 Hello, hello everyone. My name is Laura. This is my channel Laura's Little Library and welcome to today's vlog Which is the week one of continuous on The continuous on if you don't know what I'm talking about I will link the announcement video down below But it is a two-week long read-a-thon that I am hosting in the two weeks of April from April 10 to April 24 So we are just now at the beginning of the continuous on and the book that I am reading first is actually Beasts of Ruin by Ayanna Gray This is the second book in the Beasts of Prey trilogy I read the first one previously and then this one came out the third book is not actually out yet But I have this book over audio and I purchased it. So I really wanted to Read it quicker because I do have It available to me and then this way hopefully you don't forget a lot of details from the first book if I read the second book Soon after so for this read-a-thon. I have an idea of what books I want to read like I have plenty of Books in series that I haven't finished on my shelf on audio all kinds of things like that So I have plenty to choose from and because of that I don't necessarily want to set a TBR because I will be happy reading as Many of these books as I can definitely there are some that I would like to prioritize Thinking of two series that I wanted to read last year and didn't So I want to try and prioritize those otherwise I don't plan on starting any new series I'm just going to be Continuing and hopefully finishing some series so I Want to make it super loosey-goosey not force myself too much because I am also coming out of a reading slump actually This book I've got less than two hours left in the audiobook and the first half of this book Was like threatening a reading slump. I'm finally now Getting into it. I think it's picking up. I think it's picking my interest, but I'm still not Super the biggest fan about it I am going to finish it because I bought the first two But we'll see how the ending of this book goes if I will want to get the third one when it comes out or not But yeah, I just want to be gentle with myself as we get started here So I will update you probably when I finish this because I just it's like one of those books I need to just sit down listen to over a long period of time and get it done And then I can move on to hopefully something a little more enjoyable, but yeah Welcome to the continuum. It is now day two of The continuum and I have finished Piece of Ruin by Anna Gray So this is the second book and a trilogy the third book is not out yet. So I have caught up I've got one book done and I'm in the first year. Yay Exciting, I'm happy. I have a lot of books to choose from that I could read next Looking at my shelves But the thing is is that there are a few books that I got recently that are in my last haul video If you want to check that out that I'm kind of in the mood to read So I'm probably gonna choose one of these three next. We have a magic steeped in poison by Judy Eileen And so this is actually the first book in the duology I have both books in the duology. This is on my spring TBR and I also have the audiobook for this So even though I didn't want to start a new series during this because I want to just continue and maybe finish series I am considering picking this one up and reading the duology, which would be pretty nice I also have Immortality a love story by Danish warts. This is the second book after anatomy I didn't realize that there were gonna be more books after anatomy I honestly thought it was just an open-ended standalone, but No, so there's this one which Yeah, I want to read. I read it around this. I read it early summer last year, you know, it's a good spooky book Yeah, it's it's a romance, which is it's a gothic romance. So there's this one that I could read my final option That I'm kind of interested in right now is Rise of the Snake Goddess by Jenny Elder Moke This is a Samantha Knox novel. This is the second book. There are only two at the moment This uses Greek mythology to pull from it's basically a female Indiana Jones 1920s Kind of thing. I wasn't super excited. I mean, I wasn't super impressed by the first one I was really excited for it because it drew from Irish Celtic mythology But I don't think it was executed very well So I I really hope that this one is better because it is like, you know new adventure the same characters I really liked the characters But we have a we have another chance I think and the other reason I am debating about this one is because so it's Greek mythology So I assume they're gonna go to Greece because they went to Ireland in the last one And I will be going to Greece this summer So I'm kind of like do I want to read it now for the read-a-thon? Or do I want to read it closer to when I actually go to Greece because I'm going to Greece Early June and it's mid April So I've got like a month and a half before I go. So I'm kind of in the mood to read this I'm also thinking of like finding a book for every country that I'm going to because there is a Contemporary romance that just came out that is in Amsterdam. So I'm like, oh, I'll be there too. So I'm like Do I want do I want to have that be a thing or I don't know. I'm figuring it out I think I might be leaning towards leaning towards one of these two is the vibe So we're gonna edit some videos Film a video actually and does see What I gravitate towards maybe I'll do like a try a chapter of each of them and then decide which one I'm going to read from there Oh, yeah, so the camera's crooked a little bit. I'm sorry. It's just gonna be like that So yeah, I finished this I think the ending was a lot easier for me to get through because I think it picked up and it did peak my interest again Honestly, the first like 60% of the book. I was like sludging Through it like it took me two weeks to read because I don't know if it was just slow Or if I didn't like what the characters were going on or I didn't understand the significance of what was happening So I'm like I had just read the first book. So it wasn't like I forgot a lot of details. So it's just kind of like Okay That happened. So yeah, we'll see if the third book is better when it comes out. Okay friends I have decided that the next book I'm going to read for the continuous on hello The next book I'm going to read for the continuous on will be rise of the snake goddess by Jenny Elder Moke. I I want to read this because a I just got the audio book for it So I can do both of them at the same time be I'm very much in the mood of planning our Europe trip and so I think I'm gonna use this just to keep myself in that traveling nude and to just kind of make it all come together and You know just kind of follow along the themes of traveling right now. So Yeah, I'm just obsessed with these covers. I'm beautiful. So Yeah, plus it's it's relatively small. I don't think it'll take too long for me to get through which will be great because I've also been thinking I should try and read the toll by Nila Schusterman because I Started it last year if I didn't get through it and that's because I love the trilogy and I don't want it to end But I did also get gleaning so it's not gonna be the last book in the universe So I really want to get that done already So anyway, this is going to be my next read and I'm super excited for it And I'm worried because I think I'm getting my hopes up again Even though the first book was quite a bit of a disappointment. I'm hoping that the second book will be better So we'll see. All right, so It's already Wednesday, April 19th. I know I haven't read a lot Or really just done a lot in this vlog. It's gonna be a very short vlog, but It's been a busy week. Um, I've been working a lot of course Which included a six-day work week, which was not something I was planning on and I just had a lot of Other things happening, you know, we're leaving the state in a month So we're kind of in that. Okay, what do we need to do to get ready for this? So we're starting on that, but I did finish Piece of Ruin Which is the second book in a trilogy, but I'm caught up in the trilogy now and I have started Rise of the Snake Goddess by Jenny Elder Moke and I am I'm excited for it I know I don't want to get my hopes up too high But I I started it and I forgot how much I love these characters So At least I have that to look forward to I'm really happy and excited about that So I will continue this in my next vlog the second half Of this read-a-thon's vlog it goes the read-a-thon goes until April 24th I'm doing it in two weeks into or two vlogs So If that was confusing, I'm sorry, but I am ending the first vlog here. Hopefully next week I will do a lot more reading. I don't quite have as many plans. I don't think coming up so Because I would really love to read at least two more series It's not as possible So We'll see but thank you all very much for watching if you like this video Give it a thumbs up comment down below if you are participating in the continue-a-thon If you don't know what this is, I'll have the announcement link down below as well And while you're down there, you can hit the subscribe button I try to post twice a week generally Sundays and Wednesdays doesn't always happen. Um But I also have bookish social media linked down below that you can follow me on to get more Updates on what I'm reading when I think about it. So yeah, thank you all again for watching and until I see you in the next one I wish you happy reading