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It’s been three years since my life changed by picking up Fourth Wing for the very first time.

I was immediately enamored by it. I was sucked into the world in a way I had never been previously. Violet was my best friend. Xaden was my boyfriend. And Tairn was my dragon. I was convinced that no one loved this story the way I do (tbh, I still think that sometimes 😆).

I was foaming at the mouth for Iron Flame. @katiejoye_ (my savior) sent me to Prythian to satiate me until then. And as the story goes, when you give a girl a fictional fantasy world to be obsessed with, she’s gonna need a book club to gush over it with.

I found @houseofwind_az on FB and it was like coming home. The most companionable, hilarious and kind group of women who have become incredible friends.

When my Empyrean craze showed no signs of slowing down, I found @fantasyfangirlspod right when I needed them most. Lexi and Nicole are simply the best. I joined their Discord and met so many new friends who were just like me - feral for more. Meeting some of the FFG community IRL in Denver and Orlando last year have been some of my all-time favorite memories.

I never in a million years could have imagined all of the friendships, memories, travels, laughs and experiences that have come into my life in the past three years. I know many of you have a similar story to mine. I’m so so so grateful we’re all here together. 🐉🫶

From the bottom of my heart, @rebeccayarros, thank you for sharing your stories to us. 🖤

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@novelidea_collabs presents to you: Syllabus & Stories 🎒

ᴡᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟ ᴄᴜʀʀɪᴄᴜʟᴜᴍ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴀʟʟ. ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇǫᴜɪʀᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ɪs ʜɪɢʜʟʏ ᴅʀᴀᴍᴀᴛɪᴄ, ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇᴄᴛᴜʀᴇs ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇʟʏ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ʜᴇᴀᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪɴᴀʟ ᴇxᴀᴍ ɪs ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴄʀʏɪɴɢ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ғɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝟸 ᴀᴍ.

sʏʟʟᴀʙᴜs ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ʙʀɪɴɢs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ғʀᴇsʜ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪɴsᴛᴇᴀᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴀssɪɢɴᴍᴇɴᴛs, ɪ’ᴍ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ᴀʀᴄs ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʟᴏᴛ ʟɪɴᴇs.

🖍️📓⏰🍎📝📚🏫📚🍎📝⏰📓✏️

There's always so many mixed emotions with the back to school season. Hopefully, you'll find something in the stack to take your mind off the stress of it.

🖍️📓⏰🍎📝📚🏫📚🍎📝⏰📓✏️

See how my friends plan to rule the school [year]:
📓 @mycoffeeandkindle
📓 @stephsreadingadventures
📓 @read_pair_share
📓 @chapterswithcait
📓 @authorpoojha
📓 @littlefreelibrarybythebeach

QOTD: WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE BACK TO SCHOOL SEASON? #littlefreelibrarybythebeach #bookstack #backtoschool #reader #books

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A new school year means new stories are waiting to be uncovered. Each lesson shapes the mind, spark curiosity, and gives creativity the space to bloom.

🍎✏️📓⭐️🍎✏️📓⭐️🍎✏️📓⭐️🍎✏️📓⭐️

Do you remember all of those ridiculous polls they put in yearbooks?! Well we chose to make a romance bookish edition similar to that in honor of our children going back to school! 👏🙌💃🏻

🍎Our Perfect Storm by @carleyfortune
✏️Hate Mail by @donnamarchettiauthor
📓Heartbreak Warfare by @authorkatestewart and @heather_m_orgeron_author
⭐️Darling Daffodils Farm by @authorbrittaneenicole
🍎Souls in Ruin by @jacwhite.author

🍎✏️📓⭐️🍎✏️📓⭐️🍎✏️📓⭐️🍎✏️📓⭐️

New year, new chapter. Are you ready to write it?

