October TBR! For me this is pretty over-ambitious, so we'll see 🎃
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October TBR! For me this is pretty over-ambitious, so we'll see 🎃
September reading wrap-up! Guys, I actually managed to read a lot of things this month! I finished 9 books, caught up on several stellar ARCs, participated in the #contemporaryathon , and read several books that are going to end up in favorites lists for the year. I honestly really loved everything that I picked up this month; everything was between 3.75 and 4.5 stars; faves were Sapphire Flames, Shame is an Ocean I Swim Across, & the tagged book.
My current reads this weekend. I've only finished 1 book so far in September, but started 4 more, so...progress? #currentlyreading
August reading wrap-up! Awesomely, my August reading included my favorite book of the year so far (tagged book) as well as a great YA fantasy sequel and an important nonfiction work. Reviews will be up on my blog soon, but here are my ratings!
Gideon the Ninth ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Columbine ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rage ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January ⭐️⭐️⭐️
My Friend Anna ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Vox ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Picked my Book of the Month for September! I haven't yet had any luck with historical romance, but I want to give the genre another shot, and this one sounds like a fun read. #botm
I've been MIA from Litsy for a bit, but I'm back with my August #bookhaul . I tend to cope with stress by buying books, and it's been a stressful month 📚 I'm super excited to read these; the tagged book is probably my highest priority to start.
My tbr for the #reversereadathon ! My goal is to finish both of these this weekend. @DeweysReadathon
July reading wrap-up! This month, I read 8 new-to-me books and 6 re-reads, because July is my birthday month & I was in the mood to visit some old favorites (ACOMAF, ACOWAR, the Sookie Stackhouse series). New favorites are Hag-Seed and The Right Swipe. Overall a good reading month!
August TBR! I'm doing a monthlong readathon called #arcaugust to catch up on upcoming releases that I picked up at #bookexpo ; these are all coming out at the end of August or early September. Currently reading the tagged book and it's a really hilarious fantasy read so far!
My #botm pick for August! I was interested in the new Bryn Greenwood, too, but I decided to wait to hear some reviews since my TBR has been growing exponentially lately. I'm reallg excited about this one, though--over the past year I've become a contemporary romance fan & this one has a very fun premise.
Hey Littens! One of my favorite instagram people, @instalovewithbooks , has joined Litsy!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Let's all welcome her to the nicest place on the internet & give her a follow!
Hiking in Ithaca, NY but of course brought a book! Been seeing this one around a lot and it's worth the hype. Cute, funny, & a good summer read 📖
Top 6 reads so far in 2019! The top row are the 3 books I've given 5 stars this year; bottom row were fantastic 4 star reads. Hoping to find more 5 stat reads in the second half of the year!
#top6reads @Cinfhen
For now, doing a #currentlyreading post instead of my July TBR. I feel like I need to mood-read & not set tbrs for a bit while I try to get out of this reading slump!
June reading wrap-up! I finished 7 books, but a lot of those were shorter books & I felt very reading slump-y overall. Hoping that July will be better! 🤞🏼
Went to see The Tempest at Shakespeare in the Park last night & enjoyed it so much that when I got home I immediately started reading Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood, a retelling of sorts for the Hogarth Shakespeare series featuring a revenge-seeking theater director putting on a production of The Tempest at a prison. It's very good so far!
Reposting to see if I can get a few more votes! #makemereadit I need some help choosing my July reads 😄 @TheReadingMermaid
pickFun fantasy romance featuring Pokemon-like magical creatures, undead assassins, and plenty of action. Really enjoyed the read, especially all of the different creatures & their powers, and the very cool fantastical setting. Loved the characters, but wished the romance had more chemistry. Full review is up on my blog. Thanks so much to NetGalley & Sourcebooks Casa!
1. Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym M. Martineau, The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan (in a romance mood)
2. Honeybee by Trista Mateer, which is a lovely poetry book that made me feel so many things. Also, the male main character in Kingdom of Exiles is bi.
3. Axe throwing bar!
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
Ok Littens... #MakeMeReadIt ! I chose a bunch of books that have either made it to multiple tbrs or that I‘m afraid will get overlooked in favor of new books. Please vote for what you think I should pick up in July! I‘ll definitely read the winner, maybe the second place book as well. Thanks to @TheReadingMermaid for creating this fun challenge!
Got some outdoor reading in last night before the icky weather hit!
Do any Littens know of any readathons happening this week/this weekend/next week? I‘m behind on my tbr and readathons tend to help motivate me 😂
#readathon
June TBR! Just kidding, but that would be impressive, wouldn‘t it? This is my final haul for #bookexpo & #bookcon . Had a lovely time learning about books, hearing from awesome authors, & meeting wonderful littens...now to decide what to read first...
Seriously amazing historical romance panel at #bookcon called Suffragettes, Sex Positivity, and Smashing the Patriarchy: Historical Romance as a Powerful Political Text with @ScientistSam ! Definitely one of the best panels of the week with a lot of funny and insightful dialogue.
