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some of my favorite bookstagram accounts lately 🍂📚 the people who make me want to drop everything and read

🤎 @lizfairslibrary: her sit-down talk-through videos feel like catching up with a friend over coffee
🤎 @joleen.erb: always has a great take, and her fantasy recs never miss
🤎 @sarahsbooked_: a fellow RVA girly with the most fun videos and the cutest aesthetic
🤎 @berty.reads: her monthly wrap-ups are a must-watch, and she’s my go-to for romance recs
🤎 @madisynslittlebooknook: she just released her own book (!!) and her feed highlights mental health awareness so beautifully

go give them some love 🤎 who’s been brightening your feed lately?

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Sweet September 🌸💛📚

This month was HIGHLY anticipated, with my boyfriend coming home and then joining me to watch my stunning bestie marry her childhood sweetheart, I truly wish I could do it all over again. It was the most special month. This month was also really good for my productivity; finally feeling like I’m in the groove of the semester and I have a good locked in gym schedule to keep me moving and sane, I really can’t complain other than I miss it!!!

Enter, the hottest October first I’ve ever experienced. Quit using AI and it won’t be this hot and we can all pull out our sweaters! Hoping the weather cools shortly. Happy October ♡

3 favs, and The Confidence of Wildflowers was effing diabolical. My boyfriend got an EARFULL after I finished. I can’t believe there’s 2 more books in the series. Too bad I won’t be reading them!

HACK YOUR LIFE! This has been so so so helpful for me, bringing my social media time down so much and reminding me to pick up my book instead of mindlessly scrolling. They call it doomscrolling for a reason, because you literally feel like death!!!

My sweet bestie @berty.reads had the most exciting month and I am so lucky to be in her life and on there on the most special day ♡ Sept 19th forever

Love like this comes once in a lifetime, you bet I’m going to hold him tight when I can!

Hoping for a chilly October with movies, sweaters, and some spine-tingling reads

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September is my favorite month, and Libra season always does me right!!

September called for meeting my book besties for the past four years IRL!!

September brought me multiple birthday celebrations, reading 12 books (with three days to go)!!!, solo travel for the first time, new tattoo, and so much love!

Every year I say my 30s brought me so much more than my 20s. I love who I’ve grown into this year and I can’t wait to see what this next year brings 🖤

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🌀It was all a dream…🦋
📸: @artnubs (thank you Ruben for these incredible photos)
Thank you to everyone who came out last weekend for Chrissy T in Wonderland and forever grateful for the many who put their heart and soul into helping me create this vision. From the poster to the choreography to my hair and makeup—you know who you are. I’m so proud of this creative team. Thank you for making my dreams come true.
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All my loved ones really came out to support. Thank you!

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We are HALFWAY through 2026, let’s do a pulse check! 🌸🫶

It’s a beautiful month to read Queer stories!!🏳️‍🌈
“One Last Stop”…. Girl I tried but it just wasn’t it for me and life is too short to read books you don’t enjoy

I’m absolutely going to need to raise my reading goal because HOLY 58 books is insane for me!!! I might go up to 100 but jury’s out🤭

So many gorg moments this month. Meeting new friends, spending time with old ones, getting my ass kicked in the best gym ever, and…

Finding a new hobby that I adore!!!! 🛼✨

Starting a physically difficult hobby at 26 has been humbling, and I have fallen more times than I can count, but I am having SO MUCH FUN!! I literally feel like my inner child jumps up and down when I get to go outside, practice new drills and skate around with a good playlist in. Catch me at the RINK!

I can’t lie, I’ve never known a TON of Kid Cudi’s music but seeing Mr. rager, Maui Wowie and Pursuit of Happiness live was insaaaaaane 🎤🎫

As always, so so much time spent in the sun and fresh air

I’ll see you cookie monsters in July! ❤️⭐️

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The sweetest long weekend away with the most giggly group💛🚤☀️🍹🫶

I had an amazing time in Tahoe boating, drinking like a fish, making up bits and wishing time would slow down. There really is something to be said for the friends you meet in your mid 20s and the confidence in knowing they will always be in your life. I didn’t get much reading done but my soul is healed and refreshed for the last few weeks of work before summer starts and I can rot out by the pool with a good romance or some weird girl litfic. All in all, life is good🫶

How was everyone’s Memorial Day weekend?

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Mine and @stephsbookishdiary birthday month is over *sniff* but it was a great one!!! I have so many highlights from this month, but mainly turning 26 and beginning another year of life full of learning, laughter, and growth!

I had a great reading/ media viewing month and can’t wait to dig into my physical TBR more! I think I’m going to put my book box subscriptions on hold for now because I genuinely have nowhere to STORE the books I am acquiring at such a rapid rate.

