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📚 Reading my way through history 🏛️
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Have a lovely start of September! ⛈️🍂
Here‘s #autumnloverstag 🍄

🧣Sweater weather: favourite autumn tv show
You
Chilling adventures of Sabrina
The umbrella academy

🎃Pumpkin spice: favourite autumn drink
I adore different types of tea and glühwein!

🧺Fall harvest: top books on tbr
I’ve already finished ‘And then there were none’ by Agatha Christie and going to reread ‘Halloween party’ in October/November
‘Don’t breathe a word’ - Jennifer McMahon
‘The Makioka Sisters’ - Jun’ichirō Tanizaki
‘Convenience store woman’ - Sayaka Murata
And some of Akutagawa’s short stories

🥧Apple pie: cozy read
Defending Jacob
Hunting Jack the Ripper
Fathers and sons
Little women

🍁Autumn leaves: top autumn book recs
Embassy of the dead
The phantom of the opera
Six of crows
Frankenstein
A good girl’s guide to murder

👻Autumn favourites:
Red and orange maple leaves
Comfy blanket
Watching birds flying away
Humidity & thick fog
Pumpkin soup

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My top 10 reads of 2025 ✨✨

What was your favorite read of the year?

I read a lot of good books this year, these are the ones that stuck out to me the most. It was hard to narrow it down to 10! But ultimately these stuck with me the longest, reminded me how much I love reading, or made me really think. Often, all three at once!

I can’t wait to see what great books 2026 brings me 🫶🏻
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#2025recap #booksof2025 #booklist #topten #readinglist

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Tagged by @butternut_jawsh for this quick one.
It’s Tuesday.. ‘we will do a what this week..’

I have a few more days left of work and then I’m off for three..
The holidays are in full swing and have been these last few days at traders.. i was in the freezer section working my ass off last night, because I knew we were going to get another big load today.

Baking cookies today for the crew and getting some bread ready for the holiday, as I make a killer spinach artichoke dip.. yeah.. it’s so good..

Currently watching all the flippin xmas movies I can..
RED ONE is on the docket for tomorrow and will be streaming all day on Thursday. Drop one in the comments that I have to watch.

Finishing up three books
The strength of the few..
Not what I expected, but having read islington before, I can see the direction he is going..
the licaneous trilogy had some similar vibes in the sense of the world building and characters you encountered. But you can really see his love for world building in this book. Excited to see where it’s going..

Doing a buddy read with @stormbornarchive for the FAILURES and enjoying the listen so much the second time. The writing is so fluid and story has so much depth, it’s easy to get lost in.

Also reading BETWEEN TWO FIRES with @jessletmeread and enjoying the simple language and direct story. It’s dark, it’s gritty but has touches of light woven into such a heavy themed book.

I hope everyone has a great taco Tuesday and at least get some quality alone time so they can read and breathe.
If anyone needs anything, don’t hesitate to dm me as I know the holidays can be tough.
Sending hugs.
A haiku
Krampus sits in dark
Waiting for the light to fade
He will come to torment you.
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#book #booksta #bookish

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What’s on your Fall tbr? 🍁☕️🍂

Yesterday was officially the first day of Fall, and with it I have my (ambitious) Fall tbr <3 I’m particularly excited for If we were Villains, Madonna in a Fur Coat, and Notes on an Execution! I’m also hopeful that I’ll be able to squeeze in re-reads of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, and Wuthering Heights.

Have you read any of these? What do you recommend I read first?

As I write this I have on my fuzzy socks and can smell the cinnamon rolls I just took out of the oven, hoping the weather here starts to cool down. I hope everyone has a great Fall!
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#bookworm #bookish #bookblogger #amreading #bookgram #instareads #bookishlove #readmorebooks #bookstagrammers #bookcollector #readinglife #bookwormproblems #bookobsessed #bedtimereading #readerforlife #bookshark #bookpicture #bookishphoto #bookreviewer #booksaremagic #bookblog #goodreads #bookster #bookishproblems #bookstagram #falltbr #fall #tbr #firstdayoffall #classics

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Where do you like to read?

The amazing @maomietta has tagged me, so we are doing this.

📚Where you do the most reading:
On my little sofa if my cat leafs me any space

📚What time of day you do the most reading:
I‘m an early bird so I often read in the morning but also throughout the rest of the day

📚Favorite place to read:
My sofa or a bench outside in the sun

📚A real world place you‘d like to read at:
Somewhere really cozy with a great atmosphere...?

📚A fictional place you‘d like to read in:
There is a greenhouse in WHEN DREAMS DESCEND

📚Essentials in your place that make it ideal for reading:
BLANKETS!

I tagged a few more people to see what you all will come up with.

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Hello everyone! Recently saw that @alucyreads posted this awesome tag - Bookish Scavenger Hunt 🕵🏼‍♀️📚
I wanted to join this! 😄 Mostly I have books in Russian, so I’ll translate into original titles.

