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Something a little different for me. Recommendation from YouTube. Finished it today in my happy place. ☀️ 🌴. Good read. #book #bookstagram #books #booksuk #booksbooksbooks #lovetoread #lovetoreadbooks #bookworm

5/19/2024, 4:11:57 PM

Women Don’t Owe You Pretty by Florence Given ⭐️⭐️⭐️ I decided to listen to this as an audiobook instead of buying it physically. I know she has filled her book with her own beautiful illustrations which I have missed by listening to it instead but I just wanted to focus on the words alone. If I’m honest, I feel as though I should’ve read it when I was much younger rather than now. This isn’t Florence’s fault, I just think I read it at the wrong time of my life which caused many points to feel repetitive and things I knew or had experienced already. That being said, there were some chapters I really enjoyed that called me out and forced me to self reflect in a good way. She covers a lot of complex and important subjects, sometimes she was completely on point but other times I don’t feel it was executed entirely the best. However, I am fully here for the self love and protecting our precious energy, that I can definitely get behind!! Overall not a bad book but I wasn’t blown away either. I really like Florence, appreciate her passion and will definitely be interested in her newer work now! I recommend people read the physical book to see her artwork too #book #booklover #audiobook #audiobooklover #bookreader #booksta #booktok #bookrecs #bookreview #booksbooksbooks #bookworm #bookcover #bookstagram #booksuk #bookstagramuk #ukbooks #bookaddict #bookclub #bookobsessed #bookaesthetic #readingbooks #audiobookstagram #booksofinstagram #audiobooksofinstagram #audiobookclub

5/18/2024, 7:17:26 PM

Book review 📚 The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 This was a fairly short read but for some reason the first half took me way too long to read. For some reason I started reading reviews of the book not long after I’d started it and one review stuck with me and I was under the assumption I was going to be very mad at the ending. Either the review was a red herring or they misinterpreted the emotions of the main character. Either way, I really enjoyed this book. The isolated nature of the book was great and it dealt with some very real issues in the world/UK currently. It was an interesting way to shape a thriller narrative and it made for good reading. The plot.. A dark and brilliant new standalone thriller from a rising star in the crime genre. He is her husband. She is his captive. Her husband calls her Jane. That is not her name. She lives in a small farm cottage, surrounded by vast, open fields. Everywhere she looks, there is space. But she is trapped. No one knows how she got to the UK: no one knows she is there. Visitors rarely come to the farm; if they do, she is never seen. Her husband records her every movement during the day. If he doesn’t like what he sees, she is punished. For a long time, escape seemed impossible. But now, something has changed. She has a reason to live and a reason to fight. Now, she is watching him, and waiting ... #book #booksbooksbooks #bookworm #bookstagram #booklover #booknerd #bookaddict #bookbloggersuk #booksuk #bookphotography #bookcommunity #bookrecommendations #bookreview #bookreviewer #book

5/18/2024, 6:23:13 PM

It’s been a lovely and sunny day here today dear readers and I’ve been in Bridgerton-whilst-crocheting bliss this week!! I thought I’d do a crochet inspired colour stack which is also rather suitable for spring! 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 I’m still working on the third week of my crochet along with @knitsirdar and I’ve learnt the lovely tulip stitch for my current panel which will be added to the blanket once done. I’ve begun reading The Power by Naomi Alderman for Bookclub which has such an interesting opening few chapters but as Bookclub is on Monday I’d better find some more time to sit and read I’ve been crocheting like mad and obviously had to watch part one of Bridgerton too! Today was unfortunately not that day because we got word from our builder we can start our extension on Monday so we’ve got hot, sweaty and rather cobwebby emptying our garage with tip runs and sorting charity shop piles and some pretty hard labour!! But I’m hoping for some crochet time this evening and maybe getting through my book tomorrow and Monday!! I can read pretty fast so it’s not an impossible task. Have you had a nice day today? I hope your Saturday has been sunny and your drinks cool!! 😁☀️🌷 #saturdaystack #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagrammeruk🇬🇧 #knitsirdar #wedgwoodcuckoo #blossomandbudscal #sunnysaturday☀️ #booksofinstagram #booksuk #booksbooksbooks

5/18/2024, 6:22:34 PM

✨Prettiest Spines Challenge✨ Thank you @lostlibraryofalli for the tag ♥️! I usually only notice pretty spredges on my books so I had to go check out all their spines for this challenge!! Here’s some of the ones I love 😍 I’ve tagged a few of you if you want to show off your prettiest spines, but as always, anyone can join in ♥️! #prettiestspines #prettybookspines #prettybooks #bookchallenge #fairyloot #illumicrate #specialeditionbooks #bookboxes #bookboxsubscription #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #bookblog #bookblogger #bookreviewer #booksuk #theadventuresofaminaalsirafi #ariverenchanted #thecityofstardust #starlinghouse #fantasybooks #fantasybookstagram

5/18/2024, 1:44:29 PM

‘These were not ordinary books the libraries kept. They were knowledge, given life. Wisdom, given voice. They sang when starlight streamed through the library’s windows. They felt pain and suffered heartbreak. Sometimes they were sinister, grotesque-but so was the world outside. And that made the world no less worth fighting for, because wherever there was darkness, there was also so much light.’ - Sorcery of Thorns ✨ Friday Flatlay ✨ Happy Friday everyone 😁 hope you’ve all had a good week and have some lovely plans for the nice weather this weekend ☀️ Thought I’d dive into the archives of book photos for my first #fridayflatlay 📚 I have really enjoyed my annual leave this week and loved being able to curl up with a good book uninterrupted which has been needed for a while 😮‍💨 and has contributed to Team Ocean for the readathon which is a bonus 🤩 I’m going to spend today and Sunday visiting some cute second hand book shops that I rarely manage to get to and I can’t wait 😎 What bookish plans do you have this weekend? 🤓 #bookishcommunity #bookstagram #booksuk #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #fantasy #bookishfeatures #bookphile #booksbooksbooks #bookstagramfeature #bookfeaturepage #bookstagrammer #bookstagramuk #sarahjmaas #cresentcity #theprioryoftheorangetree #samanthashannon #thesongofachilles #jadefiregold #clarelegrand #tracywolff

5/17/2024, 12:21:21 PM

Finished reading. I could not get in to this book straight away, took me awhile but I carried on reading it as I'm the kinda person who has to finish a book. #bookreader #bookstagramuk #booksinstagram #bookphotography #booksofinstagram #booklover #booksuk #readingtime #readmorebooks #booksaremagic #booksbooksbooks #charityshopfind #charityshopbooks #readingnook #ilovebooks

