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Scientist by day, book yapper by night
✨Kindle Reviews ✨
📚 Aesthetic Books 📚
CR: Illuminae Files
2026 Goal: 25/26

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Jumping on this, thank you for the tag @_reaperarchive 🤎

I feel like this is a bit ambitious of me 🙈 I can definitely read 10 more books this year, but can I stick to a list is the real question 🤣

What's on your list to get done by the end of the year? 👀

Tagging a few of my book besties, but no pressure ☺️💛

#bookstagram #readersofinstagram #bookish #tbrpile #10beforetheend

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🦾🛜 Scion by James Islington
Science Fiction • Biohacking • Artificial Intelligence
Publication Date • 1 September 2026

Thank you @sagapressbooks for the free finished copy #sagasayscrew ♡

This was over almost before it started at 240 pages and I def could have read more.

Our main character Azure is a contract killer for hire, who reminded me of Murderbot, with more cyberpunk skills.

His next assignment: to bodyguard an eccentric little old lady bioengineer. What do you get when you put two sarcastic people together? Lots of sharts 🤣💩

The twists were fun and the plot was action forward. Glad that this is the start to a mini series because I’d like to see some of the side characters get more development.

A fun change up for Islington from the more serious Will of the Many!

💬 qotd • what is your current read and genre? I had great discussions buddy reading with @stormbornarchive @m_mlunav @mommyandme.bookclub + @read.write.refresh although I failed to start before others finished 😝 but it all worked out 🤷🏻‍♀️

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🤡🎪Book Circus Challenge🎪🤡

Thank you for tagging me @sinsandspineswithnikkii
in this fun challenge to match books to circus prompts🎪

Here are my choices!

🎪The Ringmaster
A favourite main character
Millie
The Housemaid
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thriller

🤸‍♀️The Acrobat
A book with a crazy plot twist
The Teacher
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thriller

🦁The Lion Tamer
A strong FMC
Kitty Collins
How to Kill Men & Get Away With It
🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thriller

🧙The Magician
A book with magical world building
Fire & Blood
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Fantasy

🤡The Clown
The funniest book I’ve read
This totally made me laugh out loud a few times!
Castles, Crime & Cake
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
History

🎬The Finale
A book with a memorable ending
The Moon Gate
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Mystery

You’ll find full reviews for the ones I’ve read in my Insta grid🥰 The rest will be posted soon!

Tagging some friends take part if you wish to do so but anyone can join in, looking forward to seeing your choices!
If anyone seeing this wants to be tagged on future challenges let me know😃😃

#books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksbooksbooks #tbr

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📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿World Cup Challenge🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📚

Thank you for tagging me @somanybooks._.solittletime
to make a book display with the colours of the flag from the team you’re supporting!
I’m not really that much into football but obviously supporting England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 as my home country! You don’t have to make the actual flag but mine was easy to do so I thought why not!

Here are my choices!

You’ll find full reviews for the ones I’ve read in my Insta grid🥰

Tagging some friends take part if you wish to do so but anyone can join in, looking forward to seeing who you’re all supporting!
If anyone seeing this wants to be tagged on future challenges let me know😃😃

#books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksbooksbooks #tbr

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📚🌊Ocean/Cruise Stack Challenge🌊📚

Thank you for tagging me @ashs_enchanted_reads
to put together a book stack with an ocean theme and @alittlebrightcorner
who tagged me in a cruise related stack, I decided to combine them!
I love cruises & reading about maritime mysteries so any book with the ocean or a ship immediately attracts my attention!

Which of these have you read?

These are mostly ones I’ve read, you’ll find reviews for most of these in my Insta grid🥰🥰 The rest will be posted soon!

Tagging some friends take part if you wish to do so but anyone can join in, looking forward to seeing all your ocean or cruise stacks!
If anyone seeing this wants to be tagged on future challenges let me know😃😃

#books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksbooksbooks #tbr

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📚June Scavenger Hunt📚

Thank you for tagging me @somanybooks._.solittletime
in this fun June scavenger hunt created by @nothing.beats.a.good.book

Here are my choices 📚

Choose a song you like from The Beatles in the background for World Beatles Day on 25th, I chose Here Comes The Sun as we’re on our way to summer!

📚A book that has…

6️⃣6, six or sixth in the title
The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Biography

🌊Ocean on the cover for World Ocean Day on the 8th
Erebus
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
History

👧🏼A child on the cover for World Against Child Labour Day on 12th
Patrick & The President
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Kids

🩸Blood on the cover for World Blood Donor Day on 14th
The Getaway
🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thriller

👨🏻A father/dad on the cover for Father’s Day on 21st
Promise Me Dad
🌟🌟🌟🌟
Memoir

☀️Sunrise/sunset on the cover for first day of summer/summer solstice on 21st
The Women
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Historical Fiction

👀👂Eyes and/or ears on the cover for Deaf & Blindness awareness week 22-28
The Truth About Diamonds
🌟🌟🌟🌟
Literary

You’ll find full reviews for most of these in my Insta grid🥰 The rest will be posted soon!

