#jcfmarch

[reader44ever]

Today's task for #jcfmarch was to share my #FavoriteProp. Does this mean my favorite things to share in my bookish photos? No contest, that's my Max. 😄😍❤ . . . . I took this photo a few hours ago, when Max was maybe six inches from my face. He looked directly at me! 😍 . . . . And then he barked - "No photos!" - so that's why this photo is sort of blurry. 😉 But he was grinning at me! So how could I resist a photo? I couldn't and didn't! 😄😍❤ . . . . Since I'm a bookstagrammer, scroll to picture two to see what I'm #CurrentlyReading, with my #FavouriteProp! (This picture was also taken earlier today.) 😉❤ . . . . It's Caught Dead Handed by Carol J. Perry! I'm only on page 68 (I started on page 63 around 10 hours ago 😕 Distractions, ARGH!), but I'm enjoying this story very much. (UPDATE! I'm actually now on page 110! Three hours after I started typing this...) 😊❤ . . . . And now for a tag! @almye_of_nightcourt tagged me to do the #bookstagrammerlistens tag and share what I like to listen to (while reading?). No contest there, either. I prefer SILENCE! 🔇 But when I started writing this post, I was trying to read while waiting on hold with my bank (we were coming up on the "I've been on the phone for an hour" mark 😔 I finally got through after 50 minutes on hold). 📞 . . . . But some of my favorite songs to hear include. . . 1. 🎵 Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones 2. 🎵 Sweet Dreams by the Eurythmics 3. 🎵 Shout by Tears for Fears 4. 🎵 Vertigo by U2 5. 🎵 What the Water Gave Me by Florence + The Machine 6. 🎵 Thunder by Imagine Dragons 7. 🎵 Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 8. 🎵 Peer Gynt, Op. 23 by Edvard Grieg 9. 🎵 Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin 10. 🎵 Carmina Burana by Carl Orff . . . . I don't know how many songs were supposed to be with this tag, but hopefully one classic, two 80s, three modern, and four classical pieces are enough. 😉 . . . . I tagged a few people. If I didn't tag you but you'd like to do it, #TagYoureIt! 😄❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #CurrentRead #CarolJPerry #books #CaughtDeadHanded #series #WitchCityMystery #FavoriteSongs #FavoriteCompositions

[kittyprydeisshadowcat]

The #jcfmarch prompt for today was candle company. I'm a big fan of a few companies. Each of these companies are run by some of the sweetest people ever, and have great customer support for their stores. Of course, the first of the three @polywaxpotions (you can use my rep code (in bio) for 10% off). The second store I chose was @takenmoons and the third was @paperflamescandleco =^-^= You should totally check out these stores 💛💛 #bookstagram #instabook #thepufflehufflekittehreads #candle #candlecompanies #polywaxpotions #takenmoons #paperflamescandleco #greatcompanies #glitter #glitterandcandles #bookboyfriend #theymeaneveryflavour #lifefindsaway #liesrequirecommitment #wrackspurtsandnargles #weasleywizardwheezes #youhaveyourmotherseyes

[reader44ever]

Here it is! It's the March photo challenge from my favorite trio of challenge creators! #jcfmarch! 🎉❤ . . . . #Repost @jayjaysbooknook (@get_repost) ・・・ Guess what time it is!?!?!? Yep it’s time for our monthly challenge reveal! This month we are celebrating favourites! So for each prompt pick your favourite of the category! We’ve also changed up our hashtag to make it easier! So come and join @constantbookhangover @faerytales_and_fangirling and myself for #jcfmarch we’d love for you all to join in! . . #bookgram #bookstagram #bookstagramchallenge #bookstachallenge #bookstagramphotochallenge #photochallenge

[reader44ever]

Today's task for #jcfmarch is to share my #FavoriteOTP. I'm pretty sure I've been given this prompt before, but that's not going to stop me from once again sharing a new photo of my most favorite book. 😊😍❤ . . . . You probably know by now that my favorite book is Absolutely, Positively by Jayne Ann Krentz. So my favorite OTP just has to be Dr. Harry Stratton Trevelyan and Molly Abberwick. They don't have a cutesy OTP name, and probably aren't very well known, but that won't ever stop me from claiming them as my favorite pairing. After all, *I* really love them! 😄❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #JayneAnnKrentz #books #AbsolutelyPositively #FavouriteOTP #favoritebook

[reader44ever]

