Sofia's Journal

You do not yield! Hi guys! This is now basically a reading diary, where you can watch me freak out about the books I’m reading! Feel free to join the madness!

[sofiasjornal]

Hi everyone! Here’s the final 2024 update with everything I read this year!

I always loved to read, but somewhere along the line (also called life...) I lost the habit of it. I lost the joy of it. 2024 was the year I decided to get that back, and oh boy, did I get it back! I am so glad I got back into reading and found this incredible series that got me through the bad and good times! Amazing characters that gave me strength to endure the hardest of times (Aelin forever, my queen, I will bow to you no matter what!). So here we go!

Throne of Glass 7/7 (Sarah J. Maas) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (all-time favorite!) ACOTAR 4/? (Sarah J. Maas) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Crescent City 3/? (Sarah J. Maas) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Shatter me (Tahereh Mafi): ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Crowns of Nyaxia 2/4 (Carissa Broadbent): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Shadow and Bone (Leigh Bardugo): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (favorite) King of Scars (Leigh Bardugo): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (favorite) The Cruel Prince (Holly Black): ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Familiar (Leigh Bardugo): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (favorite) Alex Stern 2/? (Leigh Bardugo): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (favorite)  The Empyrean 2/5 (Rebecca Yarros): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (favorite) Hidden Legacy 1/5 (Ilona Andrews): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Bound and the Broken 3/? (Ryan Cahill): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (favorite) Harry Potter (JK Rowling - reread): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Powerless 2/3 (Lauren Roberts): ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Moonfall 1/? (Sarah A. Parker): ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Blood And Ash 5/6 (Jennifer L. Armentrout) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fresh and Fire (Jennifer L. Armentrout) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Of The Faithful And The Fallen (John Gwynne) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Sacred Stones (Kate Golden) ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ Saga of the Unfated 1/2 (Danielle Jensen) ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Awakening 1/? (Jennifer L. Armentrout) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Gods & Monsters 3/7 (Amber V. Nicole) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ (favorite) Kindred’s Curse 3/4 (Penn Cole) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It was one hell of a ride! Let's hope 2025 brings us another round of incredible stories to brighten our year!

Happy 2025 everyone!

[jetsfrogstar]

no matter how many books i read, how many new worlds i come to love, how many new characters i come to know, no matter how much time passes, aelin ashryver whitethorn galathynius will ALWAYS be my number one. she's always going to be the best character i had the privilege to read about. she's always going to be my love. mine. i love her so so much. she and her world will always be my home.

[sofiasjornal]

This! Forever my Queen Aelin!

[sofiasjornal]

Ok , I have a very important question! So I’m about to finish The Crown of Gilded Bones (this series is soooo good!) and I’m conflicted! Should I read Shadow in the Ember next or go straight to The war of the two Queens?

I know Jennifer says to start the prequel next because it works as a companion to the main story but honestly speaking, will I be missing anything if I read it after the main books?

[bookishswordfish]

Throne of Glass is the most underrated SJM series. It’s so much better than the other ones in so many ways and I WILL die on this hill

[sofiasjornal]

YEESSSS!

[sofiasjornal]

Reading Update

So it’s been awhile since I posted anything so I figured I would do an update and tell you guys what I’ve been reading in the last couple of months. So here we go:

Shatter me Series (Tahereh Mafi): ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Crowns of Nyxia Series (Carissa Broadbent): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Shadow and Bone Series (Leigh Bardugo): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Six of Crows Series (Leigh Bardugo): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (favorite) King of Scars Series (Leigh Bardugo): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (favorite) The Cruel Prince Series (Holly Black): ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Familiar (Leigh Bardugo): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (favorite) Alex Stern Series (Leigh Bardugo): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (favorite)  The Empyrean 2/3 (Rebecca Yarros): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (favorite) Hidden Legacy 1/5 (Ilona Andrews): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Bound and the Broken 3/4 (Ryan Cahill): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (favorite) Harry Potter Series (JK Rowling - reread): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Powerless Series (Lauren Roberts) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Currently reading: When the moon hatched (Sarah A. Parker)

I’m leaving this pinned and I’ll update it as I go! If you have any recommendations, let me know!

