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🕊️☁️ jan to march in books! ☁️🕊️

- books read: 10
- pages read: 2,450
- top moods: reflective, emotional, dark
- fiction/nonfiction: ...100% fiction... oopsie !
- genres: literary, short stories, contemporary, Igbtqia+
- shortest book: ‘mr salary’ definitely does not count so 'annie bot' by sierra greer (231 pages)
- longest book: 'come & get it' by kiley reid (386 pages)
- favourite book: 'this is how you remember it' by catherine prasifka

what's the best book you read in the first three months of the year? 💌

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pretty lil breakfast and some february releases on my radar:

— ’the end of love' by tamara tenenbaum (@europaeditionsuk)
— ‘greta and valdin’ by rebecca k reilly (@hutchheinemann)
— ‘my last innocent year' by daisy alpert florin (@henryholtbooks)
— ‘the night alphabet’ by joelle taylor (@riverrun_books)
— ‘alphabetical diaries' by sheila heti (@fitzcarraldoeditions)
— ‘thanks for having me' by emma darragh (@allenandunwin)

what's the best book you've read this month so far? 🥞 🍓 ☕

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A million years ago, @mann_books and @wintrnyxx tagged me in the #coffeebookchallenge (thank you, my friends!).

Here we go:

☕️ Espresso: a book that was hard to get through.
- KILLING COMMENDATORE by Haruki Murakami was really tough for me. I love his other books, but this one was so long and not very weird or entertaining. I plan to read it again someday to see if I just missed something...

☕️ Cappuccino: a book everyone has read but me.
- A FLICKER IN THE DARK by Stacy Willingham. I saw it everywhere and kept meaning to read it. Same goes for SPELLS FOR FORGETTING by Adrienne Young.

☕️ Latte: a sweet read.
- It's a tie! LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS by Ryka Aoki and THE HEARTBREAK BAKERY by A.R. Capetta. Loved both of these sweet queer stories PLUS they feature acutal sweet treats!

☕️ Macchiato: a favorite read this year.
- A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC by V.E. Schwab blew me away. I loved it SO much that I bought the whole series and have been waiting to read the second one because I'm still basking in the afterglow of the first.

Tagging some friends who might want to play. No pressure, of course! And if you're reading this, consider yourself tagged too!!

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hi! quite a few of new faces around here lately so i thought i’d reintroduce myself with the #aboutmereadertag 🖤

i’m aischa, a 25-year-old libra from just outside edinburgh. i studied english lit at glasgow uni, then got my masters in creative writing, and now i work full-time in marketing. i love writing, travelling, and making things pretty. i started this account with the intention to read more and stay creative after graduating! 🎀

— favourite + least favourite genres
faves: literary fiction + memoir
least faves: romance + fantasy

— favourite format to read
unpopular opinion but i read so much more on my kindle; it has literally changed my life! i love how light and portable it is, i love being able to highlight my favourite parts, and i love making a game out of the reading progress percentage

— favourite reading spots
a quiet train with a hot coffee, on the couch, or in my bed ☕

— morning or night reader
both. i love reading on my commute to work when the sun is rising out of the train windows, but i also love putting my phone away before bed and falling asleep with a book in my hands

— books that got me into reading
the rainbow magic books. but later on, jacqueline wilson was my absolute favourite author. i’ve probably read ‘my sister jodie’ more times than i’ve restarted ‘friends’ from season one

— reading habits
highlighting on my kindle and taking lots of notes / reading to write

— a book goal for 2024
to finish as many books as i start 😌

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an overdue #comforttag courtesy of @lovebuglibraries 💌

comfort reads:
🤍 divine rivals by rebecca ross
🤍 the thursday murder club by richard osman
🤍 fable by adrienne young
🤍 funny story by emily henry

comfort characters:
🤍 percy jackson
🤍 iris winnow
🤍 tony stark

comfort songs:
🤍 curls by bibio
🤍 precious love by james morrison
🤍 little freak by harry styles
🤍 silver springs by fleetwood mac

comfort movies:
🤍 knives out
🤍 how to lose a guy in 10 days
🤍 mission impossible: rogue nation
🤍 pride and prejudice (2005)

comfort drinks:
🤍 chai
🤍 shirley temple

there are definitely so many more but this was off the top of my head <3 tagged a few accounts🌷but consider yourself tagged if you see this!

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updating you all with a #midyearfreakoutbooktag 🌷

my 2024 reading goal is within reach and I’m excited to read as much as possible for the rest of the summer :) but first, time for a check-in 📚

🌷mid-year stats
- total books read: 19
- current reading goal: 24
- number of 5 ⭐️ reads: 2

🌷favorite books so far
- Beartown // Fredrik Backman
- First Lie Wins // Ashley Elston
- Namesake // Adrienne Young

🌷 books I dnf’d
- Iron Flame // Rebecca Yarros
- Humble Pi // Matt Parker

🌷most anticipated releases for the second half of the year
- Not Another Love Song // Julie Soto
- Breaking the Dark // Lisa Jewell
- Where the Library Hides // Isabel Ibañez

🌷a book that surprised me
- My Mechanical Romance // Alexene Farol Follmuth

🌷a book that disappointed me
- The Only One Left // Riley Sager

🌷current read
- The Midnight Feast // Lucy Foley

tell me about your mid-year stats! what has been your favorite read of 2024 so far?

