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hannah📍CO 🇺🇸🇲🇽🍉just an athlete tackling her tbr
📖 ninth house reread | blood on our hands
horror | sci-fi | fantasy | manwha
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hiiii 🙋🏽‍♀️🇲🇽🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 figured this is a fun way to introduce myself

I obviously like books, but I also like most things outdoors, like backpacking, hiking & camping, olympic weightlifting, traveling, coffee, and cats. my day to day job I work with collegiate athletes and am on the road to be an RD.

My genre range is pretty broad. I mostly go off of whatever I am in the mood for, so don’t ask how my tbr is going lol :)

#bookstagram #books #booksta #bookbesties #reading taken in Colorado, USA by @woodrecommend

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2 years ago

happy friday friends! 🖤 go treat yo self!! I mean can you really go wrong with a large matcha and breakfast burrito?

ninth house - I don’t remember much except for huge plot points, so re-reading this while @mkm_library has been reading it for the first time has been fun!

king sorrow - @ripped_page_reviews convinced me and 135 pages in, it has not disappointed

last to leave the room - I’ve had this for a hot minute, and 70 pages in so far, I’m hooked. As soon as I realized it was the same author as Milkteeth, I had a feeling I’d like it!

Manifesting reading time for you all🙇🏽‍♀️ what’s your current go to treat? taken in BOOKSTA by @woodrecommend

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a day ago

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Mac Gladstone

I will admit, I had not idea what I was getting myself into going in completely blind, but wow it exceeded any subconscious expectations I had. In this book, we flip between two protagonists, Blue and Red - agents of their respective sides of the war who are trying to eradicate the other side by manipulation of different strands of time in the multiverse. They discover each other, leaving intricately hidden letters for the other in their wake. At first they’re mocking, bragging about winning each battle, but they soon turn curious. An unexpected bond develops (swipe for full blurb!)

This is a romance story. Yes it is set in a dystopian future and has sci-fi base, but it is at its heart a romance novella. You’re thrown into the deep end of the world from the start, figuring out what’s going on as the letters are exchanged. Because of its prose and format, it was a wonderful, brief novella.

I loved it. 5⭐️ all around. I am a romantic at heart, and finding each other in different strands of time is my niche weak spot, but, it was beautiful. I enjoyed the character development resulting from their letters and them discovering that maybe there is more than their duty to the war. The prose is quite flowery and can seem a little confusing if you’re not paying full attention. Overall, 1000/10 recommend!

vibes - 💙❤️🌌⏳♾️🐦‍⬛
genre - romance, sci-fi, dystopian
audio length - 4hrs
pages - 209 pgs

are you a romantic?

the quotes😭 there were SO MANY good ones. I need a physical copy of this book

full blurb! taken in BOOKSTA by @woodrecommend

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2 days ago

The best thing bookstagram has given me (besides amazing indie authors) is the friendships I have gained. Particularly, the one with @woodrecommend who just so happened to live 20 minutes away as well. Not only have we started a great friendship but have been dominating the buddy reads and movies lately. I hope you guys don't get sick of our buddy read reviews because we have so many coming up 🤭. Below is a list of our upcoming reads and the movies we plan on seeing! If you fancy any of these and want to join us PLEASE shoot us a DM to add you on our @the.storygraph buddy read (which is the best feature I've ever encountered on an app). We may not love bookclubs but we love a virtual buddy read 🧡

Upcoming Reads:
The Exorcist
Prince of Swords
Deathsworn
This Wretched Alchemy
Earthrise
Mistborn
Ninth House, Hell Bent, Dead Beat
This is How You Lie

Movies:
The Devils
Werewulf
Victorian Psycho
Wicker taken in Colorado by @woodrecommend

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3 days ago

some spooky season book recs straight from my shelves👹👻

◾️ give me a rec but make it one of your top fave horror/thriller books!