5/17/2024, 12:50:11 AM

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how brilliant this trilogy is? ❤️❤️❤️ #throwbackthursday #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #fantasybooks #booksbooksbooks #booknerd #booksuk

5/16/2024, 9:29:12 PM

reading updates 🪩🎀✨💐 around a couple weeks ago i finished heartless by elsie silver and i gave that 4.75 stars. i enjoyed willa and cade a lot and their story was beautiful. their banter and chemistry was on point. i enjoyed reading about them and thinking back on it now i miss them and want to get into powerless asap so i can see them again ))): unfortunately for me 2 days ago i dnfed marriage for one because it just kept dragging for me. just like everybody else im not a fan off long chapters in romance books, and in this book they felt like they were on about the same thing every chapter. her coffee shop and him going to visit. i got bored. i made it 50% in and couldn’t do it anymore and im so bummed about it. 🥲 but on the bright side !!! i bought my book i’ll be taking on holiday ☀️☀️ with me which is just for the summer by abby jimenez and i am SO excited to read it, i’ve heard nothing but good and emotional things. plus there’s a dog on the cover and if you know anything about me i love dogs !!! my next read is going to be king of pride, i read king of wrath at the start of the year and it’s time i finally pick up the second one since the fourth one has just been released ! so excited 🤪😆 #booktok #bookstagram #books #booksuk #bookreview #readingupdates #ilovebooks #romancebooks

5/16/2024, 8:04:10 PM

Thank you to @emilyfreud_ @instabooktours @quercusbooks for my copy of this one! Much appreciated! My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ First of all, I want to comment on how much I adored the backdrop for this book, or the second half of it anyway. A Thai jungle full of secrets, danger and mystery. 🐍🌿. What a way to add the excitement to the story that Cassidy was filming! I liked how this book was written, from Cassidy’s POV mainly as she gathers information for her film based on the disappearance of Marigold Castle. I don’t think I’ve read a book that comes from this kind of premise so it was really refreshing. There are lots of twists in this book and some which I did not see coming at all, really haunting and creepy ones too! 📽️. The addition of some media such as Mari’s emails really added to my enjoyment of the read too, these were probably some of my favourite parts. Overall, a brilliant book and I would highly recommend! ♥️ . . . #books #herlastsummer #herlastsummerreadalong #instabooktours #book #reading #ad-pr #bookreview #thrillerbooks #mysterybooks #reading #bookstagram #booksuk #booklover #bookaddict #bookreccos #readmorebooks

5/16/2024, 1:26:28 PM

‘Moments were to be experienced; waiting was a sin against both the time that was still to come, and against the moments one was currently disregarding.’ 🐁 Neverwhere 🐁 This book has sat on my shelves for years 🙈 and was gifted to me on my birthday by @thebookishlibyan 💕 I don’t know why I took so long getting to it 🤔 but having never read any Gaiman I was worried 😬 So this fit perfectly into one of the prompts for @fantasy_fellowship #readathon for a book out of your comfort zone 🌊 ‘Richard did not believe in angels. He never had believed in angels. He was damned if he was going to start now. Still, it was much easier not to believe in something when it is not actually looking directly at you, and saying your name.’ I honestly loved this book 🤩 so much so I think I’ll be reading more Gaiman in the future 📚 Having lived in London for several years now 🎡 and feeling like I properly know my way around by this point 🗺️ I loved following the characters on their routes around London Above and London Below which are familiar to me IRL and added a little extra magic to the story ✨ especially the Earl’s Court 😂 The characters and plot were eccentric yet familiar and this was a fun twist on stories about underground worlds 🌎 Will definitely be recommending this book to people in the future ✅ What’s a book you were worried about and ended up loving? 🤓 #bookishcommunity #bookstagram #booksuk #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #fantasy #bookishfeatures #bookphile #booksbooksbooks #bookstagramfeature #bookfeaturepage #bookstagrammer #bookstagramuk #neverwhere #neilgaiman

5/16/2024, 12:14:32 PM

- stories about work, self-worth, and modern womanhood! — books I’d def. read all over again! 🫶🏻 p.s. if you loved the ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ you’ll love ‘Careering’ as it gives off a similar vibe. ⭐️ #booksbooksbooks #books #book #reading #readingchallenge #bookreviews #otessamoshfegh #cocomellors #daisybuchanan #contemporaryfiction #author #goodreads #booktok #booktoker #literature #booksuk #penguinrandomhouse

5/15/2024, 12:08:45 PM

‘How can you kill a god?’ 🧜‍♀️ Fathomfolk 🧜‍♀️ ‘The system is broken. But there’s more than one way to fight.’ I was very excited when I opened this beautiful edition from @illumicrate 💛 as I grew up obsessed with the Little Mermaid and have been dying for some more underwater fantasy books to hit the shelves 🌊 The world building in this book is so unique especially with the Asian influence I feel that it was almost Elfhame-esque and was a real shining part to the story 🤩 and was perfect for a team ocean prompt for @fantasy_fellowship #readathon 🐳 ‘Water will always flow. We can only change the direction.’ I have to say on the whole I was a bit disappointed 😢 The first half didn’t build the character relationships as believably as it could’ve- this was rectified in the second half which was excellent but made part 1 hard to get through 😮‍💨 and you could really see this as a Little Mermaid retelling in the last 100 pages 🐚 One of the main character love interests is also extremely emotionally manipulative and it seems the author wants you to like him which felt concerning 😬 The ending was excellent and bumped it from a 2 to a 3.5 star for me and I hope more books come out set in the underwater world soon 🐡 What book were you disappointed by recently? 🤓 #bookishcommunity #bookstagram #booksuk #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #fantasy #bookishfeatures #bookphile #booksbooksbooks #bookstagramfeature #bookfeaturepage #bookstagrammer #bookstagramuk #fathomfolk #elizachan

5/15/2024, 11:35:06 AM

Can you tell what my favourite book is… 🫣 💬 Have you read the GGGTM series??? 🤔 ✨ I love this series so much! I recently did a reread of the first book in the series and I’ve just fallen in love all over again. I forgot how much this series claws you in and the twists and turns! Ahh it’s so good!! Also I 1000% recommend the audiobook if you haven’t tried that it, there is a full cast of narrators and the sounds effects! 🫡 I salute you @hojay92 continue to be THE QUEEN 👑 #gggtm #goodgirlsguidetomurder #hollyjackson #bookreview #bookreviewer #electricmonkey #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #bookish #bookworm #bibliophile #bookaholic #bookobsessed #bookcommunity #readingcommunity #bookishcommunity #currentlyreading #cosybooks #cosyreading #mystery #bookblogger #bookphotography #booktography #bookclub #booksuk #booklover #booknerd #audiobook #audiobookstagram

