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✨Book Club Social✨ You all know I am a perpetual “joiner” but not “go-er”. But, I finally made it to a bookish event and I am so glad that I did. I’ve loved Penn @authorpenncole and Penn’s books for as long as I can remember so I was ecstatic to get the chance to make it (as in actually make it out the door) to a Burn of the Everflame event. Y’all. The whole thing was such a vibe. The small scale setting was PERFECT for my socially awkward self and the conversation flowed as freely as the mocktails. Sometimes we stayed on topic, sometimes we didn’t, but that’s what made it the best kind of bookish event…organic, inclusive, and fun! Cheryl’s book store @lapetitemortbooks is absolutely amazing. @whimsyirlevents put on a fantastic event and @storyinasip served the best drinks, both wonderfully on brand and delicious! Plus! I got to meet @pageswithchai and @starlitandspellbound in real life. @starlitandspellbound brought us gift bags from her liscenced merch collection! Hands down the most fun I’ve had in a long time. 10/10 would recommend! #bookishevents #indiebookstore #whimsy #thekindredscursesaga #burnoftheeverflame
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RAVIOLI 😻😻😻 This cutie kitty is officially five years old today (and by officially, we mean this is the day we decided was his birthday four years ago, because he did live on the streets for the first year of his life) He is so excited to celebrate with all his kitty friends, there will be a LOT of go-gurt treats, scritches, and an uncountable number of springs to play with to celebrate 🎉 🎈😻
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💡 Spotlight! For Small Business Saturday or Shoutout Saturday (alllll of the Saturday things) - I wanted to give a massive THANK YOU to one of my newly discovered favorites, Charm City Books 👀 📍 @charmcitybooks - Baltimore, Maryland 🗓️ 8.15.26 Last week, I got a lovely message from @anotherpage_anotherworld inviting me to join a group of gals at CCB for Bookstore Romance Day! Before I got there, they did a “Book Speed Dating” and all of the tables were still set up, so we could browse or speed date after the session. I arrived for happy hour and was blessed beyond belief… 📕 Themed Mocktails 📗 A FULL ARC TABLE! Every time I thought they were running low, more appeared. True magic, and we were encouraged to take more 🤭 📘 Bookmarks, art prints & tea 📙Different Letter every hour - any author with that letter last name was on sale for that hour I had so much fun hanging with all of the girls at @charmcitybooks - thank you so much again for such a phenomenal event, I still can’t get over it 🥹 So nice to hang w you 💗 @anotherpage_anotherworld @sarahs.booked.in @cjs.bookshelf @pageswithchai SPOILED - 2nd to last pic = ARCS + 2x purchases 🥹🤭😍 & got my CCB membership 😘😘😘 🏷️ #Baltimore #smallbusinesssaturday #supportlocal #shoutout Booksta bookstagram romance reading Maryland
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I had so much fun at @charmcitybooks for Bookstore Romance day yesterday!! Got a nice stack of books, won a giveaway, and got to hang out with some book friends!! We did book speed dating where I got The Kings of Kearny and The Magic We Made! I got If I Go Down with This Ship for Bookclub next month, and then they had a fun selection of ARCs for us at happy hour to grab! I obviously had to grab Meet Cute Magic by @authormorganelizabeth so I’d have a physical copy and then convinced everyone else to grab the other copies bc of how much I loved the book 😂 Such a fun day overall!! #bookstoreromanceday #bookevent #bookhaul
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My Bookstore Romance Day was filled with dates: romance book speed dating, a blind date with a book, and friend dates with love potion mocktails! 💕 So glad I went on a day-trip excursion to Baltimore to visit @charmcitybooks for their events today. I got to meet up with @pageswithchai, @sarahs.booked.in, @cjs.bookshelf, & @readjobooks from our DMs group chat, and meet other bookstagrammers @bookmore333, @litandloudpod, & @tiffwilly at the happy hour 🫶🏼 And at said happy hour, Charm City Books absolutely spoiled us rotten with ARC giveaways—tysm!!! Speed dating was such a fun concept, with curated book selections by theme (“Partners in Crime,” “Yearning! Angst!!,” “Romance on Company Time,” “Hear Me Out,” etc.) & timed rounds to “date” books in a section. I made a match & chose to commit with If I Stopped Haunting You 👻. My birthday theme this year is crows, so CCB even has the perfect logo for my corvid era 🐦‍⬛ Swipe to check out my birthday weekend haul >>> Thanks again to @charmcitybooks for hosting such a great day and for the goodies! 