◾️ consumed by @amahnke - a fave of mine
- murder mystery, creature feature
◾️ diary by chuck palahniuk
- horror, psychological thriller, satire

◾️ shutter island by denis lehan
- psychological thriller, great movie adapatation
◾️ from below by darcy coates
- ghosts, long lost ship found, but at what cost
◾️ into the drowning deep by mira grant
- creature feature, what horrors lie in the deep ocean?

◾️ slewfoot by brom
- witches, feminine rage, creature feature
◾️ this house is haunted by john boyne
- haunted house, paranormal, gothic
◾️ possessed by kate cann
- YA, paranormal, rituals

◾️ camp damascus by chuck tingle
- religious horror, cosmic
◾️ imaginary friend by stephen chbosky
- supernatural, psychological, religious, coming of age
◾️ jurassic park by michael crichton
- dinosaurs, trapped on an island

◾️ southern book club’s guide to slaying vampires by grady hendrix
- southern gothic, body horror, vampire, dark
*pls check TW

◾️ the babysitter lives by stephen graham jones
- cosmic, haunted house, paranormal
◾️ killer on the road by stephen graham jones
- slasher, creature feature, cannibalism
*loved the dual format of these two in this edition!

books I forgot to include in the pile because they were not on my bookshelf but in a different pile:
◾️hallowed be thy name by brooke winters
- religious horror, queer, gothic
◾️ hazelthorn by cg drews
- body horror, experiment, haunted garden
◾️thrum by meg smitherman
- cosmic, psychological, space taken in BOOKSTA by @woodrecommend

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4 days ago

The Sun Has Eyes by @jordandugdaleauthor

My attention was caught immediately when seeing this was a cosmic horror book. Add vampires and cowboys? SOLD. Jordan did an amazing job setting up the atmosphere - a desolate desert where the sun never sets due to a haunting cosmic force - and all the characters. That eerie vibe that someone was always watching you was conveyed well. Each character was unique, and we were provided just enough backstory to latch on and enjoy them as they try to fix the sky and banish this ancient eldritch horror.

This was a fast paced book. I desperately wanted more, and you will, too. I did wish it was a little bit longer so we got more character depth, but with its length, it worked how it is. That being said I would have read it if it was 500+ page book FOR SURE. Overall, HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!

I think that this author has a bright future ahead! I look forward to seeing what they put out next.

*swipe for official blurb*
‼️OUT 10.19.26‼️

vibes - 👁️🌞🧎🏽‍♀️🏜️🌌🩸
genre - cosmic horror, vampires, cowboys
length ~280 pages

*I received an arc from the author, but all opinions are my own!* taken in BOOKSTA by @woodrecommend

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5 days ago

book recs from my pile of faves based on my name - h. marie

any you’ve read or that are on your tbr?!

feat. all background pics I’ve taken, minus two bc I’m in them, that show my vibe :)

- the hobbit by jrr tolkien (need i say more)
- hive by @rowanredfield (this was SO GOOD)
- hazelthorn by @paperfury (i’ll read anything they write)
- hallowed be thy name @b.rookishthings (perfect month is pick this up)
- harrow the ninth by tamsyn muir (listen, i am obsessed)
- the hunt for red october by tom clancy (something ab submarines man)
- hell and the heart by @piper_cj (i am@obsessed with them)
- hell bent by @lbardugo (*screams*)
- heated rivalry by rachael reid (no words)
- house of the beast by @lokhelle (itching for book 2)

- a man called ove by fredrick backman (sobbed)
- the magicians by lev grossman (listen, i know he took inspiration from narnia)
- my dear leo by @elmojedi10 (whole series is out btw)
- milkteeth by @authorcstarling (vampires)
- midnight sun by stephanie meyer (edward’s POV was amazing tbh)
- me before you by jojo moyes (again, SOBBED)
- the making of the women’s world cup by jeff kassouf and kieran theivan (love the women’s national team)
- marked by pc cast and kristin cast (this series was a BANGER growing up)
- moonshot by alan shepard, deke slayton, and jay barbree (i freaking love space and space related things)