5/15/2024, 10:17:43 AM

sharing my recent book haul from @tkmaxxuk 📚 the sun was lovely and warm, i went for a walk and i couldn’t help myself when i got to tk-maxx and went straight to the book section 💌 💐 only when it’s us by @chloe_liese 💐 pride & prejudice by jane austen 💐 emma by jane austen 💐 dark places by @thegillianflynn

5/14/2024, 12:26:47 PM

Birthday books 🎁📚🥳 I received these books for my birthday on Sunday and I am so excited to read them! I have had my eye on The Wolf Den series for a while now after hearing good reviews but hadn’t got round to buying them yet. Blood Flowers is a new one I am SO eager to read, I love Jay McGuiness so I’m very intrigued to see what this book is like! I think it might have to be my next read😍 #books #birthdaybooks #booksta #bookworm #bookreader #bookhaul #bookcover #bookgifts #bookstagram #booksuk #bookstagramuk #thewolfden #bloodflowers #booktok #bookstagrammer #bookreading #bookclub #bookrecs #bookrecommendations #bookcommunity #bookcovers #booksbooksbooks #book #lovereading #lovebooks

5/14/2024, 9:58:32 AM

‘’Death is always at the edge of now.’ Nighteyes’ thought was gentle. ‘Death stalks us, and he is ever sure of his kill. It is not a thing to dwell on, but it is something we all know, in our guts and bones.’’- Assassin’s Quest Thanks to @acourtoffantasyandsmut for tagging me in the #5starpredictions stack 🤩 These are the books on my shelves I am positive I will love 😍 especially as these are all included in my favourite authors list 🖋️ My stack includes: ⭐️ Empire of the Damned ⭐️ A Day of Fallen Night ⭐️ Fools Errand ⭐️ Words of Radiance What books on your shelves are you certain you will love? 🤓 #bookishcommunity #bookstagram #booksuk #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #fantasy #bookishfeatures #bookphile #booksbooksbooks #bookstagramfeature #bookfeaturepage #bookstagrammer #bookstagramuk #robinhobb #realmoftheelderlings #thetawnymantrilogy #tawnymantrilogy #foolserrand #jaykristoff #empireofthevampire #samanthashannon #adayoffallennight #brandonsanderson #stormlightarchive #wordsofradiance #thewayofkings #prioryoftheorangetree #empireofthedamned

5/13/2024, 1:59:31 PM

new bookssss ⭐️ i’ve been searching at my local The Works for this set for so so long and yesterday they FINALLY had it and i had to pick it up. this series is such an OG and i feel like it’s time i finally got my hands on it and read it soon. i need to know all the hype !! 🙂‍↕️ what did you guys think of this series ? #booktok #bookstagram #books #booksuk #bookhaul #explore #explorepage

5/12/2024, 8:33:04 PM

Who's your favourite writer/author? I love @madeline.e.miller! She's in my Top 3 favourite writers. Her eloquence is a work of art. If you've never read one of her books, you are missing out. #favouritebooks #favouritewriters #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #booksuk #bookstagramuk #bookstagrammeruk #bookcommunity #bookreviewer #madelinemiller #circe #thesongofachilles #fiction #whattoread #bookrecommendations #bookdragon #bookworm #booknerd

5/12/2024, 2:45:49 PM

Book review 📚 ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75/5 Monstrous Souls by Rebecca Kelly I finally got around to reading this book and it was decent! The story is quite dark with some serious trigger warnings in it. I thought the story was written and executed well. The end was quick which I liked, no “x amount of time later..”, it was wrapped up with a closed and sudden ending. The only real negative I found with this book was that it didn’t feel very original, it felt like it’s do ably a story very similar to others. The plot.. What if you knew the truth but couldn’t remember? Over a decade ago, Heidi was the victim of a brutal attack that left her hospitalised, her younger sister missing, and her best friend dead. But Heidi doesn’t remember any of that. She’s lived her life since then with little memory of her friends and family and no recollection of the crime. But lately, it’s all starting to come back. As Heidi begins retracing the events that lead to the assault, she is forced to confront the pain and guilt she’s long kept buried. But Heidi isn’t the only one digging up the past, and the closer she gets to remembering the truth, the more danger she’s in. When the truth is worse than fiction, is the past worth reliving? An addictive thriller about a case gone cold and the dangers lurking on our doorsteps, Monstrous Souls will have you gripped to the very end. #book #bookreview #booklover #bookstagram #bookaddict #booksuk #bookcommunity #bookphotography #bookrecommendations #bookgram #books #bookflatlay #booknerd #bookobsessed #booklife #bookworms #bookreviewer

5/12/2024, 12:58:39 PM

𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 💐🏝️🌷☀️ Going on holiday next month so lots of books will be read!! Sorry about my inactivity, exam season is killing me off.. 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴: ❥ happy place by @emilyhenrywrites - flawless by @authorelsiesilver ❥ enemies to lovers by @laurajaneauthor *:・゚。➷*❞ ❥ what’s do you want to read in summer? #summerreads #summertbr #booktbr #readinguk #book #bookstagram #booksuk #springbooks

5/11/2024, 12:12:22 PM

‘What if the spring really did retreat? What if the leaves and blossoms all of a sudden failed to appear one year? If it all stopped working and the system broke down?’ . Over 700 pages, I’m exhausted, but in the best kind of way. Can you really say you found a new favourite author after reading just one book? I feel like you can because man, I’m ready to get into the six volumes of his autobiographical series like there’s no tomorrow. . The plot is a rollercoaster of feelings and happenings. Syvert is a young man who’s unsure about his own ambitions and future. Barely back from his military service, he finds himself stuck at home with his brother when his mother needs to get medical help. In the middle of his confusing feelings towards his deceased father, Syvert finds a few letters in Russian that change his life. Now, the story turns to Alevtina and after 400-500 pages we’re finally in the middle of it all. Who is Alevtina and her connection to Syvert, I’ll let you find out later. . The style of writing made me feel like I was not only part of the story, but part of the characters’ consciousness. Part of Syvert, part of Alevtina. Going from one extreme to the other, but somehow it feels very natural? The first 400-500 pages describe such mundane happenings that you’re not sure what to think of it, but then you get to Alevtina’s part and it’s full of facts and science and you want to Google everything and learn about it. . Also, found out online that the title comes from a poem by the Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva - “However much you feed a wolf, it always looks to the forest. We are all wolves of the dense forest of Eternity.” 🤯 . Have you read Knausgaard? Tell me about it! Thank you @vintagebooks for the copy!