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some sweet softness recently

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we made it to wednesday!! here's a #lastnownext 🕸️🕊️

• last: ‘strong female character’ by fern brady
• now: ‘down the hatch’ by julia fox + ‘wordslut’ by amanda montell
• next: i think i'm gonna reread 'in the dream house' by carmen machado next!

q: what’s next on your tbr? ₊˚⊹♡ ✧˚

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🪄 #whatthisweek 💫

i've been having a pretty relaxing week as we’ve had some national holidays here in spain! i've been seeing friends, going to the beach and reading loads📖

•what i'm reading
un malestar indefinido: un año sin dormir (samantha harvey)
we have always lived in the castle (shirley jackson)

•what i'm watching
i'm rewatching skam france season 3 because i love myself and after visiting paris recently i really wanna start consuming more media in french to improve my vocabulary and speech🫡

•what i'm listening to
SARAH KINSLEY WHERE HAVE U BEEN ALL MY LIFE?? cypress! the king! oh no darling!! i cannot get enough💫 also, sweet venom by enhypen?? YOU GOT ME THERE KINGS! i'm slowly but surely getting acquainted with their music and it’s great so far🫶🏼

•what i'm looking forward to
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS!! i'm very excited i'm meeting with my family in new york for a few weeks🪄

thank u sm sweet @usingmylitdegree for the tag, i'm tagging a few pals if they also wish to do it!! love you🌙

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How appropriate, I was tagged by my dearest friend @radronreads last week in a reading update. Then when I walked into her house this am, she handed me this fat stack of books AND some pretty rad boo marks. Looks like June will be a full month of thriller/horror – and I am SO here for it. *brb crying*

Please note: she has cute pups, so featured today are said cute doggies.

+ Last Read:
The Book Of Cold Cases, I can not say anything but great things about this book. From start to finish I was hooked. It was so well written, and it filled in all the gaps that are sometimes missed in thriller books with so much going on.

+ Current Read:
1. The Silent Patient: Really enjoying this listen right now. It’s VERY physiological, which I was not expecting, but I am learning, I quite enjoy that.

2. The Chalk Man: WOW WOW WOW, I LOVE THIS BOOK. It’s very Stephen King – who actually reviewed this book stating “If you like my stuff, you’ll love hers”. He was NOT lying, I am obsessed. Ordered every book by her now. I am in deep yall!

+ Next Read:
My lord. Have you seen the amount of books in this photo? This does not include the 9 I ordered this weekend as well. – I think this question will have to be answered as the days go on.

+Last book that made me cry:
If We Were Villains – there is something just so absolutely tragic and wonderful about the whole entirety of that book.

+ Last book that made me Laugh:
The Humans – Over n over. That book is the absolute BEST.

+ Last book I couldn’t put down:
The Chalk Man – it’s gory, very IT vibe.

+ Last book that stayed on my mind:
The Humans - I still talk about and think of this book daily.

+ Book I recently bought:
Buckle up – it’s a lot : The Thirteenth Tall, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, The Lying Game, The Hiding Place, The Woman in Cabin, Human Acts, The Last Mrs. Parrish. 🐾

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📚 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 📚
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I was tagged by the lovely @thelegalreads 💕
I have also tagged some others, but don’t feel pressured to do it! 💌
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📖 When did you start your Bookstagram?

- I originally started my account on February 2, 2015 but never stayed super active. I started back up on April 21, 2020 and have been consistent since! 🥰

📖 Why did you start your Bookstagram?

- When I first started in 2015, it was a way in which I could share my love of reading on an account separate from my personal! 💕

📖 What inspired your username?

- My love of the HP universe, my favourite character and my Hogwarts house!
Padfoot = Sirius Black
Puff = Hufflepuff 💛
(And no I do not support any of JK’s views, I just love and appreciate the world in which she created)

📖 What was the first review you posted?

- Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah on April 21, 2020. This review was the first post I came back to Bookstagram with!

📖 What is your favourite part of Bookstagram?

- You. All of you! I love being able to interact with people who share the same love of reading as I do 💕

📖 Bookstagram made you buy…

- I think since I’ve been on Bookstagram as long as I have, pretty much my entire personal library has been influenced by the Bookstagram community 😅

📖 Favourite Bookstagram tags

- any kind of themed stack! I love pretty book stacks! 😍

📖 Bookstagram aesthetic

- Cozy and warm, for sure! This aesthetic has stuck for a while and I don’t think I’m going to steer from it! 💕

📖 Recent fave

- Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood. It was absolutely amazing. I am so thankful I got the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book
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#books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booklove #booklover #reader #reading #bookvibes #bookaesthetic #bookaesthetics #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookblogger #booktag #bookstagrambackstory #booksta #instabooks #canadianbookstagram #ontariobookstagrammers #bookishcanadians #bookphoto #bookphotography

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✨ #54321challenge ✨
I loved reading the answers of everyone who tried this challenge and felt like sharing my own too. This was fun! 💟

5 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦:
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt.
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
• A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter.

4 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴:
• Sally Rooney.
• Donna Tartt.
• Sarah Waters.
• George Saunders.

3 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘴:
• Classics.
• History Fiction.
• Literary Fiction.

2 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥:
• My bed (nothing in this whole world can top this <3).
• My desk (when I am reading a book that I would like to annotate a bit).

1 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯:
• The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.

Thank you @theobviousmystery for tagging me. Tagging a few others to join this challenge too! 🤍 ✨ #54321 challenge ✨
I loved reading the answers of everyone who tried this challenge and felt like sharing my own too. This was fun! 💟

5 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦:
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt.
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
• A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter.

4 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴:
• Sally Rooney.
• Donna Tartt.
• Sarah Waters.
• George Saunders.

3 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘴:
• Classics.
• History Fiction.
• Literary Fiction.

2 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥:
• My bed (nothing in this whole world can top this <3).
• My desk (when I am reading a book that I would like to annotate a bit).

1 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯:
• The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.

Thank you @theobviousmystery for tagging me. Tagging a few others to join this challenge too! 🤍

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