The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ The Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~this meme was inspired in part by ~ In My Mailbox~ It's a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog.
Monday night we took Husband's mom out to dinner for Mother's Day. Little Boy started feeling a sore throat coming on, and sure enough, he started coughing during the night. We decided to skip going to my parent's house on Tuesday so we didn't risk getting my dad sick. He's been struggling with unexplicable shortness of breath, plus he's hoping to have hip surgery before too long. We rested and piddled. Plus it rained off and on most of the week. Wednesday I kept Little Boy home from school. He never ran fever. But then of course, it started to spread to the other kiddos. Big Boy had batting practice Wednesday afternoon. Big Girl had pitching practice Thursday afternoon. Friday was our last day of school. We are officially out for summer. We are all so ready for a break. Saturday, Big Boy had a team party for his baseball team. And today we have a wedding shower after church.
Monday: Review of Into the Rapids by Ann Braden (4 Stars)
Wednesday: Can't Wait for Throns & Fire (The Ashes of Thezmarr, # 2) by Helen Scheuerer
Friday: Homeschool Friday - Biscuit and the Little Pup (4 Stars)
Monday: Review of Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, # 1) by Callie Hart
Tuesday: Top Ten Tuesday?
Wednesday: Can't Wait Wednesday?
Friday: Homeschool Friday - Cooking with the Cat
The Seventh Champion
By: Sylvia Mercedes
Expected Publication: November 11, 2025 by Ace
464 pages
Genre: Fantasy
Source: Publisher via NetGalley (Thank you!!)
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Goodreads description--A dragon princess joins forces with a scarred prince to escape a competition for her hand in marriage, unaware he is hiding dark secrets of his own in the first of a new romantasy duology from the author of Bride of the Shadow King.Swept from her quiet life as an apothecary’s apprentice to the treacherous court of the High King, Rosie Harpwood is shocked to discover she is the long-lost daughter of the demonic Dragon Queen. Reawakening her dormant magic is the kingdom's only hope for salvation, but the journey is perilous, and she'll need a champion to guide her. So the High King hosts a series of trials to determine which prince is worthy of the honor — as well as claiming Rosie's hand in marriage.
Rosie, however, has other ideas.
A talented healer and lover of small, fluffy creatures, Rosie wants nothing to do with demon queens or saving the world. Determined to escape this fate, she joins forces with one of the champions to plot her getaway. Prince Valtar may be enigmatic and a little bit terrifying, but something about him makes her blood burn in ways that have nothing to do with her dragon heritage.
Trained from youth to serve the Dragon Queen, Valtar has proven himself a ruthless assassin. Posing as a suitor to get close enough to his target shouldn't be a problem. But Valtar wasn’t planning on his target being Rosie, the girl he failed to assassinate years ago . . . who has haunted his dreams ever since.
Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, # 1)
By: Lauren Roberts
Expected Publication: November 7, 2023 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
523 pages
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Source: Borrowed from the e-library
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Goodreads description--She is the very thing he’s spent his whole life hunting.
He is the very thing she’s spent her whole live pretending to be.Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya—the exceptional, the empowered, the Elites. The powers these Elites have possessed for decades were graciously gifted to them by the Plague, though not all were fortunate enough to both survive the sickness and reap the reward. Those born Ordinary are just that—ordinary. And when the king decreed that all Ordinaries be banished to preserve his Elite society, lacking an ability suddenly became a crime—making Paedyn Gray a felon by fate and a thief by necessity.
Surviving in the slums as an Ordinary is no simple task, and Paedyn knows this better than most. Having been trained by her father to be keenly observant since she was a child, Paedyn poses as a Psychic in the crowded city, blending in with the Elites as best she can to stay alive and out of trouble…easier said than done.
When Paeydn unsuspectingly saves one of Ilya’s princes, she finds herself thrown into the Purging Trials. The brutal competition exists to showcase the Elites’ powers—the very thing Paedyn lacks. If the Trials and the opponents within them don’t kill her, the prince she’s fighting feelings for certainly will if he discovers what she is…completely Ordinary.
That's it for my shelves and recaps of my past and upcoming week. What did you add to your shelves this week? Any bookish news you want to talk about? Let me know!
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