5/10/2024, 9:41:27 PM

Spring into Spring with a new book! 🌷🌺🌸🌹 ➡️ALWAYS YOURS is available only on Amazon and Amazon Kindle. 📚📖📱 🔗 Link in bio! ‼️Don’t forget to leave a review on Amazon when you’ve finished!⭐️ #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #ukbooks #booksofig #booksofinstagram #booklover #books #booksuk #fyp #yorkshirebooks #yorkshireauthor #fiction #romcom #romcomfiction #bookclub #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #bookish #bookrelease #bookpromo #romcomreads #newauthor #debutbook #debutauthor

5/10/2024, 8:16:08 PM

‘Long or short, if you worry about every step of a journey, you will divide it endlessly into pieces, any one of which may defeat you. Look only to the end.’- Ship of Destiny Happy #farseerfriday everyone 🐺 I’ve had an insanely busy week with my PhD graduation so have done no reading since Monday 🥲 but I’ve got a whole week of annual leave to myself next week 🤩 so I’m going to utilise that to get ahead on my reading for the @fantasy_fellowship #readathon to get those sweet points in for team ocean 🌊 I’m still thinking about The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince 🤔 and can’t believe more people aren’t talking about it/reading it with the Realm of the Elderlings series 😱 it’s definitely one I will be telling people to read in the future and I’m looking forward to seeing how it plays into the main storyline 📚 I need to read a few more of the high point number prompts for the readathon next week first but I’m hoping to be on to Fools Errand by next weekend as the earliest! 😁 What are you currently reading? 🤓 #bookishcommunity #bookstagram #booksuk #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #fantasy #bookishfeatures #bookphile #booksbooksbooks #bookstagramfeature #bookfeaturepage #bookstagrammer #bookstagramuk #robinhobb #realmoftheelderlings #thewilfulprincessandthepiebaldprince #thetawnymantrilogy #tawnymantrilogy

5/10/2024, 12:08:41 PM

Reading is cheaper than therapy ✨ 💬 have you bought any new books recently? 🤔 I may have gone a bit OTT while I’ve been in Southampton the past few days but it was really needed! I find it so relaxing being in a book shop and how my anxiety has been lately this has made me feel so much better 🥰 I’m so happy I was able to get hold of the bone season sprayed edge editions from @forbiddenplanet they are absolutely stunning 🤩 I also can’t wait to read the rest of the books I picked up ✨ #bookshopping #bookhaul #bookshop #bookshops #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #bookish #bookworm #bibliophile #bookaholic #bookobsessed #bookcommunity #readingcommunity #bookishcommunity #currentlyreading #cosybooks #cosyreading #fantasy #fantasybooks #bookblogger #bookphotography #booktography #bookclub #booksuk #booklover #booknerd #booksbooksbooks #audiobook #audiobookstagram

5/9/2024, 11:31:33 PM

could not tell you where i’ve been tbh

5/9/2024, 6:04:50 PM

Catch Becky Holmes on This Morning tomorrow (Fri 10 May) two weeks ahead of when you can catch her at #BathFest24 talking about her new book. Book to hear her speak at The Bath Festival now - link in bio and stories. @bathnescouncil @bnes_libraries @totalguidetobath @visitbath @visitwestuk @scalaradiouk @bathbid @bath_recreation @bathboxoffice @waterstonesbath @deathtospinach @unbounders #BathCity #Festival #TheBathFestival #SupportTheArts #BathUK #WhatsOnBath #VisitBath #BathMusic #BathFestival #ThingsToDoInBath #LiteraryFestival #BooksBooksBooks #WritersUK #BooksUK

5/9/2024, 5:27:07 PM

@emmasternerradley came by this morning to sign copies of her debut 'Snowblooded' a swashbuckling queer adventure! Signed copies now in store for release day ⚔️🔥 Thank you so much Emma for coming in!! . . . #newbooks #books #emmasternerradley #snowblooded #waterstones #waterstonesuk #booksonig #bookshop #booksuk #bookshops #bookstore #bookrecommendations #signedbooks #newfantasy #manchester #adventure #adventurebooks #reading #reader #amreading #booksbooksbooks

5/9/2024, 12:26:11 PM

Welcome to my new bookstagram page! I'm Julie, nearly 33, and I live in the UK. I've always been a huge lover of books, even before I could read and then became a voracious reader. I can't imagine a world without books. I wanted to create a page to track my reading habits but also just to capture the art and beauty of books and writing and conenct with people with the same interests. Funnily enough, I'm not a fan of social media so I will treat this as mainly for myself a bit as a scrapbook. Thank you for being here and let me know who you are in the comments ☺️ #books #bookstagram #bookworms #booknerds #booksuk #bookstagrammer #allaboutbooks #reading #readers #booklovers #bookaddict #bookaddiction

5/8/2024, 9:21:56 PM

✨️ 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕙𝕒𝕦𝕝 ✨️ It wouldn't be a weekend away without me finding the local bookshops to explore! I came away with four new books for my shelves so I feel I was very restrained, no? 😆🫣 I've had 'The Whalebone Theatre' recommended to me by so many people on here so I picked up a copy at @thenairnbookshop 🫶🏻 Then I hit gold and picked up 'Haven't They Grown', 'The Maidens' and 'The Sanctuary' in a 3 for £2 selection in one of the local charity shops on the high street 👏🏻 Which one of these should I start with?! 💭 #bookhaul #bookstagramuk #bookflatlay #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram #bookstagramscotland #igbooks #ilovereading #bookblogger #bookpost #bookbargain #bookstagrammers #readingtime #reading #booksofinstagram #booksofig #booksuk

5/7/2024, 2:38:31 PM

‘Just because a pawn is better treated doesn’t make it safer on the board.’ 📚 Readathon Reads 📚 Hope everyone had a great bank holiday weekend 😎 I’m participating in this months @fantasy_fellowship #readathon and have managed to read two books so far this month! I finally got around to reading The Stolen Heir duology 🗡️ and really enjoyed getting back into the world of Elfhame 🧚 ‘Hating requires going on, even when you can no longer believe in any better future.’ I have to say Holly Black is excellent at building the faerie realms 🤩 her imagination for these characters is so unique and I love that her stories harken back to the tales of old with the cruelty of the fae 😈 ‘Fear is not love, but it can appear much the same.’ I looked forward to this series after loving the cruel prince but I have to say I’m a little disappointed 😢 I feel the story lacked depth and connection to the characters and almost depended on you being attached to them from the previous trilogy too much ❌ The main characters here were only children and in very few scenes during the original battle for the crown 👑 Nonetheless it was still enjoyable and a good couple of quick reads to kick off the readathon month ✅ ‘Sometimes life gives us the terrible gift of our own wishes come true.’ Are you participating in the readathon? What’re you reading for your prompts? 🤓 #bookishcommunity #bookstagram #booksuk #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #fantasy #bookishfeatures #bookphile #booksbooksbooks #bookstagramfeature #bookfeaturepage #bookstagrammer #bookstagramuk #hollyblack #thecruelprince #thestolenheir #theprisonersthrone #afellowshipofwordsandwishes

