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⋆˚꩜｡ some of the people who make this place magical

this community is full of so many wonderful people and i would probably spend the rest of my life making edits if i included you all.
know i am grateful for you all, your kind comments, your sweet messages, your gorgeous posts ♡

thank you to all my mutuals for making me feel like i belong here

⊹ ࣪ ˖𝒾𝔃𝔃𝓎 ⏾⋆.˚

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It’s August almost September which means: Mel & Salima’s oomfversary is upon us!! (Also it’s between both of our birthdays,, we love friends living the same life)

These girls will be okay because we go another year of gabbing, yapping, and kekeing about our faves (which are more often than not, the same 😏),,

Yall know that one oomf that has the exact same brain as you,, yeUH we have pretty much the same taste in books….. until we don’t…..🫪 and then it’s a lot of crashing out and trying not to laugh as the other struggles through ur fave scenes,,

ANYWAYS!! Doing this post before our tastes merge completely….

Without further ado —>

BOOKS WE LOVED!!

It was honestly so hard to find books that we loved individually that the other hasn’t read/didn’t list bc we’ve practically got the same brain and therefore the same taste,,
Tbh if we were to nitpick we’d probs have a tiny little sliver on each side for our individual faves and then a massive echoing void in the middle that, if you look at it long enough, it won’t look back but you will hear us yelling “EXXXXACTLYY” back and forth for eternity 😋

Where I lean towards classics and horror/gothic when I’m not reading fantasy, Mel steers towards the litfic and romance of it all, we love range!

Also give us like, a year, and this entire diagram will merge into one bubble bc we’ll have read each other’s recs by then, damn the tbr! That or it’ll just be a big circle with Tessa Dare’s entire backlog LMAO

In stormy weather…. I cannot emphasis strongly enough how much I do not recommend this book, much as Mel loved it. More specifically tho, the audiobook. If you gotta read it, to each their own, but the audiobook actually made me a victim. Whatever tf that mmc narrator was doing, need them to never be allowed in the studio or near a mic again oh my god it was FOUL,, respectfully. It was awful, I get chills thinking about it.
The book itself was bad in an unremarkable way, I do think it was a *choice* to introduce us for the first time to the mmc while he’s perving on a younger waitress but…. I’ll pipe down for that

Over to Mel:
This is a very rare occurrence given a lot of the books I’m drawn towards now

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kinda chic to make a trend your own

friends who are responsible for my bookshelves overflowing ~ my go-tos for book recs spanning all the genres!

(also yes i’m late to the trend but ✨ignore that✨)

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Accounts I love 💕

I felt a little shout-out of appreciation for some amazing accounts that I love to see and chat with, was in order for my 400th post!

Definitely give these all a follow; they make wonderful content and are wonderful people 🥰

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Keywords / 400th post / accounts I love / account appreciation post / bookstagram / book aesthetic / spreading the love / book blogger / bookish chat

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thought i’d spread the love a bit with a post featuring some of my favourite creators - there are too many others to mention (this didn’t even include tiktok faves so maybe i’ll make another post in future with some of them) but i hope you enjoy checking out all of these wonderful people! 💕

let me know some of your favourite creators in the comments because i am always on the lookout for new voices to follow 🫶

🏷️ #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #bookstagramscotland #booktube #booksbooksbooks

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🧂🥨 Salt Book Tag 🍟🍿

Created by the most lovely @eileens.reads (and we were also tagged by the amazing @crookeddustjacket as well), here is our take on the salt book tag!! 🤭🥹

Tagging a few friends here, but if you’re seeing this and wanna participate, then you know what’s coming next… TAG! YOU’RE IT! 🙂‍↕️

-B & M 🧂
#bookstagram #bookish #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #bookchallenge

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HEHEHE!!!!!! I love answering these for other friends and I wanted to jump on the bandwagon 🤭↕️ 4 things that remind YOU 🫵🏻 of ME 👆🏻

AKA my personality can be summed up with Robin Hobb, Liquid Death and the MOON 💀✨️🤣

Thank u to all the pals who participated 🥺🫶🏻

- M✨️
#bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreview #bookrecommendation #bookworm

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that graffiti is in my garage i only vandalize my own property i swear

hey what if i told you guys i got emotional over these responses, oh to be perceived so kindly by my peers and friends oh i love community

to shona and soph specifically, i hope you guys know that “kindness” made me actually need a tissue i’ll carry that shit with me for life actually oh my lord

to my irl friends who said “goblins”, “ass” and “you don’t wanna know”, i’m zeroing in on your location as we speak even though all of you were objectively correct i can’t even lie

my only surprise was locked tomb being so low but tbh that makes sense since there’s been no news about the new book in so long (stares at tamsyn muyr) so i haven’t posted as much about it

this tag was so so fun! i love this community and everyone should do this tag to so i can give all of this love back 🫵

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𓏲࿔˚✩ 4 things that remind my friends about me ✩˚࿔𓏲

❥ happy monday lovelies i hope you enjoyed your weekend ! i went book shopping + homework & i started watching the pitt on hbo..i love it if you’re into medical shows this one i highly recommend :)

❥ this trend was so nice to see the different perceptions from my friends pov’s. i added a twist to this by providing a book recommendation they gave me as well that they think i’d enjoy <3 thank you to my friends i’ve met on here for participating ily !!

Q|| do you have some in common with me ? how was your weekend ?

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🧡𝑾𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝑭𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕

What an incredible weekend I had attending @fictionfestuk . I am still buzzing about it. It was such a great experience meeting authors, publishers and lots of amazing book lovers.

Who did I meet?

@natashacsiegel @bloomsburypublishing
@toribovalino @titanbooks
@marilizeauthor @scholastic_uk
@georgiastonewrites @hodderbooks
@alwasityhh @penguinukbooks @bantambooksuk
@claresager
@biancagillam
@mels.tbr

This was my very first book event outside Scotland and I couldn’t have had better company than @discovermyscotland

@fictionfestuk you were incredible and I can’t wait for more

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sunday shelfie ft 10 bookish accounts i’ve been loving recently💌✨

💬: what are you currently reading?

I’d love to know if there’s any bookish accounts that are your favourite or you recommend following⬇️

I’ve included some accounts in this post that I’ve been loving recently. This isn’t even all the accounts I’ve been loving content just recently (trust me, if I could shoutout everyone, I would😭)

Please show some love to these gals:
✨ @completelycarys
✨ @bookswithmish_
✨ @moodreadswithmadi
✨ @readswith.erin
✨ @bookishwithgabi
✨ @dresminiworld
✨ @mels.tbr
✨ @lucyreadsbooks.x
✨ @livslibrarylabyrinth
✨ @bookishsavv

I’ve been working all day hence why this post is up later than planned but I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend💓
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