Svetlana's Reads and Views

 The Sunday Post The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted here @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up. See rules here:  Sunday Post Meme #44 Feelings that last forever... All I ever remember from these days is the oh so predictable heat. Mr. Breadcrumber still ghosted me and I am not writing to him. What I think did kind of shock me are the deep feelings of abandonment I have towards my true love leaving me back for South Korea. It was a very complex relationship mainly because he kept on gaslighting me of sorts (If one tells someone that they misunderstand or don't understand the situation then is that gaslighting?) I don't even really recall what I did last week aside from the sahaja yoga part and hanging out with certain someone (although relationship i

    Title of the book: The Geography of First Kisses  Author: Karin Cecile Davidson Publisher: Kallisto Gaia Press Inc Publishing Date: 2023 ISBN:  9781952224256 Summary: In The Geography of First Kisses, one finds portrayals of quiet elegance reminiscent of early-20th-century art films. The fourteen ethereal stories are tethered to the bays and backwaters of southern Louisiana, the fields of Iowa and Oklahoma, the pine woods of Florida, places where girls and women seek love and belonging, and instead discover relationships as complicated, bewildering, even sorrowful. A New Orleans girl spends a year collecting boyfriends and all the while considers the reach of her misadventures; a newlywed couple travels to Tulsa in search of a horse gone missing, perhaps more in search of themselves; a new mother is faced with understanding the miracles and mysteries of faith when her baby disappears; a young daughter travels to Tallahassee with her mother, trying to unravel the meaning of love cro

  Name of Book: The Traitor Author: Anthony Ryan ISBN: 978-0-316-43083-8 Publisher: Orbit  Part of a Series: The Covenant of Steel (The Pariah and The Martyr are prequels) Type of book: Medieval fantasy, charismatic leader, behind the scenes, war torn kingdoms, resources, friendship, determination, mysteries, new mysteries, wars, fighting, good vs evil  Year it was published: 2023  Summary: Alwyn must make a difficult decide between his heart and his morals as he prepares for his final battle. It’s been a long journey for Alwyn Scribe. Born a bastard and raised an outlaw, he’s now a knight and the most trusted advisor to Lady Evadine Courlain. Together they’ve won countless battles and helped to bring order to a fractured kingdom.    Yet Evadine is not the woman Alwyn once knew. As puritanical fury increasingly replaces her benevolent faith, Alwyn begins to question what her true motives really are.    As the kingdom braces itself for one final battle, Alwyn’s conscience fights its own

  Name of Book: Gods of the Wyrdwood  Author: R J Barker  ISBN: 9780316401586 Publisher: Orbit  Part of a Series: Forsaken  Type of book: Forest, village, power, magic, sacrifices, fantasy, magical creatures, sentient beings, kindness, one way or highway, no alternatives, ambition, giving up lives  Year it was published: 2023 Summary: In a world locked in eternal winter and haunted by prophecy, a young boy trains for years to become the Chosen One, only for another to rise and claim his place in the start of an unmissable epic from a rising star in fantasy.  The northlands of Crua are locked in eternal winter, but prophecy tells of the chosen child – who will rule in the name of their God, and take warmth back from the South. Cahal du Nahere was raised to be this person: the Cowl-Rai, the saviour. Taken from his parents and prepared for his destiny. But his time never came When he was fifteen he ceased to matter. Another Cowl-Rai had risen, another chosen one, raised in the name of a d

  Name of Book: The Pariah  Author: Anthony Ryan  ISBN: 978-0-316-43076-0 Publisher: Orbit  Part of a Series: The Covenant of Steel (The Martyr and The Traitor are sequels)  Type of book: Medieval fantasy, powerful leader, ambition, goals, worship, religion, wars, nitty gritty, charismatic leaders, outlaw life, mines, wealth, class,  Year it was published: 2021 Summary: Born into the troubled kingdom of Albermaine, Alwyn Scribe is raised as an outlaw. Quick of wit and deft with a blade, Alwyn is content with the freedom of the woods and the comradeship of his fellow thieves. But an act of betrayal sets him on a new path - one of blood and vengeance, which eventually leads him to a soldier's life in the king's army. Fighting under the command of Lady Evadine Courlain, a noblewoman beset by visions of a demonic apocalypse, Alwyn must survive war and the deadly intrigues of the nobility if he hopes to claim his vengeance. But as dark forces, both human and arcane, gather to oppose

 The Sunday Post The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted here @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up. See rules here:  Sunday Post Meme #43 Arm Pain and a-holes  So for the last week or so, my left arm and part of shoulder have been really hurting me a lot. I think so far pain kind of passed maybe. Something I looked forward to on Friday, well it turned out that the person is grade-A breadcrumber a-hole. I am still mad at him about what happened. I planned on meeting that person on Friday (for context I hadn't seen that person since May 2023, literally) but then the person canceled at the last minute claiming that a co-worker refused to let them go, plus oh goodness they forgot to pay for a ticket...What I hear: everything else is more important than meeting

 The Sunday Post The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted here @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up. See rules here:  Sunday Post Meme #42 Nothing New My son enjoyed the robotics class, am happy to report, and he also had an awesome time at a friend's birthday party at a science museum. In a few weeks or so, it will be an art class as well as school. He also has a top tooth loose (one next to center one...) I would guess for me, I am liking the sahaja yoga class, although I keep neglecting in implementing the recommended things, namely the foot bath thing and lighting candle as well as meditation everyday. I am still reading books and making a plan or two about a future YouTube video. We also doggiesat my sister's dog while she and her husband were brief