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2023 Q1 Recap
Posted April 11, 2023 in wrap up

2023 Q1 Recap

Reflecting on 2022 & Goals for 2023
Posted January 15, 2023 in wrap up

Reflecting on 2022 & Goals for 2023

Review – These Deadly Games
Posted February 22, 2022 in review

Review – These Deadly Games

January 2022 Recap
Posted February 6, 2022 in wrap up

January 2022 Recap

Review – Echoes & Empires
Posted January 31, 2022 in review

Review – Echoes & Empires

Reflecting on 2021 & Goals for 2022
Posted January 19, 2022 in wrap up

Reflecting on 2021 & Goals for 2022

2020 End of Year Survey
Posted March 4, 2021 in wrap up

2020 End of Year Survey

Characters Whose Jobs I Wish I Had
Posted March 2, 2021 in bookish memes

Characters Whose Jobs I Wish I Had

Review – The Ravens
Posted November 3, 2020 in review

Review – The Ravens

Review – Chasing Lucky
Posted October 23, 2020 in review

Review – Chasing Lucky

Am I Too Old for YA?
Posted October 21, 2020 in Investigated

Am I Too Old for YA?

Mini Reviews – Jenn Bennett Edition
Posted October 16, 2020 in review

Mini Reviews – Jenn Bennett Edition

Review – The Silvered Serpents
Posted September 18, 2020 in review

Review – The Silvered Serpents

Review – The Gilded Wolves
Posted September 11, 2020 in review

Review – The Gilded Wolves

Review – Fable by Adrienne Young
Posted August 28, 2020 in review

Review – Fable by Adrienne Young

Review – Where Dreams Descend
Posted August 21, 2020 in review

Review – Where Dreams Descend

Review – A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Posted August 7, 2020 in review

Review – A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

Review – The Fixer
Posted July 31, 2020 in review

Review – The Fixer

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QTOD: What are some countries/places you’d like QTOD: What are some countries/places you’d like to visit?

I’d love to visit France one day. Or even Montreal in Canada.

Otherwise what good was enduring six years of French lessons in school?

And books set in France, like Courting Darkness, just make me want to travel there, even more.

On a side note, I loved reading Grave Mercy but still haven’t really finished that series or started this one. 😅

Do you like spin-off series or books?

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[Image description: The YA fantasy novel, Courting Darkness by Robin LaFevers with a cup of coffee.]

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#AgathaChristieSept23 [set in a country you want to visit]

#LMSSeptember2023 [book & flowers]

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#bookphoto #bookstagrammer #avidreader #readreadread #ilovereading #yalit #epicreads
QTOD: What’s your favorite sequel? One of mine QTOD: What’s your favorite sequel?

One of mine is Where She Went by Gayle Forman.

Honestly, I like it more than If I Stay. No spoilers, but let’s just say I’m a fan of angsty reads…

It’s also one of the sequels that I find more memorable than the first book. Maybe because I prefer it and therefore reread it more often?

Off topic, but do you have any Kindle Unlimited recs?

My subscription ends in two weeks and I don’t plan on renewing - I plan on playing bookopoly with my physical tbr so I don’t want to pay for it. 😅

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[Image description: Paperback copies of the book If I Stay by Gayle Forman, and its sequel, Where She Went, with a cup of coffee.]

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#LMSSeptember2023 [trope tuesday]

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QTOD: What are you currently reading?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ QTOD: What are you currently reading?⁣⁣
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I'm reading The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter right now.⁣ I'm enjoying it so far and it's making me want to reread the Gallagher Girls again.⁣
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I mean they both have heroines with amnesia, who love to make lists, and may or may not be into making out with a hot spy, sorry, I mean, Operative.⁣
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Now if only I could spend more time actually reading and less time scrolling... 😅⁣
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#bookgram #booksbooksbooks #bookishlife #readingtime📖 #instabooks #currentlyreading
QTOD: What’s the ONE book you hope to read by th QTOD: What’s the ONE book you hope to read by the end of this year?

I really, really, really, REALLY, want to read The Bronzed Beasts by the end of the year.

Finishing The Gilded Wolves trilogy is one of my reading goals for 2023, especially since I enjoyed the first book and The Silvered Serpents so much.

It’s just I am TERRIBLE at finishing series I don’t binge, especially when it’s time to read the last book.

I guess I just don’t want the series to end, and in my (confused) mind, the story isn’t over until I finish that last book.

Are there any series finales you’ve been putting off reading?

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[Image description: Hardcover copy of the YA fantasy book, The Bronzed Beasts by Roshani Chokshi. The first two books in the trilogy, The Gilded Wolves and The Silvered Serpents, are in the background.]

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#LMSSeptember2023 [to be read]

#ReadingInTheWeb [a dangerous setting]

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QTOD: What’s your toxic reading trait?⁣ ⁣ Mi QTOD: What’s your toxic reading trait?⁣
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Mine is reading books not on my tbr.⁣
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Which wouldn’t be toxic on its own if I didn’t have 100+ books that I OWN and have been on my tbr for YEARS at this point.⁣
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I’ve already exceeded my 2023 goal of reading 52 books, but have only read ONE book from my physical tbr… and that was a reread. 🤦🏻‍♀️⁣
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QTOD: What kind of reels do you like to watch? He QTOD: What kind of reels do you like to watch?

Here's a little behind the scenes of my #FourthWing edit I posted a while ago.

It's most of my photoshop layers stacked on each other.

#bookishedit #bookdragon #RebeccaYarros
QTOD: What’s a series you’ve been meaning to f QTOD: What’s a series you’ve been meaning to finish?

I’ve been meaning to reread the Folk of the Air series since How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories came out.

But it’s been a few years and I’ve made zero progress and still haven’t started Cardan’s book. 😅

And now I think I’ll just wait for the sequel of The Stolen Heir to be released first.]

I’m terrible at finishing series - honestly, I’m not too sure I actually read The Queen of Nothing. 🤔

This is the problem when you have a terrible memory for plots and end up reading series as they’re (slowly) released. I don’t have any problems with finishing series when I’m binging them. But when I’m not…

Do you struggle with finishing series like I do?

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[Image description: Barnes & Noble edition of The Cruel Prince written by Holly Black. The Barnes & Noble edition has a cover with a black background, instead of the white background on the standard US editions.]

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#AllTheBooksSep23 [upcoming sequels]

#LMSSeptember2023 [fierce leads]

#ReadingInTheWeb [black books]

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