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Did it take me 1000 years to finally pick up the next book? Yes 😂

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Did I have a blast playing the games along the characters again? Yep 🙂‍↕️ (though I miss Scarlett so much and I barely see her other than her lovesick displays?? Oh well)

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Was I prepared for that plot TWIST? …🫥🫥🫥

🤓 Dedicating April to be the month I catch up on all the series I have yet to finish because your girl started a LOT of em and left it at book one 😭😂

💬 Caraval or OUABH?

I so cant wait to finish Caraval so I can start OUABH 😭😭

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~ One of my favorite ARC this year ~

📖 The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey

📆 Pub Date: 6 May 2025 (it fell on my bday pls 🥹🤭)

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The story about a triplet growing up in a tightly secured home away from the society. Vincent, Lawrence, and William only had each other, growing up in the care of Mother Morning, Mother Afternoon, and Mother night. They followed their daily schedules, taking pills to keep them from the Bug, taking lessons from the Book of Knowledge, and trying to keep to their best behaviour to not get written up in the Book of Guilt. Like all the rest of the kids that grew up in the Home, the boys longed for the day they would be invited to go to Margate, the place where all the kids dream to go to have the best fun kids can get.

Until a change in minister and a slip of tongue from a local revealed a more sinister side of why they were brought up in this way, away from the rest of the community. Suddenly secrets from the past were brought to light, Their mothers and lessons started to shook in the lies they stood and Margate didn’t sound like the dream place they grew up to believe.

As the book progress, the truth about the Homes, the government schemes supporting it, and the people involved were brought to light. Honestly going into it the first half of the book I was wrecking my brain how on earth all this is gonna tie together at the end 🤯 But the pacing and detailing that that author gave throughout the book was crazy, and honestly freaked me out a bit on how real it felt. The imagination and creativity in this book is out of the world. I’m tryna venture more out of the usual romantasy reads and this was a perfect breath of fresh air. I feel like I love and hate all the characters at the same time.

It’s a long and lengthyyyy book, but for good reasons. All the questions were answered at the end in the most satisfying way. Thank you to @penguinbooksaus and @netgalley for the early access.

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💛💙 A little last, current, next read…except there’s no next because I’m a mood reader and I know myself 🤡🤡😭 Anywayssss

💙🧡 Last read: The Prison Healer by @lynettenoni ~ MANNNNN what can I say about this book? 😭 Honestly went in blind and didn’t know what to except but I wasn’t expecting THATT 🫠🫠 When I say I was thrown soooo OFF by everything in this book. The plot twists were honestly crazyy. An awesome fantasy read and I’m so glad I finally picked this one up after it sitting on my shelf for almost a month! 🤌🤌

💛🩵 Current read: Better Than The Movies by @lynnpainterbooks ~ if you love romcoms, which I don’t usually, but scratch that for this book, you’re gonna lovee this one 😂 Honestly the romcom quotes in the beginning of each chapter PLS oh she knew what she was doing writing this book 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ not my usual style but sometimes you just need a cute blushy romance to spice things up 🤭🤭

🤡🤍 Next read: don’t ask me, it will change five times by the time I finish my current read 🙂

P.s - sneak peak at Cookie smelling my treat and getting ready to snatch 😆😆

Hope you’re having a good current read too 🫶🫶 Help me find my next read PLSSS 👇👇👇

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Okay been a hottt minute but I gotta sit down and do a proper post for this book because MANN I need a minute to let that sink INN on what I just read 😭😭

My thirdd R.F Kuang’s book (I know i’M RUNNING AS FAST AS I CAN) and every. single. ONEE of her books she always transports me to whatever time and scene her words are describing and I think that says all you need to know about the author’s writing style 🤌 She is soo goood and putting you in a scene and actually made you RELIVEE it together with the characters 🤯 Her detailing is timely and soo fitting on the scenes, and honestly so far one of the few authors that succeeded in making me shed actual tears when I’m reading.

A story about the gruesome reality of war, politics, and survival. The amount of details and research that went into this book 💛💛 and shed actual harsh history of what life is like stuck in a war. Had to close my book and touch grass so many times in between becauSE LORD HAVE MERCY ON MY HEART ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

🧡 Heard soo much abt this series and I’m so glad I finally picked it up 😭 Also saw a littleee spoilers of the next few books along the way (which is FAIR it’s been out ages) and rip guys am I gonna survive the next two books 💀💀💀

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Rin is a poor war orphan that spent her early years surviving under a family of drug traders. When an opporunity arise for her to be admitted to the country’s most prestigious military school, she saw it as an opportunity for a better life and jump in. Suddenly, the reality and ugliness of the politics and empire that she is training to protect start to reveal itself, and the gods hungry for blood calling her in.

Your sanity, your god, or your history, which one calls on you the most?

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“Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in you or the world, that one song stays the same, just like that moment. Which is pretty amazing, when you actually think about it.”

