Where Is Your Bookmark? (Sci Fi Fairytale, December Wedding & Must Read Series by New to Me Authors)

I currently am immersed in How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse (The Thorne Chronicles #1) by K. Eason, and oh my gosh, I am loving it so far! 

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse (The Thorne Chronicles #1) by K. Eason 

First in a duology that reimagines fairy tale tropes within a space opera—The Princess Bride meets Princess Leia. Rory Thorne is a princess with thirteen fairy blessings, the most important of which is to see through flattery and platitudes. As the eldest daughter, she always imagined she’d inherit her father’s throne and govern the interplanetary Thorne Consortium. 

Then her father is assassinated, her mother gives birth to a son, and Rory is betrothed to the prince of a distant world.

When Rory arrives in her new home, she uncovers a treacherous plot to unseat her newly betrothed and usurp his throne. An unscrupulous minister has conspired to name himself Regent to the minor (and somewhat foolish) prince. With only her wits and a small team of allies, Rory must outmaneuver the Regent and rescue the prince. 

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse is a feminist reimagining of familiar fairytale tropes and a story of resistance and self-determination—how small acts of rebellion can lead a princess to not just save herself, but change the course of history. [Goodreads Summary]

A weekly meme where readers share the first sentence of the book they are reading and say what they think. Hosted by the amazing Gillion Dumas of Rose City Reader.

They named the child Rory, because the firstborn of every generation was always a Rory, and had been since the first of that name had cut his way through the cursed briars on the homeworld and saved the kingdom of Thorne--and, incidentally, the princess--from the consequences of poor manners. 

That the latest Rory was a girl and not a boy came as a bit of a surprise. The medical mecha scans had been clear. That little flicker on the screen had been proof of Rory's masculinity. And yet, out she came, the blood-slick product of ten hours of hard work, and the little flicker was nowhere in sight on the flesh-and-blood baby. [opening paragraphs of How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse] 

Initial thoughts: My first thought after "I'm really going to like this book!" was that it is a good thing Rory is a neutral name. 

A weekly meme in which readers share a random sentence or two from page 56 or 56% of the book they are reading. Hosted by the wonderful Freda of Freda's Voice.

"My father's up to something," he told the back of her hand, as he brushed his lips across it in a gesture performed especially for the recording devices they both new were concealed in the gym bags left carefully open, just so, all over the room. [excerpt from 56% of How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse]

My thoughts: I have not yet reached this moment in the book, and so am not sure what is going on. But I cannot help but wonder what his father is up to and why the listening devices? What is whoever is recording them hope to learn? 

Does this sound like something you would enjoy reading? What are you reading right now? 

Following the example of  Maria from ReadingMaria who started 

the Last Year I Was Reading feature, I will be looking back to what 

I was reading around this time last year and comparing it to what I am reading now. 

You would think I must not be in a very festive mood given how differently my reading this year is from last year at this time when I had already read several holiday-themed books already. My winter holiday intake has come in the form of movies most recently, I guess you could say. My next book will definitely have more of a holiday-theme to it. 

I am enjoying every minute of my current book, How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse. It's funny and entertaining--at least what I have read so far. K. Eason's book is a YA Science Fiction novel, quite different from the Winter Holiday-themed Romance I was reading last year at this time. I loved A Wedding in December when I read it last year--Sarah Morgan has a way with crafting stories and characters I easily fall in love with and hate to leave. Even though I am not a huge fan of the cold or snow (other than to admire it from a distance, in film/photographs or through my reading), I longed to be in Aspen, Colorado, perhaps staying in one of those resort treehouses. It still sounds heavenly, in fact.

What were you reading at this time last year? How does it compare to what you are reading now?

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What I was reading five years ago at this  time:

Christmas Bells by Jennifer Chiaverini

Connect Five Friday is a weekly meme where readers share a list of five books, 

read or unread, or bookish things, that share a common theme. 

Hosted by the  Kathryn of of Book Date.

Last week, I featured five books by new to me authors I have read this year that I would like to read more by--that aren't a part of a series. This week I thought I would highlight five of the series I started this year by new to me authors that I cannot wait to continue. There are more than these five I am eager to continue, but I tried to narrow it down to my absolute favorites of the bunch. I have a little problem of starting new series and falling in love with them. Which means I am in the middle of so many series that I cannot keep up. Is it only me?

[The covers are linked to Goodreads if you want to read the books' summaries]

Had anyone told Honorable Harrington Sackville that the investigation into his death would make the name Sherlock Holmes known throughout the land, Mr. Sackville would have scoffed. ~ Opening of The Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock, #1) by Sherry Thomas

Books ran when they grew restless, when they grew unruly, or when they grew real. ~ Opening of The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library #1) by A.J. Hackwith

Charlene Morris may be impulsive sometimes, but crazy she was not. ~ Opening from Mrs. Morris and the Ghost (A Salem B&B Mystery #1) by Traci Wilton

Saturday morning, I was lounging in my backyard and enjoying a little sun. ~ Opening of 15 Minutes of Flame (Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery, #3) by Christin Brecher

My aunt lay dead and I was lost in her life. ~ Opening of In My Attic (A Magical Misfits Mystery. #1) by Lina Hansen

Reading has been a struggle at times this year given everything going on in our world and my country. I have found the most comfort and escape in cozy mysteries, and so it is no surprise their presence is heavy on this list.

Who are some of the new to me authors of series you read this year? Do you find yourself gravitating towards one type of book more than others this year or has your reading stayed relatively the same? 

 I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Be sure and tell me what you are reading and are up to!

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