Today's task for #jcfmarch is to share my #FavoriteBookmark. No contest, there. 😄 . . . My most favorite bookmark is the one in the picture! It's my Disney-Pixar Inside Out "Every day is full of emotions" tasseled bookmark! 😄❤ (I have two of this exact bookmark, but the second one is MIA at the moment. 🤔😕) . . . And now for a tag! I was tagged in Shara Me With Books' BookTube video a week or two ago (on March 15th) to do #thereadinghabitstag! Thank you so much for tagging me, @shara.me.with.books! 😄🎉❤ . . . . QUESTIONS: 1. Do you have a certain place at home for reading? Yes! I mostly read in bed, late at night after my mother and my puppy-son are both asleep. Sometimes I am able to read on the couch in the living room, mostly if the television is off. 2. Bookmark or random piece of paper? Definitely a bookmark for me, one with a tassel! (Look 🔝 for my fave!) 3. Can you just stop reading or do you have to stop after a chapter/ a certain amount of pages? It depends on the book. In my current e-book, sadly it is proving very easy to just stop whenever. But ideally, I prefer to pause when a chapter either ends or begins on a page that is divisible by five. 4. Do you eat or drink while reading? Yes. I usually have a beverage (Mountain Dew most commonly nowadays), and mealtimes are prime reading times for me! 5. Multitasking: Music or TV while reading? No, thanks. I need quiet to read. Sometimes I can read in the living room with my Mom while she watches TV, but only if she's watching NASCAR. 6. One book at a time or several at once? I TRY reading several, but I usually focus on one at a time. 7. Reading at home or everywhere? Everywhere! But most often at home. 8. Reading out loud or silently in your head? Silently in my head. 9. Do you read ahead or even skip pages? Rarely. Seeing how characters work out their problems and challenges is part of the fun for me. 10. Breaking the spine or keeping it like new? I keep my books like new for as long as possible. I only buy books I may want to reread, so I want them to last! 11. Do you write in your books? No. I take notes in an app on my phone or on paper. 12. Who do you tag?See pic.❤

[reader44ever]

Today's task for #jcfmarch is to share my #FavoriteCandleCompany. I don't really have a favorite, so instead, the first photo is of those candles I have yet to burn. . . . . All of the bookish candles I've received so far have come to me thanks to book boxes, mostly from @owlcrate and @fairyloot, if I remember correctly. 🤔 . . . . The ones in the first photo above are from @paperflamescandleco, @wickandfable, @frostbeardmpls, and @meraki.candles. I'm looking forward to burning at least two of them when my mother leaves on her next trip! 😄❤ . . . . I am very much hoping to buy full-size candles from @cauldroncandleco, @thatbookiebookmarks, and @faerietalescandles soon. I have the feeling that one of these will be my favorite, but which one is still to be decided. 🤔😄❤ . . . . The second photo shares a view of Max's face, since he was only partially visible in the first photo with the candles. 😍❤ . . . . And lastly, I'm sorry for the poor lighting on the candles. I took these photos earlier today, when Max was on my legs while the sun shined outside. 😉❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #FavouriteCandleCompany #BookishCandles #candles

[reader44ever]

Today's task for #jcfmarch is to share my #FavoriteComicCharacter. 🤔 . . . . I don't really have a favorite character, so instead I present to you the first comic - graphic novel - I ever purchased. I bought this series because I really love it, so Alana, Marko, and Hazel might be my favorites. 😄❤ . . . . And Alana, Marko, and Hazel are all pictured on Volume One's cover! 😍❤ . . . . With the book is my Max. (Are you surprised?) 😄 In the first photo above, he was sniffing the book. In the second photo, he is again sniffing the book. And then the third photo is a close-up of his face. 😍❤ . . . . I took the third photo upside down and from behind him. Can you tell? 😄 Volume One of Saga is partially visible on the floor beside him. 😍 . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #BrianKVaughan #FionaStaples #BrianKVaughanFionaStaples #books #SagaVolumeOne #series #Saga #FavouriteComicCharacter

[kittyprydeisshadowcat]

I received these pretties last week and I love how different each of them are to the others =^-^= today's #jcfmarch prompt is favourite comic character, but I already talked about that when I did the hero prompt. Instead I want you to tell me who YOUR favourite comic character is? #bookstagram #instabook #thepufflehufflekittehreads #hardbacks #paperback #thelittlemermaid #minalimadesign #dreamsofgodsandmonsters #lainitaylor #outoftheblue #sophiecameron #bookdragon #bookworm #bookhoarder #beatthisalgorithm #beatthealgorithm #epicreads

[reader44ever]

Today's task for #jcfmarch is to share my #FavoriteRoyal. I don't think I really read a lot of "royal" books, but this prompt always brings to mind Princess Meredith NicEssus from the Merry Gentry series by Laurell K. Hamilton. (Book One is A Kiss of Shadows.) ❤❤❤ . So Merry is my FAVORITE royal. Included with her book one, I have the book ones of other series that include Fae Courts and feature the queens and other assorted royals of those courts. 😄❤ . . . . Unfortunately, I last read a book in the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher (Storm Front is book one) a few months ago and I can't remember the names of the Winter or Summer royalty we meet in this series. And I last read the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire (book one: Rosemary and Rue) in 2016, so I don't remember the names of Toby's queens or high king. But both series feature royals! 😄❤ . . . . I love all of these series, but Merry's is the only one with a royal protagonist, and she is my favorite. 😊❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #LaurellKHamilton @official_lkhamilton #JimButcher #SeananMcGuire @seananmcguire #books #AKissOfShadows #StormFront #RosemaryAndRue #series #MerryGentry #DresdenFiles #OctoberDaye #FavouriteRoyal

[kittyprydeisshadowcat]

