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Final books are risky, but The Broken Sword is a masterclass in how to stick the landing. A 5⭐️ hat trick for L.L. MacRae.
Unexpected, emotional, absolutely relentless. This trilogy? Flawless.
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d757...
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Unexpected, emotional, absolutely relentless. This trilogy? Flawless.
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d757...
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August 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Final books are risky, but The Broken Sword is a masterclass in how to stick the landing. A 5⭐️ hat trick for L.L. MacRae.
Unexpected, emotional, absolutely relentless. This trilogy? Flawless.
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d757...
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Unexpected, emotional, absolutely relentless. This trilogy? Flawless.
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d757...
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Sometimes the deadliest D&D foe isn’t a monster… it’s a door.
The Door by Louise Holland is clever, sweet, and way more emotional than you'd expect from a 100-page novella. Loved it.
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c7b2...
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The Door by Louise Holland is clever, sweet, and way more emotional than you'd expect from a 100-page novella. Loved it.
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c7b2...
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Review by thebookishdesigner - The Door
Even the best D&D players know: sometimes, your greatest foe isn’t a monster… it’s a door....
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August 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Sometimes the deadliest D&D foe isn’t a monster… it’s a door.
The Door by Louise Holland is clever, sweet, and way more emotional than you'd expect from a 100-page novella. Loved it.
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c7b2...
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The Door by Louise Holland is clever, sweet, and way more emotional than you'd expect from a 100-page novella. Loved it.
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c7b2...
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Welcome to ARC August aka “I may have overcommitted.”
Top priorities:
🗡️ The Broken Sword
🚪 The Door
🪽 Wings of Steel & Fury
☠️ Coffin Moon
🐺 The House of Wolf
☀️ Firstborn of the Sun
Let’s do this. 📚💙🪐
Top priorities:
🗡️ The Broken Sword
🚪 The Door
🪽 Wings of Steel & Fury
☠️ Coffin Moon
🐺 The House of Wolf
☀️ Firstborn of the Sun
Let’s do this. 📚💙🪐
August 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Welcome to ARC August aka “I may have overcommitted.”
Top priorities:
🗡️ The Broken Sword
🚪 The Door
🪽 Wings of Steel & Fury
☠️ Coffin Moon
🐺 The House of Wolf
☀️ Firstborn of the Sun
Let’s do this. 📚💙🪐
Top priorities:
🗡️ The Broken Sword
🚪 The Door
🪽 Wings of Steel & Fury
☠️ Coffin Moon
🐺 The House of Wolf
☀️ Firstborn of the Sun
Let’s do this. 📚💙🪐
Wrapped up 10 books and a re-read in July!
botm: Majordomo by Tim Carter
Full wrap-up and ratings below if you’re curious… 👇
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botm: Majordomo by Tim Carter
Full wrap-up and ratings below if you’re curious… 👇
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August 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Wrapped up 10 books and a re-read in July!
botm: Majordomo by Tim Carter
Full wrap-up and ratings below if you’re curious… 👇
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botm: Majordomo by Tim Carter
Full wrap-up and ratings below if you’re curious… 👇
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Seven Recipes for Revolution!
A solid debut, bittersweet, layered, and served with a side of rebellion. Definitely one to devour if you like your fiction with some bite.
Thanks to Black Crow PR & Daphnee Press for the ARC! 📚💙🪐
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1b7c...
A solid debut, bittersweet, layered, and served with a side of rebellion. Definitely one to devour if you like your fiction with some bite.
Thanks to Black Crow PR & Daphnee Press for the ARC! 📚💙🪐
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1b7c...
Review by thebookishdesigner - Seven Recipes for Revolution
Seven Recipes for Revolution is a story of the transformation of a young man from ambitions of...
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July 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Seven Recipes for Revolution!
A solid debut, bittersweet, layered, and served with a side of rebellion. Definitely one to devour if you like your fiction with some bite.
Thanks to Black Crow PR & Daphnee Press for the ARC! 📚💙🪐
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1b7c...
A solid debut, bittersweet, layered, and served with a side of rebellion. Definitely one to devour if you like your fiction with some bite.
Thanks to Black Crow PR & Daphnee Press for the ARC! 📚💙🪐
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1b7c...
