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2025 reading goal: 35 / 35
2026 reading goal: 22 / 40
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🌈 Rainbow Stack 🌈

Featuring books I received last year from @berkleypub / @acebookspub as a #berkleypartner!

Thanks @booked.withjess for tagging me way back when!

This stack features:

❤️ The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson / @freyasampsonauthor 🇬🇧
A delightful and cozy mystery set in a small town where a group of bookclub members of all ages come together to solve a mystery and form the unlikeliest and sweetest friendships. 4/5 ⭐️

🧡 The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake by Rachel Linden / @rachellinden_writer 🇺🇸
A cozy and summery family-centric story set in the Italian countryside about a YouTuber who is looking for inspiration for her upcoming cookbook by visiting her Nonna’s olive farm and trying to gain access to the family’s magical cookbook. 4/5 ⭐️

💛 Soulgazer by Maggie Rapier 🇺🇸
The first book in a romantasy duology inspired by Irish mythology about a young woman cursed with terrible magic who evades marriage to a ruthless king by running away and marrying a pirate (he’s actually a privateer) instead… all in the hopes of breaking her curse. 2/5 ⭐️

💚 Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey 🇨🇦
A morbidly funny and dark office romcom (who knew joking about serial killers could have such flirty undertones?!). 5/5 ⭐️

💙 The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang 🇰🇷
A whimsical fantasy that is great for Ghibli fans, featuring a secret market managed by goblins that only appear during the rainy season and provides select human patrons with the opportunity to shop for a perfect life. 3.5/5 ⭐️

💜 Violet Thistlewaite is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz / @embakesbooks_ 🇺🇸
A cozy fantasy about a thornwitch who runs away from her villainous past and tries to turn over a new leaf and do good… but being good comes with a whole set of unfamiliar challenges. 5/5 ⭐️

Have you read any of these books? If not, which of these sound the most interesting to you?

Tagging a few others to post their rainbow stacks (but no pressure!)

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#rainbowstack #bookstackchallenge #berkleybookstagram #bookishtag

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All the clans gathered for my 30th xxx
Perfect day 💛

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💜 Purple Stack 💜

Thanks @booked.withjess for tagging me in this challenge earlier this year! (I’m slowly making my way through all my tagged challenges)

Do you like being tagged in these types posts?

If I follow you, there’s a 90% chance that I’ve tagged or will tag you in one of these challenges (no pressure to join in though!). I love doing these tags - I think these types of posts are a lot more fun to prepare than posting reviews. These tags also inspire me to post more on this account (I’m more in the habit of posting reviews on Goodreads instead of Instagram… but maybe I should get in the habit of also posting more reviews here as well. What do you think?)

Anyways, here’s my purple stack:

💜 Violet Thistlewaite is Not A Villain Anymore* by Emily Krempholtz / @embakesbooks_
(This was my last 5 star read! I loved this cute and cozy villain redemption story. This is also the only book I read from this stack. My physical TBR is getting way out of hand!)

💜 Vow of the Shadow King* by Sylvia Mercedes / @authorsylviamercedes

💜 Blind Date With A Werewolf* by Patricia Briggs / @mercys.garage

💜 Witch King by Martha Wells / @marthawellswriter

💜 The Jasad Crown by Sara Hashem / @shashemwrites

💜 Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh / @emilytesh

*thanks @acebookspub for the free books!

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#bookishtag #booktagchallenge #purplestack #violetthistlewaiteisnotavillainanymore #emilykrempholtz #blinddatewithawerewolf #patriciabriggs #vowoftheshadowking #sylviamercedes #witchkingmarthawells #thejasadcrown #sarahashem #somedesperateglory #emilytesh

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Saturday night at the Criminally Good Books Christmas Party was the perfect festive finale! 🎄💫
 I spent most of the evening managing all the author signings (and this time I actually caught every single one on camera! 📸), and it was such a joy seeing everyone chatting, laughing, and celebrating together.

It was such a wonderful evening. I’m so glad everyone came and had such a lovely time. Seeing all the authors doing so well and everyone enjoying themselves just made my heart so full. ❤️ Thank you again to everyone who made it such a special night. What a way to wrap up an amazing week of festive fun! 📚✨

#CriminallyGoodBooks #CriminallyGoodChristmas #BookshopEvents #AuthorSigning #BookishCommunity #BookLovers #IndieBookshop #FestiveReads #BookshopMagic #EventLife #BehindTheScenes #Bookstagram #ReadersOfInstagram #BooksAndJoy #HolidaySeason

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🎄 Criminally Good Books *the Christmas edition* 🎄

This weekend @criminallygoodbooksyork hosted Christmas author event nights & we headed over last night to see what fantastic new books were on offer & to start our Christmas shopping. I may have Christmas shopped for myself, but some fabulous books were picked up!

Thank you to the @criminallygoodbooksyork team for hosting & getting us ready for the festive season early doors.

A big thanks to the authors we met @sunyidean (and a special mention to Gwen, such a lovely little dachshund), @kathryn.sharman (next time I’ll bring my copy along for signing!), @jm_hall_writer, @gaymarrisauthor , @timjmajor , @jodierhianmatthews

As always, wonderful to meet other bloggers and see my @yorkshire_reads_uk girls ✨

QOTD: Are you starting to prep for Christmas or get your festive reads ready?