I always love April and May because it means the end of the school year and start of reading by the pool DAILY.
Be kind to yourselves, see you all in May 💛
(And keep an eye on me to make sure I read my 2 priority books next month, I need it)

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Greek Mythology Book Tag 🏛️🏺

What is your favorite myth retelling?

Thank you so much @michealaschapter for the tag!!!

If you know me, you know I ADORE Greek and Roman myths!! I studied one year in Classics and I miss it everyday <3

🦉 Athena — a book with a heist or scheme
- Six of Crows by @lbardugo !!!

🌊 Poseidon — a book set near the sea
- House of Salt and Sorrows by @penchant4words
- Beach Read by @emilyhenrywrites

🧝🏻‍♀️ Circe — a book with a misunderstood female character
- Unbound by @peytoncorinneauthor !!! (and I’m sure Undone too, actually the entire Undone series)

🗡️ Achilles — a book with a tragic love story
- These Violent Delights by @thechloegong (it does end well so technically not but it is a Romeo and Juliet retelling)

👁️ Cyclops — a book with an underrated side character
- Alucard from A Darker Shade of Magic by @veschwab

🐍 Hydra — a book with multiple povs
- Get a Life, Chloe Brown by @taliahibbert

🏁 Labyrinth — a book with an intense competition
- Fourth Wing by @rebeccayarros

I love you guys <3

#bookrecs #prettybooks #fantasy #aestheticpics #greekmyths

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Well well well I am pleased to repeat that Q1 has been excellent for my reading goal, and I’ve found so many new 5 star reads! ♡ ‘tis the season of GREEEEEN so if you see several pics of me in my fav Chartreuse shirt, yes you did😉

March was a particularly good month because of the delicious heat wave and all of the defrosting I did out in my favorite tanning chair ☀️everything is blooming, I’m sneezing like crazy, and Project Hail Mary lives in my head rent free and I’ll be telling my future children the story of Rocky and Grace before bedtime 10 years from now.

Happy April to my fellow Aries babies, do we have any similar reads? 🌷💐🥀🪷🪻

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Happy Monday!!! I’ve got too many pictures in my camera roll if you don’t mind me dumping them here for a bit 🤪

I am LOVING this March heat wave and this month has been flying by which means 😗☝🏼 it’s almost my birthday month (which is very important to me, but remind me I need to sign up for insurance before the 1st!!!)

I’ve been reading like a madwoman -mini reviews to come- and am currently nose deep in:
- She’s My Kinda Rain- Elle Embers 35%
- Culpability- Bruce Holsinger 12%
I’m enjoying the early 2000s vibes I’m getting from She’s My Kinda Rain and Culpability is a very interesting story discovering what happens when AI goes TOO far. My fellow Anti AI baddies would absolutely eat it up!!

Just chugging along with work til my trip the first week of April to see my 🙋🏻‍♂️ 🕺🏻👩‍❤️‍👨 and it’s truly all smooth sailing from here. I love you all, don’t forget your sunscreen and allergy pills!! 😇

Wait before I go- in need of a steamy Romantasy. Drop your recs??

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⋆༶୨ February Wrap Up & Photo Dump ୧༶⋆

Lmfaoooo, I know we’re halfway through March, but do you mind if I leave my February wrap up here? 🫣👀😂

If you told me I’d finish 6 books in the shortest month of the year, I’d tell you you’re lying bc what the hell???? I set the goal to read at least one more book than I did last month, and let me say, I did exactly THAT lol

Here’s a recap of what I read for the month:
𖧧 Daggermouth - H.M. Wolfe ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
𖧧 First Time Caller - B.K. Borison ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
𖧧 Two Can Play - Ali Hazelwood ☆ ☆ ☆.5
𖧧 Rook & Rebel - Kate Crew ☆ ☆ ☆.5
𖧧 Two Perfect Lies - Natalie D. Richards ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
𖧧 Holly - Adalyn Grace ☆ ☆ .5

I was also OUTSIDE last month. Honestly, February was just an overall great month and March has been a rough start, but can’t wait to see what the rest of the month brings. I just finished my first ARC for m(ARC)h, so let’s see how many more I can knock out this month 🙂‍↕️

Since I’ve been absent, what has everyone been up to?? Lmk what you guys are reading 🫶🏼

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Happy International Women’s Day! 💐 Women are amazing and make this world go round. I wanted to highlight just some of my favorite women on Bookstagram today 💕 I hope all of you do something that makes you happy today. We all deserve to treat ourselves.

#bookstagram #happyinternationalwomensday❤️ #womensday #reading #books

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