GoodReads Monday

This weekly meme was started by @Lauren’s Page Turners. It is now being hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog. To participate, choose a random book from your GoodReads TBR and show it off. Which sounds easy enough until you have to decide how to choose that book! I think I will use a different way each week, like picking a color or number of pages. I will let you know each week how I chose the book and then something interesting about it, like how it ended up on the list or why I want to read it. Got it? Okay let’s get started.

Hello, hello and happy Monday. I am feeling a bit behind this week after a very busy weekend. My son was home visiting and we had a lot of fun hanging out and having family time. But that also meant little time for reading, which I was perfectly fine with. It also meant less time sitting in front of the computer writing posts, which was also very ok.

Anyways, my choice for this week’s book is the second in either a series or a duology, not sure which yet. The first book, Threadneedle, came out quite a while ago, 2021, and even though I didn’t read it until late 2022, I still feel like that is a long time between books. I might have to reread the first one before this one.

Shadowstitch by Cari Thomas

Series: The Language of Magic

Publication Date: July 9, 2024

Summary from Goodreads:

Anna survived the attempt to bind her magic, but Anna and her coven aren’t free from danger yet.

Haunted by her aunt’s death, living in fear of her curse, and fated to love the one man she can never have, the last thing Anna needs is a witch hunt. Now she must conceal her magic once more or risk losing everything.

But when deadly hysteria strikes across the capital, and in her own school, the coven are left dangerously exposed. Delving deeper into the magical underworld of London, Anna and Effie must find a way to work together to protect the coven.

But as the witch hunt intensifies and the hysteria spirals out of control, can Effie and Anna truly trust each other?

I really like that cover too! I am certainly excited about this second book. I remember really liking the first book, although unfortunately I didn’t write a review for it. When I reread it I will certainly have to remedy that. I remember Threadneedle being very popular when it first came out, hopefully the long wait won’t make people miss this one. Did you read the first book and are you excited about the next one? Let me know in the comments.

Until next time…