Tagging a few friends to take part if you want to join in but anyone is free to take part if you wish to do so🥰🥰
If anyone seeing this wants to be tagged on future challenges let me know😃😃

#books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksbooksbooks

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📚What Fills My Cup Challenge📚

Thank you for tagging me @reading.current
to take part in this fun challenge!
There are so many things I could have included that I love, but here are some of my recent adventures & favourites!

Tagging some friends take part if you wish to do so but anyone can join in, looking forward to seeing what your favourite things are too!

If anyone seeing this wants to be tagged on future challenges let me know😃😃

#books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksbooksbooks #tbr

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📚🌀Spiral Sunday Stack Challenge🌀📚

Thank you for tagging me @happy_constantreader
in this challenge to make a spiral stack, it was harder than I thought! Tigger had fun watching me from a safe distance😹

Here is my stack, do you have any of these?
Scroll across to see what they all are!

You’ll find reviews for the ones I’ve read in my insta grid 🥰

Tagging some friends take part if you wish to do so but anyone can join in, looking forward to seeing your beautiful spirals 🌀
If anyone seeing this wants to be tagged on future challenges let me know😃😃

#books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksbooksbooks #tbr

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✨ BOOK STACK CHALLENGE ✨

I was tagged by the lovely @libraryoflem to do a shelf scavenger hunt!

Book with a name in the title: Tress of the Emerald Sea 💚
Book with a number in the title: Six Crimson Cranes 🪽
Book with a one word title: Swordheart 🗡️
Book with an animal in the title: Cat Dragon 🐱
Book with a colour in the title: Greenteeth 🪸

Check out the awesome accounts tagged - I would love to see what you would choose 🫶🏻

#bookstack #bookishscavengerhunt #paperbackstack #fantasyreads #bookprompts

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Since I will absolutely not be finishing The Strength of the Few by the end of the year, I feel like now is the best time to do my 2025 wrap-up post!

I.......did not get a lot of reading done this year, lol. A lot of you already know, but this was a massively chaotic and stressful year for me, so reading took a decent-sized back seat. Because of this, my top books of the year are a little bit different than my previous years. Instead of the usual top 5, it's going to be a top 4 plus 1. For my top 4 reads of the year, they go as follows:

1. A Drop of Corruption
2. Isles of the Emberdark
3. Katabasis
4. Babylon's Ashes

This year marked for me my least amount of 5s that I've had since I started Booksta, though A Drop of Corruption is still one of the best books I've read over the last couple of years! These stories about Din and Ana are quickly becoming some of my favorites in all of scifi and fantasy. I also really enjoyed Isles of the Emberdark, and though while they had flaws, both Katabasis and Babylon's Ashes were fun as well, especially since they were both buddy reads! If I had finished The Strength of the Few it most likely would've been in this year's top 5.

As for the plus 1, I also rated The Fire Next Time as a 5 star read, but really have a hard time with ranking a nonfiction book that powerful with other novels, so I've separated it from the rest to highlight its importance on its own. Any reader should take the time to read it. It's as powerful and relevant as ever.

As I typically do with my year-end post, I've tagged a whole bunch of people that I love on here. Some I've talked to for years, and some I really got to know in 2025, and so many more that I wasn't able to tag (the limit of 20 tags really fucks with me with how much I yap 😂😂). I'm sorry I've been so chaotic this year, but I appreciate you all dealing with me. You're all wonderful friends to me, and you're what make this social media chaos worth it ❤️

A fun little shout out to the booksta fantasy football league I joined this year as well! It was so much fun to do that with you all this year! ❤️

Here's to a better 2026 with plenty of good reads!

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Feeling blue because I haven’t read these yet….. but they sure look cute! 💙🩵💙
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Tagging a few folks to show me their #tbr stack by color! 🌈🩷💚💙💜🩵❤️🧡💛
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#bluestack #bookstackgoals #blueaesthetic #tbrproblems #tbrproud💙 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer

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November TBR?? More like November TO BE IGNORED, because EOTD has me in a chokehold📚✨

Do you have a book you HAVE to finish by EOM??

Happy Monday Bookstagram!

#bookwormproblems #currentlyreadi̇ng #novembertbr #moodreader #bookstagrammer #bookstagram

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