Haley

🩷 Meet the Bookstagrammer 🩷 🩷 Probably Challenge 🩷 I thought I'd show my face and do an update! For those who don't know me, I'm Haley and like my username suggests, I will read almost anything. I'm 30 years old, live in BC Canada, and teach 7th grade. I went to school for English Lit but my favourite subjects to teach are actually Art and Science. I am an INFJ, an October Libra, and an eldest sister. If you need me, I'm probably hanging out with my husband and dog, reading a book with a baseball game playing in the background while eating a sweet treat. So happy you're here! 🩷🩷🩷 ❓️Do we have anything in common? Let me know in the comments! #meetthebookstagrammer #aboutme #probablychallenge #improbably #favouritethings

Things I suck at on bookstagram . . . and I will not be apologizing for ✌️💕 I started bookstagram to have a safe space to yap about my favourite books during a time when I was dealing with a lot of health issues. I am inspired daily by creativity I see on this app and have added an unreadable amount of books to my TBR. There are so many amazing people I have connected with! That being said....I suck at understanding the algorithm and keeping up with all the things. So welcome to my little corner of booksta where I am just doing my thing 🤍 so glad that you're here! ❓️What is something you love about booksta? ❓️ Give a shout out to a bookstagrammer who inspires you! ❓️ What is something you wish you were better at? #thingsisuckat #booklover #readersofinstagram #alwaysreading #bookshelf

🤍 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝑪𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝑺𝒐 𝑭𝒂𝒓 🤍 Three months into our teacher-dominated book club, 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔, and we are going strong. You can tell we are all teachers when we get this excited about stickers, duotangs, and Canva posters 😅 Recently, we read 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒎𝒃 𝒃𝒚 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒚 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒆 and I really enjoyed it! We were pretty split, and I totally understand why it's not for everyone. Body horror, cannibalism, and disturbing imagery, this book mixes themes of childhood innocence, sacrifice, morality, and family in a haunting way. I listened to the audio and it took a while to get used to, but I eventually couldn't stop listening! A short read I would recommend if you like horror and heavy themes. Our first two reads were Not Quite Dead Yet and My Husband's Wife. No real losers for me yet! Our next read is Mile High by Liz Tomforde and I am excited for a change of pace. ❓️Do you listen to audio? If so, what speed? Any fave narrators? ❓️ How was your weekend?? Do anything fun? ❓️PT: The lamb was _____________. #thelamb #lucyrose #horrornovel #bookclubs #alwaysreading

☁️ 𝙷𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙿𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚊 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚗 ☁️ 𝙰𝚁𝙲 𝚁𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 - Pub date May 14 ☁️ Thank you @simonschusterca for the ARC in exchange for an honest review! A young video game developer, a drug smuggling sailor, a climate scientist, an AI robot, and a fictional space captain - five stories connect over five centuries in unexpected ways as each searches for purpose. Things I appreciated about it: ☁️ Complex and thought-provoking themes ☁️ A focus on human connection and the power of story ☁️ Original storytelling that made each POV unique ☁️ Video game interludes ☁️ That it left room for questions and wondering Things I didn't love about it: ☁️ POVs were hard for me to shift between as they were all written so differently ☁️ Most characters were under-developed ☁️ The slow start made me want to DNF (but I'm glad I stuck it out) ☁️ It could've been longer. I really felt like it was trying to do a lot in under 300 pages and could've been so much more developed This one was a challenging but unique read. I didn't LOVE it but I'll be thinking about it for a while! ❓️If a company started selling tickets to colonize a new planet, would you take a chance, or stick it out on earth? ❓️ What was the last book you finished and what did you rate it? #homebound #arcreader #arcbooks #sciencefiction #scifi

♣️♦️ Wyatt by Jessica Peterson ♥️♠️ Soooo I originally bought this series because my husband's name is Wyatt 🩵 It felt like I was meant to read it. Also...steamy cowboy romance series with five brothers? Say less. While Cash was tall, grumpy, and classic cowboy, Wyatt is more of the bad boy type - scruffy beard, tattoos, poker skills, and playboy tendencies included. I can tell you that MY Wyatt didn't love hearing me gush about these imaginary ranchers 😅 he'd be like "How's your book?" And I would be like "He's in CHAPS!!!" "Look what they're doing with lassos!!!" 😂 I liked this one a lot! Honestly thought Cash Rivers was the pinnacle and didn't know how it would get better, but it does. Wyatt's story was a bit less cheesy than Cash's, which I appreciated. I also LOVE a blonde MMC and mutual pining. The nickname thing grated on my a bit by the end but loved the romance, so overall enjoyed. ❓️ Do you know how to ride horses? Or have you ever tried riding them? ❓️ Do you have a good poker face? #cowboyromance #luckyriverranch #wyattrivers #romancereader #romanceseries

