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⭐Recommendation⭐

•Discontent by Beatriz Serrano•

Genre: Contemporary

General gist: Despite her outwardly enviable life, Marisa’s dealing with corporate existential dread, and she’s willing to go to dramatic lengths to change that

Highlights: dark humour, well-written, complex MC

⚠️: car accident, suicide/suicidal thoughts, drug use and abuse, death, panic attacks

Read if you like: dark humour, corporate dread

#bookrecommendations #bookstagram #canadianbookstagram #beatrizserrano by @shaunashares

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Horror Books I’m Dying to Read 💀🖤

As a full-time horror lover and a Halloween fanatic, October is my time to shine! These are just a few horror books on my radar this spooky season!

What spooky reads are you indulging in this month? What would you recommend?

#bookrecommendations #bookstagram #canadianbookstagram #horrorbooks #horrorbookstagram by @shaunashares

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⭐Recommendation⭐

•Piglet by Lottie Hazell•

Genre: Contemporary fiction

General gist: in the weeks leading up to her wedding, Piglet is dealing with stress at work, making her own flawless wedding cake, a confession of betrayal, contemplating her entire future, and (as a result of the aforementioned), an insatiable hunger

Highlights: food descriptions, internal monologue, writing style

⚠️: infidelity, disordered eating, fat phobia/body shaming, pregnancy

Read if you like: culinary writing, weird girl lit, wedding drama

#bookrecommendations #bookstagram #lottiehazell #weirdgirllit #culinarybooks by @shaunashares

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11 days ago

September Reading Review 🗓

Books read 📚: 5
Favourite♥️: Victorian Psycho
Underdog🏆: My Vampire Plus One
Audio rec 🎧: First Time Caller
Shelf TBR ✅: 1

What was the best book you read in September?

#bookstagram #readersofìnstagram #monthlywrapup #canadianbookstagram #momswhoread by @shaunashares

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17 days ago

⭐Recommendation⭐

•Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley•

Genre: horror

General gist: After losing her fiancé, Hannah goes on a retreat with her friends in the desert. What starts as a peaceful wellness weekend takes a deadly turn when Hannah’s friends start turning up dead in escalatingly gruesome ways

Highlights: isolation horror, death lead-ups, culty vibes

⚠️: death, body horror, gore, murder, suicidal thoughts

Read if you like: Scream, slasher horror

#bookrecommendations #bookstagram #horrorbookstagram #horrorbooks #breatheinbleedout by @shaunashares

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18 days ago

Just a couple of recent additions to my shelf ✨

#bookrecommendations #bookstagram #canadianbookstagram #coolgirlsread #readersofinstagram by @shaunashares

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19 days ago

⭐Recommendation⭐

•Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson•

Genre: Horror

General gist: Betty meets Ashling at school, and as the two become closer, Ashling’s dark family secrets start to come to light - and at the centre of it is Ashling’s dark obsession with a goat puppet from a children’s tv show

Highlights: Irish lore, creepy horror elements, family secrets

⚠️: gore, murder, child death, homophobia, alcoholism, sexual assault, suicide

Read if you like: Celtic folklore

#bookrecommendations #bookstagram #knockknockopenwide #horrorbooks #horrorbookstagram by @shaunashares

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a month ago

Book Shelf TBR ✨

I’ve been neglecting physical books over the summer, with audio and e-books taking over my TBR, but I’m ready to make a dent in my shelf TBR!

Which book would you pick up first?

#bookstagram #tbr #canadianbookstagram #physicalbooks #bookishmom by @shaunashares

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⭐Recommendation⭐

•Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen•

Genre: Contemporary Horror

General gist: Contestants on a reality dating show head to a remote Pacific Northwest island to film the finale, and each finalist is determined to get something out of being the final girl. Instead of the finalists being eliminated by the bachelor, lethal local legend Patricia will ultimately decide who will be the final girl

Highlights: campy, satirical horror, mysterious monster, queer characters

⚠️: gore, death, blood, homophobia, alcoholism, cancer, abortion

Read if you like: creature features, satirical horror

#bookrecommendations #bookstagram #queerbooks #horror #patriciawantstocuddle by @shaunashares

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August Reading Review 🗓

Books read 📚: 5
Favourite♥️: People Watching
Underdog🏆: What Hunger
Audio rec 🎧: The Girls Who Grew Big
Shelf TBR ✅: 0

What was the best book you read in August?

#bookstagram #monthlywrapup #canadianbookstagram #bookgirl #bookworm by @shaunashares

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⭐Recommendation⭐

•Dream On, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake•

Genre: Romance

General gist: When a film crew rolls into her small town, Ramona thinks this is her chance to follow her fashion design dreams. Little does she know, she his history with the movie’s infamous star

Highlights: sapphic, childhood reconnection, small town

⚠️: abandonment, alcoholism, addiction, panic attacks, drug use, toxic parent relationship

Read if you like: sapphic romance, celebrity in a small town

#bookrecommendations #bookstagram #romancebookstagram #ashleyherringblake #romancereader by @shaunashares

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2 months ago

A queen, an icon, the woman we all want to be when we grow up 🎀🪩✨ #dollyparton #imaginationlibrary #bookstagram by @shaunashares

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2 months ago