Category: Bookish Item

Trope Thursday | My Favorite Tropes

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I wanted to try something new on Thursdays! We have talked about a ton of things over the years, and one of those things have been tropes in books. I thought it would be fun and interesting to talk more about tropes. And that could be favorite tropes, tropes I want to try or books that fit with a certain trope for example. With that said, today as a bit of an introduction, I want to talk about some of my favorite tropes in books. So let’s dive in! Continue reading “Trope Thursday | My Favorite Tropes” →

Bookish Item| FIve Star Predictions

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Sometimes when you hear about a book, you know it’s going to be a five star read before you open to the first page. It’s been a while since I’ve done a five star prediction post, so I thought it’d be fun to do another one. So let’s talk about a few books I want to read soon that I have a feeling will end being five stars.

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Bookish Item | New-To-Me Authors On My TBR

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I have a ton of books on my TBR. And a lot of them are books by authors I have read (and usually enjoyed) previously. But I also have some books on my TBR by authors I haven’t read anything from yet. Today I thought it would be fun to talk about a couple of those authors! Continue reading “Bookish Item | New-To-Me Authors On My TBR” →

Bookish Item| Pending Netgalley Requests

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I’ve had a few posts that talk about the eARCs I’ve recently added to my Kindle, but I’ve never talked about any of the Netgalley requests I have pending. I thought it would be a fun way to talk about some of the books I’m looking forward to. So let’s take a look at a few of the eARCs I’m hoping get approved soon.

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Bookish Item| April TBR

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How is it almost April?!? I feel like I’m going to be saying this a lot this year. March has been an amazing reading month so far, and I’ve had quite a few five star reads. I’m hoping to continue this in April, so today I want to talk about my TBR. Keep on reading to see what books I’m hoping to read next month!

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Bookish Item | Currently Reading

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A bit of a different post from me today, but I thought it would be fun to share some of the books I’m currently reading with you all. I’m reading multiple books at once and I’m incredibly excited about basically all of them. So I wanted to talk about them! I’m not finishing any of them soon, so I didn’t want to wait until I would be able to write a review. Just a quick talk about some of them today! Continue reading “Bookish Item | Currently Reading” →

Bookish Beginnings on Friday | Breath of the Dragon – Fonda Lee & Shannon Lee

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We have a lot of eARC’s and we want to promote them a little bit more. So we decided to do some more Bookish Beginnings On Friday. Today I wanted to share the beginning of Breath of the Dragon by Fonda Lee and Shannon Lee. I really liked the Fonda Lee books I’ve read so far, so I’m curious to see what I’ll think of this one! Continue reading “Bookish Beginnings on Friday | Breath of the Dragon – Fonda Lee & Shannon Lee” →

Bookish Item | Non-fiction For International Women’s Day

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Today is International Women’s Day! So I decided to browse Goodreads for some books to read for Women’s Day and I came across a list of non-fiction books about women, for women, by women. And I thought it would be fun to share some of the books I would love to read, even though I’m not a big non-fiction reader I do like to pick some up every now and then. Continue reading “Bookish Item | Non-fiction For International Women’s Day” →

Bookish Item| 5 Recent ARC Approvals I’m Excited to Read Soon

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One fun thing the blog brings, is being approved to read books before they release. I’m always so grateful when I get approved for books I really want to read. So today I want to talk about my five most recent approvals. Let’s take a look!

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Bookish Item | March 2025 Witchy Book Blast

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March 1st was the Witchy Book Blast, an ‘event’ wherein authors make their books free for a day on Kindle, much like Stuff Your Kindle Day. And like I said, that day was March 1st. I got an email from one of the participating authors and a link to Witchy Bookworms. While this event is over now, I did want to share which books I snagged. They are all cozy, witchy mysteries and I’m excited to read them at some point. Let’s take a look! Continue reading “Bookish Item | March 2025 Witchy Book Blast” →