#readingchallenge

[thebookishbottle]

week three of the may bingo board

skipped week two, but somehow i already have three bingos

the last couple of weeks filled a lot of squares: almost kiss, don’t leave, memory wiped, you came back, that look again…

only a few left now

trying sci-fi this month has been interesting. i think i love it more on screen than on the page, but i’m still hoping one of these books proves me wrong

each book opens a door in my mind.

[little-tiffany]

Sociopath by Patric Gagne, PhD

[maraudereestauderelb]

12 months, 12 books 📖✨

(a little reading challenge for 2025)

Hi guys! This year I’m doing the 12 months, 12 books challenge because i really wanted to read more. 💫 I figured the best way to better my writing (besides actually writing more 😅) is to read. Different genres, recommendations, books i wouldn’t normally grab off the shelf...

It’s August now and so far i’m doing great 🙌 my best friend did this challenge last year and I’m so glad he told me about it - it’s been such a fun way to stay consistent with reading!

I thought i’d share it with you guys 💕

January

📖 title: Snape: The Definitive Analysis of Hogwarts's Mysterious Potions Master. An Unofficial Exploration ✍️ author: Lorrie Kim 📚 genre: literary analysis ⭐ rating: ★★★★★ (5/5)

💭 thoughts: I’m not the biggest Snape fan, but this was so interesting and detailed! I learned a lot & honestly recommend it to every hp fan ⚡️

February

📖 title: The Housemaid's Secret ✍️ author: Freida McFadden 📚 genre: thriller / psychological suspense ⭐ rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5)

💭 thoughts: Read it after my boyfriend finished it 👀 thrillers aren’t usually my favorite genre, but this one was definitely anything but boring. And that plot twist?? Did not see it coming!

March

📖 title: Sunrise on the Reaping ✍️ author: Suzanne Collins 📚 genre: dystopian / sci-fi ⭐ rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 (6/5!)

💭 thoughts: Favorite book of the year so far! Hands down. 🙌 Suzanne Collins is simply the best in this genre. I’ve been a fan since the very first hunger games book and she still has me completely hooked. I had this one preordered and ended up reading it all in one sitting, deep into the night. absolutely amazing! 🖤🔥

April

📖 title: Fable (World of the Narrows) ✍️ author: Adrienne Young 📚 genre: fantasy / adventure ⭐ rating: ★★★★★ (5/5)

💭 thoughts: This one is for everyone who liked my pirate au 🏴‍☠️ it has that perfect pirate vibe that made me long for the secrets of the ocean 🌊 a sweet love story is there too, but not the main focus, which i actually really liked. The second part of the series is gonna appear further down on the list as well!

May

📖 title: The Physicists ✍️ author: Friedrich Dürrenmatt 📚 genre: classic / play / absurdist ⭐ rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5)

💭 thoughts: I wanted at least one classic on this list and picked this one. it was a good read, short enough to finish in one sitting and absolutely absurd 😂 it even had me smirking a few times while reading.

June

📖 title: The Party-Crasher ✍️ author: Sophie Kinsella 📚 genre: contemporary / rom-com ⭐ rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5)

💭 thoughts: Something light for summer 🌸 My mum recommended this one and it honestly felt exactly like the kind of book she’d enjoy. Super lighthearted, funny look at family dynamics and of course a happy ending (this woman loves a good happy ending 💕). No big surprises along the way, but still a really sweet, easy summer read!

July

📖 title: Namesake (Fable, Part 2) ✍️ author: Adrienne Young 📚 genre: fantasy / adventure ⭐ rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5)

💭 thoughts: Told you the second part of Fable would appear on this list 😉 not quite as strong as the first, but a really satisfying end to the series. Had me falling even more in love with West 💕🌊

August

📖 title: Promise to love (sadly there is no English Version of this book) ✍️ author: Carène Ponte 📚 genre: contemporary romance ⭐ rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5)

💭 thoughts: Another recommendation from my mum 🌸 didn’t enjoy this one quite as much as her first pick. it was okay for light beach reading - has a P.S. I Love You kind of vibe, so if you’re into that, you’ll probably enjoy this one 💌

September

📖 title: King of Wrath ✍️ author: Ana Huang 📚 genre: contemporary romance (add a little bit of spice) ⭐ rating: ★★★★★ (5/5)

💭 thoughts: I LOVE a good "arranged marriage" in a novel! And this one...damn! Read it within 24 hours because I simply couldn't stop. I love a good slow-burn and Dante definitely made it worth the wait 😏😌

October

📖 title: Holding the Reins ✍️ author: Paisley Hope 📚 genre: Contemporary Romance (Southern & super spicy 🔥🤠) ⭐ rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5)

💭 thoughts: Suuuper spicy and explicit! I really enjoyed the slow-burn and the chemistry between the characters – it totally pulls you into the deep South vibe. The setting and personalities felt so real! I think I still liked King of Wrath a bit more though – the language there was a little less dirty, which made it feel smoother overall 😌

November

📚 title: King of Pride

✍️ author: Ana Huang

📚 genre: contemporary romance (add a little bit of spice)

⭐ rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5)

💭 thoughts: Absolutely loved it! Not quite as much as the first part of the series, but still sooo good that I ended up ordering the remaining three parts that have been published yet 😌✨ I also really love how inclusive the stories are!

December

📚 title: Christmas Eve Love Story

✍️ author: Ginny Baird

📚 genre: Christmas-themed romance

⭐ rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5)

💭 thoughts: It was fun for the holiday season and definitely got me into the Christmas spirit some more 🎄💫 In comparison to the other 11 books I read this year, I just didn’t have quite as much fun with it as with the others, but it was still a cozy festive read ☺️

[dreamskytechnology]

Can These Books Really Change Your Life?

[artsybookwitch]

#13Summerween 👻 #BookChallenge 💙📚

13 Spooky Books you'd recommend to a friend. No explanations, just covers. 📚🩸 📚😱 

📕 House of Hunger ✒️ Alexis Henderson

[itsjustalibrary]

A Suzanne Says…Reading Challenge - #2 of 25

[bunbunreading]

Bloodborne Graphic Novel 1-4

Bloodborne Graphic Novel 1-4

BY Aleš Kot

I have not and will never play the game Bloodborne. It is a beautifully designed game with great world building. I have watched numerus playthroughs and know that I would never ever finish it. That being said, I love the game. The many, many interpretations that can be had, the characters and the story telling and world building make this such a good game. This comic series just expands on things that you learn about in the game. You can learn more about the Healing Church, the Hunters, the scourge of the beast and so much more. If you like the world of Bloodborne and the art, architecture or characters in the game you should check these out. I think there are two other graphic novels in the series that my library didn’t have at the time I read these, so I haven’t read them yet.

My deepest thanks to @TBSkyen / @ohnoitstbskyen on youtube for my favorite playthrough of Bloodborne and FromSoftware Inc. for this beautiful game.

[nakiahsuniverse]

📚✨ 𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜! ✨📚

𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍? 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚙𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎:

📖 𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚃𝙱𝚁 (𝚃𝚘 𝙱𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍) 𝙻𝚒𝚜𝚝: 𝙺𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚍𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎.

📝 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜: 𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔. 𝚆𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜, 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚔𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞.

💬 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝙵𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚀𝚞𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜: 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜. 𝙺𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔.

🌟 𝚂𝚎𝚝 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙶𝚘𝚊𝚕𝚜: 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏! 𝚂𝚎𝚝 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔. 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝.

💖 𝙻𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎? 𝙼𝚢 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍—𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚃𝙱𝚁 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎. 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚋 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 $𝟽 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢!