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.

Happy, Happy Monday! I hope your week has started off on a good note. Today I am featuring another spooky book for your seasonal entertainment. Ok, so this one is not that spooky. I picked it because it is by a local author and I thought it might be a good one for those of you who maybe don’t like scary books.

How To Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying

By Django Wexler

Publication Date: May 21, 2024

Summary from Goodreads:

A hilarious fantasy adventure in which a young woman, who is stuck in a time loop, decides the best way to defend the kingdom from the Dark Lord is to become the Dark Lord herself.

Davi has done this all before. She’s tried to be the hero and take down the all-powerful Dark Lord. A hundred times she’s rallied humanity and made the final charge. But the time loop always gets her in the end. Sometimes she’s killed quickly. Sometimes it takes a while. But she’s been defeated every time.

This time? She’s done being the hero and done being stuck in this endless time loop. If the Dark Lord always wins, then maybe that’s who she needs to be. It’s Davi’s turn to play on the winning side.

I’ve read a few other books by this author and enjoyed them so this should be pretty good. It is at least a duology with book two coming out next year. So I might wait awhile to read this one. Time loop stories are one of my favorites, so I’m looking forward to seeing how this one is handled with such a nice twist.

Until next time…