Finally read Uhtred’s Feast and wow, I forgot how much I missed this series.
Went with the audiobook, wild hearing someone other than Alexander Dreymon in my head 😂
If you like Vikings & morally grey MCs, read The Last Kingdom. Immediately.
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Went with the audiobook, wild hearing someone other than Alexander Dreymon in my head 😂
If you like Vikings & morally grey MCs, read The Last Kingdom. Immediately.
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July 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Finally read Uhtred’s Feast and wow, I forgot how much I missed this series.
Went with the audiobook, wild hearing someone other than Alexander Dreymon in my head 😂
If you like Vikings & morally grey MCs, read The Last Kingdom. Immediately.
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Went with the audiobook, wild hearing someone other than Alexander Dreymon in my head 😂
If you like Vikings & morally grey MCs, read The Last Kingdom. Immediately.
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Tried Anji Kills a King 📚💙🪐
Really wanted to love it… but it just wasn’t clicking. Ended up DNFing this one. Not every book’s for every reader, right?
Full thoughts on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/852a...
Really wanted to love it… but it just wasn’t clicking. Ended up DNFing this one. Not every book’s for every reader, right?
Full thoughts on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/852a...
Review by thebookishdesigner - Anji Kills a King
When Anji Kills a King made its way onto my radar I was very excited for this release. However...
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July 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Tried Anji Kills a King 📚💙🪐
Really wanted to love it… but it just wasn’t clicking. Ended up DNFing this one. Not every book’s for every reader, right?
Full thoughts on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/852a...
Really wanted to love it… but it just wasn’t clicking. Ended up DNFing this one. Not every book’s for every reader, right?
Full thoughts on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/852a...
My review of Later by Stephen King 📚💙🪐
Gritty, ghosty, and weirdly heartfelt, had a lot of feelings about this one.
Read it on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c19b...
Gritty, ghosty, and weirdly heartfelt, had a lot of feelings about this one.
Read it on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c19b...
Review by thebookishdesigner - Later
This was my first dive into King’s contribution to the Hard Case Crime collection, and I wasn’...
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July 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My review of Later by Stephen King 📚💙🪐
Gritty, ghosty, and weirdly heartfelt, had a lot of feelings about this one.
Read it on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c19b...
Gritty, ghosty, and weirdly heartfelt, had a lot of feelings about this one.
Read it on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c19b...
Cover reveal! Of Blood and Fire by Ryan Cahill is getting a stunning new look from The Broken Binding Press 💥
Art by one of my favourites Tom Roberts and it’s GORGEOUS.
Huge congrats to all involved!
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Art by one of my favourites Tom Roberts and it’s GORGEOUS.
Huge congrats to all involved!
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July 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Cover reveal! Of Blood and Fire by Ryan Cahill is getting a stunning new look from The Broken Binding Press 💥
Art by one of my favourites Tom Roberts and it’s GORGEOUS.
Huge congrats to all involved!
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Art by one of my favourites Tom Roberts and it’s GORGEOUS.
Huge congrats to all involved!
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Six months down, six to go, so here’s a quick round-up of my Books of the Month (so far) from my 2025 reads 📚
What’s been your standout reads of the year so far?
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What’s been your standout reads of the year so far?
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July 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Six months down, six to go, so here’s a quick round-up of my Books of the Month (so far) from my 2025 reads 📚
What’s been your standout reads of the year so far?
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What’s been your standout reads of the year so far?
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Lined up my July hopefuls 👀
Will I read them all? Maybe. Will I mood-read something entirely off-list? Also yes.
On deck:
The Broken Sword
The Magician of Tiger Castle (ARC)
The Unworthy
Artificial Condition
Six Wild Crowns
Return of the Sistah Samurai
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Will I read them all? Maybe. Will I mood-read something entirely off-list? Also yes.
On deck:
The Broken Sword
The Magician of Tiger Castle (ARC)
The Unworthy
Artificial Condition
Six Wild Crowns
Return of the Sistah Samurai
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July 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Lined up my July hopefuls 👀
Will I read them all? Maybe. Will I mood-read something entirely off-list? Also yes.
On deck:
The Broken Sword
The Magician of Tiger Castle (ARC)
The Unworthy
Artificial Condition
Six Wild Crowns
Return of the Sistah Samurai
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Will I read them all? Maybe. Will I mood-read something entirely off-list? Also yes.
