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isa gives drunk advice on hold my phone needs to charge

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I’m back i stole my bf’s phone box he’s playing rn and mine’s still charging

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So I've never done the Magical Readathon before, but it happened to cross my tl this afternoon on twitter, and I figured, since I'm trying to get back into reading, why not? It was the perfect opportunity!

I will be attempting all of the exams, and whatever I pass will be the N.E.W.T.S. I take if I do that in August! I don’t really know what I want to choose for a career yet, both irl and for the Readathon, so I’ll just be taking the exams and seeing where I end up!

You can view my TBR under the cut!

Ancient Runes → Read a book with a heart on the cover or in the title.

Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf

Zera is a Heartless – the immortal, unageing soldier of a witch. Bound to the witch Nightsinger ever since she saved her from the bandits who murdered her family, Zera longs for freedom from the woods they hide in. With her heart in a jar under Nightsinger’s control, she serves the witch unquestioningly. Until Nightsinger asks Zera for a Prince’s heart in exchange for her own, with one addendum; if she’s discovered infiltrating the court, Nightsinger will destroy her heart rather than see her tortured by the witch-hating nobles. Crown Prince Lucien d’Malvane hates the royal court as much as it loves him – every tutor too afraid to correct him and every girl jockeying for a place at his darkly handsome side. No one can challenge him – until the arrival of Lady Zera. She’s inelegant, smart-mouthed, carefree, and out for his blood. The Prince’s honor has him quickly aiming for her throat. So begins a game of cat and mouse between a girl with nothing to lose and a boy who has it all. Winner takes the loser’s heart. Literally.

Arithmancy → Read a book outside your favorite genre.

Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? When his mother became President of the United States, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius—his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with an actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex/Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse. Heads of the family and state and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: Stage a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instagrammable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could derail the presidential campaign and upend two nations. It raises the question: Can love save the world after all? Where do we find the courage, and the power, to be the people we are meant to ben? And how can we learn to let our true colors shine through? , how will history remember you?

Astronomy → Read the majority of the book at night.

We Rule the Night by Claire Eliza Bertlett

Seventeen-year-old Revna is a factory worker, manufacturing war machines for the Union of the North. When she's caught using illegal magic, she fears being branded a traitor and imprisoned.

Meanwhile, on the front lines, Linne defied her father, a Union general, and disguised herself as a boy to join the army. They're both offered a reprieve from punishment if they use their magic in a special women's military flight unit and undertake terrifying, deadly missions under cover of darkness.

Revna and Linne can hardly stand to be in the same cockpit, but if they can't fly together, and if they can't find a way to fly well, the enemy's superior firepower will destroy them--if they don't destroy each other first.We Rule the Night is a powerful story about sacrifice, complicated friendships, and survival despite impossible odds

Care of Magical Creatures → Read a book with a creature with a beak on the cover.

Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

Maia Tamarin dreams of becoming the greatest tailor in the land, but as a girl, the best she can hope for is to marry well. When a royal messenger summons her ailing father, once a tailor of renown, to court, Maia poses as a boy and takes his place. She knows her life is forfeit if her secret is discovered, but she'll take that risk to achieve her dream and save her family from ruin. There's just one catch: Maia is one of twelve tailors vying for the job. Backstabbing and lies run rampant as the tailors compete in challenges to prove their artistry and skill. Maia's task is further complicated when she draws the attention of the court magician, Edan, whose piercing eyes seem to see straight through her disguise. And nothing could have prepared her for the final challenge: to sew three magic gowns for the emperor's reluctant bride-to-be, from the laughter of the sun, the tears of the moon, and the blood of stars. With this impossible task before her, she embarks on a journey to the far reaches of the kingdom, seeking the sun, the moon, and the stars, and finding more than she ever could have imagined.

Charms → Read a book that has a white cover.

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her. His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble. But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little. For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.

Defense Against the Dark Arts → Read a book set at the sea or on the coast.

