#blind date with a book

[godzilla-reads]

Blind Date With a Book 👀

[figdays]

 Blind Date with a Book //  CozyPagesDepot

[sunflower-spirit]

My well-read sister started a blind-date-with-a-book shop! Each book comes beautifully decorated, with hints about the book inside. You will also recieve a bookish extra to give your reading experience a little extra magic! Let her be your literary matchmaker! 🍓🌝📚 (link!)

[feelocalist]

new books i got from the market :)

[space-crissoant]

Hey everyone! Criss here again! Just wanted to come on here and let you guys know about this super cool book that I read THAT MY FRIEND JUST WROTE AND PUBLISHED!

DO YOU LIKE ARCANE?

DO YOU LIKE THE MAZE RUNNER?

DO YOU LIKE THE HUNGER GAMES?

DO YOU LIKE DIVERGENT?

This feels like a mix of them, so YOU’LL LOVE THIS!!

I helped come up with the cover image, as well as this fancy little tidbit of her characters. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF BOTH!!

It’s about the future of humanity if they were stuck living in an underground city, which is called Madullam! If you like superheroes, dystopian novels, sibling dynamics, and a sassy lost child, you should definitely try checking this book out!

(It would make my friend super happy, too, but don’t tell her I said that)

OG TICKETS HERE

[cassecorrea]

I’m selling Blind Dates with a Book on Etsy!! Each one comes with a short description, condition label, and a free bookmark!

[valleyofthereviews]

When bookselling and arts & crafts collide

[ravendruidreads]

A Deadly Education - Review

Author: Naomi Novik Saga: The Scholomance Date Read: February 26, 2024 - February 28, 2024 Format: Physical Pages: 319

Characters: 6/10 Atmosphere: 4/10 Writing: 3/10 Plot: 7/10 Intrigue: 5/10 Logic: 5/10 Enjoyment: 7/10 Rating: 5.2/10 (3 stars)

I got this book from a blind date with a book at Barnes & Noble. The premises were "a gorgeous book about monsters and monstrousness"; "dark, dangerous school of magic"; and "unwilling dark sorceress destined to rewrite the roles".

The review is hidden below due to spoilers.

I went into this book completely blind because I didn't read anything about it other than what the blind date cover mentioned, so I wasn't expecting it to be a young adult kind of book (I thought it would be something more like Fourth Wing), which is partially why I gave it such a low writing score.

The writing felt... weird? I don't mind stories told in first person but in this case, the narrator felt like it was talking directly to me, as in breaking the fourth wall, and that didn't feel much like telling a story. I would have enjoyed this type of writing more when I was younger, so I guess I can say that the author is doing a good job at reaching their target.

Another thing I didn't like about the writing was that the author broke the narrative multiple times to explain details that, in my opinion, were not necessary, making it hard to keep up with the story. A lot of those explanations were also very confusing, which is also why Atmosphere has such a low score. I had trouble visualizing because the descriptions were often confusing.

The characters are fine. They are what they are: common teenagers with relatable issues (like being an outcast). Orion is the typical teenage boy that has no clue how to talk to girls, so he accidentally starts dating El without even asking or telling her his feelings until the very end. Not gonna lie, that made me chuckle a little. They are kind of cute together and remind me when I was a teen (except I was the Orion in the situation-as in not knowing how to talk to boys).

The plot is what saved the book, in my opinion. I liked the idea that the school is always moving and trying to kill its students. It gave me a little big of Hogwarts vibes.

Something else that confused me at first was the fact that this is a fantasy book set in our world. I was taken aback when I first read the mention of New York and other cities because I wasn't expecting it to happen in our world. However, I did enjoy the diversity and the importance the author gave to languages. If it wasn't for the fact that the school is trying to kill its students on a daily(nay-hourly)-basis, I would have loved to attend it just for the language learning part.

All in all, it was a fun book to read and I'm excited to see what happens next. El's mom's letter brings in the perfect cliff hanger for book two.

Quotes that stayed:

I love having existential crises at bedtime, it's so restful.

I think that after a certain number of evil choices, it's reasonable shorthand to decide that someone's an evil person who oughtn't have the chance to make any more choices. And the more power someone has, the less slack they ought to be given.

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https://mischiefravenbooks.etsy.com

[theinquisitxor]

Myself and the student library board is hosting a Blind Date With A Book event next week. Today I met with the students and we wrapped the books we bought and prepared for the event :)

Can you guess any of the books I selected?

[jessread-s]

✩🕵️‍♀️📚Blind Date w/ a Book:

Hi everyone! 👋😊Some of you might remember me sharing a couple of months ago that I graduated from college this year! I’m so excited to share that I recently accepted a full time English teaching position! Teaching has always been a dream job of mine and I am so excited to instill my love of reading in others. 

My aunt and cousins were nice enough to send me a “blind date with a book” in celebration of my graduation and new job and I could not have asked for a better gift ❤️ Imagine my shock when I opened it and discovered that it was a Julie Garwood book. Julie Garwood means a great deal to me for a number of reasons. Her books fostered my love for the romance genre and historical romance sub-genre. She also lived in the same town as my mother when she was growing up. In fact, my mother and Julie’s daughter were friends as children, which continues to blow my mind. 

I was so sad to hear of Julie’s recent passing. I will forever cherish the books she put out into this world. I feel so lucky to add “The Wedding” to my Julie Garwood collection. 

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

[lady-wallace]

New Items in Shop!

For the summer, I now have Book Blind Date sets and Stationary Mystery Bags available in my shop! 

If you are looking for a new read, or some stationary to use in scrap journaling or other crafting, check this out!

The stationary bags are available in several different themes

SHOP HERE

[fleurette-i]

Dates with books are probably the only dates i'll ever have.

[jazzieam]

I'll bet you fifty bucks this is One Last Stop

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[alwaysbeenastormx]

Bought a couple blind dates with a book and I can’t wait to get them :)