#and my kindle unlimited free trial

[artificial-condition]

About to start book three ❤️ 💕💖❣️💞🫀💚💛💙

[revvethasmythh]

finally got a physical copy of tevinter nights and oh my god it's so much easier to read it than an ebook version, i might actually finish it soon

[floralovebot]

[ezi0]

Speaking of reading books I recently finished two bangers one of which was the fisherman I had such a good time with that one fr

[messfc]

do i raise my goal yes or no

[makethemmilky]

You write novels and novellas? Where can I read/buy them? Apologies if it's mentioned on your desktop page, I exclusively use Tumblr on mobile

Yes indeedy! You can find them for sale on Amazon. If you don't want to buy them outright--and I get it, putting porn on a debit card feels weird--you can also sign up for a free trial of their Kindle Unlimited program and ready pretty much anything (including all of my stuff).

Here is my only full-length novel (so far):

And here is my collection of novellas under the "Crescente Corporation" series:

If you would rather read one of those individually to see if you like the vibe, here they are individual parts:

And finally, here is my most recent novella, which is a standalone lactation/breast expansion only tale:

[goldkirk]

My five happy things for today

• the dog napping with me while I play a video game

• this free trial of Kindle Unlimited that I am determined to milk for all its worth before it’s over

• face moisturizer

• made a little more progress with yoga again

• reading while doing exercise

[doll-poetry]

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[etchingsandepitaphs]

INDEPENDENT AUTHORS

I'm doing something (I'll explain it in detail in another post) that involves me reading as many self-published/independently published (meaning through publishing houses not affiliated with The Big Five) as I can in one week.

I'm focusing on books that are on Kindle Unlimited for now, because I can get a month-long free trial but the authors still get paid royalties, and I loveee the idea of effectively stealing money from Amazon. However, please drop the title below even if it's not, because I am going to do my best to read some that aren't on there in the future.

But if you are an indie author, and your book is on Kindle Unlimited, I want to read it for a content series I'm doing next week!! Please let me know the title and your name, and any potential trigger warnings if you can :)

We support independent authors and creators on this page please and thank you <3

[nuttyspacecactus]

So these are Paranormal MM Romance Urban Fantasy books by Fel Fern. I think someone must have recommended Venom because this isn't something I read normally. I don't care for romance and the covers are actually a turn off in many ways.

The dudes on the cover are bear shape shifters I mean get rid of the abs and add some body hair. It makes no sense to me how realistic the models are, but the characters in the book do have abs(maybe no body hair either). I mean I find a spectrum of guys attractive, but not gonna be sexually interested in them unless there is a connection. Demisexual issues...

I believe Fel is a woman and I can tell that by the first book. Venom is in the first and he isn't how most gay dudes would write him. Venom is a hot bear shifter that should be coming off Daddy AF. This means he is a stocky build with thick muscular arms and chest, plenty of body hair, and a belly. I don't see most gay dudes getting off on the character and I may be taking the bear too literally... Come on though... A gay bear shifter.

I dove headfirst into the first book, instantly devoured the second, and now I am starting on the third. They are pretty good despite my hang ups. There isn't much sickly romance and the sex is at a minimum; therefore, it works for me as well as the story being interesting. The first one reminds me of Twilight in some ways that most probably wouldn't understand... My mind is weird and makes connections when most people are like WTF.

There is one aspect of some of the characters that is weird AF and it's covered more in the final chapters. I mean I was laughing at the end of the first book because of the ridiculousness. Now I have gotten used to it and just gloss over it. I still think it's stupid AF, but it works for this fictional world where more people are gay than straight.

I have a free trial period of Kindle Unlimited, so I didn't have to pay for any of the books. The stories are good though in my opinion. I will be stopping at the third book, so I can move on to other stuff I want to dive into. These books have made me realize that I actually enjoy paranormal fiction. I knew I did because I read a few Sookie Stackhouse books and Soulless by Gail Carriger. I just didn't understand till now the extent that I enjoyed these books.

I feel like I enjoy books set in this world with magic and mystery. It gives me hope that beyond the shadows is something more than just going to work everyday for someone else. Hope that our world isn't this sterilized husk of its former self that has lost all of its magic. I do enjoy technology, but I feel like it isn't all good. My dream would be to have a Jupiter sized Earth that has magic, steampunk, Victorian era, and such. More of a utopia in some ways that people are loved and accepted.

[ghoulishbuck]

This post is for those who want to know places to get books or where I personally get mine. If you would like to add places please leave them in the comments.

Ways I acquire books:

•Libby- this is an app that connects with your library card(s). 90% of what I read I loan from my library using this as audiobooks and ebooks at times are easier for me to use.

•Kindle Unlimited- I own an old fire tablet that I just got two months of kindle unlimited for free on but personally I won’t continue it after it ends because I have a hard time with ebooks.

•Amazon- I rarely buy things on here now but they do often have a lot of books on sale. I do also browse for deals on ebooks and have gotten a plethora of ones I’m interested in for free.

