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You can erase ONE book from your memory just so yo You can erase ONE book from your memory just so you can experience it for the first time again. What are you picking?  I'm picking Neurovance by Alexandra St. Pierre.  I was just thinking last night I need to reread it (for the 4th time this year). It is one of the pillars that holds up my Roman Empire books.  I ADORE that book so much. So what are you choosing?  #readforthefirsttime #bookstagram #readersofinstagram #FantasyReads #AlexandraStPierre
What's the magic words in a blurb that will make y What's the magic words in a blurb that will make you say immediately add to TBR?  I have a couple, but if you give any hints that the main characters are morally gray, it's an immediate add to cart.  Bonus points if she's the one that's morally gray. And if that morally gray couple starts off as true enemies, then become lovers 🎣 you got me hooked like a fish 😀 I don't need to know anything else  TAKE MY MONEY  I'm a simple girl 😏  #morallygrayreads #fantasyromance #addtoTBR #shesmorallygray
What's a book you know will be five stars before y What's a book you know will be five stars before you even read it?  Mine would definitely be Devil by Sierra Simone. I'm ready to see what Ryan Bell brings to the table.  I am obsessed with this entire series (Sean is my favorite brother) . Each book has been five stars, so I KNOW Devil will be five stars also.  #devilbysierrasimone #sierrasimone #priestseries #ryanbell #standalone
Are you a crier when you read? And I don't mean a Are you a crier when you read?  And I don't mean a dignified little tear you wipe away and keep going.  I mean gut-wrenching, heart-shattering, ugly crying at 2 a.m. because some fictional person just emotionally destroyed you and apparently this is what we choose to do for fun.  Or does it take a LOT for a book to make you cry?  I'm a crier. Give me yearning. Grief. Devotion. That one devastating sentence that makes you close the book and stare at the wall for a minute. I want to feel something when I read.  And now I'm building a list.
What was the last book that made you cry?  I want yours on it. 👇  Mine: Neurovance by Alexandra St Pierre  #booksthatwillmakeyoucry #romance #uglycrybooks #yabooks #yaromancebooks
Apparently “witchy” is not a specific enough readi Apparently “witchy” is not a specific enough reading mood for me. 😂  Do I want cozy witches with bookstores and cottages? Gothic witches with family secrets?  Witches making extremely questionable decisions? Or do I want October to crawl out of the book and possess my house?  The answer is obviously yes.  So I divided 12 books haunting my fall TBR by the exact flavor of witchcraft I'm craving.  Now I need you to make a terrible decision for me: which mood do I read first?  🫙 COZY
🕯️ GOTHIC
🩸 HORROR
🎃 HALLOWEEN  And send this to the witchy reader whose fall TBR is already completely out of control.  #WitchyBookRecommendations #WitchyReads #FallBookRecommendations #Bookstagram #BookRecs
I didn't expect to enjoy The Witch Fix as much as I didn't expect to enjoy The Witch Fix as much as I did, but this was incredibly cute! 🔮 ✨️  And honestly?  If you're building your fall TBR and want something witchy, funny, magical, and ridiculously easy to get sucked into, you need to put The Witch Fix on your TBR.  Eva has been trying to reopen the ley lines that have been closed since she awakened as a witch at 13. Unfortunately,  things don't exactly go according to plan when she accidentally summons a demon she definitely wasn't trying to summon.  Eva was such a lovable character. She's absent-minded, a little chaotic, and convinced that something is wrong with her because she doesn't have a magical specialty like other witches.  She thinks she's broken... but she is very, very wrong about that.  What really surprised me was how much there was behind the cute premise. The worldbuilding was vibrant and detaiked without overwhelming the story, and it gave the magical world plenty of room to grow. The coven, their rivals, and the history surrounding the ley lines added another layer that made ne want to know more.  This was charming, magical, funny, and just an all-around good time. I went into it expecting something fun, maybe a little cute, and ended up genuinely invested in Eva, her magic, and this world.  Basically, read this if you want:
🔮 witchy fall vibes
😈 an accidentally demon situation 
✨️ magical chaos
🧙‍♂️ covens + magical rivalries