[ineedtoventaboutbooks]

Controversial opinion:

Political intrigue is my favorite part of romantasy books. The fluffy feelings stuff is nice but I want to know about the war they’re planning!! I want to over analyze the war!! I want to watch them think and strategize and fight!!!

[sofiasjornal]

YES!

[sydneymack]

Rowaelin Family - Throne of Glass

Artist: @snowarox / @devnw

[shadowhandss60]

*Dorian and Aelin lying on the floor*

Manon: What’s wrong with them?

Rowan: They realized they can’t read all of the books in existence.

[tuluaart]

"Don't do that. Don't— don't touch me like that " -QOS by sjm

ROWAN BROKE MY HEART IN THIS SCENE

And I knew... I really knew that he didn't mean to act like that because it was obvious that he felt something for Aelin.

Later I understood how miserable he felt when he realised that finally he started to feel alive again, through love, when his mate and his baby were dead.

Sjm usually doesn't explore in depth the man trauma in her books (Rhys- just a certain lvl, Hunt, Fenrys, Lucien...) but I would love to see her write more about it in her future books because I trust in her way of writing and explaining and develope things.

[sofiasjornal]

I would die for Heir of Fire or Queen of Shadows in Rowan’s POV! Or Empire of Storms!

Also! I can’t with all these TOG content on my feed 😭😭 I just wanna read the whole thing again!

[starfallserotonin]

The way reading The Assassin’s Blade makes every little thing in Queen of Shadows that much more meaningful … like why am I crying about lavender soap? Bffr

[sofiasjornal]

😭😭 I sobbed like a baby!

There’s no series like TOG and this is the hill I’m gonna die on

[subliminallysatisfactorysuzy]

Aelin Ashryver Galathynius — Nameless is My Price.

A powerful depiction of Aelin Galathynius, character from the popular TOG novels, riding into the battle against Morath. Based off of ”Jeann

[sofiasjornal]

I MISS THIS GIRL SO SO SO MUCH!

My hero, my inspiration! MY QUEEN! 👸

[subliminallysatisfactorysuzy]

[subliminallysatisfactorysuzy]

[fireheart-violet]

Hottest Sjm couple 🔥🔥🔥 art by @inkfaeart

[sofiasjornal]

I’m sorry but no couple in literary history will ever hold up to them! Aelin and Rowan rule us all!

[sydneymack]

“You can call me Rowan. That’s all you need to know.” He cocked his head to the side, a predator assessing his prey. “Thank you for the oil,” he added. “My skin was a little dry.”

Aelin, Arobynn and Rowan - Throne of Glass

Artist: @snowarox / @devnw

[sofiasjornal]

Ok so while I wait for SJM to release another book I've reading a lot of stuff! I haven't posted any reviews because im just being incredibly lazy 😅 I just wanna read!

So I've read the whole Shatter Me series and now I'm at the end of The Serpent and the Wings of Night, which it's surprisingly good! But here's the thing! Ive been trying to buy the books (i've been reading on the iPad but my eyes are killing me) and for the life of me I cannot find them! I have the first one coming next week but the second one it's nowhere to be found. Is it sold out everywhere? Is there a new edition coming? Because on amazon its available for pre-sale only but the book come out last year (I think). What is going on?!

[sofiasjornal]

I’ve figured it out! Carissa changed publishers (thank you to the person on twitter that actually told me 😅) so there’s in fact a new edition coming out at the end of the year!

I’ve read them all on my tablet though! It was worth it!

[sofiasjornal]

Ok so while I wait for SJM to release another book I've reading a lot of stuff! I haven't posted any reviews because im just being incredibly lazy 😅 I just wanna read!

So I've read the whole Shatter Me series and now I'm at the end of The Serpent and the Wings of Night, which it's surprisingly good! But here's the thing! Ive been trying to buy the books (i've been reading on the iPad but my eyes are killing me) and for the life of me I cannot find them! I have the first one coming next week but the second one it's nowhere to be found. Is it sold out everywhere? Is there a new edition coming? Because on amazon its available for pre-sale only but the book come out last year (I think). What is going on?!