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Justine Aban

@dearspicyreader

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🖤 Reader of:
-Dark/Taboo/Age Gap/Why Choose Romance
-Sci-Fi - Dystopian - Horror
⚠️ Not responsible for book hangovers.

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🖤 TWO FOR TUESDAY 🥀

Birthday book club appreciation (I’ll be posting throughout the month 🖤

LOOK AT THESE BEAUTIES!!

A huge thank you to my Birthday Book Club buddy @bookish.dogmom for gifting me these gorgeous deluxe editions of One Dark Window and Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig! 🖤

Swipe to see all the little details because these editions deserve their own moment. ✨

QOTD in last slide :)

SPRAYED EDGES? perfection 🥀

The ravens, the eerie forest, the castle, the red and black detailing?! Everything about these screams gothic fantasy, and I’m obsessed with how beautifully they complement each other.

Spooky szn vibes for real 💕

I love when special editions have something other the dust jacket it’s like opening another present 💝 !

“The Girl, the King… and the Monster they became.”

“Be Wary. Be Clever. Be Good.”

Even the inside pages have the prettiest little details! 🥹

One last HUGE thank you to @bookish.dogmom for such a thoughtful birthday gift and for making my birthday month a little more special. 🖤

One of my favorite things about our Birthday Book Club is getting to celebrate each other throughout the year. So grateful for the friendships this community has brought into my life!

💬 QOTD: switching it up today, ask me a question OR tell me what you’re reading but described badly 😂 taken in Elk Grove, California by @dearspicyreader

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5 days ago

🔮 Bookish Tarot — Part One
Choose a card. Discover your fate. Find your next obsession.

QOTD pinned 📌

#bookstagram

Ace of Swords — Truth & Revelation
Your fortune: The truth is coming, and it may change everything you thought you knew. Some secrets were never meant to stay buried.

Alchemised — 5★. Lost memories, hidden truths, and devastating revelations

The Inheritance Games — 4★. A mysterious inheritance and secrets waiting to be uncovered.

Verity — 4★. Disturbing discoveries and the uncertainty of what’s actually true.

Two of Pentacles — A Dangerous Balancing Act
Your fortune: Two worlds are colliding, and you can’t keep juggling everything forever. Love, loyalty, or survival—something will demand your attention.

Bride — Political obligations, divided loyalties, and unexpected romance

A Discovery of Witches — 4★. Balancing forbidden love, academic life, and supernatural responsibilities.

Love, Theoretically — 4★. Competing professional ambitions, secret identities, and complicated feelings

Three of Cups — The Bonds That Save Us
Your fortune: Your greatest adventure isn’t meant to be experienced alone. Sometimes the people who change your life are the ones you never expected to find.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow — 5★. Friendship, creativity, and the complicated bonds that endure through the years.

House of Earth and Blood — Read, unrated. Fierce friendship, loyalty, and the people worth fighting for.

Pucking Around — 4★. Unconventional relationships, connection, and building a chosen family.

Four of Swords — Sanctuary in the Darkness
Your fortune: Not every battle needs to be fought today. Sometimes the greatest transformation happens when the world goes quiet and you finally face yourself.

Nocticadia — 5★. An isolated gothic university, buried trauma, and unsettling secrets.

The Midnight Library — 5★. Reflection, regret, and discovering what makes a life worth living.

The Art of Racing in the Rain — 5★. Grief, resilience, and finding peace through life’s most difficult moments.

Five of Wands — A Beautiful Rivalry
Your fortune: The competition is heating up. Your courage will be tested, your patience challenged, and your greatest taken in Sacramento, California by @dearspicyreader

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6 days ago

🥀💗 SUNDAY CURRENTLY READING 💗🥀

📖 Deadly Blooms by @sadiejfoxx
✨ A Psychic Unraveled Novel

Sometimes you just need a book that promises a little darkness, a little danger, and characters who probably need therapy more than they need a love interest.

And judging by these tropes, I think I’m in for a good time!

🥀 Dark Romance
🔮 Paranormal
🖤 Forced Proximity
💀 Touch Her & Die
🌶️ Spicy
✨ Magic

💬 QOTD: What’s a food combination you love that other people think is weird?

💗 AOTD: I love cheese and corn flavored ice cream 🤤

#CurrentlyReading #SundayReading taken in Sacramento, California by @dearspicyreader

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7 days ago

🎂📖 IT’S MY BIRTHDAY, BOOK BESTIES!

What better way to celebrate turning 38 than with Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas? 👀

QOTD ➡️ ➡️ ➡️

A little birthday Kandi and a little forbidden romance 🤭

Cheers to 38, more fictional men, an ever-growing TBR, and another year of reading whatever makes me happy. 🥂📚

QOTD: What’s one thing you’ve started doing as an adult that your younger self would have absolutely loved?

💬 I would probably have read more and gotten into crafting - making bracelets and journaling. It’s been so fun tapping into my creative side

#birthdaygirl #libra taken in Elk Grove, California by @dearspicyreader

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10 days ago

CURRENTLY READING 📖🐺

Back in the Even Ever After series with Even Werewolves Learn by @e.v.sauvage_books ! 🧡

I’ve read all of the books in this series so far, so I’m excited to be continuing with this gifted ARC. 👀 And a werewolf story with this bright, autumn-y cover? Perfect timing for October. 🍂🐺

Thank you @e.v.sauvage for gifting me an ARC! 🫶🏼

QOTD: What’s one thing on your bucket list? ✈️
AOTD: Japan! 🇯🇵 It’s been on my list forever, and I’d love to finally make the trip someday.