I absolutely love the cover and postcards for Fire lines by Cara Thurlbourn so had no hesitation choosing it as the #jcfmarch prompt for day 23 - cover. #bookstagram #instabook #thepufflehufflekittehreads #firelines #carathurlbourn #postcards #bookishmerch #paperback #signed #bookdragon #bookworm #bookhoarder #beatthealgorithm #beatthisalgorithm #bookchallenge

[reader44ever]

Today's task for #jcfmarch is to share my #FavoriteGenre. My favorite genre is adult Urban Fantasy! 😄❤ . . . . The first photo above shows my Urban Fantasy shelf system. Most of my MOST loved UF series are in here somewhere. But some are in my bedroom and on boxes behind me and in the living room... I just don't have a shelf system big enough to hold all of my UF series 😕 (especially as I keep buying more! 😄). 😍❤ . . . . Max stopped by to say hi and sniff my arrangement of bookmark-display-thingies. If you scroll to see the second picture, you'll be able to see him. 😄😍❤ . . . . And picture three shows Max's face, since he's turned away in picture two. (He settled down by me for the typing portion of this post.) 😄😍❤ . . . . Incidentally, my first #FunkoPop is also in the first two photos. Princess Jasmine lives in front of the Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep (in the top right corner). 😄😍❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #AdultUrbanFantasy #UrbanFantasySeries #books #series #FavouriteGenre

[kittyprydeisshadowcat]

Happy book birthday to The Mina Lima edition of The Little Mermaid and other Fairy tales! It's absolutely beautiful. The #jcfmarch prompt for today is genre. If you've been paying attention to my feed, you'd know I'm a big sucker for Fantasy and YA, but one of the big loves I don't show enough is classic fairy tales. I have always loved a good Happily Ever After, yet have loved the original stories even more. There's so much to learn from them. #bookstagram #instabook #thepufflehufflekittehreads #hardback #bookdragon #bookworm #bookhoarder #favouriteclassicauthor #hanschristianandersen #thelittlemermaid #thelittleseamaid #thelittlemermaidandotherfairytales #minalima #minalimadesign #harpercollins #beautiful #beatthisalgorithm #beatthealgorithm

[reader44ever]

Today's task for #jcfmarch was to share my #FavoriteFunko. I have a new favorite, because I have a new #FunkoPop! Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series! 😄❤ . . . . I also bought Harry and Ron, but they're being delivered tomorrow (which is in 21 minutes; sorry I'm so late with this post!). 😔 . . . . I love my new Hermione, though! I'm so pleased to be starting a collection of Harry Potter stuff! 😄😍❤ . . . . In this photo, Hermione is shown with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and my Max. 😍❤ . . . . I am still reading that e-book I mentioned the other day (yesterday? day before?). I hope to finish it tomorrow, but since I'm only on page 99 of 500+, it might be the day after. 🤔 . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #JKRowling #HermioneGranger #HermioneGrangerFunkoPop @originalfunko #books #HarryPotterandtheSorcerersStone #series #HarryPotter #FavouriteFunko

[kittyprydeisshadowcat]

The day 20 prompt for #jcfmarch is TV show and I am totally loving Parks and Rec. and Scrubs atm. I'm trying not to binge them too quickly because I don't want them to be over. =^-^= I have a little collection of Claudia Gray's book building and cannot wait to dive in. Have you read any of Claudia Gray's books? #bookstagram #instabook #thepufflehufflekittehreads #bookdragon #bookworm #bookhoarder #evernight #defythestars #defytheworlds #claudiagray #paperback #beatthealgorithm #beatthisalgorithm

[reader44ever]

Today's task for #jcfmarch is to share my favorite book box company. Even though I don't have an active subscription, my favorite is arguably @owlcrate (and @owlcratejr). Because I think I've purchased the most boxes from them! 😄❤ . . . . Thanks to their Past Boxes shop, I've bought (and buy) a lot of their boxes, plus the three I got when I was subscribed! 🎉❤ . . . . I'm currently trying out other box companies, but I suspect that I'll go back to OwlCrate for a subscription later this year. 😉❤ . . . . Since Max is only partially visible in the collage, I took a new photo of him to share. He's currently on my feet. 😍❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #books #OwlCrate #OwlCrateJr #FavoriteBookBox #FavouriteBookBox

[kittyprydeisshadowcat]

Today's #jcfmarch prompt is book box company. I only get two book boxes, they are @fairyloot and @wdbookbox and I feel that most people will choose Fairyloot for this prompt. I, on the other hand feel Zoey and Wildest Dreams needs some love. She does a great job to curate a reasonably priced box. These boxes revolve entirely around the book and she has worked with a few great companies. This picture is three of the featured books and my favourite item from each of the respective boxes. #bookstagram #instabook #thepufflehufflekittehreads #paperback #bookdragon #bookworm #bookhoarder #wildestdreams #wildestdreamsbookbox #geekyclean #takenmoons #theextinctiontrials #smwilson #thetruthandliesofellablack #emilybarr #farfromthetree #robinbenway #bookbox #beatthealgorithm #beatthisalgorithm #tearex #theweasleys #liesrequirecommitment