- a dowry of blood by @stgibsonauthor (vampires)
- a discovery of witches by @debharkness (witches, plus there’s a show)
- alone with you in the ether by @olivieblake (beautiful)
- assassin’s apprentice by @therealrobinhobb (love love love)
- arcana academy by @elise.kova (tarot based magic)
- a journey to the center of the earth by jules verne (i was very disappointed by the 2008 film)
- a little life by @hanyayanagihara (i will die on this hill)
- the arcane arts by @danaschwartzzz and dan frey (five stars)
- alive: the story of the andes survivors by piers paul read (poor babies)
- angels before man by @nicosraf (i cannot explain how much i love this book)

- rebecca by daphne de maurier (a classic, go get it)
- the revised fundamental of caregiving by jonathon envison (so funny, and the movie is good)
- th taken in BOOKSTA by @woodrecommend

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8 days ago

confessing my sins - I bought these last october to read and didn’t even get 20% through any of them *shame* so, recommitting to reading them this spooky season, but extending it beyond october because let’s be real, spooky season bleeds into all fall months and even winter months

have you read any of these classics? or watched any adaptations? what’s your fave? taken in BOOKSTA by @woodrecommend

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9 days ago

The Cages We Endure: An Anthology
Out now!

@gravebelles thank you so much for getting all these authors together for this horror anthology because we needed a new feminine rage read for October 🔪

@woodrecommend and I had a blast buddy reading this one and Gossamer and Deadline came out as clear winners for our favorite stories. (not that shocking for me since @a.l.sterling has fast become one of my favorite authors and I needed 200 more pages of Deadline immediately)
As avid AI haters we both weren't fans of the two stories that involved AI systems 😅 but overall the stories were killer (see what I did there)
We cannot wait to see what else this Press puts out in the future!
These stories were also written by female and nonbinary authors, so please if you need a little dose of feminine rage and murder and vengeance, please go purchase a copy to read today 🧡 taken in BOOKSTA by @woodrecommend

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10 days ago

september was a busy month, but got some good reads in ★ now onto fall, cooler weather, and more espooki vibes .ᐟ.ᐟ

what was your fave book you read in september?! or just a general highlight. I love hearing about everyone’s faves

I can’t stop thinking about lethal kiss and thoughts be bloody. def in the fave list of the year

- bleachers in person?! amazing (╥ ᴗ ╥) I yearn to hear let’s get married, but it was not played for understandable reasons
- loving the new season of ted lasso!
- *sigh* bo burnham on repeat this past month
- getting some movies watched in the theaters has been nice. primetime was very A24 vibes taken in BOOKSTA by @woodrecommend

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11 days ago

The Last Contract of Isako by @fonda.lee
This scratched that sci-fi itch gooooood. Set in a city under a dome on a cold, uninhabitable planet, we have an older FMC (loved that), a legendary swordsman, who is hired for one last contract after her previous client unexpectedly retires. Given a mission to dig up dirt on a to be board member, this last contract quickly becomes more complicated than Isako thought it would be.

I loved the main character here. It’s a breath of fresh air to have an older FMC, and even then, the character growth and development throughout the novel was very well written. The first half is a bit slower paced, following Isako unraveling the mystery her mission brought up, while the second half were privy to flashbacks of a different character to explain everything. I wasn’t expecting that format and pleasantly surprised! The ended made me a little teary eyed, which again, was not expecting!

This is definitely a slower paced mystery with action sprinkled in here and there, after all, our FMC is a corporate samurai, but overall, highly recommend!

vibes - ❄️🗡️🩸🤫🪦🦾
genres - scifi, dystopian, mystery

Thank you @orbitbooks_us @netgalley for the copy!

*all opinions are my own* taken in BOOKSTA by @woodrecommend

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14 days ago

my 10 before the end from my physical shelf! which books are you trying to get in before the end of the year?

tagging a few friends to show their 10 @mkm_library @ripped_page_reviews @rebeccas.reading.reviews @book.motte.reads @isa.ottoni.writes @kennedysbooktalk @booksinwildplaces @shelfcarecatharsis taken in BOOKSTA by @woodrecommend

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18 days ago