On deck:
The Broken Sword
The Magician of Tiger Castle (ARC)
The Unworthy
Artificial Condition
Six Wild Crowns
Return of the Sistah Samurai
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June = heavy on the audiobooks 🎧
Finished 6, DNF’d 1, 2 are rolling into July. Best of the month? The Trouble with Peace (unsurprisingly). Shoutout to Lion Hearts for being a killer trilogy finale. Full reviews soon!
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Finished 6, DNF’d 1, 2 are rolling into July. Best of the month? The Trouble with Peace (unsurprisingly). Shoutout to Lion Hearts for being a killer trilogy finale. Full reviews soon!
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June 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
June = heavy on the audiobooks 🎧
Finished 6, DNF’d 1, 2 are rolling into July. Best of the month? The Trouble with Peace (unsurprisingly). Shoutout to Lion Hearts for being a killer trilogy finale. Full reviews soon!
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Finished 6, DNF’d 1, 2 are rolling into July. Best of the month? The Trouble with Peace (unsurprisingly). Shoutout to Lion Hearts for being a killer trilogy finale. Full reviews soon!
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A slightly late post about A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping, I had high hopes… but this felt more “meh” than magical 📚💙🪐
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/08c5...
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/08c5...
June 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
A slightly late post about A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping, I had high hopes… but this felt more “meh” than magical 📚💙🪐
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/08c5...
Full review on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/08c5...
My review of Everything Is Tuberculosis 📚💙
This one hit hard. As a TB survivor, Everything is Tuberculosis wasn’t just informative — it was personal.
Full thoughts over on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6dd2...
This one hit hard. As a TB survivor, Everything is Tuberculosis wasn’t just informative — it was personal.
Full thoughts over on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6dd2...
June 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My review of Everything Is Tuberculosis 📚💙
This one hit hard. As a TB survivor, Everything is Tuberculosis wasn’t just informative — it was personal.
Full thoughts over on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6dd2...
This one hit hard. As a TB survivor, Everything is Tuberculosis wasn’t just informative — it was personal.
Full thoughts over on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6dd2...
I’ve been trying to read more mindfully, less white man fantasy, more voices that reflect the world we live in.
I’m joining Qwordy’s HYRCED Challenge in July, tackling the queer alphabet & my doom pile of a TBR.
What should I read first?
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I’m joining Qwordy’s HYRCED Challenge in July, tackling the queer alphabet & my doom pile of a TBR.
What should I read first?
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June 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I’ve been trying to read more mindfully, less white man fantasy, more voices that reflect the world we live in.
I’m joining Qwordy’s HYRCED Challenge in July, tackling the queer alphabet & my doom pile of a TBR.
What should I read first?
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I’m joining Qwordy’s HYRCED Challenge in July, tackling the queer alphabet & my doom pile of a TBR.
What should I read first?
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Late to Pride Month content but let’s be real, queer books aren’t just for June. 🌈📚
Here are 6 I loved:
Evelyn Hugo, Heartstopper, Winter’s Orbit, Seven Recipes, Legends & Lattes, Cerulean Sea
Got recs? Drop them below, always adding to the TBR!
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Here are 6 I loved:
Evelyn Hugo, Heartstopper, Winter’s Orbit, Seven Recipes, Legends & Lattes, Cerulean Sea
Got recs? Drop them below, always adding to the TBR!
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June 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Late to Pride Month content but let’s be real, queer books aren’t just for June. 🌈📚
Here are 6 I loved:
Evelyn Hugo, Heartstopper, Winter’s Orbit, Seven Recipes, Legends & Lattes, Cerulean Sea
Got recs? Drop them below, always adding to the TBR!
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Here are 6 I loved:
Evelyn Hugo, Heartstopper, Winter’s Orbit, Seven Recipes, Legends & Lattes, Cerulean Sea
Got recs? Drop them below, always adding to the TBR!
📚💙🪐
New review up on StoryGraph!
Just finished The Lost World and I was a little disappointed. 📚💙🪐
Read the full thing here: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/23ba...
Just finished The Lost World and I was a little disappointed. 📚💙🪐
Read the full thing here: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/23ba...
