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January 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM
📚🤓 2025 reading wrap up and 2026 reading quests are posted! Happy New Year! ❄️✨️
#fantasyblog #bookblog #fantasybooks #2025readingwrapup
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#fantasyblog #bookblog #fantasybooks #2025readingwrapup
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🎁☕ A Cup of Tea - 2025 Wrap Up! 📚🎁
the bookish blog
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January 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM
📚🤓 2025 reading wrap up and 2026 reading quests are posted! Happy New Year! ❄️✨️
#fantasyblog #bookblog #fantasybooks #2025readingwrapup
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#fantasyblog #bookblog #fantasybooks #2025readingwrapup
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December 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My first-ever reaction post! I have THOUGHTS 👀 but mostly just really HYPED!! 🤩
#theodyssey #christophernolantheodyssey #trailerreaction #fantasyblog
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#theodyssey #christophernolantheodyssey #trailerreaction #fantasyblog
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The Odyssey Trailer Reaction
my initial predictions for the Christopher Nolan adaptation
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December 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My first-ever reaction post! I have THOUGHTS 👀 but mostly just really HYPED!! 🤩
#theodyssey #christophernolantheodyssey #trailerreaction #fantasyblog
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#theodyssey #christophernolantheodyssey #trailerreaction #fantasyblog
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#artvsartist for 2025. For 2026 I'll be honing the style I've been trying to get to, so likely more studies & practice than finished art, but looking forward to putting nose to iPad & continuing the journey of getting myself to where I want to be. ☺️
#artvsartist2025 #fantasyartist #creatureartist
#artvsartist2025 #fantasyartist #creatureartist
December 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
#artvsartist for 2025. For 2026 I'll be honing the style I've been trying to get to, so likely more studies & practice than finished art, but looking forward to putting nose to iPad & continuing the journey of getting myself to where I want to be. ☺️
#artvsartist2025 #fantasyartist #creatureartist
#artvsartist2025 #fantasyartist #creatureartist
🎄📚 Happy Holidays!! Wishing everyone a merry season and bright new year. 🤗 📚🎄
#twasthenightbeforechristmas #happyholidays #onlyonemoresleeptilchristmas
#twasthenightbeforechristmas #happyholidays #onlyonemoresleeptilchristmas
December 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🎄📚 Happy Holidays!! Wishing everyone a merry season and bright new year. 🤗 📚🎄
#twasthenightbeforechristmas #happyholidays #onlyonemoresleeptilchristmas
#twasthenightbeforechristmas #happyholidays #onlyonemoresleeptilchristmas
🎄❄️ My annual "State of the Tales" blog is ready for reading! Merry Yule everyone. 🤗🎄❄️
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#fantasyblog #fantasywriter #fantasyartist #fantasybooks
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#fantasyblog #fantasywriter #fantasyartist #fantasybooks
December 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🎄❄️ My annual "State of the Tales" blog is ready for reading! Merry Yule everyone. 🤗🎄❄️
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#fantasyblog #fantasywriter #fantasyartist #fantasybooks
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#fantasyblog #fantasywriter #fantasyartist #fantasybooks
📚❄️ Happy Solstice Eve! Spending the day prepping the 2025 wrap up & thinking about 2026, so thought I'd share the first bit of the next tbr. Most are picks for the book club I host on Substack (it's free to join us if you like!).
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#wintertbr #fantasybookclub #fantasybooks
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#wintertbr #fantasybookclub #fantasybooks
December 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
📚❄️ Happy Solstice Eve! Spending the day prepping the 2025 wrap up & thinking about 2026, so thought I'd share the first bit of the next tbr. Most are picks for the book club I host on Substack (it's free to join us if you like!).
secondsundays.substack.com
#wintertbr #fantasybookclub #fantasybooks
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#wintertbr #fantasybookclub #fantasybooks
❄️First picks of 2026! Red Riding Hood & Grimm fairytale vibes.
The book club is free to subscribe if you'd like to join us! Every book is "read at your own pace" & the chat is open indefinitely. See you there!
secondsundays.substack.com
#cupofteabookclub #fantasybookclub #forthewolf #forthethrone
The book club is free to subscribe if you'd like to join us! Every book is "read at your own pace" & the chat is open indefinitely. See you there!
secondsundays.substack.com
#cupofteabookclub #fantasybookclub #forthewolf #forthethrone
December 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
❄️First picks of 2026! Red Riding Hood & Grimm fairytale vibes.
