Musing Mondays is a weekly theme hosted by the lovely MizB @ Books and a Beat, that asks you to answer one of the prompt questions and that week’s random question.
PROMPTS:
- I’m currently reading…
- Up next I think I’ll read…
- I bought the following book(s) this past week…
- I’m super excited to tell you about (book/author/bookish-news)…
- I’m really upset by (book/author/bookish-news)…
- I can’t wait to get a copy of…
- I wish I could read ___, but…
- I blogged about ____ this past week…
THIS WEEK’S RANDOM QUESTION: Name your least favorite plot device employed by way too many books that you actually enjoyed, otherwise.
I Bought the Following Book(s) this Past Week…
The Accidental Empress (Sisi, #1) by Allison Pataki
So I only bought one book and that was from the local secondhand bookstore that I just found out we had credit at. I will never go back there. It was total shit. Luckily, I did find one undamaged hardback that was on my TBR, so it wasn’t a totally lost cause.
My big haul actually just occurred at the library! No, I didn’t buy these books but it’s still a haul so I’m counting it. I’m a big fan of fantasy novels and I trust the recommendations that Regan @ PeruseProject gives, so I picked most of these from her rec video. Also, most of them have just been on my TBR for a while anyways.
- Vicious by V.E. Schwab
- Angelfall by Susan Ee
- Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles, #1) by Melina Marchetta
- Incarnate (Newsoul, #1) by Jodi Meadows
- The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Brandon Sanderson
- The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Chronicles, #1) by Bernard Cornwell
- Graceling (Graceling Realms, #1) by Kristin Cashore
- The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicles, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss
Hahahaha, I just noticed how a bunch of these have ‘chronicles’ in the name. What a coinky dink.
Least Favorite Plot Device Employed by Way Too Many Books
I really haven’t enjoyed this plot device at any point, because it’s just positively silly to me, but when authors use miscommunication, or lack thereof, to be the main source of conflict in the story. It’s usually only used in contemporaries but I find it extremely annoying. If I’ve got an issue, then I’m just gonna tell you straight to your face. There isn’t going to be any of this, “well I thought you did this to me so I’m gonna do this to you” type of deal. That is insanely ridiculous. Life doesn’t work that way and it’s just very unrealistic to me. Seriously, all of the problems between Noah and Jude in I’ll Give You the Sun were completely STUPID. Most people don’t act that way towards each other, especially twins! We just sit down together and have a come-to-Jesus meeting. This what normal people do! You know it’s true, too.
Leave a comment with the link to your Musing Monday post or just answer the questions! What do y’all think of my library haul? See any that you like or any that you dislike?
Wonderfilled Reads 