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🪐📚💙 ~ almost forgot to post my October reading wrap up!

Having such a good time with Holly Black's books! This month I'm dedicating to the Empire of the Vampire series since the last one's just come out, but then I'll get right back on to The Queen of Nothing 😊
Graphic from StoryGraph showing the book covers of the books I read this month and what I rated them. Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis = 4 stars. The God Of The Woods by Liz Moore = 4 stars. The Wicked King by Holly Black = 4 stars. Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon = 3 stars.
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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I don't often get obsessed with couples in books, and I know I'm late to the party, but god damn do Jude and Cardan have me in a choke hold - their slow burn is soooo good
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(Slight spoiler quotes from The Wicked King pictured below)
Highlighted quote from The Wicked King by Holly Black on my kindle. "'Kiss me again,' he says, drunk and foolish. 'Kiss me until I'm sick of it.'" Highlighted quote from The Wicked King by Holly Black on my kindle. "'I want to tell you so many lies,' he says."
October 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Gorgeous sunset tonight... 😍
A picture of the sunset outside my front window. Blue sky with grey wispy clouds at the top progressing to pink/peach, yellow, and then red. Black silhouettes of some trees at the very bottom of the picture.
October 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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🪐📚💙 ~ my September reading wrap up!

Trying not to be too disappointed I didn't reach my 4-books-a-month goal because two of the books I read were rather chonky... but I'm participated in a reading challenge for October so hopefully next month will be better! 🤍
A graphic from StoryGraph showing the book covers of the books I read this month and what I rated them. A Day Of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon = 4.5 stars. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells = 4 stars. Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil by V E Schwab = 2.5 stars.
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Finished the book with minutes to spare! Can't wait for this next one!
A projector screen showing a picture of Samantha Shannon with her book cover for her new book 'Among Burning Flowers'. My hand holding up the hardback book for 'Among the Burning Flowers'. A blue spiky dragon flying over a burning city with flowers in the foreground.
September 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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🪐📚🌶🖋📚💙 ~ my August reading wrap up!