Worldbuilding panel at #bookcon with Renee Ahdieh, Ally Condie, Arvin Ahmadi, and Danielle Vega! I picked up the tagged book yesterday at BookExpo (New Orleans vampires!)
First 2 panels of #bookcon : Rainbow Rowell, & then Leigh Bardugo in conversation with Jeff Vandermeer and littens @MrBook and @TheSpineView 😄
May reading wrap-up! Had a lower reading month numbers-wise; I finished 6 books and unfortunately no 5-⭐️ reads! But still some good ones! (Also, not quite finished with The Astonishing Color of After but took the pic early 😂). Faves were Aurora Rising, a few of the stories from Mouthful of Birds, and oddly Lucky You, which a lot of people seem to have hated. Least fave was Severance. On to June reading!
Panel with Jenny Slate at #bookexpo ! Didn‘t manage to get a copy of her book, but she is awesome 😄
Hey Littens! At #bookexpo today—it‘ll be my third bookcon & first bookexpo. This is what my face looks like, would love to meet some of you! #bookexpo19 #bea19
Hey Littens! I‘m going to BookExpo for the first time this year as a blogger (my day job‘s not book-related) and was wondering if any of you have any tips and tricks or suggestions for a first-timer! I‘ve been to BookCon twice before & loved it, but it sounds like BEA is a lot different. Hoping to see some of you Littens there! 💜📚 #bookexpo #bookcon
I bought this ebook on a whim having not really heard much about it until I was intrigued by @TracyReadsBooks ‘s posts about it. So glad I did! Great rec 😄 It‘s got the “band of misfits on a mission” trope that gets me every time, it‘s got a great mix of humor & action, & it‘s super fun to read. About 2/3 of the way through & I think it‘ll be one of my fav YA of 2019! #currentlyreading
Started this one today & honestly reading Helen Hoang‘s writing just made me so happy—esp with work stress things going on this was the perfect one to pick up for my mood. Also this salad was amazing—that‘s fried avocado on top 🥑 #botm
pickThe reviews on Litsy & GR aren‘t great for this one, but I ended up loving it. Three friends, flawed & unlikable in different ways, find their lives on pause when they attempt to live a life “in health” in a house in rural Arkansas. We learn their self-destructive patterns even as they pretend to themselves that what they‘re doing has more meaning than it does. I found it incisive, darkly funny, and a fast read. #botm
Right now I‘m 1/4 to 1/2 way through these 4 books. Weekend goal: finish at least 2 of them!
Goals for my May TBR:
🌷Finish the books I‘m currently in the middle of
🌷Read some ARCs
🌷Find a new 5⭐️ read
Let‘s see how I do!
Thank you to Pyr Books for sending me an ARC of The Fall!
#tbr
pickApril reading wrap-up! Despite a reading slump, I managed to finish 8 books this month: 4 physical books, 2 audiobooks, and 2 eARCs.
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4⭐️: A Prince on Paper
Red, White, & Royal Blue
Lagoon
It Happened One Doomsday
The Rules & Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic
3.5⭐️: Wicked Saints
A Princess in Theory
3⭐️: Convenience Store Woman
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Thank you so much to Pyr Books, @AvonBooks and @StMartinsPress for the opportunity to read review copies!
April book haul! I‘m technically on a book buying ban but I made an exception for #botm and I got lucky and was sent these gorgeous arcs from @WilliamMorrowBooks and @AvonBooks ! 😄😄😄🎉🎉🎉 Thank you so much!
pickThis was, hands down, my favorite book in the Reluctant Royals series so far. A Prince on Paper had all of the awesomeness from the first two books in the series--extremely supportive female friendships, political drama and intrigue, imaginary countries, etc--with the addition of a central romance that had, in my opinion, much more chemistry than the previous two books combined.
Full review on my blog/GR! Thanks #netgalley for the #earc 😄
Dewey‘s 24-hour readathon wrap-up! Def not my most productive readathon, but I still had a great relaxing day and was glad to make some reading progress. I started & finished the tagged book; finished an eARC that I was almost done with; and read about 1/3 of each of the bottom 2 books. Considering I hadn‘t read basically anything this month before Dewey‘s, I‘m pretty happy! #readathon
Currently about 1/4 of the way through both of these but doubtful I‘ll finish either during the #readathon . Been having a very lovely relaxing day reading after a rough week but am going to be needing to 😴 soon 📖
pick(I‘m not actually at the beach, this is an old photo 😂) but this was a cute/funny contemporary fantasy about Bridger navigating school and whether he‘s ready to come out as bisexual when two earth-shattering things happen: a cute boy moves into town and he gets a job assisting an intermediary between our world and the world of myth. Many supernatural and adorable shenanigans ensue. Great for fans of urban fantasy and/or rom-coms. #readathon
I made a super overly ambitious tbr stack for Dewey‘s tomorrow! Honestly if I can read anything it‘ll be an accomplishment, I‘ve basically read nothing all week! @DeweysReadathon #readathon
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