5/7/2024, 9:57:15 AM

I’m a sucking for a sprayed edge 😍 these sprayed edges of faebound by @saaraelarifi is just stunning 🤩 @fairyloot did an amazing job with this one 👌🏻 💬 Do you have many books with sprayed edges? Which are your favourite? 🤔 📚I’m currently rereading a good girls guide to murder and I’m loving it even more than the first time I read it! If you didn’t know this is my favourite series of all time and I’m just having the best time rereading it 🥰🥰 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #bookish #bookworm #bibliophile #bookaholic #bookobsessed #bookcommunity #readingcommunity #bookishcommunity #currentlyreading #cosybooks #cosyreading #fantasy #fantasybooks #bookblogger #bookphotography #booktography #bookclub #booksuk #booklover #booknerd #audiobook #fairyloot #faebound #goodgirlsguidetomurder #specialedition #sprayededges #specialeditionbooks

5/6/2024, 7:17:05 PM

So many books, so little time… ✨ Here is a little sneaky peak into my spring TBR, my prompt jar helped me to choose these out and I’m super excited to get to them all very soon. 🌼 💬 Do you have any books you want to get to before spring ends?? 🤔 #spring #springtbr #bookshelf #shelfie #shelfiesunday #tbr #tbrpile #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #bookish #bookworm #bibliophile #bookaholic #bookobsessed #bookcommunity #readingcommunity #bookishcommunity #cosybooks #cosyreading #fantasy #fantasybooks #bookblogger #bookphotography #booktography #bookclub #booksuk #booknerd #audiobook #audiobookstagram

5/5/2024, 8:02:58 PM

Recently read a thousand boy kisses 😘 💋 I don’t usually read this genre and I probably won’t again for a while ⭐️⭐️ #books #bookstagram #booksuk #bookworm #bookbabe #reading #readingtime #bookrecommendations #bookreview #romancebooks

5/5/2024, 7:10:42 PM

🌱 The Maiden - Kate Foster 🍃 So this year I’ve been trying to be a bit more conscious of what I’m buying/reading. When the @womensprize long list was announced, I promised myself that I would only read the books that really appealed to me, and The Maiden was at the top of that list. It had totally passed me by, and I’m so glad that the long list put it on my radar! Set in Edinburgh in the 1600’s, The Maiden is based on the true story of Lady Christian Nimmo, who was accused of murdering her uncle/lover (not blood relatives, if that makes it any better? Probably not). The story is told through the perspectives of Christian and Violet, who worked at a ‘pleasure house’ before being rented by Christian’s uncle. It explores the motivation behind the murder. How Lady Christian had likely been groomed by her much older uncle, how Violet was left to fend for herself after her parents death, and how men used religion as a tool of suppression. There is a strong undertone of feminist rage, and it demonstrates how women, regardless of their background, were always treated as inferior. It also explored the tabloid press, and how there has always been a public appetite for salacious news stories and scandal. It’s stunningly atmospheric, and it did make me want to swoosh around Scotland in a cape. It’s also thoughtful and engaging, and a really interesting read. Have you read The Maiden? Let me know what you thought of it! And what are you reading on this lovely (for now) bank holiday weekend?

5/5/2024, 1:12:51 PM

Doing Time by Jodie Taylor 💙 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This has been my soundtrack travelling to and from work recently and I’ve really enjoyed it. I haven’t read any of the other books so wasn’t sure if I’d get a bit lost but it was super easy to follow, fun and overall an enjoyable read. Loved the development of the characters and the kind of wacky storyline! Exactly what I was looking for and will definitely be looking into the rest of the books by Jodie Taylor😍 #audiobooks #audiobook #book #books #audible #fictionbook #booklover #bookreader #booksta #bookrecs #bookworm #bookstagram #booksuk #bookstagramuk #booktok #bookcommunity #bookphoto #bookphotography #audiobookstagram #audiobooklover #audiobookworm #bookgram #bookoftheday #bookreccomendations #jodietaylor #doingtime #bookreview

5/5/2024, 11:47:58 AM

Leigh Bardugo ~ Hell Bent 4⭐️ I loved Ninth House so was very happy to pick this book up when it came out in paperback! A good adult dark academia fantasy read. Was glad to finish it this weekend as I’m trying read more as a healthy habit during uni stress :) #book #books #booksuk #waterstones #worldofbooks #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #ninthhouse #hellbent #leighbardugo #shadowandbone #sixofcrows

5/5/2024, 12:02:58 AM

Book review 📚 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Breakdown by B.A. Paris This one started off being a bit plain and simple and I didn’t think I was going to think much of it. It seemed a stereotypical unreliable MC that couldn’t shared their problems and they wouldn’t have been problems. What I thought was the twist was revealed and I had guessed it early on so while I thought it was clever, I wasn’t shocked in any way. THEN it got a whole lot better. Everything you thought you knew was put to question. It made what had seemed a flat thriller story much more exciting and if you read it back you’d be kicking yourself for missing it. The plot.. Cass is having a hard time since the night she saw the car in the woods, on the winding rural road, in the middle of a downpour, with the woman sitting inside-the woman who was killed. She’s been trying to put the crime out of her mind; what could she have done, really? It’s a dangerous road to be on in the middle of a storm. Her husband would be furious if he knew she’d broken her promise not to take that shortcut home. And she probably would only have been hurt herself if she’d stopped. But since then, she’s been forgetting every little thing: where she left the car, if she took her pills, the alarm code, why she ordered a pram when she doesn’t have a baby. The only thing she can’t forget is that woman, the woman she might have saved, and the terrible nagging guilt. Or the silent calls she’s receiving, or the feeling that someone’s watching her.. #book #booksbooksbooks #bookworm #bookstagram #booklover #booknerd #bookaddict #booksuk #bookcommunity #bookphotography #bookish #bookreview #bookrecommendation #bookshelf #bookstack

5/4/2024, 8:30:00 AM

✨ Going on my silly mental health walk after spending the whole day plannnnning cool, bookish things. Lots of events coming up soon with your favourite new authors and publishing houses ✨ . What's your plan for the long weekend? 🪷

