Bookish Item| My Most Recent Netgalley Requests

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I’m sure most people that visit the blog know what Netgalley is, but it’s a platform to request e-galleys on to read before a book is published. This is definitely a rabbit hole that’s easy to fall down, but there are just so many amazing sounding books releasing this year.

I’ve been actively working on increasing my feedback ratio, but I couldn’t resist a little requesting spree. Here are five books I recently requested. I have no clue if I’ll be approved, but I’ll be reading them either way.

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Bookish Item | Spring TBR

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Okay, I normally don’t do TBR’s and spring has already begun but all of a sudden I was in the mood! I have been reading a bit more (although most have been manga and rereads) so I hope to continue that the coming weeks. Realistically I think I can finish 5 books that aren’t manga or rereads. So let’s see which 5 books I plan on reading! Continue reading “Bookish Item | Spring TBR” →

Can’t Wait Wednesday | Our Infinite Fates – Laura Steven

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We wanted to do another bookish meme on Wednesday and after doing Can’t Wait Wednesday a few times we decided that would be a fun one to bring around more often! About twice a month you’ll see this meme on our blog.

Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Continue reading “Can’t Wait Wednesday | Our Infinite Fates – Laura Steven” →

TTT #340| Favorite Book Quotes Part 2

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We have been having fun with Top Ten Tuesday, so we decided we will do one every week. This bookish meme was hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and has been going since June 2010! Since January 2018 Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week’s topic is favorite book quotes. I don’t really track my favorite quotes, so for this one I looked up some of my favorite books on Goodreads and picked quotes that way. Let’s see what I chose for this week!

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5 On My TBR | Coming of Age

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As we’ve mentioned before, one of our most important reading goals of is shrinking our physical TBR’s. Sometimes it’s hard to think of what books we still have or what subjects to read about. So we needed a way to keep track of this. 5 On My TBR is a way of keeping track. This is a meme hosted by E from Local Bee Hunter’s Nook. Every week there’s a different prompt for five on my TBR.

This week’s topic is Coming of Age. Now I have a ton of YA books on my TBR, and I’m pretty sure a lot of those are about coming of age. It’s a central theme in a lot of YA stories. So let’s see if I can pick some good ones from my shelves! Continue reading “5 On My TBR | Coming of Age” →

Royal Update #224

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We thought it was time for a fun new post every week. In the Royal Update one of us updates you about our personal life, bookish news, what we’re reading, watching and listening to and anything else that might apply to this post. We thought it would be fun to share a bit more about our personal lives and hope you think so too!

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Show Sunday | My Crunchyroll To Watch List

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I’m ‘slowly’ making my way through Haikyu (the best manga and anime of ever), but I’m also looking at what anime I want to watch next. So I looked through my Crunchyroll to watch list and thought it would be fun to share (part of) it with you all. Let’s jump in! Continue reading “Show Sunday | My Crunchyroll To Watch List” →

Review| The Tainted Cup – Robert Jackson Bennett

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Even though I haven’t read and Sherlock Holmes books, I always find it interesting if books have characters that are a lot like Holmes and Watson. If you add a fantasy story with a mystery to the mix, I’m sold. That was the case with The Tainted Cup! I finally sat down and read this one, so I want to tell you about it and my thoughts. Keep on reading to find out more!

A big thank you to Netgalley and Del Rey for providing me with an eARC to read and review. This doesn’t influence my opinion in any way.

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Fangirl Friday | My Steam Wishlist Part 3

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It’s been a while since I shared parts of my Steam wishlist with you all (part 1 & part 2) so I thought it would be fun to share some more of it today. I love gaming and always add more games to my wishlist. There are 73 games on it currently haha, when I did my first Steam wishlist post it was about 50 games (and I have bought some of those since then….). So I guess it’s just like with books ;). I’m definitely a hoarder! Let’s take a look at some of the games on my list. Continue reading “Fangirl Friday | My Steam Wishlist Part 3” →

Review| Powerless – Lauren Roberts

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Powerless is a book that seemed to take the bookish community by storm. This book sounded right up my alley, so I was really excited to read it. I think it took me a bit longer, because reading hyped books is always a bit tricky, because sometimes you go in with higher expectations without realizing it. I did finally sit down and read Powerless and want to tell you about the book and my thoughts today, so keep on reading!

A big thanks to Simon & Schuster’s Children Publishing and Netgalley for providing me with an eARC to read and reviews. This doesn’t influence my opinion in any way.

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