#bookrecommendations #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bookworm #bookaddict #bookcommunity #booknerd #booklovers #bookblogger #bookclub #bookobsessed #bookish #bookishpost #bookreviews #readmorebooks #readersofinstagram #readingcommunity #readingchallenge #mustread #bibliophile #bookrecs #instabook #bookgram #criminallygoodbooks #authorofinstagram #crimebooks #thrillerbooks #thrillerbooksaddict #readersofinstagram

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A whirlwind week leading up to our Criminally Good Books Christmas Party! 🎄✨

From decorating the shop to welcoming authors, influencers, and our incredible community, it was two nights of festive fun and bookish cheer. Thank you to everyone who made it so special! 💕📚

#CriminallyGoodChristmas #CriminallyGoodBooks #BookshopEvents #FestiveReads #BookishCommunity #BookLovers #IndieBookshop #BookishFun #ChristmasParty #Bookstagram #BooksAndJoy #BehindTheScenes #EventLife #BookshopMagic #HolidaySeason #ReadersOfInstagram

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An evening at @criminallygoodbooksyork ✨

I was delighted to be invited to a little Christmas author/influencer evening at Criminally good books in York 🩷 we spent a few hours chatting, browsing the books, and having some cheese and wine 🍷

It was so nice to meet @sunyidean and her beautiful dog Gwen ❤️ and @timjmajor @kathryn.sharman @jm_hall_writer and a few other authors, all of their books sound amazing and I picked up Sherlock Holmes and the twelve thefts of Christmas (and a couple of other books)

Book haul coming soon!

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Hope everyone is ok after Storm Bert. We just got a lot of rain and it’s been very windy. Alan was working all weekend and had snow at work! Books featured are;

☀️ The Never Ending Summer by Emma Kennedy
⛈️ The Storm by Amanda Jennings
🌞 The Sunshine Sisters by Jane Green
💨 The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
🔥 Hot Girl Summer by Sophie Gravia

I have made a weather stack and tagged a few of you in it. Hope you all have a great week 🧡

#WeatherStack #Bookstagram #UKBookstagram #BookstagramScotland #Bookish #Bibliophile #ReadingIsMyEscape #Booksta #BookCommunity #BooksOfInstagram #ReadingTime #BookLover #ReadersOfInstagram #BooksBooksBooks

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Welcome to a #whatthisweek that was actually last week!

I had a great week last week, including celebrating my birthday on Saturday (the second picture is me drinking a birthday cocktail).

What I’m reading:
📖 I finished Small Spaces by Katherine Arden. This was a middle grade horror/mystery about spooky scarecrows and I enjoyed it!
📖 I started Dead Voices (pictured), continuing Katherine Arden’s series
📖 I’m continuing my buddy read of Foundryside with @spellbound.archives

What I’m watching:
📺 I watched the first five episodes of season 2 of Our Flag Means Death and I’m loving it so far. Very scared for the next three episodes.
📺 I’ve also being watching Neil Newbon stream Baldur’s Gate 3 (you’ll see a theme in a minute)

What I’m playing:
🎮 Working through my second play through of Baldur’s Gate 3. This time I’m a tiefling paladin.

What I’m listening to:
🎧 Stray Kids - I might be a little obsessed
🎧Bad Omens

I’ve tagged a few people if they want to do this, whether it’s in the correct week or not!

#booktag #smallspaces #deadvoices #katherinearden #middlegrade #horror #mystery #foundryside #robertjacksonbennett #fantasy #fiction #book #booksofinstagram #booksofig #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booklover #bibliophile #read #reader #nature

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💛 AUTUMN 💛

Autumn is officially here!

My Autumn PJ’s are on, a candle is burning and cosy/fantasy/thriller/mystery books are all I want to read 🍂

What will you be reading this Autumn?

🍁🕸️🌰🥮👻🐿️🧡🎃🧶🕯️☕️🥧

#autumn #autumntbr #autumnbooks #autumnreads #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #book #books #booksuk #bookstagrammeruk #booklover #booksofinstagram #read #reading #bookreviewer #bookreviewsofinstagram #booksta #bookphoto #bookpics #readerofinstagram #readerofig #bookblogger #bookstacommunity #bookblog #bookblogger

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ℂ𝕝𝕦𝕖𝕕𝕠 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕜 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕖 🔍
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Thank you very much for tagging me, Rebecca @thewelshreader 🤍

Let's jump right in and solve this murder mystery. 🕵🏻‍♀️

❔Who: Anne of Green Gables
❔With: Pride and Prejudice
❔When: Once upon a Broken Heart
❔Where: Under the Greenwood Tree
❔Why: (because sb.) Flipped (out)
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I've tagged some of my Bookish friends, but if you like to be detective as well, consider yourself tagged.
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#bookstagramuk #booksandnature
#cluedostackchallenge #cluedostack #bookstack #summerholidays #summerreading #anneofgreengables #lmmontgomery #prideandprejudice #janeausten #underthegreenwoodtree #thomashardy #onceuponabrokenheart #stephaniegarber #flipped #wendelinvandraanen #bookishlove #playdetective

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2 years of the What the Austen? Podcast!!! Thank you for all your continued love and support, this community means so much to me - It’s my home 📖🤍

It was actually yesterday that it was exactly 1 year since ep 1, but I was having a tough day so I put celebrations on hold 🤍

#janeausten #janeaustenpodcast #janeaustenpodcasts

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