5/3/2024, 9:09:59 PM

my current read 🩵🪞🐎 currently loving this book, cade & willa are already adorable !! #booktok #bookstagram #booksuk #ilovebooks #bookworm

5/2/2024, 11:11:09 PM

The Silent Patient | Alex Michaelides Genre: Thriller Stars: 3.5⭐️ Review: I tried to read this years ago and found it insufferable so left it, but after some persuasion from some work friends I decided to give it another go. It wasn’t as bad as I originally thought but it is just a mystery with a hint of thrill. The ending started to remind me a bit of the Netflix show YOU. It caught me a bit by surprise which I liked. I did however, hate the saviour complex that made its way throughout the book… ‘only I can help her, only I can get her to speak’ like please she’s choosing not to. This saviour complex was explained at the end and obviously the reasons behind why he felt this way. The very end could have been better but I guess overall it was a decent read. I’m not wowed by it and definitely don’t agree with the hype this book has! #newbook #bookstagram #newbooktoread #books #bookstagram #reading #readmorebooks #booksuk #bookreview #readingreview #bookrecommendations #bookclub

5/2/2024, 3:03:21 PM

Congratulations to these wonderful authors on their publications days. We can't wait to welcome them to the Bath Festival later this month Josh Silver for Dead Happy Harriet Wistrich for Sister In Law Salena Godden for With Love, Grief and Fury Clive Myrie for Everything is Everything @smudgecotton @orionbooks @hazzawizza @transworldbooks @salena.godden @canongatebooks @thereelclivemyrie @hodderbooks #BathCity #Festival #TheBathFestival #SupportTheArts #BathUK #WhatsOnBath #VisitBath #BathMusic #BathFestival #ThingsToDoInBath #LiteraryFestival #BooksBooksBooks #WritersUK #BooksUK #PublicationDay

5/2/2024, 9:36:08 AM

april reading wrap uppppp ! the month of april was fun but i cannot believe we’re nearly half way through 2024 already 😳 overall i think i had a good reading month in april !!! here’s to may and my birthday monthhhhh 🎀🥂 ✎ where’s molly by HD carlton- 4.5✩ ✎ the reappearance of rachel price by holly jackson - 3.75✩ ✎ gerald’s game by stephen king - 1✩ ✎ powerless by lauren roberts - 5✩ ✎ wrecked by lauren asher - 4.75✩ ✎ misconduct by penelope douglas - 3.25✩ i enjoyed every single one of these books (apart from one)! i don’t do TBR’s because im such a mood reader and cant set myself a certain lists of books to read so we go with the flow ((((; i know for a fact i will be reading ‘powerful’ and ‘heartless’. OH AND also some summer books towards the end of the monthhhhhh 🫶🏻🫶🏻 #booktok #bookstagrammer #booksuk #explorepage #explore

5/1/2024, 9:09:53 PM

𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐮𝐩 ✧ 💐🌸🌷⛅️ Guess who actually read their physical tbr for the month!!! I’m actually quite proud of this month and it had some amazing reads!! 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴: ❥ caraval by @stephanie_garber ☆4.5 - legendary by @stephanie_garber ☆5 ❥ finale by @stephanie_garber ☆5 - done and dusted by @authorlylasage ☆3.75 ❥ powerful by @laurenrobertslibrary ☆5 - one dark window by @rmgillig ☆5 ❥ taming 7 @authorchloewalsh ☆5 - Iris Green, unseen by @loufinchwrites ☆4 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 ❥ nightbane by @alexaster ☆5 Do I need to stop rating books so high, or do I just somehow love every one I read..? *:・゚。➷*❞ ❥ what’s top of your may tbr? #aprilwrapup #aprilreads #booktbr #readinguk #book #bookstagram #booksuk #springbooks #caraval #onedarkwindow #taming7

5/1/2024, 7:08:42 PM

Richard Osman ❤️💙💚 I’m absolutely loving this series so far and can’t wait to start the third book, The Bullet That Missed! It’s seen a lot of people recommend the series but especially recommend The Thursday Murder Club which was one of my favourites last year. I’ve been lucky enough to find all these books in second hand shops so I will be keeping my eye out for the fourth. This series is 100% one I recommend. P.s. how cute is my new Lego camera?! Hope you all have a lovely Wednesday 🩷 #book #bookstack #booksta #bookstagram #booksuk #bookstagramuk #booknook #bookshelf #books #booklover #bookreader #bookseries #bookworm #bookrecs #bookcommunity #bookphoto #booktok #booklife #bookrecommendations #bookshop #bookshopping #booksbooksbooks #fiction #fictionbooks #mysterybooks

5/1/2024, 7:28:29 AM

Hurry and get your copy of Always Yours to find out if Jessica will ever find a love like she had with Jake! ➡️ALWAYS YOURS is available only on Amazon and Amazon Kindle. 📚📖📱 🔗 Link in bio! ‼️Don’t forget to leave a review on Amazon when you’ve finished!⭐️ #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #ukbooks #booksofig #booksofinstagram #booklover #books #booksuk #fyp #yorkshirebooks #yorkshireauthor #fiction #romcom #romcomfiction #bookclub #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #bookish #bookrelease #bookpromo #romcomreads #newauthor #debutbook #debutauthor #romcombook #romanticcomedy #romancebook

4/30/2024, 9:10:04 PM

‘One does not need the size of a dragon to have the soul of a dragon.’- Ship of Destiny 📚 April Wrap Up 📚 April was a funny month, where I continued to have to do a lot of travelling for work 🚂 I’m so tired and can’t believe where the month has gone but I’m glad almost all of the things on my busy schedule for the year so far are over 😴 and I’m winding down ready to enjoy the summer ☀️ I feel like I haven’t read much this month but I have to remind myself just how big Ship of Destiny is 🐉 and with how busy I have been, that it’s ok to have a slow reading month sometimes 🗓️ I thoroughly enjoyed getting back to Hobb and I’m glad I picked Ship of Destiny to take with me up to Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I don’t think I was ready to appreciate the ending of this trilogy before now and boy it didn’t disappoint 🤩 I had to pick up The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince as soon as it came though the letterbox the day after finishing it as I didn’t want to stop reading Hobb and was blown away by that short story 🤯 I am desperately trying to finish the second half of Hell Bent in the next two days 🐇 so that I can start May with Fools Errand 😍 even though I’m terrified of the Tawny Man trilogy 😬 I am enjoying Hell Bent but it’s taken me a while to get my head back into the various societies as I read Ninth House a while ago 🤔 This month I sailed to the rescue of the Vivacia ⛵️ learnt where the fear of the Wit came from 🎠 and journeyed into the underworld 😈 •Ship of Destiny ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ •WPatPP ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ •Hell Bent (TBC) What was your favourite read this month? 🤓 #bookishcommunity #bookstagram #booksuk #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #fantasy #bookishfeatures #bookphile #booksbooksbooks #bookstagramfeature #bookfeaturepage #bookstagrammer #bookstagramuk #robinhobb #realmoftheelderlings #thewilfulprincessandthepiebaldprince #thetawnymantrilogy #tawnymantrilogy #liveshiptraders #shipofdestiny #ninthhouse #hellbent #leighbardugo

