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full-time statistician & cat mom, part-time reader
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☔️ 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗮 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 ☕️

Bringing back our cozy Sunday reset! It’s been raining for ten days straight and no sun, but fall cozy reading season is officially here.

📚 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈:
• My Friends by @backmansk
• Prey For Me by @allie.oleander

📺 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈:
Lots of football in our house, but also Kitchen Disasters

🎶 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐:
Rainy day music

🌻 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝑬𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅:
A trip to Oregon for the first time! Only three states left after this trip!

🐈 𝑺𝒊𝒎𝒃𝒂’𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏:
It’s dark earlier now so bug chasing is so much more fun (and using my current read as a headrest 😴)

💭 What’s something you’re looking forward to this week? (Or drop a ☕️ if you’re still waking up!)

Save this for your next cozy reset 🫶

#bookstagram #cozyreading #catsandbooks #sundayreset #currentlyreading

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🐾 Meet Simba, the true CEO and star of this page! 🐈🍊

Happy Caturday! With so many new friends joining us recently, I wanted to share a quick re-introduction of the main character behind all this page.

A few vital facts about Simba:
🍊 Orange Tabby Tuxedo extra-ordinaire
🎄 Favorite toy: His wool candy cane
🍁 Professional leaf chaser (fall is his prime season)
❄️ Winter goals: To finally catch a snowflake
☀️ Can always be found soaking up rays in his window basket
1️⃣1️⃣ years young (still just a baaaby 🥺)
🎶 Permanent purr engine
😍 Will dramatically flop in front of you demanding belly rubs
🧀 Recently discovered string cheese & now won’t let me eat it in peace
🍖 Bougie boy who will scream for prosciutto
💤 Sleeps 20 hours a day (9 of them glued to my pillow… does this count as only one bed?)
🚨 Clingy level: 100/10

(He clearly thinks every book stack exists solely as his personal scratching post.)

💬 Saturday morning check-in: Are you a cat person, a dog person, or just here for the books? Drop a comment below and ask Simba anything! 👇

#catsandbooks #caturday #bookstagram #orangecatsofinstagram #booksandcats

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𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘁: 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗷𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆! 🐾🌿

Long time no see for a weekend roundup like this! I’ve been so busy the past few weeks, so I am beyond excited for a slow, low-key weekend at home. Move over Simba, Kinnick is taking the spotlight today!

📖 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴:
• Not a Happy Family by @sharilapena (bringing on the weekend thriller vibes!)
• Not That Kind of Proposal by @victorialavinewrites (such a fun romance read!)

📺 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴:
• Catching up on all the reality TV drama on Big Brother and The Ultimatum

🎶 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼:
• Ray LaMontagne on repeat in prep for seeing him at Red Rocks next month! ✨

🥂 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿:
• A cozy, slow weekend dedicated to reading 📚
• The Balloon Festival next week 🎈
• Our Colorado trip next month ⚽️🏟️
• Testing out more Blackstone recipes! 🍳

🐈 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸’𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻:
• Birds. All of the birds outside our window.

💭 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂: Tell me one thing you’re looking forward to this weekend, big or small! Drop it in the comments below 👇

#caturday #bookstagrammer #weekendreads #tortiesofinstagram #currentlyreading

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Nothing goes better with Tuesday morning coffee than a fresh thriller release and a fluffy orange assistant. ☕🍊 Happy release day to @ashleywinsteadbooks!

I’m such a massive fan of her writing because it’s so descriptive and atmospheric. 𝘏𝘰𝘵 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘣 serves up a brilliant ensemble cast, sisterhood, and plenty of mystery.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲: Scout is hunting for justice ten years after her sister’s murder, backed by an army of “hot girls in stilettos.” But when new bodies start dropping and her lyrics are left at the scenes, the game completely changes.