Go see what my friends are taking back to school to get a glimpse into their journeys ahead of them:

✏️ @books_rn
✏️ @readitwithirene
✏️ @bookishmoodswings
✏️ @stephsreadingadventures
✏️ @pawsandpagesonthecoast
✏️ @dima_does_life

🍎✏️📓⭐️🍎✏️📓⭐️🍎✏️📓⭐️🍎✏️📓⭐️

⁉️QOTD: Which fictional academy from a book would you want to attend?

🍎✏️📓⭐️🍎✏️📓⭐️🍎✏️📓⭐️🍎✏️📓⭐️

This collab is presented by #ThiccBookCollabs

To join in on future collabs or for more info, follow @ThiccBooksCommunity or reach out to one of our admins listed below:
@Thiccbooksandthiccthighs
@Nikki_loves_to_read
@Stephs_bookery

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Happy Watermelon Day! 🍉

Nothing pairs better with a hot summer day than a sweet slice of watermelon and an absolutely juicy book. Whether it’s a plot twist that left our jaw on the floor or a romance that’s pure sugar, these reads definitely delivered the flavor.

🍉☀️🐜📖🍉☀️🐜📖🍉☀️🐜📖🍉☀️🐜📖

My daughter helped collect all of my pink and green hardcover books and she designed this adorable watermelon slice made out of books! Watermelon feels like the ultimate summer fruit and we are here for the vibes! XO, Kristen 🖤

🍉☀️🐜📖🍉☀️🐜📖🍉☀️🐜📖🍉☀️🐜📖

Grab yourself a slice, snag a cozy spot, and happy reading!

Head over to our friends’ pages for their sweet picks too:

🍉 @s_cathartes
🍉 @bookishmoodswings
🍉 @shopthebookhive
🍉 @dima_does_life
🍉 @stephsreadingadventures
🍉 @pageandhive

🍉☀️🐜📖🍉☀️🐜📖🍉☀️🐜📖🍉☀️🐜📖

⁉️QOTD: Eating watermelon while holding a physical book is an extreme sport. 🍉📖 What is your most high-stakes, dangerous reading snack?

🍉☀️🐜📖🍉☀️🐜📖🍉☀️🐜📖🍉☀️🐜📖

This collab is presented by #ThiccBookCollabs

To join in on future collabs or for more info, follow @ThiccBooksCommunity or reach out to one of our admins listed below:
@thiccbooksandthiccthighs
@nikki_loves_to_read
@stephs_bookery

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@novelidea_collabs presents to you: To Melt For

𝙷𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝙸𝚌𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝙳𝚊𝚢, 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚜 🍦✨ 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢’𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛!

Nothing beats a sweet treat and an even sweeter plot. I am completely scooped up in this story! 🍨💖

😋🍨🍦👅🍦👅🍦🍨😋

Ready for a sweet recommendation? 🍦
Pick your favorite ice cream flavor, then swipe to discover the book I paired with it—and what your choice says about your reading personality!

😋🍨🍦👅🍦👅🍦🍨😋

Get the scoop on what books my friends are reading:

🍨 @stephs_bookery
🍦 @pawsandpagesonthecoast
🍨 @chaptersandcuddles
🍦@stephsreadingadventures

QOTD: 🍨 Which ice cream flavor did you choose? Did the book recommendation match your personality?

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𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚙!

No passports required. Just a stack of good books, an endless supply of snacks, and zero regard for reasonable bedtimes.

🛫📍🚙📚🚘📖📍🗺️📍📖🚘📚🚙📍🛬

Swipe through to see all of our bookish destinations & what we’re eating/drinking along the way! 👉

Featuring book recs from:
@bree_bookish
@winecellarlibrary
@storystrideraleigh
@bookclubforlonelygirls
@stephsreadingadventures
@mrs.always.reading.something

But wait, there’s more! To see the rest, check out: #novelideacollabsbookishroadtrip

QOTD: If you were going on a road trip to your current read’s setting, where would you be going?

🚗 This collab is brought to you by @novelidea_collabs — for more collabs, bookish challenges, and themed stacks, come join us! 🚗

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We are chomping our way through our TBRs this Shark Week, bloodthirsty for plot twists and happy to be dragged into the deep adventures.