🌈 ⓜⓨ ⓛⓘⓕⓔ ⓘⓝ ⓒⓞⓛⓞⓤⓡⓢ 🌈 swipe to see my rainbow>> Love seeing this trend so I thought I'd do my own version. ❓️ What's your favourite colour? ❓️ What colours are prominent in your life? (it was hard for me to find colours other than green and blue) ❓️ What are you looking forward to this week? #lifeincolors #lifeincolor #bookish #mylifeinpictures #readersofinstagram

🔺️ March & April Ranking 🔺️ because we're a tad behind over here 😅 I read 15 books in the last 2 months, which is just over my goal of 6 per month. I am so happy that I read across genres and also had no DNFs or books I really didn't like. It was fun to do this ranking, but even the ones at the bottom of the pyramid were enjoyable in their own way! My number one is CONSUMING my thoughts and I am currently devouring the sequel. How has your reading been? Any standouts? Any flops? Any series you're loving? Any books you're looking forward to? Happy Friday & happy May! ❤️ #readingwrapup #readingwrapped #springreading #alwaysreading #readersofinstagram

National Poetry Month 🫶🏻 Stacked stories flow line by line 📚✨ There’s something kind of magical about how a poem can come together like a quiet conversation, one title finishing what the last one started. This National Poetry Month, get creative with your shelves and let your imaginations do the rest. Here's my attempt: 𝑰𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝑶𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝑻𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍, 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅. 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒅 - 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. Check out my @novelbesties_collabsandbeyond poems as well! 📝 @readingwithasideoflife ✨ @dima_does_life ✍️ @twinsandtropes ✨ @melissa.moodreads ✍️ @chapterfiftywithanne 📝 @blush_bookworms QOTD: Do you read poetry? Write poetry? If not - music totally counts! Who is your favourite singer or band? Want to join us in our next collab? DM @novelbesties_collabsandbeyond ! We would love you to join us! #NationalPoetryMonth #SpinePoetry #Bookstagram #ReadersOfInstagram #BookPoetry

The little things (baseball, books, and slow mornings) 🤍 ❓️ What are you thankful for today? #bookish #baseballseason⚾️ #alwaysreading #booksta #readersofinstagram

As always, I am behind on the trends. Here are (some of) my character variants 🤍 Some traits I see of myself in these characters include organization, determination, curiosity, love of books, and feeling things deeply. ❓️ Do you relate to any of these characters as well? ❓️ What is your favourite trait about yourself? #mycharactervariants #soulcharacter #favoritecharacters #gettoknowme #meincharacters | Leslie Knope | Amy Santiago | Eloise Bridgerton | The Weekenders | Angela Weber | Hermione Granger | Kathleen Kelly | Rory Gilmore

🧚‍♀️ 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒃 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒉 𝒃𝒚 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒏! 🧚‍♀️ Swipe for synopsis & mood board >> I really enjoyed the world of Thistlemarsh! The beginning set a magical tone, and I loved how WWI England was reimagined after Fae had mysteriously left the human realm. The characters were likeable for the most part but I also felt some of the minor characters weren't described enough? I got snippets of them and liked them, but was left wanting to know more. Thornwood and Mouse's banter was enjoyable, and I liked the yearning between them, but again, I wish there was more!! The pacing felt off to me a bit in the story. From about 75% in, things progressed in such a rapid way that transitions were not smooth and I was left rereading pages wondering if I was missing something. I get that Mouse was under an enchantment and was confused / delirious, but I feel like as a reader some stuff should've been more clearly explained. Overall, I really liked the coziness, the setting, and the vibes! Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin Random House for this ARC in exchange for an honest review! ❓️If you could save someone you loved, but had to give up a random body part to a fairy in exchange, would you still choose to save them? If you could choose the body part, what would you trade? ❓️ Whatcha reading today?? ##bookreview #arcreview #cozyfantasy #faeries #thistlemarsh

🐎 ℂ𝕒𝕤𝕙 𝕓𝕪 𝕁𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕒 ℙ𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟 🐎 Did Instagram influence me to buy this whole series before I even read one book? Yes, yes it did. Jumping into the Lucky River Ranch now and I am enjoying it so far. I'm halfway in and oh my gosh, Cash Rivers is 🥵🥵 I had Ryder on pre-order but my shipment was delayed because it was sold out? Maybe I will have it by the time I finish these ones 😅 ❓️ Have you read this series? If so, who is your favourite brother? ❓️ Cowboy romances - yay or nay? Any recs for me? #luckyriverranch #cowboyromance #inmycowboyromanceera #romancereader #newbooks