4/30/2024, 3:21:36 PM

🌷 April! 💐 I’m really enjoying these posts to make me look through my camera roll and reflect on the month I’ve had - it’s been a delight! The best bits of the month have been hanging out with both of my lovely little nephews, it’s actually really nice of my brothers to both provide me with new best friends! I’ve also been to talks on spies at #histfest2024 at the British Library, and to a live recording of @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub, which were both great. It’s been a month of cocktails, pizza, pasta, books, telling the cat to get off the worktop, baking cakes, comedy in chapels, hanging out with people I love, and just generally having a nice time! What’s been the highlight of your month? It doesn’t have to involve books!

4/30/2024, 1:31:03 PM

🚨 Calling all tech enthusiasts! 🚨 For a limited time only, get both of Chris Stokel-Walker's insightful tech books, How AI Ate the World (releasing May 9th) and YouTubers, for just £20 with FREE SHIPPING (UK only). Get your books at canburypress.com #canburypress #nonfictionuk #booksuk #techbooks #technology #ai #ChrisStokelWalker #presale

4/30/2024, 11:04:34 AM

Excuse me, Cameron, but what did you put in this book??? 😭 . I know all the reviews on goodreads are gushing about the romance in this novel and trust me, the romance and the spice and everything are there (!!!), but why did no one mention Magdalen’s dad so far (utterly parent goals) - ‘Half of your pain is felt by my whole heart’. And also Anika is the fierce friend everyone deserves in life. . I don’t believe this is a debut, the writing is too good and I read it in one sitting, which is the biggest compliment I could ever give a book, so I’ll leave you with that. . Also, I really want to be in Italy right now 💔 . Thanks @bookbreakuk for the copy and @thechamberofsecretbooks - we need to have a chat! 💗

4/29/2024, 9:04:43 PM

We absolutely loved this book! The characters, the mystery, the pacing, the nature and wildlife.. Once we started we were completely hooked, we couldn’t wait to read another chapter! Bring on Spark, book 2! 😍📖 It’s easy to do a photoshoot when we are fellow birders ourselves! Camera, binoculars..the best props! 😄 - Lyndon and Nicola ▫️ #bookstagram #thetwitchers #twitch #birds #ukbirds #books #bookstagrammer #readmorebooks #booksuk #bookphotography #booklover #bookcommunity #bookreview #bookobsessed #bookstagramuk🇬🇧 #ilovereading #readingtime #readingcommunity #booksbooksbooks #readmorebooks #bookworm #bookphoto #mgleonard

4/29/2024, 8:32:53 PM

🌟 Books I think I’ll love! 🌟 I’ve really loved seeing everyone’s 5 star predictions - it’s always nice to see what people are excited about reading! I don’t really do star ratings when I do reviews, because I’m just too indecisive, but these are books that I think I’m going to enjoy! I got started on The Maiden today, and I’m already loving it, and I think I’m going to go for The Nightingale next! Have you read any of these? Let me know which ones I should prioritise!

4/29/2024, 5:02:14 PM

Don't you just love it when you recommend a book and some of your favourite people love it. Well it's super easy with @rebeccayarros The Empyrean Series - Fouth Wing and Iron Flame. Here is a collection of people who have become addicted as myself!! @nicholafleetwood @isabelle_grace94 @rockmybirth #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram #books #instabooks #booksofinstagram #booksuk #bookrecommendations #bookstagram #lovereading #bookabookshop #bookhaul #instabookstagram #readinglist #instareads #instareading #booklover #reading #bookworm #bookstagrammer #bookaddict #bookshelf #booksbooksbooks #bookaholic #reader #literature #instabooks #booklovers #ironflame #fourthwing #rebbecayarros #fantasybooks #fantasynovelseries #fantasynovels

4/28/2024, 7:55:23 PM

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wanted to give the main character a big squeeze! Good plot twists, led me down the wrong path! #read #reads #book #books #booklover #booksuk #bookstagram #booknerd #booklove #booksbooksbooks #readmorebooks

4/28/2024, 6:44:06 PM

‘Sometimes it takes seeing someone you love as a stranger to notice all the changes to them.’ - The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince QOTD: Do you read short novellas? I rarely read books under 500 pages so for me this Hobb instalment is the shortest book I’ve read in a very long time 📚 I absolutely loved it though and I’m so glad @acourtoffantasyandsmut told me to read it before starting the Tawny Man trilogy 🤩 I thought it was really interesting to see where the hate of the Wit came from 🐺 and Hobb managed to break my heart several times in the 160 pages given to this tale 💔 Absolutely buzzing to start Fools Errand this week and see how this novella fits into the main storyline 👀 What is the shortest book you read recently? 🤓 #bookishcommunity #bookstagram #booksuk #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #fantasy #bookishfeatures #bookphile #booksbooksbooks #bookstagramfeature #bookfeaturepage #bookstagrammer #bookstagramuk #robinhobb #realmoftheelderlings #thewilfulprincessandthepiebaldprince #thetawnymantrilogy #tawnymantrilogy

4/28/2024, 5:52:31 PM

What would be on your Romantasy table? Not going to lie, Gothikana would definitely not be on mine👀

4/28/2024, 11:45:07 AM

book haul !!! 📖📖 funny story, when i saw the new covers bloom made for the kingmakers series, i immediately “ordered” them because i wanted the older covers (i like them more) only to realise i’d ordered the Brutal Birthright series instead ! obviously i didn’t cancel the order and then ordered the correct series (lol) before they go of print this month. if im being honest im not the biggest fan of the bloom editions so i needed to have these ! +++ Penelope Douglas’s new book as they are one of my auto buy authors and i am so so excited to enter the Hellbent universe as i loved Fall Away so so much <333 kicking my feet in excitement 🙂‍↕️ #books #booktok #bookstagram #booksuk #bookhaul

