#bookstagram challenge

[rachel-sylvan-author]

Happy August! ❤️

"Afternoon of the Elves" by Janet Taylor Lisle "Under a Zambian Tree: Dora Moono Nyambe's Quest to Educate Her Nation" by Dora Nyambe and Joseph Schmitt "Gift from the Sea" by Anne Morrow Lindbergh "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand "Soul Lanterns" by Shaw Kuzki "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

[libertyreads]

Attempting to read this morning.

[musingsofmonica]

rainy days, oversized sweaters, the good book & a cup of tea, that’s all.

[bookishlyvintage]

stack challenge: Matching Sweaters & Books

[herigo]

[inthegoodbooks]

JOMP Challenge | June 19 | Wings

All of these, incidentally, are currently on my tbr… which should I dive into first?

[lgbgchipmunk]

So my goal this year was to read books I wouldn’t normally read. I always struggle to pick my next read so I decided to create the #CriminalMindsReadingChallenge. It’s a list of every book, play, poem and graphic novel mentioned, referenced or shown through out the seasons (not including opening and closing quotes).

I have digitalised the list if anyone wants it.

Seasons 1-9 are on my instragram now. I just ask you reference me if you share or post on your bookstagram :)

[bigheartedbibliophile]

Meme Monday! Who else can relate? 😂 Honestly, any book I see gets my attention, at least for a few minutes! I need to get better at reading the books I have (at least some of them!) before I get new ones. That probably isn't going to happen any time soon, seeing as I will be going to a bookstore cafe this weekend 😂

[books-and-strawberry-tea]

Discarded Good Reads TBR

1/11/24

I was gonna leave this till New Years 25, but decided to do it early. Yes it's November, but I have over 600+ in my good reads tbr and would rather get it sorted sooner rather then later. Some of these books and been on my list for years. So long I didn't even remember I had a good reads account. So lets go!

Can I Steal You for a Second

The Lady Upstairs

Silverglass

Night Tide

Off The Record

Dearly Departed

Melt With You

Her Countess to Cherish

Two Winters

Never Ever Getting Back Together

Mistakes Were Made

The Fiance Farce

Victories Greater Than Death

Fake It

The Hellion's Waltz

Payback's a Witch

Cool for the Summer

In The Event of Love

Something Borrowed

In Her Shoes

The Fault In Our Stars

Bridget Jones Diary

The Devil Wears Prada

Confessions of a Shopahoplic

The Help (As you can see from the last few listings, I went through a time were I wanted to read the books of some of the movies I loved but I've just lost interest in doing this. Doesn't help that the people who wanted to read them with me didn't end up reading them either.)

Good In Bed

A Lady's Guide to Scandal (turns out this book was a sequel)

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

If I Stopped Haunting You

I Hope This Doesn't Find You

Funny Story

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

The Ballad Of Never After

A Curse For True Love (Iykyk)

Safe Haven (An Aussie Book, I'm wanting to read Chai Time of Cinnamon Gardens, and if I like this book I'll try the other one)

Wrong Text, Right Love

Spellbound in the Stacks

That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved A Demon

Girls Weekend

Parties

Redeeming 6

Saving 6

Keeping 13

Binding 13

Not In Love

Taming 7

Hate Mail

To Woo And To Wed

Haunt Your Heart Out

Otherworldly

Truly, Madly, Deeply

Make The Season Bright

I Feed Her To The Beast Series

Tangled Up In You

Werewolf's Guide to Seducing A Vampire

King of Sloth (Kings Of Sin Series as a whole)

Ready or Not

Kilt Trip

Dead To The World

Dead of Night

Dead Weight

Dead Wrong

A Thousand Broken Pieces

She Who Rose From Ashes

Rebel Belle

Sinner's Anonymous Series

Pretty Little Liar's (I loved the tv show but I dont feel like reading the books anymore)

Peculiar Tastes Series

Children of Blood And Bone

We Used To Live Here

Shatter Me

A Sweet Sting of Salt

My Darling Dreadful Thing

The Summer of Broken Rules

Morrighan (The Remnant Chronicles)

