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✨ // How’d your 2025 go reading-wise? Any new reading goals for the new year? __ Welcome to 2026 and to my annual reading wrap-up for 2025 — what a year! 259 reads. 86,109 pages. Too many words to calculate. I liked the individual stats I tracked last year — genre, format, rating, etc. — so enjoy those, in addition to my Top Favorites, the ever-contentious Book Club ranking (sorry!), and some non-bookish highlights and obsessions from the year. 🤭🩷 __ And if you’re like: Megan, how is it even physically possible to read that much? Luckily, e-books pair well with downtime at work + my commute to work got longer this year, so more time with my audiobooks! Oops! __ I am hoping to (1) slow down my reading pace for 2026 (no need to be THAT voracious, my goodness), and (2) hope to incorporate more physical reads in my circulation. Little but good goals! ✨
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q: what's a book you wish you could read again for the first time? All the Autumn colours together!!🍂 Saw this #3bookchallenge and thought why not? I'll tag some people to take part in the photo 🫶 🍂 3 books I've read recently Heartsong, War & Empire Of The Damned 🍂 3 books I wish I could read again for the first time The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo, Six Of Crows & The One Hundred Year Old Man 🍂 3 books I hope to read soon Brothersong, Tender Is The Flesh & Babel #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #thereformatory #kingsrising #thebindingchronicles #psycheanderos #northangerabbey #fallcovers #autumncolours #bookpile #book #books #bookpost #orangecovers #redcovers #yellowcovers #autumncovers #fallcolours #autumn #fall #bermonths #bookchallenge
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✨ // How long have you been on Bookstagram? __ As of today, I’ve been posting on here for seven years and officially starting my eighth year. 😳 WHAT. I started my Bookstagram back in 2018 on a whim, loving both content from other creators *and* that I could combine my love for photography and books all in one place with content of my own. I’ve gotten a little less ✨intense✨ about posting here over the past year, but hey. I’m still having fun, still discovering new reads, and still having great conversations about books and the world, so I’ll take it! (Catch me with the most unhinged reading updates in my stories, though. 🤡) It’s funny that the Bookstagram Through the Years trend was happening recently, because my brain was just, “Well. We’ll get on that in a week or two.” And here we are! Thanks to y’all who have been pals for years, and to those who are recently inducted into palhood. I appreciate you! ✨
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What character do you associate with yourself? OR What animal would you associate with yourself? Y'all voted for it in my story, so, here's the Bookish Besties Challenge! This was such a fun challenge! It was cool to see what some of the common elements were and where people diverged. It was also interesting comparing their choices with what I put in my ✨ vibes ✨ post! ✨ Animal - aside from the cow, most of my friends thought, "smoll creature; could fight." I guess a cow is a big creature, also can fight 🐄 ✨ Place - I am a proud Canadian, and that came through a lot. Also obsessed with large rooms full of books 😂 aren't we all? ✨ Free Space - this was a lot of fun, it was cool to see where everyone's thoughts went! ✨ Character - I loved this category and I also love how some people struggled with it, cause same. I think I related to that aspect the most tbh 😂 though I'm honoured by the choices people made 🥰 ✨ Season - I find it so funny that no one chose Winter for me, despite the Canadian association. I'm not sure what season is most mine, but it's definitely not winter, so thanks y'all! ✨ Colour - I'm glad not everyone chose blue (I contain multitudes!), but I do find I'm biased towards my favourite colour in my feed and how I design my graphics 😂 ✨ Book - I'm very proud of these associations cause that means I'm not in fact screaming into a void about my faves 📚 ✨ Flower: I was so confused why so many people were choosing white roses and then realized it's because of my profile pic, ha! Thank you to all my friends for taking the time to think of these for me, I really appreciate you all 🥺🥺 Tagging anyone who wants to do this challenge 👀 [ID Alt Text Available] AK standing in front of a book shelf holding up three books fanned out in her hands. A blue wave with the text "book besties challenge!" cuts across the image, just under the halfway point.
