I hope everyone’s April ended well. I finished up Magical Readathon. I got around twelve books done for the month. I’m glad I’m still on track for my one hundred and fifty book goal for the year. But the summer is always the period that that this goal falls apart. I have seasonal affective disorder. However unlike most peoples it hits in the summer. I believe this is mostly due to the extreme heat of where I live.
So I’m going to try and have more solid plans for my reading this summer. I might even do my library’s summer reading program. For May this means I’m doing the MerMay reading challenge. I believe this was inspired by the MerMay drawing challenge. But regardless of how it started I think it a fun and festive start to summer. The challenge is currently being run by Keisha on Instagram.
Below are some of the challenge prompts and how I plan to fulfill them.
1) Purple or Blue Cover
Sea Witch by Sarah Henning has been on my TBR for awhile. I read it back in like 2017 but couldn’t get into it. However I wanted to give the book another shot. This retelling focuses on Ursula and her origin story.
2) Mermaids or Sirens
Into The Drowning Deep is a unique take on mermaids. Treating them not like something mystical but instead giving them the horror potential they were always meant to have.
I’ve read part of this but I put it down for reasons I can’t remember.
However I always loved the concept and it reminds me a lot of Dead Space by Kalli Wallace. It has that same atmospheric horror vibe. I think it will be a nice palette cleanser in terms of tone.
3) Backlist
This is another book that I can’t remember why I put down lol. But I remember enough that I know I loved the magic system. The book also has some of my favorite world building elements, such as pirates, royal intrigue, and mermaids.
4) Romance Or Set at Sea
This book I picked up during a stuff your Kindle sale. It seems to focus around a sea nymph trying to forget her past. There seems to be a watercolor artist she’s interested in and they are caught up in something called salt magic. I think it will be a hopefully sweet ocean centered romance.
A few other books I’m thinking of trying if any of the above don’t work out are. Seafire by Natialie C. Parker, A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow and Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen. Does this challenge sound like something you’d take part in. Feel free to join me in reading this month, and share any of your favorite mermaid books below
Happy Reading
Solara
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