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How is everyone doing on this snowy Sunday?

There are a lot of new faces around here since I came back to posting so I thought it would be a great time for a meet the bookstgrammer! Here are some fun facts about me - let me know if we have anything in common 😊

💕 I started this bookstagram during the pandemic and have loved all of the friendships and book recs I’ve found here
💕 I have 2 shichons and they are the sweetest dogs
💕 I teach pure barre classes at 5 different studios across northern VA
💕During the day I work in an elementary school coaching teachers in their professional growth
💕 I recently bought the house I grew up in from my parents and live here with my husband and dogs
💕 I like my books, workouts, and food spicy. Spicy is also a very accurate word to describe my personality
💕 I love tswift, romance books, bravo tv, the color pink, and glitter - I’m a girlie girl to my core by @_basicbookworm

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Happy National Book Lovers Day!

You know you’re a bookworm when you bring books to your wedding day. Thanks to my bride tribe and photographer for humoring me with these bookish wedding pics 🥰

Thanks to @corrinjasinski for the incredible photos! taken in Washington D. C. by @_basicbookworm

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Merry Ex-Mas

Do you read holiday books when they release in September/October or do you wait until closer to the holidays?

I typically save mine for November and December, but when the opportunity to join the traveling ARC for Merry Ex-Mas came up, I jumped on it. Even if it meant reading a holiday book when the weather still felt like summer 😅

This was a fun time loop holiday romance that really got me ready for all the cozy Christmas vibes. Marygrace falls and slips on ice and ends up repeating Christmas Eve with different men from her past, with the challenge of figuring out who is “the one”. This was one of the more fun time loop stories I’ve read, and seeing how different the day was with each man was so fun. This book was a cute easy read that was made even more fun by getting to see my friends’ annotations! Add this to your holiday reading list if you haven’t already. by @_basicbookworm

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What this week:

✨currently reading: starting the spooky szn romances with The One that I Haunt
✨currently watching: Sterling Point
✨currently listening to: Babydoll on repeat (specifically the version with Antonio Cipriano)

What are you up to this week? by @_basicbookworm

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Star-Crossed Summer

I love a celebrity romance, so this book was right up my alley. Scarlett and Ryder haven’t seen each other in years - not since they filmed a hit movie together and fell in love. Now, they are back for a reunion fundraiser after the town they filmed in was hit by a hurricane. I loved the snippets of how they fell in love, the nostalgia from a former movie, and how the reunion went down. This book just made my heart so happy. by @_basicbookworm

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We love a spooky szn stack here.

I’m not a huge paranormal/magical romance reader most of the time, but October and Halloween season is the only exception. Here is a stack of magical, witchy, ghosty, paranormal, etc. books that I am considering reading this month.

Have you read any of these? Which ones should I prioritize??

As always candle is from @cozychaptercola - and is a perfect pumpkin scent. Use code CAT10 for 10% off your order. Grab these fall scents while you can! by @_basicbookworm

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I’m ready for sweater weather and spicy books 🌶️💕

Tell me, what was your last 5 star read? by @_basicbookworm

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Romantic Hero

Gertie is a romance author, struggling to write her latest novel after her relationship falls apart. But all of that changes when she wakes up one morning to the main character from her book series is in her home. In order to help him get back to his universe, Gertie must finish her book. However, in the process, her feelings for the fictional character become very real.

I thought this was a fun take on the alternate universes from books. Magical realism isn’t always my jam, but this one really worked for me. This story was quirky and cute! by @_basicbookworm

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September Books brought all the Fall vibes. This was a month of cozy reads, my favorite being If Not You.

Here are the books I read:

Star Crossed Summer
This Story Might Save Your Life
Heartless
Merry Ex-Mas
If It Makes You Happy
The Pumpkin Spice Cafe
If Not You
Something About September

What books did you love in September? by @_basicbookworm

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Extracurricular

Thank you to Berkley and @leoprny for the gifted copy.

A pop star goes back to college and falls for the hot professor - I wasn’t sure how I would like this becuase forbidden love/age gap are tropes that can be hit or miss for me, especially when there’s a power dynamic involved. In this case, it didn’t bother me at all, the way it evolved didn’t give me the ick and felt natural. The chemistry was off the charts and the flirty emails were everything. I love Rachel Lynn Solomon’s writing and flew through this one! by @_basicbookworm

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Heartless

Okay the release of these special editions may be what got me to finally try Elsie Silver’s Chestnut Springs series, but after 2 books I think I can officially say I’m hooked.

Heartless is the cutest single dad - nanny romance, but also make it cowboys. There’s pining, a touch of a sense of forbidden love (she is his love in nanny and way younger after all), but when he does finally fall, it is the sweetest, most protective kind of love. I’m already (impatiently) waiting for the 3rd special edition in this series to come out in October! by @_basicbookworm

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