The book club is free to subscribe if you'd like to join us! Every book is "read at your own pace" & the chat is open indefinitely. See you there!
secondsundays.substack.com
#cupofteabookclub #fantasybookclub #forthewolf #forthethrone
The book club is free to subscribe if you'd like to join us! Every book is "read at your own pace" & the chat is open indefinitely. See you there!
secondsundays.substack.com
#cupofteabookclub #fantasybookclub #forthewolf #forthethrone
❄️ Last Cup of Tea Book Club pick of 2026 - A retelling of the snow queen by one of my favorite authors!
❄️ The book club is free to join on my Substack & every book is "read at your own pace". See you there!
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#decemberbookclubpick #fantasybookclub #sffbookclub
❄️ The book club is free to join on my Substack & every book is "read at your own pace". See you there!
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#decemberbookclubpick #fantasybookclub #sffbookclub
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
❄️ Last Cup of Tea Book Club pick of 2026 - A retelling of the snow queen by one of my favorite authors!
❄️ The book club is free to join on my Substack & every book is "read at your own pace". See you there!
secondsundays.substack.com
#decemberbookclubpick #fantasybookclub #sffbookclub
❄️ The book club is free to join on my Substack & every book is "read at your own pace". See you there!
secondsundays.substack.com
#decemberbookclubpick #fantasybookclub #sffbookclub
☕️📚 The new book blog is up! I share 3 new book reviews, the last 2 book club picks of the year, and talk about my end of year reading plans. At least for now. 😅 🍁🍂
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#bookblog #bookreviews #currentlyreading #falltbr #cozyfantasy #sffbooks #fantasybooks
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#bookblog #bookreviews #currentlyreading #falltbr #cozyfantasy #sffbooks #fantasybooks
November 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
☕️📚 The new book blog is up! I share 3 new book reviews, the last 2 book club picks of the year, and talk about my end of year reading plans. At least for now. 😅 🍁🍂
open.substack.com/pub/secondsu...
#bookblog #bookreviews #currentlyreading #falltbr #cozyfantasy #sffbooks #fantasybooks
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#bookblog #bookreviews #currentlyreading #falltbr #cozyfantasy #sffbooks #fantasybooks
🍁🍂Can you tell it's that spooky/cozy time of year? 👻☕️ New book blog goes up tomorrow!
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#falltbr #fantasybooks #sffbooks #bookreviews #bookblog #octoberreads
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#falltbr #fantasybooks #sffbooks #bookreviews #bookblog #octoberreads
November 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🍁🍂Can you tell it's that spooky/cozy time of year? 👻☕️ New book blog goes up tomorrow!
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#falltbr #fantasybooks #sffbooks #bookreviews #bookblog #octoberreads
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#falltbr #fantasybooks #sffbooks #bookreviews #bookblog #octoberreads
🍁☕️ Royal guard Reyna & powerful mage Kianthe want to retreat to a life of peace selling books & tea, but will the world let them?
🍁The book club is free & you read at your own pace. See you there! 🤗 secondsundays.substack.com
#cupofteabookclub #novemberbookclubpick #fantasybookclub #cozyfantasy
🍁The book club is free & you read at your own pace. See you there! 🤗 secondsundays.substack.com
#cupofteabookclub #novemberbookclubpick #fantasybookclub #cozyfantasy
October 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
🍁☕️ Royal guard Reyna & powerful mage Kianthe want to retreat to a life of peace selling books & tea, but will the world let them?
🍁The book club is free & you read at your own pace. See you there! 🤗 secondsundays.substack.com
#cupofteabookclub #novemberbookclubpick #fantasybookclub #cozyfantasy
🍁The book club is free & you read at your own pace. See you there! 🤗 secondsundays.substack.com
#cupofteabookclub #novemberbookclubpick #fantasybookclub #cozyfantasy
Inktober/Drawtober 2025 book dragon 2 - The Nightmare Before Christmas for Inktober prompt "skeletal".
#inktober2025 #inktoberskeletal #thenightmarebeforechristmas #bookdragon #dragonart
#inktober2025 #inktoberskeletal #thenightmarebeforechristmas #bookdragon #dragonart
October 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Inktober/Drawtober 2025 book dragon 2 - The Nightmare Before Christmas for Inktober prompt "skeletal".
#inktober2025 #inktoberskeletal #thenightmarebeforechristmas #bookdragon #dragonart
#inktober2025 #inktoberskeletal #thenightmarebeforechristmas #bookdragon #dragonart
We start reading on the 1st!