Seafire by Natalie C. Parker

After her family is killed by corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, Caledonia Styx is left to chart her own course on the dangerous and deadly seas. She captains her ship, the Mors Navis, with a crew of girls and women just like her, who have lost their families and homes because of Aric and his men. The crew has one mission: stay alive, and take down Aric's armed and armored fleet. But when Caledonia's best friend and second-in-command barely survives an attack thanks to help from a Bullet looking to defect, Caledonia finds herself questioning whether to let him join their crew. Is this boy the key to taking down Aric Athair once and for all . . . or will he threaten everything the women of the Mors Navis have worked for?

Divination → Assign numbers to your TBR List, and use a generator to pick the book.

All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

Set in a kingdom where danger lurks beneath the sea, mermaids seek vengeance with song, and magic is a choice. She will reign. As princess of the island kingdom Visidia, Amora Montara has spent her entire life training to be High Animancer—the master of souls. The rest of the realm can choose their magic, but for Amora, it’s never been a choice. To secure her place as heir to the throne, she must prove her mastery of the monarchy’s dangerous soul magic. When her demonstration goes awry, Amora is forced to flee. She strikes a deal with Bastian, a mysterious pirate: he’ll help her prove she’s fit to rule, if she’ll help him reclaim his stolen magic. But sailing the kingdom holds more wonder—and more peril—than Amora anticipated. A destructive new magic is on the rise, and if Amora is to conquer it, she’ll need to face legendary monsters, cross paths with vengeful mermaids, and deal with a stow-away she never expected… or risk the fate of Visidia and lose the crown forever. I am the right choice. The only choice. And I will protect my kingdom.

Herbology → Read a book where title starts with an m.

Mirage by Somaiya Daud

In a star system dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation; she dreams of writing poetry like the old-world poems she adores; she dreams of receiving a sign from Dihya that one day, she, too, will have adventure, and travel beyond her isolated moon. But when adventure comes for Amani, it is not what she expects: she is kidnapped by the regime and taken in secret to the royal palace, where she discovers that she is nearly identical to the cruel half-Vathek Princess Maram. The princess is so hated by her conquered people that she requires a body double, someone to appear in public as Maram, ready to die in her place. As Amani is forced into her new role, she can’t help but enjoy the palace’s beauty—and her time with the princess’ fiancé, Idris. But the glitter of the royal court belies a world of violence and fear. If Amani ever wishes to see her family again, she must play the princess to perfection...because one wrong move could lead to her death.

History of Magic → Read a book featuring witches and/or wizards

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling

Harry Potter's life is miserable. His parents are dead and he's stuck with his heartless relatives, who force him to live in a tiny closet under the stairs. But his fortune changes when he receives a letter that tells him the truth about himself: he's a wizard. A mysterious visitor rescues him from his relatives and takes him to his new home, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After a lifetime of bottling up his magical powers, Harry finally feels like a normal kid. But even within the Wizarding community, he is special. He is the boy who lived: the only person to have ever survived a killing curse inflicted by the evil Lord Voldemort, who launched a brutal takeover of the Wizarding world, only to vanish after failing to kill Harry. Though Harry's first year at Hogwarts is the best of his life, not everything is perfect. There is a dangerous secret object hidden within the castle walls, and Harry believes it's his responsibility to prevent it from falling into evil hands. But doing so will bring him into contact with forces more terrifying than he ever could have imagined. Full of sympathetic characters, wildly imaginative situations, and countless exciting details, the first installment in the series assembles an unforgettable magical world and sets the stage for many high-stakes adventures to come.

Muggle Studies → Read a contemporary book.

Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon

Will the princess save the beast? For Princess Jaya Rao, nothing is more important than family. When the loathsome Emerson clan steps up their centuries-old feud to target Jaya’s little sister, nothing will keep Jaya from exacting her revenge. Then Jaya finds out she’ll be attending the same elite boarding school as Grey Emerson, and it feels like the opportunity of a lifetime. She knows what she must do: Make Grey fall in love with her and break his heart. But much to Jaya’s annoyance, Grey’s brooding demeanor and lupine blue eyes have drawn her in. There’s simply no way she and her sworn enemy could find their fairy-tale ending…right? His Lordship Grey Emerson is a misanthrope. Thanks to an ancient curse by a Rao matriarch, Grey knows he’s doomed once he turns eighteen. Sequestered away in the mountains at St. Rosetta’s International Academy, he’s lived an isolated existence—until Jaya Rao bursts into his life, but he can't shake the feeling that she’s hiding something. Something that might just have to do with the rose-shaped ruby pendant around her neck… As the stars conspire to keep them apart, Jaya and Grey grapple with questions of love, loyalty, and whether it’s possible to write your own happy ending.

Potions → Read a  book under 150 pages

Red As Blood And White As Bone by Theodora Goss

Red as Blood and White as Bone by Theodora Goss is a dark fantasy about a kitchen girl obsessed with fairy tales, who upon discovering a ragged woman outside the castle during a storm, takes her in--certain she’s a princess in disguise.

Transfiguration → Read a book or series that includes shapeshifting

Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce

Young Daine's knack with horses gets her a job helping the royal horsemistress drive a herd of ponies to Tortall. Soon it becomes clear that Daine's talent, as much as she struggles to hide it, is downright magical. Horses and other animals not only obey, but listen to her words. Daine, though, will have to learn to trust humans before she can come to terms with her powers, her past, and herself.

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gonna post my tbr for the magical readathon a bit and redo my cr bc im not reading trc anymore oops

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a minimalistic media page that features

fixed header with a circle icon, title, four+ custom links and an optional description which automatically scrolls

an image, description that shows upon hover over the image, a title, a subtitle and space for a link - other formats of the boxes are in the code

unlimited media boxes stacked with masonry

changeable number of columns - directions are in the code

custom colours for background, border, header, boxes and more

this is page can be used for books, movies, tv shows, music and even fic recs. thanks to the anons who suggested this when I was asking for code suggestions!

everything needs to be edited in the code, therefore basic coding knowledge is required. if there are any issues or glitches, don’t be afraid to send me an ask here.

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okay this summer im ACTUALLY going to get back on the horse for reading so im gonna drop a summer tbr soon. i need to at least make a dent in my shelf before i bring back a fuckton of books after sdcc again

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I tend to start my reviews with a quote, but I’ve decided to stop doing that. Not because I couldn’t find a good quote in this particular book, but because I’ve just decided to change my reviewing aesthetic. Which, honestly, probably won’t change anything for you, but! Yes! Anyway, okay, onto the review. I loved Nevermoor, the first book in the, well, Nevermoor series, and I was highly anticipating its sequel, Wundersmith. It was definitely one of my most anticipated books of the year, and proof of that is that I started reading it as soon as I got it. Okay, I only read 24 pages at that time, but still. Basically, I read all of this book (minus the 24 pages I read a few weeks ago) today. And it was amazing. More than amazing, in fact. I felt so engrossed by this story, and I just never wanted to put it down. I must have read all of it within four hours, and that’s a feat for me, because I, um, am a very slow reader. Then again, it’s middle grade, and I’ve heard that reads more quickly than other age ranges, but still. I read it quickly because it was that good. In this book, there’s more of a mystery aspect, and though I had guessed who the bad person was as soon as we met them, I still loved the big reveal. This was darker than the first book, too, but I do feel like it’s still reasonable for middle grade. It was just… So good. Which is not very constructive, but what can I say! I never said I was smart. The characters? Still as lovely as in the first book, though I’m beginning to have my doubts about one of them. I can’t tell you who, because… Well, it wouldn’t be a spoiler, but in case I end up being wrong, I’d rather not everyone know about it. Which is very Aries-like of me, which makes sense since I’m an Aries. But yes, okay. The plot. Wonderful. Ha! I could even say… Wunderful. Or I could not. That was a pretty bad pun. Anyway, yes. The story was so fascinating, and just as whimsical as it was in the first book. I flew through this book because I wanted to know what was going to happen next, and that’s something that happens to me rarely these days. To be fair, I have been in a reading slump, but… This is the first book that’s managed to get me out of my slump, so… I just… Loved this book. So, so, so, so much. It was the perfect amount of whimsical and magical, and I really wish I had gotten the chance to read it when I was younger. I feel like this would have been a series that would have had a huge impact on me. Still, I’m immensely grateful that I get to read it now, because it’s simply amazing. If you haven’t yet, please give this series a shot. I HIGHLY recommend it.

