pickThis is a beautiful beginning, which takes place in a world post monarchy, where dragons need companions and women can fall in love with each other without anyone else batting an eye. I adored the mystery, the magic, the friendships, and the feels.
This book was a delight!
However, this app still won't let me post photos; what gives?
Here's my Queer Lit Readathon TBR
https://youtu.be/ugVBpLM3wnM
This is a powerful story of a girl who just wants to do well at improv camp having to deal with toxic masculinity, manipulation, and a culture of not calling out homophobia, racism, and other abuses (and when she steps up, she's dismissed as too sensitive, because "boys will be boys").
TW: sexual assault, verbal/physical abuse, homophobia, racism, discussion of attempted suicide/parental death, &brief mention of blood.
This week's #WednesdayTradition features A Curse in Ash by Julie Zantopoulos and Hopped Mead by Fallentimber. I'm excited to dive into Julie's witchy fae book just before Samhain!
Also, adding photos to my posts has been crashing this app for weeks now, so hit up my Twitter or Instagram for the great photo I took of this book.
#BookBathAndBeverage #ACurseInAsh #BooksAndMead
This week's #WednesdayTradition features The Impossible Resurrection of Grief by Octavia Cade, a SciFi candle from Page Turning Candle Co., and Mr. Pink Mead by Fallentimber Meadery (as gifted to me by my friends at Dark Age Creations). I think this will be my last read for #SciFiSeptember and #Demonathon.
#BookBathAndBeverage
ID: a board across a tub that is filling with water and bubbles holds a candle, lighter, paperback book, and can of mead.
This week's #WednesdayTradition features It Came From the Sky by Chelsea Sedoti and Blend No. 13 Malbec Merlot by Black Cellar. This is the last hotel tub for these photos for a while cuz we'll be home from this cross-Canada road trip on Saturday!
This week's #WednesdayTradition features the audiobook of Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis - which is on my TBRs for #SciFiSeptember and #Demonathon - and Vina Tarapac's Sauvignon Blanc.
#BookBathAndBeverage
This week's #WednesdayTradition features A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green and Yippee IPA from Picaroons, my "local" when I am in New Brunswick.
#BookBathAndBeverage #LocalBeer #CanadianRoadTrip #SciFiSeptember #Demonathon
I ended up really enjoying this dual POV lockdown romance between two new YouTubers just trying to make art and stumbling into a flame war.
My Wednesday Tradition (book, bath, beverage) had to come a few hours early because I am driving a long distance to see my brother and his family tomorrow, and won't want to stop hanging out to use the tub after a couple years apart.
In case you want to know what I thought of any of the 22 books I read in July, I made this wrap up video: https://youtu.be/UvP4zH80hbo
This week's #WednesdayTradition features The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene and an AriZona Hard Iced Tea.
The last time I was on a cross Canada trip, it was one way from East to West, and I was 12. Now, more than two decades later, I decided to start a reread of the original 56 volumes on a road trip, across and back, with my wonderful partner.
Man, Iced Tea is different from the last trip. 😉
Staying at the coolest AirBnB on my island, and just about to start this book. If you want to see a vacation house where you sleep in a chicken coop, I made this video of it: https://youtu.be/xCPkMPiB08o
I never did get around to reading the original novel, but this graphic novel version looks too gorgeous to not pick up.
I just started this audiobook, and am enjoying it so far.
I'm picking up this oldie to see how high the cheese factor is... Teenage me was obsessed with these books.
This week's #WednesdayTradition features The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher and iced coffee because the protagonist has reheated hers a bunch of times when really iced is the way to go).
#BookBathAndBeverage #WomenInHorror #IcedCoffee
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Question of the Day: Where should we go from here? #QotD
I did an entire month of daily bookish questions. Did you enjoy them? Do you want them to continue? Would you prefer something on a weekly schedule instead? Do you want to suggest questions for the series?
I'm open to your feedback. Let me know.
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I just preordered the most ridiculous and potentially funniest "did it for the memes" romance ever.
It comes out in a month so it isn't in the Litsy system yet.
Question of the Day: What's the worst book you've ever read? #QotD
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I just posted my weekly wrap up of everything I read, watched, and listened to! https://youtu.be/MpAKH8ySx5Y
Question of the Day: What percentage of rooms in your home have at least one book in them right now? #QotD
I did a mental check and it is about 70% over here.