🍁☕️ Royal guard Reyna & powerful mage Kianthe want to retreat to a life of peace selling books & tea, but will the world let them?
🍁The book club is free & you read at your own pace. See you there! 🤗 secondsundays.substack.com
#cupofteabookclub #novemberbookclubpick #fantasybookclub #cozyfantasy
🍁The book club is free & you read at your own pace. See you there! 🤗 secondsundays.substack.com
#cupofteabookclub #novemberbookclubpick #fantasybookclub #cozyfantasy
October 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We start reading on the 1st!
in case you missed it!
October 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
in case you missed it!
🍁☕️ Royal guard Reyna & powerful mage Kianthe want to retreat to a life of peace selling books & tea, but will the world let them?
🍁The book club is free & you read at your own pace. See you there! 🤗 secondsundays.substack.com
#cupofteabookclub #novemberbookclubpick #fantasybookclub #cozyfantasy
🍁The book club is free & you read at your own pace. See you there! 🤗 secondsundays.substack.com
#cupofteabookclub #novemberbookclubpick #fantasybookclub #cozyfantasy
October 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🍁☕️ Royal guard Reyna & powerful mage Kianthe want to retreat to a life of peace selling books & tea, but will the world let them?
🍁The book club is free & you read at your own pace. See you there! 🤗 secondsundays.substack.com
#cupofteabookclub #novemberbookclubpick #fantasybookclub #cozyfantasy
🍁The book club is free & you read at your own pace. See you there! 🤗 secondsundays.substack.com
#cupofteabookclub #novemberbookclubpick #fantasybookclub #cozyfantasy
Prepped a new journal page! The Cup of Tea Book Club is reading The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean this month. The discussion chat is always open so it's never too late to subscribe and join us if you like. 🤗
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#bookjournal #fantasybookclub #thebookeaters
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#bookjournal #fantasybookclub #thebookeaters
October 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Prepped a new journal page! The Cup of Tea Book Club is reading The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean this month. The discussion chat is always open so it's never too late to subscribe and join us if you like. 🤗
open.substack.com/pub/secondsu...
#bookjournal #fantasybookclub #thebookeaters
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#bookjournal #fantasybookclub #thebookeaters
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#BannedBooksWeek is the perfect time to add a challenged book (or two) to your shelf. We’re partnering with @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social to offer you 20% off select challenged titles from now until October 19: bookshop.org/info/banned-...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#BannedBooksWeek is the perfect time to add a challenged book (or two) to your shelf. We’re partnering with @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social to offer you 20% off select challenged titles from now until October 19: bookshop.org/info/banned-...
🎃 The new book blog is up! 📚
#bookblog #bookreviews #fantasybooks #sffbooks
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#bookblog #bookreviews #fantasybooks #sffbooks
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🎃☕ A Cup of Tea - October 2025 📚🎃
the bookish blog
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October 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🎃 The new book blog is up! 📚
#bookblog #bookreviews #fantasybooks #sffbooks
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#bookblog #bookreviews #fantasybooks #sffbooks
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Inktober/Drawtober 2025 book dragon 1 - Hocus Pocus for the Drawtober prompt Candlelit Messenger
#inktober2025 #drawtober2025 #bookdragons #dragonart #hocuspocus
#inktober2025 #drawtober2025 #bookdragons #dragonart #hocuspocus
October 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Inktober/Drawtober 2025 book dragon 1 - Hocus Pocus for the Drawtober prompt Candlelit Messenger
#inktober2025 #drawtober2025 #bookdragons #dragonart #hocuspocus
#inktober2025 #drawtober2025 #bookdragons #dragonart #hocuspocus
October 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
September 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Book dragon commissions are open! Visit my Ko-Fi for details 🤗
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#bookdragon #dragonart #bookishart #booknerd
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#bookdragon #dragonart #bookishart #booknerd
August 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Book dragon commissions are open! Visit my Ko-Fi for details 🤗
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#bookdragon #dragonart #bookishart #booknerd
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#bookdragon #dragonart #bookishart #booknerd
We start reading on thec1st! Be sure to subscribe (it's free!) if you'd like to join the book club discussion. 🤗
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September 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We start reading on thec1st! Be sure to subscribe (it's free!) if you'd like to join the book club discussion. 🤗
secondsundays.substack.com
secondsundays.substack.com