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📚 what’s better than book mail?

nothing. literally nothing. not even therapy. anyways here’s what just arrived and why i’m emotionally vibrating: 📦 my newest babies: – Bespelled by Laura Thalassa – Bewitched by Laura Thalassa – Filthy Rich Vampires 1 & 2 by Geneva Lee (filthy. rich. vampires. say less.) – First Time Caller by B.K. Borison (small town romance + radio? i’m in.) – Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco (villain-coded prince? probably.) – Throne of Secrets by Kerri Maniscalco (same kingdom. more secrets.) – Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft (will this hurt me in a lyrical way? i hope so.) – Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (Mo Dao Zu Shi) — yes. that one. the one that devours you. – Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (soft magic and boys in capes) – Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones – House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones (i needed the full chaos trilogy okay) ✨ do i plan to read them all at once? emotionally: yes logistically: absolutely not but spiraling begins tonight.

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✨ What’s been your most-read genre so far this year?

Mine is giving emotionally feral but alphabetized:

💗 Romance — 8 books 🌙 Fantasy — 7 books 🖼 Graphic Novels — 2 🚀 Sci-Fi — 1 📖 YA — 1

Clearly I’m letting fictional men ruin me gently in multiple genres.

Drop yours below— What genre is dominating your TBR so far? 👀 Are you surprised? Or did your annotated spiral soul see it coming?

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me: “just one chapter before bed” also me at 2:07AM with coffee in a mug I swore I wasn’t gonna use tonight

✨ Update from the soft chaos that is Velvet Reads HQ (aka: my blanket, my annotated romance, and my Bichon staring in silent judgment) ✨ I told myself I’d read just one more chapter. I said I’d be in bed by midnight. I PROMISED I wouldn’t spiral. …cut to 2:07 AM: I'm whisper-yelling at fictional men while sipping emergency coffee and clutching a throw pillow like it’s emotional life support. This month’s TBR is already wrecking me (and we’re only a few days in 😭). Starting strong with Flawless and that cowboy hat rule—if you know, you know. Also lining up Hopeless, Out on a Limb, When in Rome, and To Say Nothing of the Dog (because I like to suffer across genres). Drop what you're reading below or tell me your current favorite trope. I need to know who else is spiraling with me 🫶

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✨ 1:17AM check-in ✨

said “just one more chapter” made a coffee it’s 1am i am 47 tabs deep in emotional tension the main character is spiraling and so am i the coffee’s cold the dog’s judging me the highlighter is running out i should sleep. i won’t.

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Book Club In a Strawberry Patch

Join the Velvet Reads Book Club on Fable! Current read: King of Envy Expect: feelings, betrayal, pink rage https://fable.co/club/the-strawberry-court-with-velvet-217421720745

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oh we’re living in my kind of dystopia now insert £5.00 to receive emotional damage in paperback brb going to Westfield White City to cry in front of a machine like it’s a pilgrimage

a book vending machine (x)

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Top image: Me at the start of the month, acting like I’ve got a reading plan. Bottom image: Me 3 hours later, staring at the stack like it personally wronged me. Bonus round: choosing a 400-page romantasy when I said I’d read short books this week

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ohhh you’re in for so much... the ✨ men ✨ in this series??? morally grey. emotionally repressed. soft for one girl only. it starts with thorns, but by book 2 you’re crying over wings and trauma bonding

#acotar #a court of thorns and roses #sarah j maas #romantasy #booklr #velvet reads #fae men and feelings #soft chaos #this series ruined me

Finally starting this series.

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Me in a bookstore: ❌ looking for one book ✅ leaving with emotional baggage, four paperbacks, and the illusion of self-control bonus points if I dramatically whisper “you’re coming home with me” in a gremlin voice, to a morally grey man on the cover.

a solid visual representation of me in a bookstore

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I am once again falling for a fictional man who wears black, drinks coffee, and stares like that. They said it was fake dating. My heart said: try again. She’s sunshine. He’s stormclouds. I’m in pain.

Olive and Adam from The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, for Illumicrate Afterlight

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💗 Pick a Trope, I’ll Match a Book

What’s your emotional poison? 💔 Enemies to Lovers 🐇 Found Family 🌸 Forbidden Magic 🔥 Morally Grey Only-Soft-for-You 🩰 Fake Dating Chaos Drop your pick in my ask box and I’ll send you a rec that hurts just right 💌

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My Current TBR (a.k.a. My Pink Pile of Doom)

I probably won’t finish all of these but here’s what’s haunting me for May : Flawless By Elisie Silver Hopless by Elisie Silver When In Rome by Sarah Adams The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore By Laurie Gilmore Wild Love by Elisie Silver King of Envy by Ana Huang Let’s be real, I’ll read one of these and then cry about fan art instead. What’s haunting your shelf this month?

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Mood: Velvet Reads Core

Reading under moonlight with a bunny plush and a fake dating plot. Bonus points if the man has a tragic backstory and a sharp jawline.

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📚 Rules of the Library (Velvet Edition)

Welcome to the Velvet Reads Library! Please observe the following soft but serious rules 💌

🌸 1. Be Kind or Be Quiet No discourse. No drama. Just vibes, books, and emotional damage (from fiction only).

🩷 2. All Readers Welcome Whether you love fluff, spice, tragic fae boys, or morally gray men who only open up for one person—you belong here. 🧁 3. Face-Free Zone This is a faceless book burrow. Please don’t ask for personal pics or details—just join me in screaming about fictional men instead. 🔥 4. Spoiler Warnings Required Tag spoilers or use “Spoiler's Ahead.” I want to cry, but on my own schedule. 💬 5. Ask Box Is Always Open Recs, unhinged opinions, bunny facts, or emotional rants? Slide in. I may answer in chaos, but it’ll be pink chaos. That’s it! Enjoy your stay. Take a bookmark. Leave a little heartbreak behind.

TLDR: be kind, tag spoilers, don’t ask for my face, and scream about books with me 🐇

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🐇 Welcome to Velvet Reads

This is your invitation to a library tucked under pink petals and heartbreak. I’m Velvet (or Bun), and this blog is for the slowburn lovers, soft girls with rage in their ribcage, and anyone who reads to feel ruined just a little bit. Expect: 🩷 faceless chaos 📚 romantic fantasy and morally grey men 🍓 tropes I’d trade my soul for 💌 unhinged but correct book opinions Drop into my ask box anytime. This is a cozy rebellion.