•Secondhand stores- most of my collection comes from secondhand/ thrift stores. I very rarely buy a book from chain stores or for full price. This also includes antique stores.

•PangoBooks- 98% of the time if I want to buy a specific book I’ll look for it here before I look elsewhere. They also at times do give out coupons like spend $20 get $5 off.

•NetGalley- every now and then I’ll request digital arcs (ebooks and audiobooks that aren’t released yet). As long as you read the books you request and review them (or state you DNF’ed and why) on the site and keep your ratio at least at 80% of all accepted request reviewed you’re golden. But, having another place where you talk and review books does increase your chances. Personally, I have my Goodreads and Instagram account linked to help even though I haven’t touched my Instagram account in awhile.

•Library- I’ve barely checked out any books in person since I got my library card but that’s purely because I’m really trying to read my physical tbr and stay away from adding more to it.

•Gifts- if people ask me what I want for something for example my 21st birthday which is a few months away I’ll either say a certain book, an author, or a gift card to someplace that sells books. Sometimes I’ll say other things depending on the person. Now that doesn’t mean I’m expecting a bunch of books especially new ones in fact when I gave someone a list of books and author names I only gave them things that I thought they could easily find in a thrift store and always remind them that it’s not a list of things that needs to be completely bought but more of a scavenger hunt that they can end at anytime.

•Audible- for awhile I had a subscription mostly due to multiple free trials and it not cancelling even after I cancelled… Anyways, I prefer using Libby.

•Half Price Books- this is both a secondhand store and not. A good chunk of my books have come from here although these days this is mostly only my go to when I’m near one, when I don’t have time for a thrift store (I will look at nearly the entire place), or when I’m hoping to find certain more popular books.

•Barnes & Nobles- I very rarely went to Barnes even when I lived near one but every now and then I would buy some books from there. I do wish I could be near one when they do their 50% off hardcover sale they usually do on the 26th of December.

•Giveaways- I’ve won quite a few e-book giveaways on Goodreads. Personally, I’ve only won one physical giveaway and never received it. Which is pretty 50/50 when it’s the publisher doing the giveaway from what I understand.

•Dollar Tree- this is pretty hit or miss but whenever I go I make sure to check out their book section because they do sometimes have books I am interested in.

•Target- their price on books especially viz manga always gets me. Along with the deals they do every now and then like buy one get one 50% off or buy two get one free.

•Walmart- they also have about the same pricing for books as Target does but the only extra deal they do is for books they put on clearance which they put in cardboard bins.

•Book Outlet- discounted books that are pretty cheap although condition can vary. Not like extremely bad but like I have gotten a book with a small rip in the cover, the cover smushed on the top and bottom of the spine and a broken spine on a hardcover. I just think it’s better to know what the condition could be be before going into it. As long as your fine with the chance of getting that I highly recommend it. They are currently doing a fiction books sale right now where their only $5.99 and everything else is 20% off. Just dropping my referral link below if you use it you get $5 off of a $25 or higher order.

•Rightstuf (rip now is under Crunchyroll)- they had some great deals on manga, graphic novels, anime figures, and anime. I sadly didn’t take part in the birthday sale even though I really wanted to but I did make one or two purchases from them and had a good experience.

•Book of the Month- I’ve been getting books from them for just about to be a year and one month. I personally have really enjoyed it but I also will read anything that interest me and usually even if I don’t care for the months picks after watching people react to them and talk about them I want to pick up at least one of them. Book of the Month referral below.

•Aardvark- I got this one month with the discount code they always have where you get your first book for $4. There’s been a few books I wanted that they have but it’s been too rare for me.

Other ways that I haven’t yet done:

•Library sales- every now and then libraries will sell the books they no longer plan to keep in circulation and the profits go directly to the library.

•Little Free Libraries- these are strictly take a book leave a book deals. Most of these are run by a book lover who just wants to make books more accessible to people but they have to take the money out of their own pocket to keep it filled.

•Asking Publishers for physical arcs- this is the one I’m most anxious about and know the least about. From what I heard you have better chances of getting accepted for physical arcs if you have a big following. And it’s better to wait until you have had a book blog be somewhat regularly active (every week or two minimum) for six months. After that point you have to send an email to the publisher specifically asking for a certain physical arc(s), link your blog, make it professional sounding and just cross your fingers.

•Independent bookstore- I live in the middle of nowhere so the closest one to me is over two hours away (this is actually the closest bookstore period) and it’s also pretty much in the middle of nowhere. I just have a hard time paying full price so even though I love browsing through a bookstore the drive just for the bookstore that’s full price isn’t worth it.

•ThriftBooks- I like to know the condition I’m buying books in so I’ve never bought something from here as new could actually mean good condition depending on the person.

•SciFier- this is what a lot of people especially in the UK use especially for manga. It’s like a Rightstuff but from what I’ve seen better.

•eBay- I feel more comfortable with Pango’s system of just incase the seller screw’s you over than with eBay’s so I’ve never bought anything from here.

•Facebook Marketplace- I don’t have Facebook so I’ve never used this but I have seen some good deals.

•Garage/Yard/Estate Sales- I haven’t been to any of these in quite some time but when I did go things were quite cheap because they just wanted to get rid of things.

•Illumicrate- special edition book subscription service

•Fairyloot- special edition book subscription service

•Owlcrate- special edition book subscription service

•Broken binding- special edition book subscription service

•Forbidden planet- Manga, books, comics and figures store

•Indigo- Canada’s verison of Barnes & Nobles

[darksouls2yuri]

i used kindle unlimited free trial last summer solely to read bigfoot horror books my bigfoot newsletter was reccomending and it was awesome but also really sad that these are small authors (and most are thru one very niche publisher) and their books are only available thru amazon

[failfemme]

4 and 17 for books!

4. Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?

there are two that i read for the first time this year and then proceeded to read A Lot of!!

the first is grady hendrix, who i’d been recommended frequently and just never got around to reading. i think reading him made me realize that i have been a horror fan all along without knowing it! i thought i was just randomly particular about which sff i read but it turns out the “factor x” i was looking for in books was actually just horror all along. (my fave so far has been How to Sell a Haunted House)

the second is charlie adhara, who writes the gay werewolf books i can’t shut up about. i encourage everyone to get a free trial of kindle unlimited and devour them. her characters and their interactions are just so juicy. no more shame in liking cringe smutty selfpub/small press. recommending the Big Bad Wolf series wholeheartedly now 💖

17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

i really didn’t know what to expect going into Camp Damascus bc i’d only ever read chuck tingle’s pounded in the butt ouvre, but it was delightful!! (also surprised bc my religious trauma makes me So Particular about representations of christianity and homophobia- in a “does this ring true?” way, not in a trigger avoiding way)

i finally got around to reading lev grossman’s The Magicians, which also surprised me bc i have, like, a grudge against stories that could be described as, “white man repeatedly punched in the nuts by the world and also the consequences of his own actions.” tbh still can’t articulate why i liked it other than “we love an oblivious bisexual!!!!”

[softertoday]

i downloaded the kindle app on my laptop, and my mom gave me her old e-reader, so i downloaded a few books i want to read. a couple of them are about autism, one is Eating Disorders Don't Discriminate, 2 by Kafka (i have them in paperback but i thought this would be easier), and a couple other classics like The Bell Jar, Dead Poets Society, and The Virgin Suicides. the last 3 are borrowed with my free trial of kindle unlimited and I already cancelled the subscription because i don't have the money to pay for it, so by the time my trial ends i probably wont have read any of them. but i started reading one of the autism books, Unmasking Autism, and so far its really good and informative, i'm only on chapter 2, but i like it.

i've always struggled to read. i can get through a couple pages and on a good day, maybe a of couple chapters. but then i get distracted and struggle to go back to the book.

i'm hoping having these books on a digital platform will help me read more. we'll see, i guess.

[draftmare]

I have completely neglected to update my current reading situation. I ended up blazing through Crave by Tracey Wolff probably the fastest of any book I have read in recent years. I use to be a super fast reader as a kid/teenager, but as an adult it can sometimes take me 6 months to finish a book. I think I finished this one in 2 weeks? Somewhere around there. It wasn’t that it was even that in-depth or anything, I just was really in need of a vampire romance apparently.

The only reason I even picked up this book was because it was suggested to me via Kindle Unlimited, which I currently have a free trial on thanks to getting a new Kindle for my birthday in August (after putting my old Kindle through the washing machine. That will teach me to not properly put it away before I fall asleep in bed). It is actually a series, I think there are 3 or 4 more books, with more on the way…. The smart thing to do would be to either a) keep going with this series or b) go back and start on book 2 of the Eragon series, Eldest. What am I doing instead? Starting yet another first book in a series, this time Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. It’s…okay…. So far I am not sure I am buying into all the hype I saw on FB, but I am only 5-6 chapters in, so I am willing to continue to give it a try. My plan is to finish this book, then probably circle back to Eldest, which is a super hefty tome, then, if I still have time left on my Kindle Unlimited trial I might pick up the second book in the Crave series. I am not going to hold my breathe on that one though. If I don’t make that I have A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas also waiting for me, another FB book ad inspired purchase.

[agypsysrose]

I just wanted to share a personal milestone with everyone! I started writing it about 10 years old. I'm so happy to announce that I finally finished and published my first novel!

Trials of Lost World: Book One is the first in series of seven, potentially more. It is more or less an introductory piece for a much larger world. It is a New Adult soft sci-fi novel featuring a late twenty-somethings reluctant hero. It is light on "spice", and does leave off on a bit of a cliffhanger.

I don't know if Tumblr is where most come for their book recommendations. However, if it sounds like something you would be interest in, it is available on Amazon as an ebook with Kindle Unlimited and paperback format!