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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5 stars) I want to watch the anime now!

🧹This final volume has Akko finding out something about Jasminka and her love of food, Constanze and her tricks to get her inventions to work, a favorite book author making a visit, and broom race that almost goes wrong but ends with a cool twist.

#littlewitchacademia #keisukesato #booksaboutwitches #fantasymanga #friendshipbooks

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5 stars) Just a little update that I finished volume 2 of the Little Witch Academia manga! To keep it vague, Akko and her friends deal with: a money-hungry dragon, inspirational mice, a rich boy who thinks magic is old-fashioned, a mysterious fountain, a shrinking spell, and a friend with a hidden nice side.

🌛Also, this is my first Moonspell Magic doll! It’s a spin-off of monster high where the characters are witches. The one I have pictured above is Willow Thorne—she’s a green witch! (Basically an herbalist).

#littlewitchacademia #shojomanga #booksaboutwitches #moonspellmagic #willowthornedoll

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🌞As usual, I tagged a few people, but there's no pressure to do this tag. Anyone is free to do it! I'd love to see your answers. 🌛

#sunmoonrisingbooktag #favoritebooks #underratedbooks #bookrecommendations #astrology

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⭐⭐⭐⭐🌠 (4.5 stars) Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor is a YA urban fantasy book set in Nigeria. Sunny is a Nigerian-American albino girl who has always been ostracized by her community, but after befriending two other kids named Orlu and Chichi, she gets sucked into a secret society of people who are different like her. As it turns out, Sunny, Orlu, Chichi, and a fourth guy named Sasha are all "Leopard" people. These people are very spiritually attuned and can perform magic. This is what separates them from Lambs (ordinary people).

😱The four friends also get summoned to stop the ultimate plan of a dangerous criminal named Black Hat Otokoto. If it isn't stopped, the whole world will literally end.

🌞This book was very magical and very atmospheric! It was so fun to read about Sunny stepping into her powers and finding a community of people like her. Very heartwarming.

🤔I did give it 4.5 stars, but that's because of the more heavier elements that are present throughout the book (for example, the main conflict literally deals with a deadly criminal!).

✨I will read the sequels and check out the author's other books!

#akatawitch #nnediokorafor #yabooks #fantasybooks #bookssetinnigeria

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⋆˚꩜｡ weekly r.e.p.o.r.t. 19 𐔌՞ ܸ.ˬ.ܸ՞𐦯 ♡

(may 04 - may 10)

submission hell continues... and web design is becoming my biggest headache. why is this aspx stuff such a headache?! genuinely had me crying and collapsing into the floor because my stupid database would not link, and each time it just crashed my whole system TT but glad to say it finally worked out (i forgot to link one thing to make that database work 😪😭) tbh this exam was cursed, but thats a story for later...

finished my final presentation for the other courses and finally worked on an assignment i had been procrastinating on for a while 😅 turns out it was fun! but oh well its over now ^^ went out on sunday, and it was nice to be out of the house. there was a flea market happening and ohh soo many familiar books 🥹🫶

—— reading
▪︎ all of my presentations and exam materials for finals // nothing else :((

—— eating
pasta and mangoes, so. much. mangoes!!! 🥭🥭

—— playlist
• i hope you find god by rosy
• mamihlapinatapai by illit
• amsham by aksomaniac
• it takes a village by jenna raine

—— obsessing over
♡ aspx.net you will be in my curses for life 😤 i hate how annoying it is, but it is fun as well so ughhhhh
♡ all the good shows!! my royal nemesis, i knew you would be my stuff from the day i heard of you, 3 months ago

—— recommending
in all the chaos, i hope u take a day to slow down <33

—— trying
☘︎ to not cry in class (did end up crying 😭)
☘︎ to relax...

—— watching
× filing for love [ep 4] oh im sat 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️
× perfect crown [ep 9] did we all forget the poisoning or...
× my royal nemesis [ep 2] AHHH I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU!!!

lots of love
~ carthi
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📖: if you’re not the one by farah naz rishi
🎧: shelf life by johnny orlando
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#asianbookstagrammer #bookstagram #weeklyreport

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Friday Reader Pick 🦔📚

This week I would like to share @aprils.reading , one of those accounts that makes Bookstagram feel like smiles and fun.

Her reading journals are beautiful, her reviews are simple yet incredibly effective at capturing a book’s vibe.

Her account is a lovely reminder that reading is meant to be enjoyed. If you’re looking for cozy bookish content, creative journaling inspiration and a genuinely wonderful person to follow, go say hello💛

#readingcommunity #booktok #bookstagrammer #bookishfriends #readersoninstagram

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‧˚⟡ ୧ the soulmate bakery (cover reveal) ୭˚. ᵎᵎ

thank you dear universe for allowing me to be part of this cover reveal team 🥹 <33 i absolutely adored the girlfriend act, so to have another book by safa ahmed?!!? oh yeah im sat, and no one’s gonna take me out of this bookstore hehe ^^

like listen, a cozy fantasy rooted in pakistani folklore, lots of delicious baked goods, and a love triangle... what more do u need 🤨 so yeah readers do ur magic, go add it on goodreads, pre-order if u can, ask your library to pre-order, or even just tell a friend 🥹🫶

okii byeeee (running back to midterms lol)

lots of love
~ carthi
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📖: if you’re not the one by farah naz rishi
🎧: sugar rush by and2ble
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#coverreveal #thesoulmatebakery #asianbookstagrammer

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⊹₊⟡⋆ Pick A Mythical Creature, Get A Book Rec ⊹₊⟡⋆

💭 Which mythical creature did you pick?