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Strange Grace by Tessa Gratton Rating: 5/5 Edition: Signed Hardcover

Once, a witch made a pact with a devil. The legend says they loved each other, but can the story be trusted at all? Long ago, a village made a bargain with the devil: to ensure their prosperity, when the Slaughter Moon rises, the village must sacrifice a young man into the depths of the Devil’s Forest. Only this year, the Slaughter Moon has risen early. Bound by duty, secrets, and the love they share for one another, Mairwen, a spirited witch; Rhun, the expected saint; and Arthur, a restless outcast, will each have a role to play as the devil demands a body to fill the bargain. But the devil these friends find is not the one they expect, and the lies they uncover will turn their town—and their hearts—inside out

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new review coming tomorrow after months of silence 🦑

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So I figured since I'm a pretty slow reader I need some other fun book related things to keep this blog active, so I'm going to do Favorite Fridays!! They'll happen every other week on Friday (obviously) and I'll just talk about one of my favorite things in literature, be it tropes (like this week), a character type, a genre, whatever.

As you might have figured out, today's post is on Tropes! I have some tropes I'm more partial to, and tropes which I despise.

Favorite Trope: Grave Injury

This requires a bit of clarification. My favorite thing is when Person A of a pairing becomes gravely injured (perhaps dying), and Person B is distraught and overcome with grief, professing their love or whathaveyou to Person A. Its better if Person A didn't know how Person B felt about them.

Like when a character falls into a coma and the person who's been pining over them confesses their love and the first character could hear them the entire time and asks them about it when they wake up.

This trope is, naturally, made even better by the addition of mutual pining. We love two characters who want to get together but can't because they don't realize the other feels the same way.  

But yeah. Injuries or situations that force you to confess your love. An excellent trope indeed.

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AU where I actually read the books I own. 

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do you have any fantasy recs??

so many. so this is gonna get long im sorry

inheritance cycle by christopher paolini

imperial trilogy by mark robson

the looking glass wars by frank beddor

vicious by ve schwab

the queen’s thief by megan whalen turner

shattered sea by joe abercrombie

deathless by catherynne m valente

the coldest girl in coldtown by holly black

midnighters by scott westerfeld

superior by jessica lack

the lumatere chronicles by melina marchetta [tw for attempted rape, not graphic]

flame in the mist by renee ahdieh

greatcoats by sebastien de castell [tw for past rape and murder, semi-graphic]

black wolves by kate elliott [tw for rape]

power of five by anthony horowitz

watch series by sergei lukyanenko

his dark materials by philip pullman

the lynburn legacy by sarah rees brennan

shades of magic by ve schwab

howl’s moving castle by diana wynne jones

the darkest part of the forest by holly black

in other lands by sarah rees brennan

daughter of smoke and bone by laini taylor

spiritwalker trilogy by kate elliott

inheritance trilogy by nk jemisin

a hero at the end of the world by erin claiborne

iron cast by destiny soria [tw for torture]