Beasts of Gatamora Series

Dungeons and Drama

Rewitched

The Cottage Around the Corner

A Hunger Like No Other

Crimson Debt

Scream For Us

The Binding

The Betrayals

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank

The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam

A Rival Most Vial

The Volcano Girls

Vampire Girl

The Christmas Appeal

The Pairing

By Any Other Name

Small Miracles

Hum

YouthJuice (I DNFed this. Dunno why its in the TBR list on GR. Boring as all hell)

My Best Friends Exorcism

The Raag of Rta

Silent Sister

The Price Guide to the Occult

Never Fall for a Dragon

The Gathering Dark

Mortal Skin

At Least You Have Your Health

After The Forest

Fit To Do

Natural Beauty

The Glow

All Night Pharmacy

Guillotine

The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

Slasher Girls and Monster Boys

In The Dream House

The Dark Within Us

The Vampires Melody

The Invocations

Such Sharp Teeth

The Ones Who Come Back Hungry

Indian Burial Ground

Castle of the Cursed

Diavola

Haunt Sweet Home

The Dangerous Ones

Fang Fiction

So Let Them Burn

The Woods All Black

We Shall Be Monsters (Turns out I had two books under this name from two different authors)

The Botanical Daughter

Red In Tooth And Claw

Such Lovely Skin

Incidents Around The House

The House Of Last Resort

I Accidently Summoned A Demon Boyfriend

Together We Burn

Even Though I Knew The End

The Monsters We Defy

The Magpie Lord

Mortal Follies

The Dead Romantics

A lot of the books I got rid of in the older tabs were contemporary genre, and there's not a whole lot of contemporary books I like. At least as a whole. There are exceptions but mainly, I find the genre boring. I feel like if it's contemporary, it has to be something really gripping or deranged for me to stay entertained. Murder mysteries and thrillers that are particularly messed up (I loved Butcher & Blackbird), Dark Romance (Adored Haunting Adeline and everything else I've read so far from H.D. Carlton.)

(Also just side note, a lot of the older books listed in my list reminded me of bi erasure and how its alive and well. Bi characters are always listed as lesbian. It's so stupid. Anyway, rant over.)

Books I found that I forgot about (That sound amazing!!)

Spice Road

Off With Their Heads

Dragonfruit

The Lunar Chronicles (I always forget about this series but it looks really awesome, and really want to give it a go)

The Heir of The Beast (I keep missing being able to read this.)

I now have 490 on my list, I may go through it again. Cause there's still a lot on the list. If I go through it again, I'll edit this post. If you've read any of these books, and you think I should reconsider, please let me know!., , ..0 (Greetings from my cat apparently)

[lovebooksforeversblog]

Trans rights readathon books 📚 recommendation 💖😇✨

[alderwoodbooks]

Currently Reading: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

oh my god. I'm 60 pages in so far and I'm already just absolutely falling in love with this book. I read The Secret History by Tartt earlier in the year and it quickly became one of my favorite reads of the year, it felt like a text I could sink my teeth into and just get lost in. The Goldfinch feels similar. I love how Tartt is able to build suspense so easily in her work, and her writing style is so up my alley.

like that highlighted passage?? her use of words to really drive home just how wet and damp and gross the rain is and how its soaking through everything is just so good, I could talk about it for days, and the line "Of course the texture of that morning is clearer than the present..."

Excuse me??? the TEXTURE?? what the hell is she on about? I don't know but it makes sense in my brain and I'm obsessed with it and I love it. This book is so fun to annotate and dive into and get lost in, and is such a good brain break from a lot of the nonfiction I've been reading (and am still continuing to read!! Don't you dare stop thinking and talking about Palestine!! I sure as hell haven't!!!)

[foxlock34]

My faithful mug is always cheering me on as I delve into DANM. I'm aiming for 5k words today.

What is DANM, you might ask?

Well, it's the better version of NaNoWriMo. Considering the recent controversy surrounding the organization, people such as myself have been looking for something similar to get involved with. May I present @dreamanovelmonth on Instagram! Go check them out and get involved. Tell Dan I said hi 😌

[libertyreads]

My special edition of The Lies of Locke Lamora has finally arrived!

[letstalkbeautyuk]

Lots of new reading and book themed badges in the shop. All our badges are handmade by us in Cornwall. Click the link to visit our online shop

[bookishlyvintage]

All the unread Owlcrate editions on my tbr ~

[herigo]