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.
It’s the first Monday of the month and the new year! January is a special month to me. Not only is it my birthday month, but it is also the month that host Appreciate a Dragon Day on January 16th. Dragons seem to be making a bit of a come back. I have lots of good dragon books on my TBR this month that I am excited about, two coming out just this month alone. I’m sure there are more than I am aware of, but I thought I would use this weekly post for this month to highlight the ones I’m excited for.
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Publication Date: January 21, 2025
Summary from Goodreads:
THE STORM IS COMING . . .
Get ready to fly or die in the breathtaking follow-up to Fourth Wing and Iron Flame from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there’s no more time for lessons.
No more time for uncertainty.
Because the battle has truly begun; and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it’s impossible to know who to trust.
Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre.
The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves – her dragons, her family, her home, and him.
Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything.
They need an army.
They need power.
They need magic.
And they need the one thing only Violet can find—the truth.
But a storm is coming… and not everyone can survive its wrath
This is the third installment in the The Empyrean series. I thought it was going to be the last, but alas, there will be a fourth. I kind of have a love/hate relationship with this series. I had a lot of issues with the first book, Fourth Wing, and while I liked the second book, Iron Flame, a bit more, I still had some issues. So here we are with book three. In some ways I’m excited to read it, mostly for the dragons, but I don’t think it will be high on my TBR anytime soon. I have it on hold at the library, but I am pretty far down the list, so I might not see it till spring or even summer and I am ok with that.
Do you have any dragon books on your TBR? How will you celebrate Appreciate a Dragon day? Until next time…
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There’s an Appreciate a Dragon day??????? I have this on hold at the library too but it’s not likely to arrive for a while.
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Yes! On January 16th. I always try to read a dragon book during January if I can, otherwise I keep an eye for any dragons I can give a hug too.😄
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Onyx Storm will be my Christmas present to myself so I’ll be picking up a copy ASAP
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What a nice present to yourself. I hope you enjoy reading it!
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It’s almost time!! I hope it lives up to everyone’s hopes! lol
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I still need to read Fourth Wing.
Happy birthday month! I did not realise that there was a Dragon Day. That’s exciting!
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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