#BookStacks #BooksEverywhere
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Question of the Day: Do you prefer to buy or borrow your books? #QotD
I know for many of us that it is a mix of the two, but I'm curious where you land on the spectrum.
Tag me in your reply posts so I see them!
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I love getting unexpected #BookMail, and enjoy it even more when it is a debut novel with themes of love, grief, and questions of "what if?". Thank you to Wednesday Books for sending me this finished copy of #WhereItAllLands by Jennie Wexler.
#BookTuber #DebutNovel #NewRelease
I just did a collaboration with other BookTubers where we recommend Ghost Stories: https://youtu.be/qeRRbVoqNZE
Question of the Day: How do you balance "one more chapter" with getting exercise? #QotD
The only thing that works for me is walking while listening to audiobooks. I really want to enjoy and appreciate exercise, but I don't get a runners' high or whatever other chemical rush some folks do, and would rather use my spare time to read.
#OneMoreChapter
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so-soAlthough I love this world filled with gender and disability representation, I had trouble picturing each scene. What did this world look like? The action was so quick that I had trouble following who was in each scene and how they got there.
That being said, the interactions between characters were, at times, intriguing and fun to see unfold.
I'm interested to see where the third volume of this series takes us.
Question of the Day: What books do you need to read by the end of the year? #QotD
#ReadingGoals #TBR
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This week's #WednesdayTradition features The Marvelous by Claire Kann and Cardhu Aged 12 Years Single Malt Scotch.
#BookBathAndBeverage #WeeDram #Scotch #BookBath
[ID: a library hardcover next to a glass and bottle of scotch on a dark wood board over a tub filling with water and bubbles.]
pickThis is a powerful, vulnerable memoir.
Content warnings for child abuse, sexual assault, familial death, and mental health struggles.
Question of the Day: What underhyped book should more people read? #QotD
As a side note, I've been doing these daily questions for almost a month straight. Let me know if you enjoy them and want me to keep doing them.
Don't forget to tag me in your replies!
#UnderhypedBooks #BookRecs
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Question of the Day: What are you currently reading? #QotD
For me, it's an e-ARC of Once Stolen by D.N. Bryn and a library e-audiobook of Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford.
#CurrentlyReading
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Question of the Day: How do you pick your next read? #QotD
I usually have a readathon or challenge that dictates a lot of my reading, and other than that I go on what I have access to and what I feel up to reading.
#NextRead Don't forget to tag me if you make a response post.
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Question of the Day: What book screams "found family" to you? #QotD
#FoundFamily #LiteraryTropes
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pickA dystopian reminder of what could happen if we aren't vigilant about our human rights.
To receive #BookMail, or not to receive book mail... obviously one of these makes the day better.
Thanks so much to Wednesday Books for sending me this copy of The Tragedy of Dane Riley by Kat Spears. It's Hamlet-inspired, filled with feelings, and on sale now!
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Question of the Day: What book kept you up late? #QotD
Whether it was "one more chapter please" or "can't sleep, clown will eat me" - I want to know.
Tag me in your responses!
#OneMoreChapter #HorrorBooks
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pickI just read this manga before work and it is a value piece if art about creation, health, and perspective.
Question of the Day: What is your most anticipated queer release of the year? #QotD
Clearly I'm just asking to fill my already endless TBR with all of the books you are excited for.
Don't forget to tag me in your posts!
This week's #WednesdayTradition features Bloodlust & Bonnets by Emily McGovern and rum & raspberry orange juice.
#BookBathAndBeverage #GraphicNovels #LibraryLove
[ID: paperback library book next to a clear glass with orange liquid and ice cubes on a dark wood board over a tub filling with bubbles and water.]
Question of the Day: You have to choose one perspective to read for the rest of the month; what is it? #QotD
You can take this is mean first person, second person (like how I asked the question), or third person, or tell me about a type of character whose perspective you'd read from for the rest of the month.
Don't forget to tag me if you share this so I can see you answer!
pickThis is an honest, frank family memoir written in an easy to read narrative non-fiction style about the author's upbringing. It features parents who married during WWII - a recent high school graduate & a man who'd already run from the love of his life in order to survive
Not everything she reports was handled perfectly. This is a story she needed to tell, and it appears she did that with an open heart & love for her complex, utterly human family
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