— Sarah Dessen, Just Listen

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End of week + month wrap-up 🥰 January felt like it was 32 years long and February lasted about 2 weeks 😂 despite it feeling so short, I somehow broke my book buying ban twice so 🫠🙂‍↕️

Soo many good reads for this month. And only as I’m making this I realise how much of a mood reader I am 😂😂 with the rate of me giving all the 4/5 ⭐️ to my reads. Here for the good time not for a perfect time 🤭🥹

Started a new role recently at work late last year which gave me MASSIVE anxiety because of the sensitive nature of it, but I’m starting to get the flow of it now and getting to enjoy life slightly more 🥰 hence the endless food pic with my one and only friend, my housemate 😂 (which apparently in your mid-twenties, it’s normal??? Rip social life)

Third month of the year, lezgooo 🔥💖

💬 What are some of your hopeful March reads?

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Ahhhhh she’s hereee 🥹🥹💖💖💖💖 And she’s gorgeousss 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Saw so many early reviews of this book and safe to say that I am already OBSESSED and dying to start this one 🫶 Wayy to excited when I saw the notification that it has finally arrived ❤️❤️

Almost end of the week. Hope everyone’s still surviving okay 🥰🫠

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An adorable story about a chaotic witch working in a prestigious finance role and her encouter with her frienemy, a happy-go-lucky, non-profit hero who gives little miracles with a flick of his hand. The story follows along the two as they navigate their friendship, banters, and sudden yearn for each other, while trying to find their missing magical items, all while hidding the fact that their day work is pitting themselves against each other.

This is my first book of the author and I’m so happy to have found her 🥹🫶 I don’t usually read a lot of cozy (??) fantasy because most of the time it’s a little too ‘tame’ for me 🤣🤭 At first glance this does give that cozy fantasy vibe but I really atee up the little spice and banter tucked within the coziness that made this book a perfect wind down read while still having that elements of excitement 🥰🥰

Thank you to the author for sending me the ARC for an honest review 🫶 #TheWitchofWallStreet #NetGalley

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Went back to a classic reading mood this pst week 🙂‍↕️ confession time, I havent read classics in so long since leaving school 🫠 until I went deep in booktok tryna prepare me for Katabasis release (LOL) but I am pleasantly surprise at how much I adORE the feels and writings of the texts 🫶

💛 Finished The Picture of Dorian Gray and the twists I went on with this book!! Picked it up because apparently I am Not Jessica Chen is somewhat inspired by this and ohhh boy I’m glad I picked it upp 🔥🔥

💛 Yellowface!!! My second RF Kuang book I am OBSESSED 🥹 Finished my first rfk book Babel last week and jumped straight to this one cuz I can’t get enoughh of her writing style. And I didn’t realise how much I enjoy reading history/politic/racial fic until her. Definitely venturing more on those (and Poppy War is already sitting there on my shelf waiting 😂)

🩷And mandatory close of the week, a walk on the beach and brunchie with my housemate 🤭 Hope you had a beautiful week too.

💬 Currently listening to Powerless on audiobook. What are you reading?

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~ You will be my greatest weapon ~

Kaevra Tenebris and her sister has been moving and hiding their whole lives. Kaevra never understands why she lives on a run and dreams for a quiet and peaceful life, that is until the Queen comes after her for something she doesn’t even realise is hidden dormant inside her. Suddenly realising every secrets hidden from her, she must choose to trust unlikely allies, deals with mysterious bursts of dark magic she has yet to fully understand, and her treacherous heart to figure out a way to make it out of all of this alive.

Rowanthar owed his life to the Queen after being taken under her wing from a devastating war. When he received his next assignment to hunt down a girl to stop the end of a kingdom, doubts start to appear in his head. Like how can a simple girl threaten a kingdom? Or how can crows burst out of nowhere? Or if maybe he can leave the grip of the Queen and follow his heart, wherever it might lead?

~ Remember, power should serve you, not control you. ~

This book is enchanting, fiesty, and what a gripping world it was. The tension between the main leads, and the schemes of the throne unfolds slow and perfectly. If you love magical kingdoms, dark magic, enemies to…scheming partners. Then you need to mark this book for your next read expected to be release in June. Thank you to the author for the eARC!

~ If they want me to be a weapon, they’ll regret ever forging me. ~

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~ You will be my greatest weapon ~

Kaevra Tenebris and her sister has been moving and hiding their whole lives. Kaevra never understands why she lives on a run and dreams for a quiet and peaceful life, that is until the Queen comes after her for something she doesn’t even realise is hidden dormant inside her. Suddenly realising every secrets hidden from her, she must choose to trust unlikely allies, deals with mysterious bursts of dark magic she has yet to fully understand, and her treacherous heart to figure out a way to make it out of all of this alive.

Rowanthar owed his life to the Queen after being taken under her wing from a devastating war. When he received his next assignment to hunt down a girl to stop the end of a kingdom, doubts start to appear in his head. Like how can a simple girl threaten a kingdom? Or how can crows burst out of nowhere? Or if maybe he can leave the grip of the Queen and follow his heart, wherever it might lead?