#CurrentlyReading #GiftedARC taken in Sacramento, California by @dearspicyreader

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14 days ago

💕📚 It’s time to celebrate our BOOK BOYFRIENDS! 📚💕

October 3rd is National Boyfriend Day, and we’re celebrating the best kind of boyfriends… the ones who live between the pages! 😍📖

Come join us and the other bookstagrammers as we show off our favorite book boyfriends and the books that made us fall for them. ❤️

Want to see even more swoon-worthy book boyfriends? Be sure to check out my fellow bookstagrammers’ posts below! 👇

@steflovesbooksandwine
@enjoyingbooksagain
@dana.loves.books
@kaseysreadingrecs
@bookbosomedbetty
@dearspicyreader

I love my tall, dark, broody, over protective but let her shine book boyfriend energy. My absolute trifecta? Slade, Rhysand and Xaden Riorson

QOTD: who are you celebrating today? If not a book BF what are you looking forward to this weekend?

Now grab your favorite books, pick your ultimate book boyfriend, and come join the fun! Whether he’s a broody bad boy, a cinnamon roll, a protective alpha, or the guy who makes you believe in happily ever after, we want to see him! 💕

There’s no right or wrong way to create your stack—just have fun, get creative, and show us which fictional man has your heart! 🥰📚

🍂📚 If you want to join the fun, come join @book.stack.collabsandmore

#bookstackcollabsandmore #BookstackChallenge #NationalBoyfriendDay
#BookBoyfriend #BookBoyfriends taken in Elk Grove, California by @dearspicyreader

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15 days ago

🔥🐉 HAPPY THRESHING DAY 🐉🔥

May your dragon choose you, your seat stay secure, and your signet be worth the trauma. 🫡 and remember don’t die

I’d like to think a giant, terrifying dragon would see me and immediately think, “Yeah, that one.” 🖤🐉

⚔️ QOTD: If you were chosen at Threshing, what color dragon are you hoping bonds with you?

#FourthWing #TheEmpyreanSeries #RebeccaYarros #ThreshingDay taken in Elk Grove, California by @dearspicyreader

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17 days ago

BOOK MAIL 💙🦋 | #gifted

The Society of Villains has officially called me back. 👀

A huge thank you to @authorljshen team for sending me this gorgeous Fallen Rook PR box! This is book three in the Society of Villains series, and can we talk about how pretty this cover is?! The blue butterflies + dark vibes are EVERYTHING. 🦋

The box came with my copy of Fallen Rook, the cutest matching goodies, AND a code for my own copy of the full-cast audiobook on Spotify 🎧📖

And after seeing the artwork inside… yeah. I’m ready to meet these villains. 🫠

Thank you so much for having me and for the #gifted copy! 💙

QOTD: What’s one thing you’ve always wanted to learn how to do?

I have always wanted to learn how to dance 💃

@rbfictionaudio @dreamscape_media @antpalmini

#FallenRook #LJShen #societyofvillains taken in Elk Grove, California by @dearspicyreader

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21 days ago

✨ TWO FOR TUESDAY ✨

Two special editions have officially made their way onto my shelves 🖤

Shield of Sparrows + Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry — the gorgeous sprayed edges by @perfectlyedged 💕

The character edges are what really did it. 😮‍💨 I love when two books are beautiful on their own but look even better sitting next to each other.

QOTD: What’s a completely harmless thing that sends you into an unreasonable amount of rage? 😂

Mine is teeth scraping silverware 👀

#TwoForTuesday #DevneyPerry #ShieldOfSparrows #RitesOfTheStarling taken in Elk Grove, California by @dearspicyreader

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a month ago

📚 In the Wild Wednesday 🎬

Went to the movies over the weekend and somehow still ended up finding books. 😂 Spotted Verity and Sunrise on the Reaping getting their movie-theater hype.

It’s been forever since I’ve been to the theater, so I wasn’t expecting books—but it makes sense lol.

QOTD: What’s something you’ll always choose the in-person experience for?

#InTheWildWednesday #Bookstagram #BooksInTheWild #booktoscreen taken in UA Laguna Village 12 by @dearspicyreader

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2 months ago

Two for Tuesday 🇵🇭📚

A few weeks ago, I worked from the library for a little focus time and obviously had to wander the shelves during my break.

For anyone unfamiliar, Tagalog is one of the major languages of the Philippines and is the primary basis of Filipino, the country’s national language.

Two that caught my attention:
✨ LALA Laitera by Owwsic
✨ Every Beast Needs a Beauty by Jonaxx

There’s something extra fun about finding Filipino books tucked into the shelves—especially titles that have had their own loyal readers for years. Now I’m curious which one I should actually pick up first. 👀

QOTD: What’s something from your culture that you love seeing represented unexpectedly? taken in Valley High North Laguna Library by @dearspicyreader

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2 months ago

Currently reading: Wild Eyes by Elsie Silver 🤎🏔️

Back in Rose Hill and ready to see what this one has in store for me. 👀 I’m still early in, so no spoilers—but I have a feeling this is going to be one of those just one more chapter reads.

QOTD: What’s one thing you’re surprisingly good at?

#CurrentlyReading #WildEyes #ElsieSilver #bookstagram taken in Sacramento, California by @dearspicyreader

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2 months ago