🍂 something fun without sacrificing the worldbuilding  ⭐️ 4.5/5  Thank you to @rattlethestarspr and @kennedyrhodesbooks for providing me with an eARC to read and review.  Okay, now I'm curious: what's the last book you picked up expecting a cute little time and then accidentally git WAY too invested in?  #TheWitchFix #CozyFantasyBooks #WitchyBooks #BookReview #FantasyBookRecommendation
Slow burn or instant connection? Which one actuall Slow burn or instant connection? Which one actually makes you read faster because you CAN’T STOP? 👀  I need a happy medium.  I don't want an instant connection because... what's the point? 😭 Let me YEARN a little.  But I also don't want a slow burn so slow we're waiting for the match to dry before we can light it.  Give me tension. Give me longing. Give me the almost. Give me those tiny moments that have me screaming JUST KISS ALREADY.  But please give me the payoff before I'm 80. 🕯️  Basically: I want to suffer, but on a schedule.  So tell me: What's your slow-burn threshold? And more importantly, give me the book that got it exactly right. 👇  #RomanceBooks  #RomanceBookRecommendations #WhyChooseRomance #ReverseHaremRomance #ParanormalRomance
Special editions aren't for reading. There. I sa Special editions aren't for reading.  There. I said it.  OK, that's not entirely true. 😂  But I do own 3,000 books, hundreds of them special editions (I am ready for the apocalypse), and an embarrassing number of those have never been opened. (They still have that first opening squeak.)  Sometimes, I've already read the book and loved it, so the special edition becomes expensive shelf jewelry.  And apparently if it's a series. I must commit to purchasing the entire series before even cracking open book one.  You know... completely reasonable behavior.  Be honest: Are your special editions books to be read or expense shelf jewelry 👀  #SpecialEditionBooks #BookCollector #Bookstagram #Bookstagrammer #BookLover
At this point, these books have overstayed their w At this point, these books have overstayed their welcome on my TBR 😂  Not because I don't want to read them. I've said I NEED to read that approximately 47 times while continuing to pick up literally everything else.  So I'm putting myself on notice.  10 books. Before the End of 2026. Absolutely NO EXCUSES.  Some I've been waiting for the right mood, and that mood has come and gone. Some have been sitting on my shelves for YEARS. And apparently, with a few of them, I've decided owning the entire series was enough. 🙃  But we're done with that (for now)  They either get read before 2027, or they get off my shelf.  Now I need witnesses because apparently I can't be trusted.😂  What's the ONE book you refuse to drag into 2027 with you?  And if you've read any of mine,  tell me which one I need to stop playing with and read immediately 👀  #Bookstagram #BookRecommendations #TBR #BookstoRead #ReadingChallenge
I took a half star away from Slayer because Stella I took a half star away from Slayer because Stella was fking infuriating.  And now I'm wondering if I should give it back. 🤔  ⭐️ 4.5/5  There's something ridiculously satisfying about picking up a book and expecting, at minimum,  a good time and realizing a few chapters in that you're completely hooked.  That was Slayer by Leia Stone  Vampires. A secret academy. A broody vampire hunter. A heroine discovering that the supernatural world is very, very real and that she was born into it.  Yeah, I was in.  But nostalgia isn't actually what earned this one 4.5 stars.  The writing is ridiculously easy to fall into, the plot kept slipping in smaller mysteries that made me more curious the further I read, and the worldbuilding made Veil Haven feel like a real city with its own history rather than a backdrop that exists solely because the story needed somewhere to happen.  And honestly,  yeah, Slayer is YA, but it never felt like YA to me. It gave me that addictive feeling of the vampire books I used to devour without making me feel like I'd outgrown the story.  Then there was Stella.  Girl.  GIRL.  She was f*cking infuriating in the beginning.  But somehow, along the way, she started allowing herself to consider that maybe everything wasn't exactly as she believed it was. She started letting people in. She found people she genuinely liked and began realizing that maybe she wasn't quite as alone as she'd convinced herself she was.  which leaves me with a problem...  if the thing that cost Slayer half a star became part of the character arc I actually appreciated, do I owe Leia Stone her half a star back?  Would Stella get her half star back from you?  Thank you to @leiastoneauthor for sending me a copy of Slayer to read and review. I can't wait for Staked!  📖 Full review is on The Diary of a Reader  #Slayer #LeiaStone #VampireBooks #VampireRomance #YAParanormal
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