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What's the last book someone recommended to you? Did you like it? OR What was a recent 5 star read? I had so much fun with the 12 recs by 12 friends challenge last year! Thank you to all the friends who submitted recs ❤️🙏🏼 One great thing about reading people's favorite books is that they're almost sure to be hits. So, here's some of my ratings and thoughts on the first six books rec'd for this challenge! These first six were all five star reads for me, all for different reasons - some because the subject matter was enlightening, others because of the characters or relatability. I am so happy I got to read some long-time TBR books, like Ander and Santi and Happiness Falls, while also being introduced to books I'd never heard of, like Queens of New York and Zoe Washington! This year's challenge is focusing on books from my shelf and I've already started one and hope to begin another before the month is out, so I'm already on my way! [ID Alt Text Available] 12 Recs by 12 Friends Final Ratings 2024 Part 1 ID Text in center of graphic, top and bottom of frame bordered by pink waving lines and dark blue blobs with white stars, this motif is repeated in every slide
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✨ // It’s time for a 2024 wrap-up! __ Happy New Year, friends! I am approaching 2025 with few plans and little ambition: we’re just going to be here to vibe. If little hopes and dreams get accomplished along the way, then yay! 🙌 2024 was my most-read year yet (at least since I’ve been actively tracking that): 236 books in total. 😳 And if you’re asking yourself, “How is that even possible??” (1) No social life to speak of. (2) I get ready every single day to the sound of an audiobook in my ear. And (3) any downtime at work is spent in an ebook. Being a fast reader in general helps, too! But back to the wrap: had a lot of memorable reads this year (which are featured in the slides) and some truly BAD books to experience. The diversity of the book club’s picks, too (shoutout @_anachronicles and @its_lit.erature 🫶), were FANTASTIC, and I am eager for this year’s reads! Added some new charts for this year’s wrap-up, including a breakdown of my romance reading specifically (as that’s typically my most-read genre). LOTS of nonfiction this year, too, which is crazy for me! It’s not typically a genre I’d gravitate towards, but something about this year — and still now — had me craving it. Give me all the nonfiction recs! __ Here’s to 2025 and to reading whatever the heck we want! Let’s have some fun! ✨
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✨ // “And I love to hear you say it, Louis… I’m a perfect devil. Tell me how bad I am. It makes me feel so good!” __ Happy (Early) Halloween! Per my annual bookstagram tradition around this time of year: a little bookish cosplay! This year is a little mix of Sam Reid’s “Rockstar Lestat” and book-Lestat (okay, mostly Sam Reid, because that teaser?? still not over it). Lestat is such a brat, and he knows it. 💁‍♀️ I had fun with this look — a little makeup, a lot of DIY, a repurposed-Shara Wheeler wig… Lestat’s got it all! __ What are you dressing up as for Halloween? 👀 I don’t have plans with friends or anything this year, so this is my one-and-only. ✨
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✨ // Did you get to attend any pride events this month? __ The Cincinnati Pride Festival was this past weekend, and I had a great time! 🥹 I think this was the first time at pride that I felt closer to belonging. Donning pan-ace colors in a bolder outfit that I’d usually wear (that I felt soooo much more comfortable in as the day progressed), plus having a friend there with me gave me renewed joy and feeling of safety in the festivities. Plus, I had a cool moment where a mom came over to me and was like, “Hi, my shy child loves your [pan] earrings,” and I got to spot the teen, wave, and thank them. Not only did that boost *my* confidence, but I hope that was a boost to their confidence in themselves (and seeing others like them), too. And to wrap-up this little pride post: TWO ace stacks?! Woo-hoo! Each of these books have characters (main or minor) on the ace spectrum. I love how different each of the ace experiences are displayed, and love getting to relate to a lot of them in little and big ways. 💜 ✨
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✨ // (Despite what the first slide suggests…) Happy SIX Years of Bookstagram to me! __ That’s right! On this day in 2018, I joined Booksta — what a wild time it’s been! So, it was apt timing to be tagged by @its_lit.erature to share The Best Books of the Last Five Years (according to me). Per slide, I dubbed these “Most Memorable” simply because these are the books I *still* think about per year despite what exact ranking I chose per year. (They were all in the Top Ten, though!) Maybe not the point of the exercise, but shhh. 😤 Also enjoy the various hairstylings of Megan over the years. 😂 Can’t believe I’ve been on this little corner of the internet for six years now… wow. SO MUCH growth, have developed friendships and faded out with others, joined several book club variants, discovered tons of diverse reads I maybe wouldn’t have otherwise, and so much more! I’ve fallen out of the regular groove of posting this year, but eh. It’s all in fun, anyway! Love y’all. 🥹🩷
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✨ // What’s a book that’s significant to you personally? __ It’s my 28th birthday today, so I thought I’d share 28 of my favorite and/or memorable books! 🩷 ✨ 1984 ✨ Each Little Bird That Sings ✨ Goosebumps ✨ The Dark Heroine ✨ May Bird and the Ever After ✨ Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda ✨ Upside Down ✨ Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe ✨ Quiet ✨ The Soulmate Equation ✨ The Song of Achilles ✨ Captive Prince ✨ The Grapes of Wrath ✨ The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle ✨ A Darker Shade of Magic ✨ Vicious ✨ Timekeeper ✨ The Looking Glass Wars ✨ The Knife of Never Letting Go ✨ Inkheart ✨ The Diviners ✨ The Morganville Vampires ✨ Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (MDZS) ✨ Heaven Official’s Blessing (TGCF) ✨ The Last Magician ✨ Heartstopper ✨ The Wicked King ✨ Six of Crows I wish I had time in this post to re-hype these, but I’ve already talked at length about each of them before — y’all already know how much they mean to me. 🥹🩷 So many memories and growth moments and discoveries in this heavy, heavy stack. __ (Also withheld a few St. Martin’s Press titles out of solidarity with the boycott.) ✨
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✨ // Three cheers for another year! __ Happy New Year, friends, and here’s to another wrap-up! 🥳 2023 had its ups and downs, but one big takeaway: I read A LOT. Even with a few months of slumps in the autumn, SO MANY BOOKS. I loved it! I found some new will-forever-rave-about-this favorites, tried some new genres, discovered the wonders of KU, and overall had a good time with reading again. While I always like reading books outside of my comfort zone, I rediscovered that it’s okay to binge-read a dozen books of a similar plot-trope structure just because ✨it’s fun✨ Also tried some new things for this year’s wrap up. She has charts! She has splashes of color! She tried to be funny at times! She’s vibing and ready for a refresh with 2024! If you’ve followed me at any point this year, my Top Ten comes as no surprise: I’ve raved endlessly about each of them, I think. (And if I haven’t, don’t worry: I won’t stop!) Here’s to the new year: to being bold and doing and reading ALL the things! 💪 ✨
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✨ // “I think monsters are here / to make people like me feel less alone.” __ I hadn’t planned to talk about grief with today’s post — just wanted to show off my silly little Mothman costume for Halloween — but these past few days have been… a lot… for me. Been pondering legacy and family and how I fit into the grand scheme of the world. How I want to be remembered. And hopefully cherished. If I’ll be missed when I’m gone… I don’t think I handle grief (or any overwhelming emotion) particularly well, nor do I like the feeling of burdening others with my sorrow, so I find a lot of catharsis in reading books with themes of grief. Pair that with a fresh look at innocence, friendship, hope, and supernatural mystery, and I’m obsessed with you. (Talking about you, Dear Mothman.) You can check out a full review down a bit on my feed, but to summarize: I love this book. I love the characters and the themes. And I kind of miss it right now — need that warm-hug feel. ❤️ So, here’s a post for you, Mothman. You and my heart.
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