🦈📚🌊🩸🦈📚🌊🩸🦈📚🌊🩸🦈📚🌊🩸

Here you'll find a CAREFULLY curated selection of

        🤍ＢＬＯＯＤＹＧＯＯＤＢＯＯＫＳ🤍

        🩸𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞)

        🩸𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐎𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬

        🩸𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜

        🩸𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬

As Jared Benjamin says "There's blood in the water I'm diving in. So close I can taste it. Desire's a sin and I'm craving it".

🦈📚🌊🩸🦈📚🌊🩸🦈📚🌊🩸🦈📚🌊🩸

Just like the sharks, the best stories are the ones that are powerful, sometimes a bit misunderstood, and need to be protected at all cost.

If you need us, we’ll be on the shore diving in to our favorite stories. Come check out what we’ve got in store:

🦈 @stephs_bookery

🦈 @pawsandpagesonthecoast

🦈 @stephsreadingadventures

🦈 @sip_nread

🦈 @dinosbookishreviews

🦈 @guilty.latenyte.lit

🦈 @montavilla.lfl

🦈📚🌊🩸🦈📚🌊🩸🦈📚🌊🩸🦈📚🌊🩸

This collab is presented by #ThiccBookCollabs

To join in on future collabs or for more info, follow @ThiccBooksCommunity or reach out to one of our admins listed below:

@Thiccbooksandthiccthighs

@Nikki_loves_to_read

@Stephs_bookery

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Reading by firework light and turning the pages of freedom. 💪🏻🇺🇸 Plot twist: the only thing louder than the fireworks is me gasping at this chapter.

❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙

Happy Birthday America!

While I know my US history, I'm not an expert on it and know a little more about European history. However, my best friends @aimsleygirl and @courtneyhallrogers love US history. It took them less than 3 minutes to give me these book recs and even sent pictures. They are two amazing and brilliant women. I am honored to have them in my life.

❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙

Fourth of July energy = the sky exploding, my heart swelling, and my bookmark doing its best tiny flag impression.

Check out how my friends' TBRs are bursting with energy today:
🌟 @stephs_bookery
🌟 @stephsreadingadventures
🌟 @s_bookish_adventures
🌟 @readlovereviewblog
🌟 @ashley.the.bookworm
🌟 @the_real_bookkeeper

❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙

⁉️QOTD: what's your favorite USA fact?

❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙

This collab is presented by #ThiccBookCollabs

To join in on future collabs or for more info, follow @ThiccBooksCommunity or reach out to one of our admins listed below:
@Thiccbooksandthiccthighs
@Nikki_loves_to_read
@Stephs_bookery

#4thofjuly #usausa #bookrecs #historyhasitseyesonyou

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@novelidea_collabs presents to you: Summer Solstice

𝓢𝓾𝓷-𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓰𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓛𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓬 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓲𝓻.✨

Today marks the year’s longest day, making it the perfect excuse to dive into our most epic, sprawling reads—or the books that have languished on our TBR the longest. Whether your current pick feels like pure summer sunshine or enchanting fairy folklore, today is for reading until the sun finally sets. 🌅

✨🧡☀️📖🧚‍♀️ 🌅 🧚‍♀️📖☀️🧡✨

For the longest day of the year, I thought I’d include the 6 books that have been on my TBR the longest. 📚🤷🏻‍♀️☀️

✨🧡☀️📖🧚‍♀️ 🌅 🧚‍♀️📖☀️🧡✨

Don’t let the sun set on the rest of our Solstice reads:
☀️ @bookgirliegang
☀️ @bookenjenn
☀️ @nikimavsbooks
☀️ @stephsreadingadventures
☀️ @bookishmoodswings

QOTD❓Which of these books should I prioritize?

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@novelidea_collabs presents to you: Donut Day

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄’𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧.

