Another week has come and gone! We are nearing the end of the year and while it is exciting it is also terrifying. I am ready for the new year but also want to repeat this near perfect year. Enough of my musing, I have five songs that have been on repeat for the last seven days!

Red by The Rose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pF3HCuFHvY

This song came on while I was cleaning my kitchen and I just had to stop and listen. Once I figured out who it was, I was done for. Something about this song opened up my love for The Rose and I have not looked back since! I have been trying to spread the word of how perfect these four boys are.

Mist by Ateez

Earlier this week, I went through a rough phase and this was the song I had on repeat while I worked my way through the break down. Monday was my one year with Kpop and my own one year with Ateez so it was even sweeter to me. It also helps that Chelsea and I are planning a massive trip to see these eight twice during their tour next year.

Blue Flame by Astro

This is my first come back with Astro and I was not let down. These boys are climbing their way up my list, quickly becoming six of my favorite boys. One of my goals for 2020 is to see these guys with Chelsea.

Black Out by CIX

This. Song. It is one of the best B-Sides I have heard this year. They just had their come back earlier this week and already I have this feeling for this song. So. GOOD!

Tattoo by The Boyz

This is their first comeback since one of their members left and they are still so strong. This is my second comeback with The Boyz and while I loved D.D.D. a whole lot, I think the darker concepts will always be my favorite.

We are nearing the end of the year already. It is insane to think the year has passed already. When I think about all the books I wanted to read this year, it makes my heart happy since I have read the majority of those books. Out of that list, here are the five I am still anticipating to get to. These are in no particular order.

Five Books on the Top of the TBR Pile

Two years ago, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, witches are hunted. They are feared. And they are burned. As a huntsman of the Church, Reid Diggory has lived his life by one principle: Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. But when Lou pulls a wicked stunt, the two are forced into an impossible situation—marriage. Lou, unable to ignore her growing feelings, yet powerless to change what she is, must make a choice. And love makes fools of us all. Set in a world of powerful women, dark magic, and off-the-charts romance, book one of this stunning fantasy duology will leave readers burning for more.

At the Medio School for Girls, distinguished young women are trained for one of two roles in their polarized society. Depending on her specialization, a graduate will one day run a husband’s household or raise his children. Both paths promise a life of comfort and luxury, far from the frequent political uprisings of the lower class. Daniela Vargas is the school’s top student, but her pedigree is a lie. She must keep the truth hidden or be sent back to the fringes of society. And school couldn’t prepare her for the difficult choices she must make after graduation, especially when she is asked to spy for a resistance group desperately fighting to bring equality to Medio. Will Dani cling to the privilege her parents fought to win for her, or will she give up everything she’s strived for in pursuit of a free Medio—and a chance at a forbidden love?

Katsuyamas never quit—but seventeen-year-old CJ doesn’t even know where to start. She’s never lived up to her mom’s type A ambition, and she’s perfectly happy just helping her aunt, Hannah, at their family’s flower shop. She doesn’t buy into Hannah’s romantic ideas about flowers and their hidden meanings, but when it comes to arranging the perfect bouquet, CJ discovers a knack she never knew she had. A skill she might even be proud of. Then her mom decides to sell the shop—to the family who swindled CJ’s grandparents when thousands of Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps during WWII. Soon a rift threatens to splinter CJ’s family, friends, and their entire Northern California community; and for the first time, CJ has found something she wants to fight for.

Seventeen-year-old Aderyn (“Ryn”) only cares about two things: her family and her family’s graveyard. And right now, both are in dire straits. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping together a meager existence as gravediggers in the remote village of Colbren, which sits at the foot of a harsh and deadly mountain range that was once home to the fae. The problem with being a gravedigger in Colbren, though, is that the dead don’t always stay dead. The risen corpses are known as “bone houses,” and legend says that they’re the result of a decades-old curse. When Ellis, an apprentice mapmaker with a mysterious past, arrives in town, the bone houses attack with new ferocity. What is it that draws them near? And more importantly, how can they be stopped for good? Together, Ellis and Ryn embark on a journey that will take them into the heart of the mountains, where they will have to face both the curse and the deeply-buried truths about themselves. Equal parts classic horror novel and original fairytale, The Bone Houses will have you spellbound from the very first page.

In the tropical kingdom of Rhodaire, magical, elemental Crows are part of every aspect of life…until the Illucian empire invades, destroying everything. That terrible night has thrown Princess Anthia into a deep depression. Her sister Caliza is busy running the kingdom after their mother’s death, but all Thia can do is think of all she has lost. But when Caliza is forced to agree to a marriage between Thia and the crown prince of Illucia, Thia is finally spurred into action. And after stumbling upon a hidden Crow egg in the rubble of a rookery, she and her sister devise a dangerous plan to hatch the egg in secret and get back what was taken from them.

This is a tag that helps to organize all of the thoughts of readers as we go into the end of the year. This was created by Ariel Bisset but I saw it on Kayla’s (BooksandLala) channel. With there being a month and a half left of the years, this is the perfect time to do this tag!

Question One: Are there any books you started this year that you need to finish?
At this point in the year, if there is a book that I need to finish I have probably DNF’d it. I went through a phase where I either finished or I unhauled books I have started but not finished because I knew I wasn’t going to pick them up. I am currently reading Kingsbane by Claire Legrand but I plan on finishing it this week!

