Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, so be sure to link back to her site so that we can all see what everyone plans to read!
Seven Deadly Shadows
by Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Maetani
YA Fantasy
384 pages
Expected publication date: January 28, 2020 by Harper Teen
From Goodreads: Kira Fujikawa has always been a girl on the fringe. Bullied by her peers and ignored by her parents, the only place Kira’s ever felt at home is at her grandfather’s Shinto shrine, where she trains to be a priestess.
But Kira’s life is shattered on the night her family’s shrine is attacked by a vicious band of yokai demons. With the help of Shiro—the shrine’s gorgeous half-fox, half-boy kitsune—Kira discovers that her shrine harbors an ancient artifact of great power . . . one the yokai and their demon lord, Shuten-doji, will use to bring down everlasting darkness upon the world.
Unable to face the Shuten-doji and his minions on her own, Kira enlists the aid of seven ruthless shinigami—or death gods—to help stop the brutal destruction of humankind. But some of the death gods aren’t everything they initially seemed, nor as loyal to Kira’s cause as they first appeared.
With war drawing nearer by the day, Kira realizes that if this unlikely band of heroes is going to survive, they’re going to have to learn to work together, confront their demons, and rise as one to face an army of unimaginable evil.
I don’t remember where I first saw Seven Deadly Shadows, but the description looked great, so I decided to add it to my TBR. I haven’t checked yet to see if my local library has it on order, but it might be a little early, given that it doesn’t come out for another couple of weeks, and I haven’t seen it hyped at all, so it may not even be something that the library will order. I guess I will find out a little closer to the release date.
Traveling in Books 
Oooh, I don’t know if I’ve read a book on Goodreads Monday which hasn’t been released yet. How do you decide what books to select for this post each week?
I just look at my Goodreads To Read list and pick a book that looks interesting in the moment and pick it. There’s no real rhyme or reason to it.
That’s reasonable. If I did this, I’d probably use a random number generator, otherwise I’d go through the list in order! I’m far too process-oriented.
I am definitely not process-oriented. I am like a crow sometimes. Flying along, and then suddenly, ooh! Shiny!
Or a raccoon! #WhereTheRedFernGrows