Pick between a dragon, phoenix, vampire, fae, and witch to get some books recs🫶🏻!! There’s a lot more mythical creatures that I’d love to do book recs for so you’ll probably get a part 2 post in the future🤭.

Let me know if there are any mythical creatures in particular you’d like me to do book recs for!

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Extra tags: @raconteur.recs @haraharanigh @daisy.starkweather @triwizreads @wardahread @letterstojiya @_moonlitbooks @thebookconcierge @bejeweled.bookworm @kgabstei18 @lexieyyyyyy
#pickamythicalcreature #fantasybook #bookrecommendations #bookrecs bookreviewer, bookstagrammer, fantasy book, yafantasy, romantasy, booktok, uk bookstagrammer, fyp, explore, the poet empress by Shen Tao, the night ends with fire by KX Song, Fireborne, immortal dark, the cruel prince by holly black, dawn of the firebird, Emily Wilde’s encyclopaedia of faeries by Heather Fawcett, dragon books, phoenix books, fae books, witch books, vampire books

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⋆˚꩜｡ weekly r.e.p.o.r.t. 14 𐔌՞ ܸ.ˬ.ܸ՞𐦯 ♡

(mar 29 - apr 05)

a week of absolutely locking in because i had three midterm assignment submissions, and i was going crazy attempting it. was it objectively hard? no, but there was soo much to do, it felt like mission impossible. i almost missed one deadline by five minutes and the next 3 hours were one of the most stressful ones i had, until dr. reopened the submission ahahah..

our uni also had an online kahoot night, and i was soo close to winning T-T (there was a cash prize!!) but stupid bromine made me lose sigh :((( also taking part in tenshi world’s drawing challenge and its been soo much fun <33

—— reading
▪︎ these violent delights [pg 140] ok the writing is beautiful!!
▪︎ drawing from your memory [★★★★.25] ok time loop + art lovers pls assemble!!
▪︎ always a catch! vol 01 [★★★★☆] reminded me of pursuit of jade 🥹
▪︎ donut squad [pg 66] buddy reading with my lil bro
▪︎ my weekly webtoons

—— eating
this week food was absolutely scrumptious. we got biryani from our fav place, bought donuts from dunkin twice (the same week!!), and then amma cooked up a storm. she made ghee rice and coconut chicken curry, and also mutton biryani??! also i did not know that cadbury crispy was a thing?! its soo good!

—— playlist
• museum by owis
• unique by p1harmony
• premam soundtrack

—— obsessing over
♡ the notebooks i made from paper bags hehe ^^ been wanting to make them for ages and its finaly done :))
♡ all the assignments i need to get done 😀

—— recommending
every book/webtoon i mentioned hehe

—— trying
☘︎ to be productive 😭😭
☘︎ to not be swayed by others moods :)
☘︎ to exercise consistently!! (and im doing it :))

—— watching
× love beyond the grave [ep 20] omg this is soo good! i need to read the novel asap 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

lots of love
~ carthi
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📖: burn the sea by mona tewari
🎧: so what by txt
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#asianbookstagrammer #bookstagram #weeklyreport

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⋆˚꩜｡ weekly r.e.p.o.r.t. 13 𐔌՞ ܸ.ˬ.ܸ՞𐦯 ♡

(mar 23 - mar 29)

uni has started… my small piece of freedom is over T-T and we have assignments to replace midterms cause we’re not back to campus. classes are online, so yeah T-T and idk why but this entire week, i sort of shut down 😭😭 idek what i actually did. spent a lot of time attempting to fix the capstone project, and then attending classes and…. umm just binge reading webtoons ig?

—— reading
▪︎ seyoon and dean, unscripted [★★★★★] the fake dating queen for a reason 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️
▪︎ in her own league [★★★★☆] i love this family so soo much 🥹
▪︎ morgana and oz [★★★★½] omg why did it take me soo long to read 😭 the most wholesome webtoon frr
▪︎ how a goddess wins over a tiger [★★★★¾] plot twist after plot twist!!!
▪︎ my weekly webtoons

—— eating
the most mundane meals lol

—— playlist
• revive+ by ive
• all about luv by monsta x
• this music may contain hope. by raye

—— obsessing over
♡ how unproductive i am, despite all the work i should be doing 🥰
♡ how badly they ruined my beloved pursuit of jade 😭 how could they murder these two amazing characters like that…??