𝗔𝗱𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗳𝗼𝗿:
👠 “Hot girls in stilettos” army
🤫 Secret societies
👯‍♀️ Ride-or-die sisterhood
💎 Rich people problems & drama

Tell me in the comments: Do you enjoy thrillers centered around rich people problems? Or what is your favorite Ashley Winstead book? 👇💬

Thank you @stmartinspress and @minotaur_books for the gifted ARC!

#HotGirlMurderClub #CatsAndBooks #ThrillerBookstagram #NewReleaseTuesday #AshleyWinstead

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…a book you’ve been sleeping on for far too long 🫣
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Some of you have screamed praises for this one for years, so here you go! Simba and I finally picked it up. 🐾
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Daisy’s family gets together to celebrate Nana’s 80th birthday in her crumbling island house, which is cut off from the world when the tide comes in. Hour by hour, another family member is found dead, leaving them trapped on an island with a killer. Secrets come to life through old videos that are resurfacing, leading to the question of who will make it till morning. ⏳
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This was firmly a 3-star read for me... until the last 30 pages completely blew my mind and flipped it to a 5/5 ⭐️! 🤯 That ending changed everything.
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Another checkmark for my 26 in 26 challenge! 📚 Thanks Laura for the gifted book a few years ago!
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💭 What’s a book you waited far too long to read? 👇
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#daisydarker #alicefeeney #catsandbooks #thrillerbooks #bookstagram

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🎇 𝐉𝐔𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐊 🎇

Spending the day recovering from almost 12 hours outside in 100-degree weather yesterday. 🥵 BUT it was entirely worth it to see a World Cup game! ⚽️ 🇨🇴 🇬🇭

Today is all about AC, rest, and a very supportive cat co-host helping me kick off my July TBR. 🐾

💭How are you spending the Fourth?

#worldcup #fourthofjuly #bookstagram #catsandbooks #bookstack

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🩹 ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

Kinnick and I are still recovering from ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 10⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣, and clearly, her serious face shows she feels the emotional weight of it too! 😿 This might officially be the most difficult and heaviest read of the ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝘉𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ series yet.

Knowing what the previous books speak to, that is saying a lot. Chloe Walsh delivers a story that is dark, heavy, and deeply emotional, but I am so incredibly grateful that Lizzie finally got her story.

⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘇𝘇𝗶𝗲⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 🥹 A dedicated old soul and a girl struggling with her mental health. You go from hating Lizzie in the earlier books to wanting to wrap her in a massive hug and truly cheer for her recovery.

📖 ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿:⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
🏉 Rugby romance
❤️ Found family
🩹 Bully’s redemption story
🧠 Bipolar representation & a misunderstood teen

⚠️ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 & 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀:⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ There are a lot of heavy topics in this one, so I highly recommend looking into the trigger warnings before diving in. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣[📌 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳!]⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

Having binged this dark romance series over the past few weeks, I desperately need a light, fluffy palate cleanser next. Leave your best cozy suggestions below! 👇

⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲:⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Have you started the Boys of Tommen series yet? If you’ve read it, who is your ultimate favorite couple?

#Releasing10 #BoysOfTommen #ChloeWalsh #Bookstagram #CatsAndBooks

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🌻 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗮 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 ☕️🐾

How is it almost July!? 😅

Trying to get back into a routine after a few weeks of chaos. So excited for a low key weekend!

📖 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴:
• Daisy Darker by @alicewriterland
• It Could Have Been Her by @lisajewelluk

📺 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴:
• Indiana Fever 🏀
• World Cup ⚽️

🎶 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼:
Post Malone ✨

🥂 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿:
• Book club today 📚
• Des Moines Art Festival tonight 🎨
• World Cup game on Friday ⚽️🏟️

🐈 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗮’𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻:
Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom.

💭 Tell me one thing you’re looking forward to this week, big or small.