🖤 📚 purchased: - If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkens (section: Annoyances/Enemies to Lovers) - Homeward for a Spell by @jamiepacton & @beccapodos (section: I’m on a Mission…Oh No, They’re Hot!) - Blind date with a book: Villains & Virtues trilogy by @akcaggiano 📚 free ARCs from the bookstore fairies: - Meet Cute Magic by @authormorganelizabeth (@cjs.bookshelf has me v excited for this one) - Most Eligible by @isabellegwrites - The Break-Up Retreat by @authorcamillasten - The Thief & the Traitor Bride by @toribovalino (thrilled bc I have an illumicrate edition of the 1st one) 🏷️ keywords: bookstore romance day 2026, charm city books, Baltimore bookstores, Maryland independent bookstores, Maryland bookstagrammers, romance book speed dating, blind date with a book, bookstore curations, romance books, Booksta community, advanced reader copies, 2026 new releases
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I was able to spend Romance Bookstore Day at one of my favorite Baltimore bookstores, @charmcitybooks During Book Speed Dating I picked up Fossil Feud by @maggienorthauthor and then was spoiled with all the ARCs during Bookfluencer happy hour! I love books about love! Happy Romance Bookstore Day! 🩷📚🩷
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Happiest of first birthdays to @saltygirlbooks ❤️❤️❤️ Angie/Billie/Sam - this love letter to reading that you’ve given us means more than you will ever know. You’ve given us a sense of community with like minded people who love books the way we do. I moved here in September 2025 not knowing a soul, and I first saw the truck in November or December. I started coming to book club in March, and I have truly met some of the best people I’ve ever known. I’m so grateful for this little salty truck, and all of the people I’ve met because of her. Congratulations on a beautiful first year; I can’t wait to see where she goes next! ❤️
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🩵🩷 Cotton Candy Stack 🩷🩵 Thanks @rachelsreadingromance for the tag These colors are very bright & summery together! Every book in this stack is 4-5 stars for me, including my all-time favorite romance. Do you know which one it is?? QoTD: Do you like cotton candy? AoTD: Absolutely not 😂 Would love to see anyone’s cotton candy stack, tagged some but no pressure!
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Had the most wonderful CRAFTernoon with the most wonderful people! Massive shout out to @westrivercakes for making my unhinged cookie cake idea come to life! We even remembered to take a group photos!
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Happy Sunday! I wanted to share seven of my favorite people on bookstagram this afternoon. Give them a follow if you’re not already following them! I think I need to make this a regular thing; I really enjoyed scrolling everyone’s feeds while making this! ❤️
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I attended another event 🎉💚 📍 @homesteadgardens - Severna Park, MD 📝 @authorbkborison 📚 @saltygirlbooks 💅🏻 @dale___rath_ 🧢 @themigrainenetwork We were certainly “In the Weeds” this week 🌱💚 Another BK signing is in the books and I had an absolutely phenomenal time hanging out with some of our MD booksta chat girls 💕 if you ever see me in public, feel free to say hiiii 👋🏻👋🏻 I hope to see you at another event soon 🎉 This event was so cute! I got there super early after work, so I grabbed a coffee from Rise Up and read in their cafe for an hour or so before checking out the store. There were drinks for the Sip & Sign and a bedazzling station inside and @saltygirlbooks outside. Loved browsing their selection & I ended up purchasing a book 🤭 Okay, now yall get to suffer from our puns- 🌱 Life’s better when you’re rooted in good company 🌱 Had a fern-tastic time! 🌱 Just out here photosympathizing with the gals 🌱 Having a tree-mendous time 🌳 🌱 I cannot be-leaf my luck 🍀 🌱 Branching out tonight 🪾 If you read to the end, thanks for hanging with me 🤣 stay tuned for more MD booksta events 💗 ANNNNDDD more posts to come SOON 👀
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I visited @saltygirlbooks last week to meet @authorbkborison for the third time and had a blast! 🩵 I drove over an hour to support this awesome indie bookshop and purchased a book that’s quite high up on my TBR - Direbound 🐺 QOTD: If you could buy the book at the top of your list, what are you purchasing? #staysalty #saltygirlbooktruck #booksigning #indiebookstore
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