—— recommending
every book/webtoon i mentioned hehe

—— trying
☘︎ to be productive 😭😭

—— watching
× the goat [★★★½] omg the animation is fire!! i loved the sequences soo much :)
× hoppers [★★★★½] this is so soo wholesome,,, i– 😭 where do i get a george 😭
× minions: the rise of gru [★★★★☆] omg lil gru 🥹 also the many different callbacks!!
× love beyond the grave [ep 5] OH I AM SAT! this is everything i needed to recover from zhu yu 😭

lots of love
~ carthi
———
📖: burn the sea by mona tewari
🎧: sorry to myself by monsta x
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#asianbookstagrammer #bookstagram #weeklyreport

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⋆˚꩜｡ weekly r.e.p.o.r.t. 10 𐔌՞ ܸ.ˬ.ܸ՞𐦯 ♡

(mar 02 - mar 08)

so ig being a person in today’s world means actively being part of historical events... ahahaha that was totally unnecessary 😭 tbh i always thought if i was going to be a random person in history it would be for some fun stuff, but its actually the boring old stuff the old men love recycling 🥰

anyways we have online classes rn and im taking it in stride and churning out posts to make up for all my inactivity jan-feb. suddenly i realize how much time commute actually takes up in my life lol. now i have time to play with my lil brothers, and help amma soo much more!

—— reading
▪︎ prodigal tiger [27%] i am in love!!!!
▪︎ chasing jade [rereading] ahh the adaptation is doing such a good job 🥹
▪︎ your eternal lies (webtoon) [★★★★.5] woahh this is such an amazing webtoon! i love rosen walker (we support women’s wrongs 🙂‍↕️)
▪︎ webtoons | i am the villain / ghost duchess / for your perfect ending

—— eating
more pasta!! its pretty easy to make now that we have a hang of it hehe ^^ also bought chicken curry from outside and amma made idiyappam (basically steamed noodles?) and ahh it was everything <333

—— playlist
• my regards by maisie peters
• the rest of the laurels:epilogue by janani k jha
• blue by dxs

—— obsessing over
♡ wdym zb1 disbands in less than two weeks??? noooo im in denial stop stop stop
♡ i am the villain!! oh this webtoon is absolutely scrumptious!!!

—— recommending
prodigal tiger!! ooh this book is a showstopper 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

—— treating
a very decent sleep schedule 🥹🙂‍↕️

—— watching
× undercover miss hong [ep 14] song juran crash outs hehe :P
× love story in the 1970s [ep 23] i gotta finish this but im kinda worried,,, will this be derailed?
× pursuit of jade [8.5/10] i am not ok, this is everything i dreamed of!!!

lots of love
~ carthi
———
📖: seyoon and dean, unscripted by sujin witherspoon
🎧: back it up by exo
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#asianbookstagrammer #bookstagram #weeklyreport

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⋆˚꩜｡ weekly r.e.p.o.r.t. 09 𐔌՞ ܸ.ˬ.ܸ՞𐦯 ♡

(feb 23 - mar 01)

a pretty mundane start to the week. ramadan timings has made things a lot easier for me lol,,, less commuting wohoo!! but exams are happening on-site, so did go to uni thrice this week nonetheless. morning class and 2 exams. one was a quiz, and ooh this was fun! mainly because i have been zoning out during class and teaching myself the syllabus wasnt that horrible lol.

and as a treat for surviving this weeks exams, i went to the book fair! back at my fav place after almost two years and ahh their book collection is top tier>>> bbw pls stay here permanently pls 🥺🥺 and i went home with two books! one for myself, and one for my lil bro (he bought a wimpy kid book,, he’s obsessed lol)

—— reading
▪︎ prodigal tiger [3%] ok this is soo well-written! the imagery>>>
▪︎ perfectly fine on my own, so my fiancé can twist in the wind (vol 1) [★★★★★] the absolute comedy of it all!!

—— eating
amma made penne pasta!! we cheer hehe :))) and we got ice-cream as well and the caramel was everything!! (im a caramel addict first, human second 😋😋) my lassi finally got over :(( sigh

—— playlist
• nightingale lane by raye
• songs i couldn’t forget by lauv
• revive+ by ive

—— obsessing over
♡ my copy of tvd!! its soo pretty and ahhh bought a book after ages lol
♡ all the amazing books i got approved for ty ty 🥹🫶🫶

—— recommending
prodigal tiger!! ooh this book is a showstopper 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

—— treating
my new book mwahahaa

—— watching
× undercover miss hong [ep 12] omg wait this is a 16 ep drama!! we’re soo back yall
× generation to generation [ep 5] this looks soo good, but im not in the right headspace
× love story in the 1970s [ep 20] omg chen feiyu and sun qian are soo adorable!!
× bridgerton s4 pt2 [8.5/10] okay i really really love this season (my second fav hehe after s2 :)))

lots of love
~ carthi
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📖: seyoon and dean, unscripted by sujin witherspoon
🎧: running to future by zerobaseone
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#asianbookstagrammer #bookstagram #weeklyreport

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