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 St Patrick’s Day! I hope you are wearing green and that you find a pot of gold! In honor of St Patrick’s Day I decided to choose a book that had a green cover or in some way looked Irish. Not sure I succeeded in the Irish part, but the cover is certainly green. This has been on my TBR since before the book came out. I’m not sure why I haven’t gotten around to it, but maybe I will pick it up soon.

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

Publication Date: January 2023

Summary from Goodreads:

The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death?

Although this is part of long standing series, I think it is actually a stand alone novel within the universe. I haven’t read a lot of books by Sanderson, but the few I have read I enjoyed. I just might add it to my library holds for the audiobook once I get a few more out of the way. I like this cover better than the original. I haven’t yet dipped my toe into his Cosmere universe, this might be a good place to start. Until next time…