👥A book with 2 people on the cover: Мистер Невозможность/Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

🎞️A book made into a TV show: Хороших девочек не убивают/A good girl’s guide to murder by Holly Jackson

🔟A book with ten letters in the title: Die Spionin (German thriller) by Tess Gerritsen

📖A book with two or more authors: Пустые холмы - Марина Козинаки и Софи Авдюхина

🫆A book with the main character’s name in the title: Теряя Лею/Losing Leah by Tiffany King

🎥A book made into a movie: Смерть на Ниле/Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

If anyone else would like to participate to this tag, do it!

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What was the last book you read?

The lovely @camillataipalvesiauthor tagged me in a last book challenge and since it has been a while since I did one of these I was happy to do it. Although I noticed that my book taste by now is very nieche.

📚The last book I started:
FINDING JOY by Adriana Herrera

📚The last book I finished:
REIGN & RUIN by J.D. Evans

📚The last book I bought:
SMALL GODS OF CALAMITY by Sam Kyung Yoo

📚The last book I gave someone:
CARRIE SOTO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

📚The last book I gave 5 stars:
THE ARDENT SWARM by Yamen Manai

📚The last book I didn’t love:
THE TAINTED CUP by Robert Jackson Bennet

📚The last book I dnf’d:
I DID SOMETHING BAD by Pyae Moe Thet War

📚The last book that made you cry:
IN EVERY MIRROR SHE‘S BLACK by Lola Akinmade Akerström

I tagged a few of you if you want to join. I would love to see your answers.

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Thank you for the challenge @bookwormreviews97

📚 Name Stack 📚

D the devils
A abaddon’s gate
M magician
I the institute
E the eye of the bedlam bride
N night school

QOTD: what’s your favourite read so far this year? Mine is words of radiance

#bookstagram #instabook #bookphotography #bookporn #igbooks #ilovereading #bookhaul #bookhoarder #bookaddiction #bookstoread #whattoread #fortheloveofbooks #bookblogging #bookpics #weekendreads #bookrecs #booknerdproblems #bookpictures #bookstagram #amreading #booksbooksbooks #instablog #booknerds #bookphotos #bibliophile #sunday

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Read World Without End with me 📚

I‘m about 160 pages in and I’m really enjoying it - yes, ~1250 pages seems like a lot, but with Ken Follett‘s books, I always feel like the pages fly by! In my opinion, this is one of the best things that can happen while reading 😍

❓Have you read any of Ken Follett‘s books and if yes, which ones?

#kenfollett #historicalfictionbooks #historicalfiction #favouritebooks #bookishreel #readwithme #readingtime #bookishcontent #bookishcommunity #cosyvibes #cosyreading #readingsetup

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The main highlights from Beach Read by Emily Henry for me were:
Augustus Everett
Birthday letters
Second chances
Small town vibes

I am in love with the mysterious character of Gus and I could deeply relate to January’s emotions as she tried to decode the enigma that is Gus😍🫠

The story builds up slowly and so does the chemistry between Gus and January. Two different genre writers trying to explore each other's forte were out of the ordinary.

The family histories of both characters add layers of complexity to the storyline. I was hoping to know more about Gus's mother. However, the flirty banter between Gus and January makes the read fun.

If you are someone who is new to romance, then please go ahead and pick this book.

I would only go back to the book for this one line:
𝙈𝙮 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙜-𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮-𝙛𝙤𝙧-𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨🩷🩷

(Beach read, Emily Henry, Augustus Everett, January Andrews, Pete and Maggie, romcom, January and Gus)

#emilyhenry #beachread #januaryandgus #romcom

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

I bought this book while still reading Jane Eyre. I thought even if the vibe was similar I would enjoy it, and I must say that I did!

I think I like Jane Eyre better, but could see that being a preference issue as I think WH was just as good in terms of writing and story quality. I also had a feeling it would be a perfect November read and it absolutely was.

I’m fascinated by the female writers of the 1800s and the casual way they can portray the negative sides of characters without isolating those sides from the characters themselves. Someone like Hugo or even Dostoevsky would take time to evaluate the characters very thoroughly, Brontë just delivers them, asks you to feel what they’re feeling and then as you sit and think about the story different character actions hit you over time.

Quotes:

“My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods. Time will change it, I’m well aware, as winter changes the trees — my love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath - a source of little visible delight, but necessary.”

“You, of your own will did it. I have not broken your heart - you have broken it - and in breaking it, you have broken mine”

“Mr Heathcliff, you have nobody to love you; and, however miserable you make us, we shall still have the revenge of thinking that your cruelty rises from your greater misery!”

I’ll post about it more specifically next, but this is also number 100 for year, goal completed!

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☘️Rule of Three Challenge

3 emojis to describe your current read:
[We Do Not Part, Han Kang’s newest]

❄ 🏚️ 🪦

3 thoughts about your current read in no particular order:

(1) I’m beginning to see a pattern in her books… She is obsessed with death.
(2) Surely it is unfair that a single person can describe the same motonous snowscape in THIS many beautiful ways?
(3) This novel is making me feel trapped, but on the plus side the pet parrots sound adorable

…and 3 slides in the post!

Literally just made this challenge up 😅 would like to tag ALL of you but since I have a limit… if you see this post, feel free to join! 🎶
#bookstagram #bookchallenges #ruleofthreechallenge #wedonotpart #currentread #hankang #booksforsavoring a girl holding a book and a phone

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