#caturday #catsofinstagram #cozyfeed #catsandbooks #bookishlife

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𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜’𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁... 🤯👇

I am a massive fan of @sarahpekkanen, so there was absolutely no way I could hold off until August to dive into this ARC! But fair warning: this one is a brilliant departure from her recent psychological thrillers.

🔬 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲: It reads like a gripping historical fiction mystery, but with a dark, spine-tingling thriller edge. Think cross-decade dual timelines, extra-sensory perception, and human experimentation that someone went to great lengths to erase from history.

Our main character, Riley, is determined to uncover the truth about four women who were at the center of a forgotten scientific breakthrough, and she won’t stop digging.

It is incredibly fast-paced, deeply atmospheric, and packed with real-life facts that made it the ultimate unputdownable vacation read.

Mark your calendars for August 4, 2026, because this is a top anticipated summer release you won’t want to miss! ☀️

✨ 𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁: Do you prefer a historical mystery or a straight psychological thriller?

(𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 @𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺!)

Bonus!! This is an @aardvarkbookclub pick!

#TheWomenInWhite #SarahPekkanen #StMartinsPress #HistoricalThriller #VacationReads

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“They were about to get a divorce. Then, a fire changed everything.” 🔥👇

Sarah Damoff has been on my radar for a while, and The Burning Side turned out to be the ultimate vacation read! I am SO glad I brought it along with me. ☀️🌊

The Vibe:
After a devastating fire forces April, Leo, and their family to move in with her parents, they have to navigate a mountain of grief, guilt, and old memories. The catch? Leo had *just* asked for a divorce right before the fire, and now they are forced to handle the aftermath in close quarters.

My Thoughts:
With multiple perspectives and timelines, the pace is lightning-fast. It’s an emotional, top-tier read that will completely tear you apart while leaving you rooting desperately for everyone involved. 💔❤️‍🩹

✈️ Need a book for your next trip? Tap the ribbon icon to SAVE this post so you don’t forget it later!

Thank you @simonbooks and @sarahdamoff for the gifted ARC! This one released on May 19, 2026, and it’s the perfect addition to your summer reading list. 📖

👇 Drop a 🏖️ or 🌲 below to let me know your vacation style, and tell me: What’s a book you’ve read on a getaway that you just can’t get off your mind?

#VacationReads #SummerReads #TheBurningSide #Bookstagram #ContemporaryFiction

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Still thinking about these characters long after I closed the book. 🥹

Keeping 13 hit just as hard as book one. Getting more of Johnny and Shannon’s story completely pulled me in emotionally. There were so many moments where my heart hurt for them, especially seeing everything Shannon’s family goes through.

But the way people rallied around them brought so much heart to this story. And Johnny trying to balance recovery, dreams, and the future he really wants had me emotional the entire time. 💙

This series has me attached to these characters, and I’m already reaching for the next book. 📚

⭐️ QOTD: What’s a series that emotionally wrecked you in the best way?

#bookstagram #romancereads #irishromance #sportsromance #keeping13

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🌻 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗮 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 ☕️🐾

How is May already halfway over? 😅

Soaking up the sunshine with some outside reading time before the next round of severe storms rolls in tonight⛈️

📖 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈:
• Saving 6 by Chloe Walsh
• The Shippers by @katherinecenter

📺 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈:
• Indiana Fever 🏀
• 24 in 24 👩‍🍳

🎶 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐:
Taylor Swift has officially taken over again ✨

🥂 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝑬𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑭𝒐𝒓:
One week from now I’ll be in wine country starting a week-long trip celebrating our ten year anniversary 🍷

If anyone has favorite wineries, restaurants, coffee shops, or must-do stops in the Santa Rosa/Napa/Sonoma area, send them my way 👀

🐈 𝑺𝒊𝒎𝒃𝒂’𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏:
Chasing birds through the windows all day long

💭 Tell me one thing you’re looking forward to this week, big or small.

#caturday #catsofinstagram #cozyfeed #catsandbooks #bookishli

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