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Chapter 34 ๐ŸŽ‚โœจ

Itโ€™s officially my least favourite day of the year, but being fortunate to grow another year older is worth celebrating.

I used to love my birthday, but as Iโ€™ve gotten older and things have happened, I lost the joy for it. So much so, that my mental health is at its lowest around this time (I was literally lying on the kitchen floor last night unable to move - fun right). But today Iโ€™m spending it with the pups bed rotting, and I canโ€™t think of anything Iโ€™d like more ๐Ÿถ

I donโ€™t want this post to be all doom and gloom, especially as Iโ€™m grateful that my 33rd year has given me a lovely book community and bookish friends. It also featured an autism diagnosis, a trip to Hong Kong/Disneyland, and smashing my reading goal for the year/reading the most books Iโ€™ve ever read in a year (so far). 

As for the book, I chose Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber to mark this new year, as Iโ€™m so sad I missed her talk last night (again, shoutout to that menty b). As you may know, I love this series so much, and to have the new novella of Jacks and Evangeline, is honestly a dream ๐Ÿ’› I just need this slump to go away so I can read it!!

Whatโ€™s your favourite activity to do on your birthday? ๐Ÿ“šโœจ

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#book #onceuponabrokenheart #birthday #stephaniegarber #fantasy book birthday post today is my birthday once upon a broken heart the ballad of never after a curse for true love Stephanie Garber the mirror of infinite endings jacks evangeline the fates magic the magnificent north chaos lala bookish favourite book series favourite book books chapter author genre trope Wednesday October autumn spooky season
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Chapter 34 ๐ŸŽ‚โœจ

Itโ€™s officially my least favourite day of the year, but being fortunate to grow another year older is worth celebrating.

I used to love my birthday, but as Iโ€™ve gotten older and things have happened, I lost the joy for it. So much so, that my mental health is at its lowest around this time (I was literally lying on the kitchen floor last night unable to move - fun right). But today Iโ€™m spending it with the pups bed rotting, and I canโ€™t think of anything Iโ€™d like more ๐Ÿถ

I donโ€™t want this post to be all doom and gloom, especially as Iโ€™m grateful that my 33rd year has given me a lovely book community and bookish friends. It also featured an autism diagnosis, a trip to Hong Kong/Disneyland, and smashing my reading goal for the year/reading the most books Iโ€™ve ever read in a year (so far).

As for the book, I chose Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber to mark this new year, as Iโ€™m so sad I missed her talk last night (again, shoutout to that menty b). As you may know, I love this series so much, and to have the new novella of Jacks and Evangeline, is honestly a dream ๐Ÿ’› I just need this slump to go away so I can read it!!

Whatโ€™s your favourite activity to do on your birthday? ๐Ÿ“šโœจ

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#book #onceuponabrokenheart #birthday #stephaniegarber #fantasy book birthday post today is my birthday once upon a broken heart the ballad of never after a curse for true love Stephanie Garber the mirror of infinite endings jacks evangeline the fates magic the magnificent north chaos lala bookish favourite book series favourite book books chapter author genre trope Wednesday October autumn spooky season
Comments (83)
exlibrismagical 9 days ago

exlibrismagical

Happy belated birthday Love!!!! โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ Rest and read a lot, sending hugs! ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ’•

books__and_babble 11 days ago

books__and_babble

Happiest of Birthdays my lovely! I hope the day was as good as can be the puppers gave you lots of cuddles xxx โค๏ธโค๏ธ

book.3aesthetic 12 days ago

book.3aesthetic

aww happy bday!!

natalie_lostinbooks 12 days ago

natalie_lostinbooks

Aww happy birthday lovely! ๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŽ‚ I hope you still had a good day and that you feel better after that night ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿซถ I keep my birthday simple; a nice dinner with my partner or things like that ๐Ÿ™ˆ

halemareads 12 days ago

halemareads

Happy birthday! Sorry youโ€™re not feeling great about it but honestly? Bed rotting sounds fantastic ๐Ÿ™Œโค๏ธ

pooches_and_pages 12 days ago

pooches_and_pages

Penblwydd Hapus ๐ŸŽˆ ๐Ÿ˜

girlandlibrary 12 days ago

girlandlibrary

Happy birthday ๐Ÿฅณ A birthday bedrot sounds like an excellent idea!

acourtofscrollsandart 12 days ago

acourtofscrollsandart

Happy Birthday, lovely! Menty B aside โค๏ธ

obsessivebookdragon 12 days ago

obsessivebookdragon

Happy Birthday ๐Ÿฅณ

ravenbooklover 12 days ago

ravenbooklover

Sending gentle birthday wishes your way. It's mine next week and I am running away to the sea!

jessthebookwyrm_ 12 days ago

jessthebookwyrm_

Happy birthday!!! Sorry youโ€™re not feeling great about it. I hope a day of rotting with the babies has made you feel better. It sounds like the best birthday present being surrounded by floofs โค๏ธ

what_dani_read 12 days ago

what_dani_read

Happy Birthday lovely! Hope youโ€™ve had a brilliant day! โค๏ธmy fave thing to do is have a day of no plans, and just spend it with Leon and the kids, and a nice takeaway and plenty of cake

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