in my monthly book club meetings even if the books are not all my favourites. March is a self help book, so I’m not expecting great things there, either.

2.5/5 stars