Question Two: Do you have an autumnal book to transition into the end of the year?
I don’t have a specific book that I am going to read to transition. I do have a type of book that I like to read during the autumnal season to make that transition and that is a witchy, magical, kind of story.

Question Three: Is there a new release you’re still waiting for?
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha Series #2) by Tomi Adeyemi

So, here we go with some shame. I have not even read Children of Blood and Bone, which is the first book in this series. I think I am going to try to get to the two of these books in December after this second book comes out because I heard from a lot of people that there is a cliff-hanger so I am glad I am waiting!

Question Four: What are three books you want to read before the end of the year?

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Question Five: Is there a book you think could still shock you and become your favorite book of the year?
I have not thought of what my favorite read of 2019 is but I have the feeling, I could love 99% Mine by Sally Thorne. I read The Hating Game last year and I LOVED it so much. I have high hopes for 99% Mine.

Question Six: Have you already started making reading plans for 2020?
I have a few plans for next year but I am yet to sit down and start writing anything down to try to make them a little more concrete. I know my GoodReads Challenge but that is about it at this point.

I am still making my way through my Tome Topple tbr but this week I am going to focus on two books. One on audio and one physically.

Kingsband (The Empirium Trilogy #2) by Claire Legrand

I am working my way through this on audiobook and I am really enjoying it! I hope to finish this by Friday so I can move on to the next audiobook on my TBR.

Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy #2) by Deborah Harkness

A couple of years ago I read A Discovery of Witches and instantly fell in love with the characters and the story. I have been putting off carrying on with the trilogy because it does frighten me a little. Being an adult, fantasy novel it takes me a little longer to get through it because I want to soak up and understand everything. Hopefully I can get through it over the next six days so I can continue with my TBR.

While I am crawling my way out of a reading slump, I am still in a drama slump. With all the new shows I saw on Netflix, I feel like one is bound to catch my attention soon! So, here are the three shows I want to watch this month.

Do Bong Soon is a petite, unemployed woman who is honest and kind. She appears little and sweet on the outside, but she is in fact very, very strong. In her family, for generations the women have been gifted Herculean strength to use for the greater good. If abused, however, their power will be taken away. Whilst standing up for herself after gang members bully her, she finds herself approached by Ahn Min Hyuk, the handsome and somewhat childish CEO of Ainsoft, a gaming company. Ahn Min Hyuk, who holds a great distrust towards the police, witnessed the whole exchange of Bong Soon’s superhuman strength, and now wants to employ her as a bodyguard after being threatened by an unknown enemy. Min Hyuk falls in love with super-strong Bong Soon at first sight, but there’s a catch. Bong Soon has eyes for someone else; police officer and childhood friend, In Guk Doo, whom she has known since high school. When chaos ensues after a series of kidnappings in Do Bong Soon’s hometown of Dobong-dong, Dobong-gu, Bong Soon must decide whether to use her strength and stand up to evil, or play it safe and keep her powers hidden from the world. Combined with the love triangle she faces between In Guk Doo and Ahn Min Hyuk, as well as having to keep Min Hyuk safe, Bong Soon’s life is thrown into turmoil. Can she use her strength for the greater good, or will it prove in the end to be too much?

A young woman with bad premonition dreams meets two people who suddenly develop the same ability.
Nam Hong Joo lives with her mother, Yoon Moon Sun, a widow who runs a small restaurant. Jung Jae Chan, a rookie prosecutor, and his younger brother, Seung Won, move in across the street. Since she was young, Hong Joo has had the ability to see bad events before they happen, but she is often unable to do anything about it.
One day, Jae Chan has a strange premonition dream about an accident involving Hong Joo and Lee Yoo Beom, a ruthless attorney who used to be Jae Chan’s tutor. Jae Chan decides to interfere in the course of events and ends up saving the lives of Hong Joo and Han Woo Tak, a young police officer. When Jae Chan, Hong Joo, and Woo Tak then start having dreams about one another, they realize that their lives are now somehow entwined.
But can the three discover the reason that they were brought together, and can they prevent the people closest to them from getting hurt?

Noh Ji Wook is a unique prosecutor. He is handsome, hard-headed and intelligent who strives hard to be successful. He is the perfect example of what a prosecutor should be. Later, he becomes a lawyer.
Eun Bong Hee is a prosecutor trainee. Once a former taekwondo instructor, she trained to become a lawyer. She is confident and strong, but naive. She is assigned to work under Ji Wook.
They work together on a mysterious case involving a sly psychopath murderer. As they’re working as a team, they develop affection between them.

It is my birth month! To celebrate I am forcing myself out of my slump and I am making plans to read! I have a friend who hosts a readathon that I thought would be a good place to start this month. There is also a readathon happening where you read books over 500 pages that I decided to participate in. So, here is my Readathin November 2019 and my Tome Topple TBR but that TBR will be up on the day that readathon starts (but there are hints in the image below).

The challenges for Readathin are below!

To fit these challenges, I have five books since I am doubling up on two challenges.

Challenge One and Five – Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

Challenge Two – Keeping Her by Cora Carmack

Challenge Three – Kingsbane by Claire Legrand

Challenge Four and Seven – The Guinevere Deception by Keirsten White

Challenge Six – Perfectly Preventable Deaths by Deirdre Sullivan