A lot of library reservations came in this month so I read some genres I don't usually read a lot of... definitely getting back into fantasy for September!
A graphic from StoryGraph showing the book covers of the books I read last month and what I rated them. All Systems Red by Martha Wells = 4 stars. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir = 3.5 stars. Deep End by Ali Hazelwood = 3.5 stars. The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue = 3.5 stars.
September 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Ain't she a beauty? 🪐📚💙
Whoever designed @tkingfisher.com 's new book needs a raise 😍
T. Kingfisher's new book 'Hemlock & Silver' on a dark green floral blanket. The book has a black background, green frame boarder and silver lettering. The centre is dominated by a bright red apple surrounded by various poisonous plants and flowers. The same book without the dust jacket. The book is a dark sage green with silver lettering on the spine and a silver boarder on the front featuring silver fern like plants in the middle. The same book's sprayed edges. A mix of bright green, blue and purple flowers on a black background. The same book's inner cover art on the first page. A black and white double spread depicting and abstract human with a snake for a head looming over a field of flowers.
August 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Touching grass 🌱
#ragdoll #cat
August 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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🪐📚💙 ~ my July reading wrap up ☀️
2 books this month came from the library (love it when my reservations actually come in!) but I'll probably be buying myself a physical copy of This Monster Of Mine because I loved it so much!
A graphic from StoryGraph showing the book covers of the books I read this year and what I rated them. From left to right: The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith = 3 stars. Thornhedge by T Kingfisher = 4.5 stars. The Geographers Map To Romance by India Holton = 4 stars. This Monster Of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara = 4.5 stars.
August 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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🪐📚💙 ~ My June reading wrap up!
Did I stay up late last night finishing Tress just so I could have it included in the graphic? Possibly 👀 Bit of a varied month for me in terms of genres (usually it's just bog standard fantasy) so that's been fun!
A graphic from StoryGraph showing the covers of the books I read this month and what I rated them. From left to right: mort by terry pratchet = 3.5 stars. The Vipers by katy hays = 3.5 stars. The Buffalo Hunter by stephan graham Jones = 4 stars. Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson = 4 stars.
July 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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What a perfect day to start a new book...
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My left hand holding up the paperback edition of Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson. The front cover: A green background, gold lettering, and the silhouette of an girl in front of a moon, holding a cup. Behind the book: a blue sky, green bushes, and gravel floor. The first page of Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson. A grey and white ragdoll cat chilling in the grass in the shade under a red acer tree. A brown fence in the background, and various green plants in the foreground.
June 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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I never knew poppies came in so many different colours! Got quite a few popping up in our front and back garden - red, pink, purple, white...
A photo of a soil bed covered in red and pink poppies. A close up picture of a pink poppy. A close up picture of a purple poppy. Close up picture of a bright red poppy.
June 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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🪐📚💙 ~ My May reading wrap up!
Finally finished the Broken Earth trilogy and absolutely loved it! On the other hand I was a little disappointed by Blood Over Bright Haven, considering all the 5 stars people have given it, but looking forward to trying Sword of Kaigen at some point!
A graphic from StoryGraph showing the covers of the books I read in May and what I rated them. The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin = 5 stars. The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones = 3.5 stars. Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid = 3.5 stars. Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang = 4 stars.
June 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Obsessed with the irises in my new garden 🥰
A large white (bearded?) iris flower. Grass and other green foliage in the background and a blue-green fence. A collection of large white iris flowers on long stalks amongst other green foliage next to a green-blue fence.
May 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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🪐📚💙 ~ My April reading wrap up!
Because we were busy moving house, I couldn't read my preferred 4 books a month, but I am almost done with Stone Sky!
A graphic from StoryGraph showing the 3 book covers of the books I read this month and their ratings. Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig was three stars. An Ornithologist's Field Guide To Love by India Holton was 4.5 stars. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman was 3.5 stars.
May 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Sorry for being a bit quiet on here, haven't had a chance to read much because we've just moved into our first house! I have a garden and everything! Going to spend many hours reading out here...
A corner of my garden - grass leading up to a flower bed with a red acer tree. A patch of forget me nots.
April 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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The weather's gone grey again, trying to remember a sunnier time from a week ago...
A flower patch of yellow tulips fills the whole picture. Yellow and pink tulips in the foreground, a Christmas-like evergreen tree in the middle, a red and grey band stand in the background, all under a blue sky. A magnolia variant (I think) tree with light pink blossoms under a blue sky. Pink, yellow and red tulips in front of an evergreen tree.
April 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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I was brave this month and finally joined an online book club! Fredrik Backman was the pick for this month, going good so far!
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My left hand holding up my kindle with a brown leather-imitation case. The book cover shown on the kindle is Fredrik Backman's Anxious People, in black and white. In the middle is the title and author text, above is 3 windows into rooms showing a man changing a light bulb in the first, someone having a cup of tea in the second, and a cat in the third. Below are 2 more windows, one showing a woman on a laptop, the other has two women, one of which is pregnant.
April 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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I'm excited, I'm scared, I can't wait to finish this but I don't want it to be over 😭
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The paperback edition of The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin on a light green blanket. The cover is mostly blue with earth and rock like textures on the bottom two thirds, and an intricate stone arch at the top. The first page of The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin.
April 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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I requested this from the library (first time requesting anything from the library!) and I'm loving it so far! Only 50 pages in and it's such a fun romp! Probably going to get my own copy so I can tab all of the funny and clever quips 😆
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My left hand holding up the paperback book The Ornithologist's Field Guide To Love by India Holton in front of a white window. A plum purple book with a gold boarder around a gold illustration of a pheonix-like bird.
April 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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I don't post pictures of my cat enough, and for that I sincerely apologise...
#ragdoll #cat
A white and grey ragdoll cat rolled on his side, showing his fluffy belly. A white and grey ragdoll cat in a paper bag looking up at the camera with blue eyes. A close up of a white and grey ragdoll cat's sleeping face. A white and grey ragdoll cat lying in front of a black bookshelf.
April 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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🪐📚💙 ~ My March reading wrap up 🌷
Looks like I had a pretty good reading month! Not a book under 4⭐️!
A graphic from StoryGraph showing the books I read in March and what I rated them. When Among Crows by Veronica Roth = 4 stars. The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E Harrow = 4.5 stars. The Obelisk Gate by N K Jemisin = 4.5 stars. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black = 4 stars.
April 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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*lies on floor*
Wake me up when season 3 airs...
#Severance
March 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Gorgeous new paperbacks of the hunger games trilogy in waterstones! Forgot to get a picture of the sprayed edges but they were very pretty 😍
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My left hand holding up a new paperback edition of the hunger games by Suzanne Collins. On a light blue background with a sun in the middle are branches with red leaves framing a black mockingjay in the centre. The new paperback editions of catching fire and mockingjay by Suzanne Collins on a display table. Same designs as the hunger games but catching fire has a red background and mockingjay a lilac/ grey background.
March 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Book mail arrived today! The Cemeteries of Amalo #3! Bou and I are very excited 😺
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My left hand holding the paper back book The Tomb Of Dragons by Katherine Addison. The front cover has a black background with light purple and white graphics depicting dragons and flowers and geometric carvings. In the top right is a white and grey ragdoll cat sniffing the corner of the book.
March 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM