#Book Blogger

[bookaddict24-7]

I was doing my random scroll on Booklr looking for new bookish posts to queue, and I’ve come across a few posts saying stuff along the lines of “forget reading goals and read slower so you can fully take in and understand a book”. (Not those exact words, but basically the gist of it.)

While I agree that some people definitely read for the “goal” of it, others are just…fast readers? Others are also audiobook listeners.

I’ll say what I told an ex-coworker once, after she kept making snide comments about my reading habits: it’s not a competition. We all read at our own pace and enjoy what we read in our own way.

I read at my own speed because I am voracious and I genuinely feel like I have an endless TBR that I want to read before I die. I also work at a bookstore—so I treat it like product knowledge. Just because I can read a book I’m enjoying quickly, doesn’t mean I didn’t understand it/appreciate it/internalize it. I’ve been reading this way since I was young and have always dealt with people making these comments.

We are all different, and that’s the beauty of reading!

I get that these messages are meant to be empowering and positive, especially for those who feel like they’re competing or being judged for how much or how little they read, but in some aspects, they often feel like they belittle those who read things differently than others—as if your reading habits are wrong or less valued if you don’t follow the socially acceptable way of reading a book (i.e. not devouring a book, but lingering on it.)

You can linger, highlight, comment, and breathe the book in like it’s the most delicious piece of literature you’ve ever tasted. But you can also inhale it in gulps, feast on the words, and gorge yourself on the story and still capture the meanings and importance of a story.

This is all to say that everyone should read the way they want to. Who cares if someone else is reading for a goal? Who cares if x,y, and z read so and so number of books? Who cares if someone has found joy in reading by quickly reading a book and not remembering any of it? How is that affecting you?

Your reading is valid, my reading is valid, their reading is valid. Just let people enjoy themselves and stop shaming others for not following this strange and limiting standard that haunts the reading community.

Happy reading!

[cosyreadingclub]

Hello. I’m new to booktumblr and excited to post on here 🤍

[professionalintrovert]

are you ever reading a good book and watching a good show and creating fun things and suddenly you think to yourself oh wait, life is worth living

[meltotheany]

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)by Seanan McGuire | ARC Review

Goodreads | Amazon US | B&N | Blackwell’s | Bookshop 1.) Every Heart a Doorway ★★★★★2.) Down Among the Sticks and Bones ★★★★★3.) Beneath the Sugar Sky ★★★★4.) In an Absent Dream ★★★★★5.) Come Tumbling Down ★★★6.) Across the Green Grass Fields ★★★★7.) Where the Drowned Girls Go ★★★8.) Lost in the Moment and Found ★★★★★ ARC provided by Tor – thank you so much !! ���The door wasn’t there because…

[thebookraven]

My reaction after reading Nona was to scream, “I am not okay! I am unwell!” and then proceed to have an existential crisis. I love this series so freaking much!!!

[noctem-novelle]

The Last Bookstore // Los Angeles, CA

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[jessread-s]

Thanks to @penguinrandomhouse for providing me with a finished copy in exchange for an honest review

✩🐺🪢Review:

Hazelwood’s paranormal debut is addictive and all-consuming!

Bride follows Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman, who agrees to uphold a Vampyre-Werewolf alliance by marrying Alpha Lowe Moreland after discovering that her future husband may be linked to her missing friend.

It was really fun to see Hazelwood branch out into the paranormal romance genre! I enjoyed her world-building and thought the history surrounding Vampyres, Werewolf, and human relations was very digestible.

I love how Hazelwood incorporated the mystery of Serena’s disappearance into the storyline. The breadcrumbs sprinkled throughout paired with the novel’s paranormal elements kept me fully engaged and on my toes.

While “Bride” is quintessential Ali Hazelwood with women in STEM, a big male love interest, galaxy apparel, and palpable love for cats, I think that Misery as a female protagonist ultimately sets this book apart from her contemporary romance novels. I found myself laughing out loud at Misery’s sense of humor and really admired her strength and perseverance. Despite all she goes through having been cast out from Vampyre society, she still remains inherently kind and is fiercely protective of her found family.

Lowe and Misery’s development as a couple is well-paced and her slowest burning romance yet! It takes a while for the characters to give into their attraction to each other given that they are supposed to be mortal enemies, but once they do, Hazelwood delivers on the spice! I couldn’t get enough of the caretaking while injured and “that’s my wife” moments as well as the snippets of Lowe’s internal thoughts at the beginning of each chapter!

This book ends with the potential for a sequel and I hope she’ll move forward with it full steam ahead!

Cross-posted to: Instagram | Amazon | Goodreads | StoryGraph

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— lockwood & co: the screaming staircase (2013)

[that-bookworm-guy]

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[norirosewrites]

Current read and a matcha tea latte with one of those lil vanilla scones to kick off February because it’s a holiday, damnit. 😂 Blessed Imbolc to my fellow witches!!! 🕯️🌀🔥💦

[bookaddict24-7]

“I have lots of favorites. That's the trouble with books. You can never choose your favorite. It changes depending on your mood.”

― How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry

[lavender-lemon-ade]

Agatha Christie's Poirot books in order of release

[professionalintrovert]

too old for booktok, too ugly for booktube, just dumb enough for booklr

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[skyler-reads28]

“Do it. Take what you want. I’ll hate you for it, but I’ll love you forever. I can’t help but love you. Ruin me, ruin us, and I’ll let you.”

- The Burning God, R.F. Kuang

[noctem-novelle]

I found a coffee shop that has a take-one-leave-one library!

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