Whether you are into thrilling mysteries, spicy romances, or epic fantasy worlds, we can all agree that pastries make the plot better. Just a reminder that calories don’t count if you are actively traveling through fictional worlds. It’s science.

✨☕️🍩🥛📚🍩📚🥛🍩☕️✨

If you are ever in the Knoxville area definitely check out @richykremedonuts and @goodgirlbooksknox you won't regret it.

✨☕️🍩🥛📚🍩📚🥛🍩☕️✨

Check out all our bookish donut day posts:
🍩 @shopthebookhive
🍩 @kingdomsandkindles
🍩 @josy.library
🍩 @the_goblins_library
🍩 @reading_brooks
🍩 @stephsreadingadventures

QOTD: we have heard the "is a taco a sandwich" debate, but how about "is a bagel a donut"? Why or why not?

#natuonaldonutday #bookstagram #bookcollab #bookchallenge

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Celebrating the incredible indie authors who pour their hearts and souls into every page! There’s nothing quite like discovering an underrated gem and shining a light on its brilliance. Let’s lift up these hidden treasures in the literary world and give them the recognition they deserve.

✍️📃🩷📚✍️📃🩷📚✍️📃🩷📚✍️📃🩷📚

Indie books by Authors we want to recognize today:
🫶 Wrangled and Tangled by Taylor-Wilson West
🫶 The Dead Husbands Society by Adeline Aimes
🫶 Hello Handsome by Kelsie Hoss
🫶 Savage Fox by Dahlia Vale
🫶 A Dash of You by CM Danks
🫶 Instinct and New Beginnings by Allison Bettes
🫶 Deception and New Direction by Allison Bettes
🫶 A Room Set for murder by Audrey Alden

✍️📃🩷📚✍️📃🩷📚✍️📃🩷📚✍️📃🩷📚

Don’t forget to follow all these amazing indie authors, and share your favorites in the comments.

For more recs check out my friend’s accounts too 👇
💖 @thiccbooksandthiccthighs
💖 @nikki_loves_to_read
💖 @stephs_bookery
💖 @spicedteaandchapters
💖 @nikimavsbooks
💖 @bookishmoodswings

⁉️QOTD: Your current read sucks you in and becomes a reality tv show - how do you survive? Or would you, like me, die.

✍️📃🩷📚✍️📃🩷📚✍️📃🩷📚✍️📃🩷📚

This collab is presented by #ThiccBookCollabs

To join in on future collabs or for more info, follow @ThiccBookCollabs or reach out to one of our admins listed below:
@Thiccbooksandthiccthighs
@Nikki_loves_to_read
@Stephs_bookery
@Spicedteaandchapters

#indieauthors #bookrecommendations #tbr #readersofinstagram

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@novelidea_collabs presents to you: Mommy Dearest

We talk about the “𝖒𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖑 𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖙” as if it’s always soft. But sometimes, it’s a blade. Sometimes, a mother’s love isn’t a sanctuary—it’s a cage with a very pretty view. 🥀

𝔑𝔬𝔱 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔩𝔲𝔩𝔩𝔞𝔟𝔶 𝔦𝔰 𝔞 𝔟𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤.

🔪💄📖🩸🤰♥️🔪♥️🤰🩸📖💄🔪

While I have the greatest mother in the world, not everyone is so lucky. Here are some books about unhinged mothers.

❤️ Sharp Objects by @thegillianflynn
❤️ Carrie by @stephenking
❤️ White Oleander by @janetfitch323
❤️ Dear Mother by @reafreyauthor
❤️ The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

🔪💄📖🩸🤰♥️🔪♥️🤰🩸📖💄🔪

Check out all of our killer mothers and mommy mayhem:
👄 @bree_bookish
👄 @shesbetterat40
👄 @stephsreadingadventures
👄 @chapterswithcait
👄 @mrs.always.reading.something

QOTD: what's your favorite book with a toxic mom?

#MommyDearest #DarkMotherhood #NotAllMothers #bookreels #happymothersday

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