the wrath and the dawn by renee ahdieh

the young elites by marie lu

wonders of the invisible world by christopher barzak

the princess and the captain by anne laure bondoux

the demon’s lexicon by sarah rees brennan

the winner’s trilogy by marie rutkoski

the star touched queen by roshani chokshi

the cemetery of forgotten books by carlos ruiz zafón

the grisha trilogy by leigh bardugo

timekeeper by tara sim

song of the lioness by tamora pierce

nightrunner by lynn flewelling

peter darling by austin chant

artemis fowl by eoin colfer

falling kingdoms by morgan rhodes

the prince of mist by carlos ruiz zafón

six of crows by leigh bardugo

the last elf by silvana de mari

dragonfly julia golding

the girl from everywhere by heidi heilig

the bone witch by rin chupeco

checquy files by daniel o'malley

engelsfors trilogy by sara b elfgren and mats strandberg [tw for attempted rape, torture, suicide mention, drug abuse, suicide attempt, bullying, self harm, animal deaths, paedophilia mention, homophobic language, alcohol abuse]

the sisters grimm by michael buckley

a taste of honey by kai ashante wilson [tw for physical abuse]

witch crag by kate cann

the night circus by erin morgenstern

fearsome dreamer by laure eve

stardust by neil gaiman

the princess bride by william goldman

rivers of london by ben aaronovitch

shadowshaper by dj older

cruel beauty by rosamund hodge

seraphina by rachel hartman

spellslinger by sebastien de castell

super bass by kai ashante wilson

graceling by kristin cashore

sorcerer royal by zen cho

the dark is rising sequence by susan cooper

ash by malinda lo

simon st george by jason hightman

summoner trilogy by taran matharu

glamourist histories by mary robinette kowal

children of the red king by jenny nimmo

lady helen by alison goodman

magnus chase and the gods of asgard by rick riordan

percy jackson and the olympians by rick riordan

heroes of olympus by rick riordan

the trials of apollo by rick riordan

the kane chronicles by rick riordan

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“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee

“Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen

“The Diary of Anne Frank” by Anne Frank

“1984” by George Orwell

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" by J.K. Rowling

“The Lord of the Rings” (1-3) by J.R.R. Tolkien

“The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White

“The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien

“Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott

“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury

“Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell

“Gone with the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell

“The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger

“The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain

“The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins

“The Help” by Kathryn Stockett

“The Lion, the Witch, and the Wadrobe” by C.S. Lewis

“The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck

“The Lord of the Flies” by William Golding

“The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini

“Night” by Elie Wiesel

“Hamlet” by William Shakespeare

“A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L'Engle

“Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck

“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens

“Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare

“The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams

“The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett

“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens

“The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” by J.K. Rowling

“The Giver” by Lois Lowry

“The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood

“Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein

“Wuthering Heights” Emily Bronte

“The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green

“Anne of Green Gables” by L.M. Montgomery

“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain

“Macbeth” by William Shakespeare

“The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larrson  

“Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley

“The Holy Bible: King James Version”

“The Color Purple” by Alice Walker

“The Count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre Dumas

“A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith

“East of Eden” by John Steinbeck

“Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll

“In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote

“Catch-22” by Joseph Heller

“The Stand” by Stephen King

“Outlander” by Diana Gabaldon

“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” by J.K. Rowling

“Enders Game” by Orson Scott Card

“Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy

“Watership Down” by Richard Adams

“Memoirs of a Geisha” by Arthur Golden

“Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier

“A Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin

“Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens

“The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway

“The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” (#3) by Arthur Conan Doyle

“Les Misérables” by Victor Hugo

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” by J.K. Rowling

“Life of Pi” by Yann Martel

“The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Celebrating Silence: Excerpts from Five Years of Weekly Knowledge” by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

“The Chronicles of Narnia” by C.S. Lewis

“The Pillars of the Earth” by Ken Follett

“Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” by Roald Dahl

“Dracula” by Bram Stoker

“The Princess Bride” by William Goldman

“Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen

“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe

“The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd

“The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel” by Barbara Kingsolver

“One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

“The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger

“The Odyssey” by Homer

“The Good Earth (House of Earth #1)” by Pearl S. Buck

“Mockingjay (Hunger Games #3)” by Suzanne Collins

“And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie

“The Thorn Birds” by Colleen McCullough

“A Prayer for Owen Meany” by John Irving

“The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls

“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot

“Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The Road” by Cormac McCarthy

“The Things They Carried” by Tim O'Brien

“Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse

“Beloved” by Toni Morrison

“Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut

“Cutting For Stone” by Abraham Verghese

“The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norton Juster

“The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The Story of My Life” by Helen Keller

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Truthwitch Giveaway!