4/27/2024, 8:39:57 PM

𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 🌷💗🌸🎀 ·˚ ༘ ੈ✩‧₊˚ I absolutely ADORED Taming 7, I’ll post a whole review on that at some point soon but I just had to jump straight into a new book or I would’ve been so caught up on Gibsie & Claire.. I’m about 40 pages into The Virgin Suicides, It’s a fairly short book and I’m slowly getting the just of it. It’s my first modern classic that i’m reading purely for fun so it’s very scary territory..🫣 My next book was kindly gifted by @kaleidoscopictours so thank you so much! It sounds absolutely amazing and such a cool concept!! ·˚ ༘ ੈ✩‧₊˚ 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥: ❥ Taming 7 ❥ The Virgin Suicides ❥ Iris Green, unseen ·˚ ༘ ੈ✩‧₊˚ 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵? also, how do we feel about the brighter posts or do I stick to the more darker theme? #lastnownext #currentread #bookshelf #booksuk #bookstack #bookstagramuk #taming7 #jefferyeugenides #louisefinch

4/27/2024, 4:59:44 PM

‘Humanity always believes it decides the fate of the whole world, and so it does, but never in the moment that it thinks it does. The future of thousands ripples like a serpent through the water, and the destiny of a ship becomes the destination of the world.’ 🐉 Ship of Destiny 🐉 What a finale 🤯 and what better way to celebrate #farseerfriday than by talking about this climactic end ⛵️ ‘When circumstances are right, unlikely people do extraordinary things. When the weight of the world is behind them, the push of events and time itself will align to make incredible things happen.’ My stomach was like snakes for 90% of the book 🐍 and the complexity of the woven storylines was amazing 🤩 Hobb enjoyed breaking my heart again 💔 and whilst I can’t pick a favourite trilogy, this world building expanded the world in ways I never expected 🌎 ‘Who loves you or who you love is not as significant as who you are. Too many folk, women and men, love the person they wish to be, as if by loving that person, or being loved by that person, they could attain the importance they long for.’ Unbelievably Malta became one of my favourites in the end 🤯 I also loved Wintrow’s arc and watching the two of them grow up throughout the series was special 🥹 I adored the dragon and the Rain Wilds 🦎 and was satisfied with Kennit and Kyle’s conclusions 😡 Althea, Brashen and the liveships also get a special shout out as I loved them too 💖 but I am also excited to get back to Fitz again soon 🐺 ‘In Sa, there are no extraordinary coincidences. Only destiny.’ #bookishcommunity #bookstagram #booksuk #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #fantasy #bookishfeatures #bookphile #booksbooksbooks #bookstagramfeature #bookfeaturepage #bookstagrammer #bookstagramuk #robinhobb #liveshiptraders #realmoftheelderlings

4/26/2024, 9:32:24 AM

🍂Ordinary Human Failings - Megan Nolan 🍂 I normally write reviews almost immediately after finishing a book - I like to get my thoughts down as soon as possible, and also it helps avoid procrastination! But I really struggled with this one, because it left me feeling quite ambivalent. Ordinary Human Failings is a portrait of the Greens - a reclusive family who moved to a south London council estate from Ireland. In 1990, a young girl is found dead on the estate, and immediately suspicion falls on the family. The family are taken into hiding by a tabloid paper, and as the investigation continues, the family confronts their past. The central figure is Carmel, beautiful and ‘other worldly’, and living a life very different than the one she imagined for herself. We also meet her brother, Richie, who is a struggling alcoholic, and their father, John, who is quiet and distant. The story delves into their pasts, and how the consequences of ordinary human failings (gettit?) have led to where they are now. They are being interviewed by Tom, a reporter who epitomises the sleaze of the press in the 90’s. It’s objectively a good book. It’s well written, the characters are fully fleshed, and there were moments that I felt really invested in, like Richie’s story. But when I finished reading, I just felt a bit… flat. The story felt very quickly and neatly wrapped up, and I found myself beginning to skim read towards the end. I don’t know whether my experience of reading this book suffered a little under the weight of my own expectations. I’d read some really positive reviews, and the Women’s Prize long list is almost always a benchmark of something I’ll enjoy. I felt incredibly neutral at the end of this book, I neither liked it nor did I dislike it, hence struggling to know what to say about it, which has resulted in this very ambiguous review! What did you think of Ordinary Human Failings? And of your Women’s Prize reads so far? Let me know!

4/25/2024, 12:22:46 PM

Blue Flat Lay 🩵💙 I’ve been a bit mia the past week or so! I have been so unbelievably busy and just haven’t been able to keep up with socials or even any reading! So here’s a blue flat lay for this Thursday morning. I’m ready to get out of this reading slump and start something new, next on the list is The Murder After The Night Before!! #books #flatlay #bookflatlay #book #booklover #booksta #booktok #bookstagram #love #bookrecs #lovereading #readingslump #bookreader #bookcommunity #bookstagramuk #ukbooks #booksuk #booklove #booklife #bookworm #booksbooksbooks #bluestack #bluebooks #bookphoto #bookpic #bookoftheday #bookclub #bookmarks

4/25/2024, 11:59:07 AM

‘Would you rather love a lie than know me as I truly am?’- Ship of Destiny 📚 Six Books Soon Stack 📚 Thanks to @readersramblings for tagging me in the #sixbookssoon challenge 🥰 Having finished Ship of Destiny last night I feel upset to be leaving those characters 😭 and think I’ve got a major book hangover 😵‍💫 but it has made it easy for me to pick the next few reads 📚 My stack includes: 📕Fools Errand 📗The Golden Fool 📘The Stolen Heir 📕The Prisoners Throne 📗Empire of the Damned 📘House of Flame and Shadow Clearly I have a few big reading months ahead of me 🤩 Finally finishing my last Maas book which makes me up to date with publications 🥳 as well as getting around to reading my most anticipated read of this year Empire of the Damned which I know will ruin me 🩸I am continuing to make a sizeable dent in the Realm of the Elderlings series and hoping to start buddy reading these ✨ and using the Holly Black books as light relief in between 😅 Before I start these I’m going to finish my CR Hell Bent and have been persuaded by @acourtoffantasyandsmut to read the Hobb novella The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince which will be arriving tomorrow 😁 I am very excited for the next couple months 😍 What books are you excited to read soon? 🤓 #bookishcommunity #bookstagram #booksuk #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #fantasy #bookishfeatures #bookphile #booksbooksbooks #bookstagramfeature #bookfeaturepage #bookstagrammer #bookstagramuk #robinhobb #thetawnymantrilogy #realmoftheelderlings #hollyblack #thestolenheir #jaykristoff #empireofthedamned #cresentcity #sarahjmaas #houseofflameandshadow

4/25/2024, 11:57:10 AM