#readerlife📖

[dtbookworm]

“A “strange” child, anyway, dimly and fearfully apprehends that the years are not likely to make him less strange” “The children of the despised and rejected are menaced from the moment they stir in the womb, and are therefore sacred in a way that the children of the saved are not” For this review, I want to make it clear that I couldn’t finish this book. James Baldwin is one of my favorite black writers, but this essay narrative didn’t retain my interest. In the beginning, Baldwin briefly describes his home life which intrigued me-how his father deemed him the ugliest boy in the world, how he was introduced to literature and cinema by a caring white schoolteacher named Bill Miller (a woman). I enjoyed reading how earlier of an age he was exposed to literature and cinema, even wrestling with the question of what it meant to be black. Baldwin references novels (“A Tale Of Two Cities” and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” as well as dated movies that I couldn’t follow. It could be because I haven’t watched or read any of his mentioned literature pieces, for he provided specific examples of people (Madam Defarge) and even tying in specific scenes to his own horrific images- “I did not really know who these people were, or why they were in the streets….a white mob can be in no way reassuring to a black black boy (even though, or if, he cannot say why” This isn’t my favorite book of his for I couldn’t get twenty pages of it, but the brief bits still were potent to me. #bookreview #bookrecommendation #bookreviewer #bookreviewing #bookish #bookishpost #bookishlife #bookishcommunity #bookishglee #mybookfeatures #readersgonnaread #readingcommunity #readingaddict #readingislife #readingtime📖 #readerlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CoaKXg6LfHD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thereaderbee]

📚 What’s something you’re currently obsessed with?? Happy Wednesday, Bookworms … Are you currently obsessed with any books or book series? What about tv shows or movies? Music? Food? Places? A hobby? Anything? 💕 I’m currently not obsessed with anything at the moment. I’m dealing with some pretty major burnout, and I miss just LOVING stuff. I want to know all the things you guys are obsessed with at the moment. Please share? 💕 📖 💕 📖 💕 📖 💕 #AlltheBooksFeb23 #MyFictionalMusings #CourtofReadingFeb23 #ReadingintheWeb 💕 📚 💕📚 💕 📚 #bookstack #pinkbooks #bookstack #bookpile #reading #books #yabooks #fantasybooks #romancebooks #booklover #booksaremagic #bookobsessed #bookcommunity #readmorebooks #bookshelf #shelfie #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #igreads #instabooks #booknerd #cozyreading #bookphoto #ilovebooks #booksbooksbooks #readerlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CoZlq3fOkxh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thediaryofareader]

📚2023 Bookish Goals📚 My reading goal has always been on the more simple side of things. I typically set a goal of each book I want to read for the month, and because I am a mood reader it gets shot to hell and I end up reading what I feel like in that moment. While I don't necessarily want to change that, I love reading with my mood, this year I’m challenging myself (and you) to go beyond the confines of your usual goal setting and expand the goals you set #newyearsbookishresolution 🌟Resolutions 🌟 ⭐️Be more selective on NetGalley requests. 🚫DNF more books. If I'm not enjoying it to the DNF pile it goes. The DNF monster 👾 won't attack me 📌Tackle my physical tbr, restricting my buying (not incl. box boxes) to when I finish a book I can get a new book. 📖Reading lots more ARCs. I really enjoy ARCs and reviewing them for my blog and insta 📚Read more new to me authors 📖Booksta Goals📖 🚨Keep better track of my Goodreads reviews 🚨Attend my first ever author signing 🚨Attend a book conference 🚨Work with more publishers and businesses 🚨Growing by Insta by 75% by the end of the year QOTD: Happy New Year! What bookish goals are you setting for 2023? 💡credit: @what_manda_reads #2023goals #readinggoals #readinggoal2023 #readerlife #bookishlife #iamareader #booksaremylife #booksaremagic #bookstalife #readersofinstagram #booklover #bookwormlife #bookdragons #bookstababes #bookishgoals #booksarelife #bestyearyet #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #romanstagram #goalsetter #newyeargoals https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm26buRLTQn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thefallingdownthebookhole]

What was the last book you purchased based on a recommendation from a friend? This one has been on my wishlist and radar for awhile, but I knew I had to move it up on my purchase list after a friend just finished it and enjoyed it. She told me she thought I would like it and after giving her tons of recommendations and making her read books I like I feel like she knows my taste in books! Now to just make it through my currently reading books and ARCs and then I can pick this one up! #friendbookrecommendations #bookstoread #downthebookhole #frombloodandash #jenniferlarmentrout #tbr #booksrecommendations #bookstagram #readinglist #readerlife📖 https://www.instagram.com/p/CdhC_kAroOl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lisa-lostinlit]

💬 Who are some of your favorite authors? 🤎📖 New York Times bestselling authors Roshani Chokshi, Evelyn Skye, and Sandhya Menon craft a spellbinding novel about discovering the magic of true love on one fateful, magical night in Three Kisses, One Midnight. Thank you to @wednesdaybooks for gifting me this copy! . . . h a s h t a g s : #RoshaniChokshi #EvelynSkye #SandhyaMenon #threekissesonemidnight #anthology #magicbook #bookwithme #bookishlove #bookishlife #bibliophile #bookstagrammer #booklife #readerlife #readersofinsta https://www.instagram.com/p/CiP0VWHOXSH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thereaderandthechef]

If you suddenly switched places with the main character of your current read, what would you be doing right now? 📖🤎🍂 . Isabel would literally be eating books because she’s reading The Book Eaters!(Imagine tho, eating our books!! What an expensive diet. 😂📚) . Meanwhile, I finally got back to finishing Nona the Ninth and it is safe to say my odds of survival are not good. But I do love Nona. 🥺🤎 . With that aside, sister is being competitive and stayed up late reading AND baking until 4am (look at this pie 😍🤎), meanwhile I went to sleep at 10pm because I am weak and did not sleep the day before. 😪 . . #fantasybookstagram #cozyaesthetic #readerlife #bookwormlife #bookstagramcommunity #booksta #bookstagrammexico #bookishgirl #cozyreading https://www.instagram.com/p/CmSAsYBP25l/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nrhartauthor]

“Old souls love deeply.” 📖 🌹🔥💕🐺 💌 The Last of the Romantics, A Winter Season @n.r.hart • Repost @mondaycreekpublishing 🚀🎉❤ Our Bestselling Author @n.r.hart www.nrhart.com www.mondaycreekpublishing.com • The Last of the Romantics out now!! 🌸Link in profile to order 🛍 Love, N.R.Hart • Poetry and Pearls I & II paperbacks in full color 🌈 with all my original floral posters inside divided into the four seasons Winter Spring Summer Autumn because I feel there are seasons of the heart too. They are packed full of poetry including my Beauty and the Beast, Soulmate & Twin Flame poetry. These books are beautiful works of art • Love Poems to No One trilogy 🌹🌹🌹 • Love Poems to No One & Beauty and her Beast 👑 beautiful floral hard covers in black with all my original black & white posters inside divided into the four seasons Winter Spring Summer Autumn. The perfect little size to carry with you everywhere. 🍃🍃🍃 This is a trilogy series Book 3 The Last of the Romantics just released! ✨✨✨ • 👉🏻 If you have pictures of my books please tag me. I love seeing where my books are around the world 🌎 Thank you! Love, N.R.Hart ❤️ All my books are available @amazon @barnesandnoble link in bio. • https://www.amazon.com/poetry-pearls-romantic-n-hart/dp/1512179272/ https://www.amazon.com/Poetry-Pearls-Romantic-II/dp/0578428660/ https://www.amazon.com/Love-Poems-No-One-Romantic/dp/0578451166/ https://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Her-Beast-Romantic-Poetry/dp/0578616440/ https://www.amazon.com/Last-Romantics-Romantic-Poetry/dp/0692168591/ • #nrhart #poetryandpearls #poetryandpearls2 #lovepoemstonoone #beautyandherbeast #thelastoftheromantics #romanticpoetry #bookstagram #romanticpoetry #hopelessromantic #bestsellingauthor #bestsellingpoet #goodreads #mondaycreekpublishing Repost from @mondaycreekpublishing • Our Bestselling Author @n.r.hart 💕 www.nrhart.com Cover art by @loganrogersart www.mondaycreekpublishing.com #nrhart #nrhartpoetry #bestsellingauthor #bestsellingpoet #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #poetry #bookworm #booklovers #booklist #books #writer #mondaycreekpublishing #ohiopublisher #readerlife #recommended #reader #author #writingcommunity #goodreads (at Ohio , U.S.A) https://www.instagram.com/p/CahSFj8OaI4/?utm_medium=tumblr

[manishas]

It can't be more perfect.. #sun #tea & a good #book 🌞 ☕ 📖 See the Sun in my Teacup? 🤎🤎 . . #readwithme #winterreads #teaandbooks #readingcorner #cozyacademia #academia #academiaaesthetic #sunnywinter #readersofinstagram #readerlife #readerscommunity #instaread #readstagram #bookgram #bookworm #bookish #bookishlove #romancereader #romancereads #classicreads #manishawrites #writersarereaders #readwriteunite #readwriterepeat #readersgonnaread #readingtime #letsread (at India) https://www.instagram.com/manishawrites/p/CZQ8588A2Gy/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thebookwormsara]

Time to read Gino and Joy’s story 💚 @elliehallauthor 📖 #book #reader #bookworm #kindle #booklife #readerlife #readinglife #bookstagram #booklover #readingtime #readersofinstagram #kindleunlimited #currentread #currentlyreading #bookgirl https://www.instagram.com/p/ClzK4HvMpF3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dtbookworm]