~ Remember, power should serve you, not control you. ~

This book is enchanting, fiesty, and what a gripping world it was. The tension between the main leads, and the schemes of the throne unfolds slow and perfectly. If you love magical kingdoms, dark magic, enemies to…scheming partners. Then you need to mark this book for your next read expected to be release in June. Thank you to the author for the eARC!

~ If they want me to be a weapon, they’ll regret ever forging me. ~

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Another end of week 🫶💖 Hope you guys had a lovely week.

💙 Sneak peek of my latest library tbr that I have yet to tackle 🫠🤣 never ending and I have a few more to pickup soon 🫢

📚 Current Read:

📕 Babel by @kuangrf (I know I’m taking my sweet time with this one 🥹😂)

📗 Yellowface by @kuangrf (listening to this one in my library audiobook app and so far its 🔥🔥🔥)

📘 The Witch of Wall Street by @mjetkindauthor (ARC from @netgalley 🫶 and it’s definitely interesting. A little bit of magic, a little bit of real life. Loving it)

It’s been a longg workweek 😮‍💨��‍💨 thus the lik sweet treat getaway 🤭🤭 If not for booksta, I didn’t even realise it’s Valentines’s week 😂 but I’m gonna catch up on the feeeels by binging XO Kitty HA 💖 Hope you have a goood week ahead 💖

💬 Did you do anything special for Valentines?

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What a magical storytelling Kell Woods is. I was swept into this world immediately for the whole time I was reading the book ⭐️

Lucinde spent her whole life under the roof of her wealthy family, dreaming of a life of adventure at sea. But of course not with her strict mother constant disaproval, not with her sisters sneering at her vision every chance they have, not with her broken legs, not with - Well, that is until one night she pulled a drowning man up the shore. With her love for the sea and her high-class family expectation, she is wedged between what she knows, and what she has yet to know. As secrets from the past call to her like siren, her identity and the lies that built her start to unravel in front of her eyes. After all, only a fool steals a soul from the sea once the sea has claimed it.

The roller-coaster ride you are about to embark on in this journey is a thrilling one indeed!! The way I GASP at literally every turn of the page 🫢 The love, yearning, betrayal, curiousity she brings in each one of her characters is unreal 🔥 I went in and read the book blind and it is definitely the way to goo (Didn’t even read the blurb, I just trust Kell and dive 😂 ). It has retellings of famous fairy tales, but the way the author entangles and re-explore the characters along with the plot brings fresh and unique twist to the tales we all must grow up with and love 💖

Gonna start recommending this book to everyone I know now, thank you :’) And thank you for the team at @harpercollinsaustralia @harpervoyageraus for gifting me a copy 🥰 and AHHH Happy Publication day to this bookkk in Aus 🔥🔥🔥 @kellinthewoods

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This slowburn, push and pull dynamic, rivals to lovers trope is indeed the perfect Valentine’s week read. 💖💖💖

January moved to the house her dad once shared with his mistress as she dealth with the difficult aftermath of his death, all while trying to nagivate her massive writer’s block plus the fact that her agent has been hounding her ass like mad. Next door is Gus, best-selling author, mysterious, irresistably charming Gus, who happened to be her rival in college years ago.

When a writing deal is struck and a friendship form, January wondered if maybe life is still as she imagined it, a beautiful happy ending, or as Gus would see it, a bitter disaster.

I absolutely loved the flow and writing of this book 🥹 This is my first Emily Henry book but definitely won’t be the last 🥰 The back and forth between the two leas characters, the awkward bantering, and the rawness of Gus trying to open up and January trying to keep her image of the world intact after horrible things had happened. Honestly the characters are showingg and I love the subtle playfulness and banter between the two 😭 Definitely a good read for any romance lover.

P.s ~ that ending yo, it didn’t come with a warning I wasn’t prepared

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I’ve never met someone who is so perfectly my favourite person. When i think about being with you every day, no part of me feels claustrophobic. The world looks different than I ever thought it could be, and I dont want to look for whats broken or what could go wrong. I dont want to brace myself for the worst and miss out on being with you.

🏖️ Beach Read

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In a shocking turn of events, “just one more chapter” turned into the remaining ten of the book.

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💖 Another mandatory end of work week photo dump 😂🫶

🥰 Current reads:

📕 Babel by @kuangrf

📗 Beach Read by @emilyhenrywrites

📘 Corvus Crown by @authorlcb (ARC)

I know 🫠 Girlie can’t choose and stick to one book at any time 😂

And finished 2 short reads which i equally loveddd and read in one sitting because of how much i enjoyed them 🥰😍 def 4-5⭐️ for bothh

📙 Six Scorched Roses by @carissabroadbentbooks

📒 The Housemaid’s Wedding by @fmcfaddenauthor