June 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New review up on StoryGraph!
Just finished The Lost World and I was a little disappointed. 📚💙🪐
Read the full thing here: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/23ba...
Just finished The Lost World and I was a little disappointed. 📚💙🪐
Read the full thing here: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/23ba...
Been feeling aggy with Social Media lately; rushed posts, no plan, no vibe. But for the first time in 4 years! I’m actually designing my content. Shocking, I know. A real-life designer doing design? 🙃 Let’s see where this glow-up goes 🤍
June 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Been feeling aggy with Social Media lately; rushed posts, no plan, no vibe. But for the first time in 4 years! I’m actually designing my content. Shocking, I know. A real-life designer doing design? 🙃 Let’s see where this glow-up goes 🤍
Happy Publication day to this this sexy little number. Perfect conclusion to the series, and if you think otherwise, well… you’re wrong. 📚💙🪐
Today is publication day for The Sorrow of the Sea, the final book in the trilogy. Fly, my pretties, fly!!!
May 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Happy Publication day to this this sexy little number. Perfect conclusion to the series, and if you think otherwise, well… you’re wrong. 📚💙🪐
I don’t know how to tell you this honey, it’s May 6th. Let me re-read my book and fangirl already!! 📚💙🪐
May 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I don’t know how to tell you this honey, it’s May 6th. Let me re-read my book and fangirl already!! 📚💙🪐
Finally watching season 3 of Wheel of Time. This is a bit erm… sexier than the books.
May 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Finally watching season 3 of Wheel of Time. This is a bit erm… sexier than the books.
Happy UK release day so this sexy this number! Incase your one of the people I haven’t screamed at, I think you should read it.
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Out April 8th, you need to add A Song of Legends Lost to your TBR’s. Exceeded every single expectation I made in my own head.
Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social and @orbitbooksuk.bsky.social for the arc.
Review linked! 🪐💙📚
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2c3d...
Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social and @orbitbooksuk.bsky.social for the arc.
Review linked! 🪐💙📚
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2c3d...
Review by thebookishdesigner - A Song of Legends Lost
Back in October of 2024 I was at FantasyCon, I had a slot where there were no panels I wanted ...
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April 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Happy UK release day so this sexy this number! Incase your one of the people I haven’t screamed at, I think you should read it.
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The Nightingale and the Falcon by @stephenaryan.bsky.social has got to be in my top 5 series of all time. The Sorrow of the Sea could not be a more perfect conclusion.
Thank you @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social and @netgalley.bsky.social for the ARC. 📚💙🪐
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b067...
Thank you @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social and @netgalley.bsky.social for the ARC. 📚💙🪐
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b067...
Review by thebookishdesigner - The Sorrow of the Sea: The Nightingale and the Falcon Book III
“You can break my body, kill me and bury me in the ground, but from the seeds of the old, new...
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April 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The Nightingale and the Falcon by @stephenaryan.bsky.social has got to be in my top 5 series of all time. The Sorrow of the Sea could not be a more perfect conclusion.
Thank you @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social and @netgalley.bsky.social for the ARC. 📚💙🪐
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b067...
Thank you @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social and @netgalley.bsky.social for the ARC. 📚💙🪐
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b067...
I’m bored of having to explain why ai isn’t a good thing. I’m bored of having to defend my desire not to use it. I’m bored of having to look at all the shit it churns out.
I am tired.
I am tired.
March 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I’m bored of having to explain why ai isn’t a good thing. I’m bored of having to defend my desire not to use it. I’m bored of having to look at all the shit it churns out.
I am tired.
I am tired.
Oh you’re so funny.
Thanks I got an arc of my most anticipated release of the year and then hit the worst reading slump I’ve ever had and lost a 494 day reading streak. 📚💙
Thanks I got an arc of my most anticipated release of the year and then hit the worst reading slump I’ve ever had and lost a 494 day reading streak. 📚💙
March 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Oh you’re so funny.
Thanks I got an arc of my most anticipated release of the year and then hit the worst reading slump I’ve ever had and lost a 494 day reading streak. 📚💙
Thanks I got an arc of my most anticipated release of the year and then hit the worst reading slump I’ve ever had and lost a 494 day reading streak. 📚💙