“For once, little Micah Strauss was peeking out of his bubble and seeing the world as it was, and I wanted more, and I wanted immediacy, and I wanted it to never, ever, end” Finished this fast paced novel by @bkonigsberg . The story introduces Micah Strauss-a mild mannered boy who runs into energetic and proud CJ in a club. Afterwards, Micah begins to change as he introduced to CJ’s glittering lifestyle that everyone else deems unfit. I felt the book was too fast paced. There’s not very much world building, but enough for me to imagine the main details. The story didn’t really dive too much into Micah’s life and his libertarian parents. Micah didn’t have many introspective moments save for him lying on the bedroom floor and listening to CJ’s music choice. However, his fear of Aids/HIV and his self loathing because of his fear was well written, especially when in a relationship with CJ. I did appreciate how CJ’s life wasn’t dramatized as something immoral and that he should change his ways. An exotic dancer and a record enthusiast, he is multifaceted in his personality and can even become somber and real underneath all the glitter. His relationship with his stepfather could’ve had more potential if it were explored more throughly. An entertaining novel that introduces the fight against HIV/Aids and two boys fighting stay together in a world that tries to kill them. #bookreview #bookrecommendation #bookreviewer #bookreviewing #bookish #bookishpost #bookishlife #bookishcommunity #bookishglee #mybookfeatures #readersgonnaread #readingcommunity #readingaddict #readingislife #readingtime📖 #readerlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CoaKMBcLUpI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thereaderbee]

📚 Have you ever bought a book just for it’s cover? What are some of your most favorite book covers? Happy Tuesday, Bookworms … Is your week off to a good start? Are you getting any reading done this week? I hope that you are. 🥰 Have you ever bought a book just for its gorgeous cover? I definitely have, though I don’t do it nearly as often anymore as I used to. One cover that I *had* to have was the UK version of *Six Crimson Cranes*. This book was so good, and I already had the US version of it, but this version was just too pretty to pass up. 😍 I’ve already preordered both the US and UK versions of the sequel that’s coming out soon, and I can’t wait for them both to arrive as well. 🥰 What about you? ☀️ 📖 ☀️ 📖 ☀️ 📖 #AlltheBooksAug22 #MyFictionalMusings #CourtofReadingAug22 #ReadingintheWeb 📖 ☀️ 📖 ☀️ 📖 ☀️ #elizabethlim #sixcrimsoncranes #bookseries #prettybooks #currentlyreading #amreading #summerreading #fiction #yabooks #yafantasy #fantasybooks #yabookstagram #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstack #shelfie #bookshelf #tbrcart #funko #bookobsessed #booknerd #books #reading #readerlife #booksaremagic #booksofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/ChmT6rNOW4S/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lavinadua]

✨ My Happy Place! ✨ 📖 Currently reading: The Everyday Hero Manifesto by Robin Sharma 📕What about you?? 📝I’m also planning to revisit all of my 2021 reads before we end 2021 and make a note of all the lessons learnt that I need to still apply in real life!📝 Would you want me to share those with you too?? 💭Tell me in the comments section below! . ✨Follow @youmeandbooks_ ❤️Like 📑 Save & 🚀 Share ______ #currentlyreading #booklover #coffeeloversonly #coffeetime #books&coffee #readingtime #readingispower #readingismyescape #readingismagical #readerlife (at The Chocolate Room) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWImTUFvFrd/?utm_medium=tumblr

[lisa-lostinlit]

💬 Have you read Babel yet? 🤎📖 I have not read it yet, but I’m very excited to! This is a gorgeous @fairyloot exclusive edition. The stenciled edges are perfection! . . . h a s h t a g s : #babel #rfkuang #fantasybooks #beautifulbooks #bookstagrammer #bookstack #booksbooksbooks #alwaysreading #readerlife #readersofig #booksofig #bookworms #booknerdigans #cozyvibes #autumnvibes #autumnal #cozyhome #hygge #seekthesimplicity #morningslikethis #pursuewhatislovely https://www.instagram.com/p/CjGJe1sOILu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[juliemoffettauthor]

Yes! 📚☕️📚☕️❤️ #readerlife📖 #lovereading #booknerd https://www.instagram.com/p/CLRrMRRA1ag/?igshid=1s9770tvv2199

[avonladyslair]

#bookplanner 2012 (and apparently 2022!) Got some pin stickers to with my #birthday giftcard from my @MOM! #readerlife📖 #readerplanner #readingplanner #readingplannerstickers #livingmybestreaderlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CKFM4d3ACRc/?igshid=1klyzrfu0zbf3

[azajacisdreaming-blog]

Two more days of the #contemporaryathon left! 📖📚😊😭 X X How are you guys doing with your tbr? How many books have you finished? I’m hoping to do a lot of reading tonight and tomorrow! X X #contemporaryathon #reading #reader #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookworm #books #bookstack #bookreader #readersofinstagram #readerlife📖