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This month I am going to be running several giveaways! Starting with a paperback copy of Truthwitch and a hardcover copy of Sightwitch (prequel) + a another solo paperback copy of Truthwitch by Susan Dennard!

So, two winners. All you have to do is reblog the post and enter the Rafflecopter :)

Runs through the 12th.

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Thanks for hosting this!! <3 <3 <3

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welcome to september, also known as back to school month!

this is my list of books that ideally i’d like to read this month, but realistically i’m going to read them over the next year or so. i’m also doing a couple of english text re-reads this month, but i’ll be doing those as audiobooks and also they’re boring, so no one cares about them.  

last month summary: i read five-ish books last month, when i was hoping to read eleven, and i failed the newts readathon rather spectacularly, as two of the books were summer reading and i didn’t read the other three for just one topic, sooooo…. i might attempt the owls at some point, most likely in october, because that seems a little easier. here are the books i read in august!

gemina by amie kaufman and jay kristoff 5☆ review  radio silence by alice oseman 4☆ juvenile at times but often very relateable aristotle and dante dtsotu by benjamin alire sáenz 4.5☆ review a christmas carol by charles dickens 2☆ boring and heavy handed.  an inspector calls by j. b. priestley 3☆ heavy handed but interesting.  september tbr: i’m aiming for five books this month too, as i have school so won’t be able to read loads. these are mostly books that were on my august tbr, with the exception of one or two.

shadow and bone by leigh bardugo leah on the offbeat by becky albertali all the crooked saints by maggie stiefvater obsidio by amie kaufman and jay kristoff cloud atlas by david mitchell these are some potential reads, that i’ll get round to if i have the time!

the cruel prince by holly black children of blood and bone by tomi adeyemi circe by madeleine miller strange the dreamer by laini taylor orlando by virginia woolf and i’d quite like to finally get a start on the third game of thrones book! they’re all also books i have a copy of, with the exception of strange the dreamer, so i really don’t have any excuses. this is all quite ambitious considering i’m starting year eleven, aka gcses year, but i’ll probably hopefully use reading to procrastinate doing my homework. 

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Hello September!

Hello sweater weather to everywhere except the Deep South where it's still a pleasent 95 degrees every day!

I'm fully settled into university now, which means time to fit reading into my schedule! My goal as outlined in my August Recap is to read at least two (2) books which should be pretty feasible, considering I'm already halfway through one book now. I plan on finishing Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (my copy is actually on loan to my Spanish professor at the moment), start and finish Saving Death by R.L. Endean, an ARC I was granted despite having no memory of requesting, and start (to hopefully finish but if not that's okay) Muse of Nightmares (Strange the Dreamer #2) by Laini Taylor. If I don't finish MoN, which is extremely likely considering its hefty size of 514 pages, that will be my first review of October.

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August Recap!

August is over and Sweater Weather September is here! I figured I would do a little recap of what went on this month for me!

BOOKS I READ: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

This ended up being the only book I read & reviewed during the entire month. This was mostly do to other commitments I had over the last 31 days. I definitely plan on reading more during September, looking at some new books and revisiting old favorites.

GOALS FOR SEPTEMBER

My goal is to read AT LEAST two books this month. I’m only taking 13 credit hours at university, so if I manage my time right and stop procrastinating on schoolwork I can 110% fit that into my schedule. I’m going to try and be more active on my book twitter as well! I want the September recap to be much, much longer because I have more to talk about! This was an incredible first month in the book review community, and I’m so very excited to continue to read excellent books and meet incredible new people!

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