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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...
📚💙🪐
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… 👇
📚💙🪐
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.
📚💙
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!
📚💙🪐
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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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!
📚💙🪐
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 🤍
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!! 📚💙🪐
Currently reading A Crown of Swords and I’m very much understanding ‘The Slog’ now. 🪐📚💙
January 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Currently reading A Crown of Swords and I’m very much understanding ‘The Slog’ now. 🪐📚💙
Some honourable mentions of five star reads from this year. All five of these have become my personality. 🪐📚💙
✉️ Divine Rivals
🐫 The Blood Dimmed Tide
🌳 Spark of the Divine
💣 Carl’s Doomday Scenario
⚔️ The Fury of the Gods
✉️ Divine Rivals
🐫 The Blood Dimmed Tide
🌳 Spark of the Divine
💣 Carl’s Doomday Scenario
⚔️ The Fury of the Gods
December 5, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Some honourable mentions of five star reads from this year. All five of these have become my personality. 🪐📚💙
✉️ Divine Rivals
🐫 The Blood Dimmed Tide
🌳 Spark of the Divine
💣 Carl’s Doomday Scenario
⚔️ The Fury of the Gods
✉️ Divine Rivals
🐫 The Blood Dimmed Tide
🌳 Spark of the Divine
💣 Carl’s Doomday Scenario
⚔️ The Fury of the Gods
Absolutely shook to my core that this woman is my top artist for the fifth year running. Who would have thought it.
December 4, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Absolutely shook to my core that this woman is my top artist for the fifth year running. Who would have thought it.
I was at a Christmas market and they were doing pet photo shoots for £25. I regret nothing. 🥹😭
December 3, 2024 at 9:03 PM
I was at a Christmas market and they were doing pet photo shoots for £25. I regret nothing. 🥹😭
This week’s book mail was top notch, I will be binging this duology in the very near future. 🪐📚💙
November 30, 2024 at 8:57 AM
This week’s book mail was top notch, I will be binging this duology in the very near future. 🪐📚💙
Thanks Gollancz for sending me an arc of Hammajang Luck. Can’t wait to get stuck into this later next week! 💙📚
November 19, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Thanks Gollancz for sending me an arc of Hammajang Luck. Can’t wait to get stuck into this later next week! 💙📚
OMG IT’S HAPPENING!!
I heard @mhayinde.bsky.social read the prologue at Fantasycon and have legit not stopped thinking about this book!
Next few months of reading are looking 🔥🔥🔥
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I heard @mhayinde.bsky.social read the prologue at Fantasycon and have legit not stopped thinking about this book!
Next few months of reading are looking 🔥🔥🔥
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November 18, 2024 at 2:51 PM
OMG IT’S HAPPENING!!
I heard @mhayinde.bsky.social read the prologue at Fantasycon and have legit not stopped thinking about this book!
Next few months of reading are looking 🔥🔥🔥
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I heard @mhayinde.bsky.social read the prologue at Fantasycon and have legit not stopped thinking about this book!
Next few months of reading are looking 🔥🔥🔥
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Officially out of office for just over a week, my only goal is to finish The Devils and attempt to binge Fury of the Gods. I’ve got to say so far The Devils could be (IMO), @joeabercrombie.bsky.social best work! Loving every second. 💙📚
November 15, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Officially out of office for just over a week, my only goal is to finish The Devils and attempt to binge Fury of the Gods. I’ve got to say so far The Devils could be (IMO), @joeabercrombie.bsky.social best work! Loving every second. 💙📚