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Home girl been loosening breaths since Book 1 lmaoooo

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Everything that ends in 1 for the book recs, please! -- coffeebooksorme

Ah thank you! ❤️

1. a book that is close to your heart

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater.

11. a book with a green cover

A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer (this whole series is wonderful).

21. a book with a red cover

House of Earth and Blood by SJM.

31. a book that mentions a name in the title

A Million Junes by Emily Henry.

41. a book about nature

The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin.

51. a book that you found underwhelming

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson.

61. your favourite horror novel

The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones.

71. your favourite LGBTQ+ fiction

This is HARD but the first thing that comes to mind is Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan so we'll go with that for the moment.

81. a book that mentions flowers in the title

A Court of Thorns and Roses by SJM.

91. the shortest book you’ve read

I have absolutely no idea LOL. Recently, probably the Witch Boy.

101. a book set in a school

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik.

111. a book writing a book

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff.

121. a book that makes you nostalgic

Harry Potter, now and forever.

131. tag somebody with whom you would want to buddy read a book

@onanyothersunday always 💕

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Micro Review Tag

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@coffeebooksorme & @the-forest-library, thank you so much for tagging me, lovelies! <3

Title and author: Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire

Total pages: 376

Page you’re on: 72%

Thoughts so far: I love Seanan McGuire, so there was never a chance I wasn't going to like this. A lot of the stories remind me of her other work (portal fantasy, murder mermaids, epidemics, ghostly hitchhikers), and some of them are definitely grim enough to be published under Mira Grant.

I never knew I needed a story about lesbian ghost hitchhikers in my life ("Driving Jenny Home"), but I totally did. Lots of weeping in that one and "Homecoming" (because I pretend I am tough, but I’m a big ‘ol softie.) I really liked the Little Shop of Horrors/Day of the Triffids mashup as well ("Lady Antheia's Guide to Horticultural Warfare"). Drag ‘em, Theia. Or, you know, eat them. Lady’s choice.

Try your best to guess how it will end: It’s overall a solid collection, and I’m expecting to find at least one more favorite in it. "Please Accept My Most Profound Apologies for What Is About to Happen (But You Started It)" is a promising title. 😂

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Tagging (just fun, no pressure! <3) @anassarhenisch, @bibliotheque-la-nature, @aveganreader, @badnovels, @beggin4books, @bibliojunkie, @awkwordreviews, @beguiledbookworm, @biblioshark, @bestestbooknerd, @bethanywritesbooks, @lornaslibrary​

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How much do you love SJM? Who's the best character in ACOTAR? -- coffeebooksorme

Meh 2/10, she’s ok if you like women characters supporting other women characters and finding their strength.

Characters - definitely the best one is Eris because he has ~layers~ and is just misunderstood.

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Are you afraid for the future? -- I'm apprehensive for the future. I never truly think anything is ever going to happen until it actually does. I got engaged & sure, I planned for the wedding, but I never believed it would happen until it actually did & even then it felt like I wasn't the one living it. So...future wise, I'm apprehensive. I'm sort of like 'Meh, whatever happens happens.' Now death? That terrifies me because it's like...where will I go? What's gonna happen? -- coffeebooksorme

i’m super scared of the future!!!! i have no plans and absolutely no idea what i want

but i totally get what you mean about not feeling like you lived it, i absolutely feel that

i’m not that scared of death tbh, more just... interested i guess? just bc we’re all going to end up there at some point and knowing that there’s no way to prepare for it kinda comforts me in some way even though it’s an unknown?

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The Reader by Traci Chee

Rating: 5/5

Review below the cut for post brevity

So, I knew this book was going to be good before I read it. I'd had it recommended to me more than once (mini-shoutout to @coffeebooksorme specifically for recommending it). The cover virtually promises it's going to a solid read. The premise is gripping: this is the story of a girl who owns a book in a world where reading doesn’t exist. I was so confident that it’d be a great read I selected it for my May SFF book club without even reading it in advance.

Let me tell you, The Reader exceeded these expectations.

This book has it all: pirates and magic, assassins and romance, prophesies and harsh reality. I don't think I've read anything quite like it before, but I'm absolutely hooked. The descriptions are amazing. The pacing is perfect. The characters are phenomenal, well-rounded, and fantastic.

What I really loved, though, was how this book tackles so many things without getting preachy. It has so much to say about violence, about idealism, about acting for the greater good vs acting for one's own good. It questions what it's like even when you're acting as someone else's voice--or when you don't have a voice of your own.

I absolutely loved it. 5/5. This is a must-read.

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Name: Whitney.

Age: 33.

Lives in: USA.

Favorite books: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series ; Harry Potter ; Traitor to the Throne ; Wicked ; The Chronicles of Narnia ; Dark-Hunter Series.

Unique blog features: Book Reviews ; Book Photography.

“Hello! My name's Whitney, I'm 33, and I'm hopelessly addicted to books, comics, and anything literary that catches my eye.”

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@coffeebooksorme I didn’t know how to incorporate “me” into the aesthetic, so here are some books and coffee mugs!!!