Author: Toi Thomas

Author and illustrator of children's books, as well as clean adult fiction and nonfiction. Toi is a geek-girl blogger, vlogger, reviewer, and advocate for a healthy reading lifestyle. She finds comfort in faith, family, and creative expression. Toi believes in the dream of world harmony and hopes all your dreams come true.

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#Contentcreator Update & What I #amwriting Mar. ‘23

Greetings one and all. This post is obviously late, but that’s life. Here’s what I’ve been up to.

Content Role call:

Blog – IWSG monthly blog hop – Public
Patreon – Monthly Update– Public
Blog – What I Read in Feb… – Public
YouTube – Goodreads Wrap-up – Public
YouTube – Book Reviews – Public
Patreon – Dressed to Impress (short story) – Public
Blog – Check-in post – Public
YouTube – Counting My Blessings – Public
YouTube – WIP Update – Public (featured above)
Patreon – Collaboration Update – Patrons Only
Blog – Content Update post – Public (This is what you are reading now).

Scheduled content:
Patreon – Monthly Short Story – Patrons Only
Patreon – Monthly Writing Prompt – Patrons Only

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This is a slow week for the IWSG Book Club. Discussion threads are open for any who want to share their progress and or suggest questions for the discussions; however, the discussions themselves won’t start until April 27, 2023. Please don’t share any reviews or spoiler feedback until discussion day.

Member Spotlight

Spiral of Hooves- Goodreads Discussion, Amazon

Craft Book

Fight Like A Girl- Goodreads Discussion, Amazon, Bookshop

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March. ’23 Check-in #amreading #bookclub #books

IWSG BOOK CLUB ON GOODREADS

#iwsgbookclub

Today we launch our March Challenge Check-in Poll. It’s an opportunity to share progress and or offer encouragement for challenges you or other people are participating in. We host a monthly themed challenge as well as encourage members to read whatever they like while offering them a chance to update their progress with their Goodreads Challenge or any other reading they may be doing. Click HERE if you’d like to take the poll.

The “What Are You Reading” discussion over at Goodreads has been going well. There’s still plenty of this month left for you to stop by and let us know what you are reading.

I’m currently beyond the halfway mark on Spiral of Hooves and In Darkness: The Vampire. Spiral of Hooves is one of two titles I hope to complete for the Horse Crazy challenge. The other title is a short story/novelette. So far I’m on track with my Goodreads challenge. I haven’t taken on any other challenges, but I’ve been wanting to do a picture book or comic/graphic novel challenge for a while. Perhaps I can try one of those in the Spring.

Spiral of Hooves is also one of the quarterly book club spotlight reads by one of the IWSG members. I wasn’t planning on reading the nonfiction selection but there’s plenty of time to change my mind- or not 😉

Next week, we’ll begin to open the discussion threads for people to offer questions for discussion or share progress but the actual discussions aren’t scheduled until April 27, 2023.

Thank you for making it this far down the virtual page. Kudos to you! I’d love to know what you thought of this post in the comments below. Stay safe and be blessed.

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What I #read in Feb. ’23 & what I #amreading!

Today the IWSG Book Club launches our March discussion about what we are reading. It doesn’t have to be a book club selection just something you are excited about. Let’s all share what we are reading, and perhaps, we’ll find something to add to our own TBR lists. Click this link to go straight to the discussion. I’m currently reading Spiral of Hooves & In Darkness: The Vampire.

This post contains affiliate links. If you click through to make a purchase, I may make a small commission at no additional cost to you. Any amount I make goes towards my dream to host a book fair in Hampton Roads, VA. Please see my About page for more details. Thank you for your support.

In February 2023, I completed 5 titles. My goal was 3. Two of the publications I read were novelettes in a series and one book I previously DNFed. I read through the first part very quickly to get caught up to where I originally left off. So far, I’m going well with my Goodreads Challenge.

2023 Reading Challenge

2023 Reading Challenge
Toi has
read 2 books toward
her goal of
36 books.
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 Below you’ll find my star ratings and review tags for each title I completed in the indicated month. You can also click the images to see the thorough reviews. There may even be a video for you to watch below, but I make no promises.

Rating: 4.0 – Review | Amazon

Rating: 5.0 – Review | Amazon | Bookshop

Rating: 4.0 – Review | Amazon | Bookshop

Rating: 4.0 – Review | Amazon

Rating 3.0 – Review | Amazon

Check out my Goodreads Wrap-Up video or watch my Book Review video below (I elaborate on the public reviews I’ve posted).

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IWSG BOOK CLUB THEME CHALLENGE

#iwsgbookclub

This a voluntary monthly challenge, just for fun. Click this image to try the challenge.

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So tell me, what are you currently reading?
Did you read anything interesting in February?
Are you going to try the March theme challenge?

Thank you for making it this far down the virtual page. Kudos to you! I’d love to know what you thought of this post in the comments below. Stay safe and be blessed.