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June 4, 2023

Top 5 (books I’ve forgotten about) Tuesday

Unfortunately, somehow, more and more books just end up on my tbr. It’s really weird how that happens. But anyway! Come and read which 5 books I said I’d read and just… haha, totally forgot about! Continue reading

blogging, linkup, top 5 tuesday

A Darker Shade of Magic, Adam Silvera, blogging, books, Maggie Stiefvater, Rin Chupeco, Sarah J Maas, The Bone Witch, The Raven Boys, They Both DIe at the End, Throne of Glass, top 5 tuesday, V.E. Schwab
May 25, 2023

A Curse of Salt by Sarah Street (BOOK REVIEW) || Get Me to the Sea!

Where’s the movie adaptation of this book because I want it – like right now? I will even start recording it on my PHONE – that’s how much I can see it as a movie. Anyway! Come and read what I had to think of this book! Continue reading

5 stars, action and adventure, arc, blogging, book review, fantasy, romance, ya

A Curse of Salt, blogging, book review, books, characters, fantasy, pirates, retellings, romance, Sarah Street, ya
May 23, 2023

Top 5 (books with air/flight) Tuesday

Up in the sky is where you’ll find 5 books that have something to do with air/flight! Of course, there’s dragons involved! Continue reading

blogging, linkup, top 5 tuesday

blogging, books, Brandon Sanderson, Christopher Paolini, Eragon, His Majesty's Dragon, James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas, Naomi Novik, Patrick Rothfuss, Skyward, The Name of the Wind, top 5 tuesday, Wynd Book 1: Flight of the Prince
May 22, 2023

Mystery on the Menu by Nicole Kimberling (BOOK REVIEW) || Food and Murders?

Do food and murder go together? Find out in Mystery on the Menu by Nicole Kimberling. It’s three short stories in one book and follows a quirky restaurant owner for whom murder just seems to follow! No, really, (hot) Deputy Big Mac! Drew doesn’t go looking for trouble! Come and read my thoughts on it! Continue reading

4-stars, adult, arc, blogging, book review, lgbt, m/m, mystery/thriller, romance

4-stars, adult, blogging, book review, books, characters, lgbtq+, m/m, Mystery, Mystery on the Menu, Nicole Kimberling, romance
May 17, 2023

Top 5 (books with fire/lightning) Tuesday

And then the Fire Nation attacked… Come look at 5 books that have fire/lightning somewhere – title or cover! Continue reading

blogging, linkup, top 5 tuesday

blogging, books, Burn, Catching Fire, Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere, Patrick Ness, Rick Riordan, Suzanne Collins, The Lightning Thief, The Lightning-Struck Heart, TJ Klune, top 5 tuesday
May 15, 2023

BLOG TOUR: We’ll Never Tell by Wendy Heard (BOOK REVIEW) || Like, Comment, Subscribe

We’ll Never Tell by Wendy Heard takes what could be very simple – YouTubers breaking in somewhere for yet another video – and ups the stakes, creating a much different story that I ended up enjoying a lot! Read to see what I thought of this book. Thank you TBR and Beyond Tours for the… Continue reading

4-stars, arc, blog tour, blogging, book review, lgbt, mystery/thriller, ya

4-stars, blog tour, blogging, book review, books, characters, lgbtq+, Mystery, We'll Never Tell, Wendy Heard, ya, yalgbt
May 11, 2023

BLOG TOUR: The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz || So cheesy and good!

The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz was an absolutely delight to read! It’s so sweet and just low-stress – perfect when I’ve read a lot of fantasy books with stakes recently. Come see how much I enjoyed reading and then maybe make yourself a grilled cheese sandwich afterwards? Continue reading

5 stars, blog tour, blogging, book review, comics and graphic novels, f/f, lgbt, romance, ya

5-star, blog tour, blogging, book review, books, characters, comic and graphic novels, Deya Muniz, romance, The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich, ya
May 9, 2023

Top 5 (books with earth/metal) Tuesday

I’m actually enjoying the Avatar the Airbender themes we’re having for May. Which… reminds me that I need to get back to the tv series. Anyway! Come and look at 5 books that have something to do with earth or metal! Continue reading

blogging, linkup, top 5 tuesday

blogging, books, For the Wolf, Foundryside, Hannah Whitten, Little Thieves, Margaret Owen, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Robert Jackson Bennett, Tolkien's World: Paintings of Middle Earth, top 5 tuesday
May 8, 2023

Top 5 (books with war/battle) Tuesday

War is a terrible thing. At least with books it ends when we finish the story. Come and see which 5 books I enjoyed that have war/battles in them! Continue reading

blogging, linkup, top 5 tuesday

A Spark of White Fire, blogging, books, Christopher Paolini, Eragon, Leigh Bardugo, M.K. Lobb, Madeline Miller, Sangu Mandanna, Seven Faceless Saints, Shadow and Bone, The Song of Achilles, top 5 tuesday
May 2, 2023

Top 5 books (with water) Tuesday

Water and books are both everywhere, right? Or at least books are everywhere in my house! Come and see 5 books that are about water in this post. Continue reading

blogging, linkup, top 5 tuesday

Adrienne Young, blogging, books, Darren Charlton, Erin Morgenstern, Fable, Into the Drowning Deep, Joan He, Mira Grant, The Ones We're Meant to Find, The Starless Sea, top 5 tuesday, Wranglestone

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I do this great trick where I buy books 😂 My parents and I recently went to Nieu-Bethesda in the Eastern Cape last week and I got three new books! Plus an enamel pin! There were so many cool ones but I went with the black cat for my black cat 🥰

“Fantasy writers, they’re the bane of our existence!“ - Garth Nix

Latest book haul! What do you think? #books #sabookstagrammers #bookhaul #bookblogger

CURRENTLY READING: SPINNING SILVER BY NAOMI NOVIK

Bad books are just that... Bad 😆 However, if you like this, that's totally fine! I definitely did not 😆

I must say, I'm not big on seasonal reads (usually because the emphasis is on US seasons); but I could DEFINITELY see me reading this book in the fall.