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This past weekend I celebrated my 34th birthday! It’s been a great year full of highs and lows and I’m so happy to be around for another.
I haven’t been as active this summer and honestly it feels so nice. I’ve needed it! It’s been 8 years on this crazy app and while it has its moments, I still love showing up because I am so passionate about sharing my reads and engaging with so many beautiful people here!
Here are 34 books that I love to get to know me and my reading tastes a little better!
1. Red Rising
2. A River Enchanted
3. What the Wind Knows
4. An Ember in the Ashes
5. Drinker of Ink
6. People We Meet on Vacation
7. The Good Part
8. Double or Nothing
9. A Convenient Fiction
10. A Place For Us
11. The Stationery Shop
12. Will of the Many
13. Daughter of the Moon Goddess
14. Just for the Summer
15. Blackmoore
16. Where the Lemon Trees Grow
17. Daughter of the Forest
18. The Sword of Kaigen
19. The Way of Kings
20. The Shadow of What was Lost
21. Fireborne
22. One Dark Window
23. The Girl With The Louding Voice
24. The Nightingale
25. The Lovely War
26. American Gauntlet
27. Lightbringer
28. The Bear and the Nightingale
29. The Winter Sea
30. I Must Betray You
31. Adjacent but Only Just
32. Summer Romance
33. What Happened to the McCrays
34. The Lost Queen
Do we have any in common?! I’d love to know!
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Do we have any book taste in common?
I’ve been book influencing for almost 9 years and my taste in books is very far reaching across several genres. Im always willing to try something new and I love seeing value in all kinds of stories: I’m convinced that’s why I’ve never had a reading slump.
I review books weekly, my dms are always open and I’m here for a good non serious time! Come stay a while and let’s chat about the good stuff. ❤️
✨Let’s celebrate AAPI month with some amazing stories!✨
All of these I have read and recommend and have full reviews for on my page!
PLEASE tell me your favorite fantasy book from an Asian author because they usually end up being my favorites. ❤️
All of these have varying levels of emotional destruction. And I will have a part two coming ❤️
#aapibooks #aapifantasy #readasianauthors #booksirecommend #favoriteasianfantasybooks
⚔️BOOK REVIEW⚔️
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews
My first portal fantasy was a hit! I really enjoyed this story: it felt like a standout from all the romantasy I have been consuming this year. It was a breath of fresh air and I very much enjoyed these characters. My first portal fantasy but definitely not my last. I will anxiously be awaiting this sequel!
I had some really fun chats with @bookaroundfindout and @bookishbeachbabe about this story!
Are you reading this one? If you’ve read it, did you enjoy it?
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Content: kissing only, violence and light strong language
Thank you @owlcrate@torbooks for my copies!
#ilonaandrews #portalfantasy #fantasyreviewer #fantasybooks #thiskingdomwillnotkillme
🪐GIVEAWAY TIME🪐 **NOW CLOSED
Today I’m giving away one full set of an all time favorite YA series for me! And BONUS it’s a gorgeous special edition set from @owlcrate
The Illuminae Files by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kauffman
I love this series, my husband loves this series and I cannot wait for one lucky winner to love it too. If you want a fun space adventure with high stakes, chaotic AI, romance and much more, this is it! One of the most unique physical reading experiences I’ve ever had.
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GOOD LUCK!
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APRIL READING RECAP
What was your favorite read in April?
This month had a lot of highs for me and made for a fantastic reading month.
Most of these books already have full reviews up on my page as well👌🏼
#aprilreads #aprilreadingrecap #favoritebooksofapril #bookstagramreadingrecap
🌷BOOK REVIEW🌷
The Dukes Bargain by Megan Walker
What is your favorite historical romance you’ve read this year?!
THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE from Megan.
The YEARNING.
Fantastic PLOT.
A Duke whereby all other dukes SHOULD be patterned after.
The small moments that built genuine romantic tension.
When a Duke and a lady build a bargain to fix a shattered reputation and trade a family heirloom, sparks and unintended feelings bloom.
This book was everything I hoped it would be and more. I had a hard time putting it down and couldn’t wait to get back to it. I so do love a forced proximity setting!
These two characters are very well crafted and entirely well suited for the other. Megan wrote so many moments filled with fantastic chemistry that I couldn’t get enough of.
It was lovely, heartfelt, angsty, romantic…..and if you love the sweet historical romance genre this is 100% one I wouldn’t pass on. It’s a spin off from other books but I definitely think you can just read this one on its own.
Thank you @authormeganwalker and @shadowmountainpub for my copy.
What’s a must read on your May list?!
I am very excited about all of these. If I can get 8 read that’s a massive accomplishment in my book ❤️ I’m mainly relying on audio these days due to our busy days and baby.
Thank you to the tagged publishers for my copies!!
May TBR | May Book Releases | Anticipated Books
✨BOOK REVIEW✨
LOVE YOU LATER by Julie Christianson
What’s your favorite marriage of convenience book?
If you enjoy sweet romance with a modern marriage of convenience trope then keep reading!
He’s loved her for a while and she’s just trying to keep her head above water. When they make a mutually beneficial deal they find that faking a marriage might lead to a real lasting love.
This was a darling read. I thought the two main characters had really fun chemistry as they built a sham life together. Bridger is a character who has to conceal his feelings because he’s finally getting everything he’s ever hoped for. Loren is someone who’s shouldered a lot and now has to take care of a father with progressing Alzheimer’s.
It’s a slow build with some good yearning on both ends. This is definitely a book that describes the phrase “if he wanted to he would.”
We also got some cute cameos from characters in the previous book as well which made for some fun goofy moments.
Another book in the harvest hollow small town series I enjoyed!
Thank you @juliechristiansonauthor for my book! My thoughts and opinions are my own 💙 I thought about a cover recreation but decided trying on my wedding dress 4 months PP was a bad idea haha
#loveyoulater #juliechristianson #harvesthollowseries #sweetromancebooks
THE SCATTERED BONES by Nicole Scarano BOOK REVIEW
What is the last romance focused book you really enjoyed?
Thank you @bookishbyrenee for the fun rec! For sure a favorite in my romantasy journey this year. I was really impressed with this authors writing style and I’d definitely read another book from her!
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#thescatteredbones #romantasybooks #romantasyreviews #nicolescarano
I didn’t choose the book life, the book life chose me. 😅
Just having a little fun today with this one. As someone who works in bookish social media, and now has a full blown book problem (problem?) I feel like it’s consumed my life…but it’s a good issue to have.
#bookhumor #trendinghumor #booklifestyle #millenialhobbies
✨BOOK REVIEW✨
What has been a book you cannot stop thinking about the year that emotionally impacted you?
The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff
Thank you @simon.audio and @librofm for my copy!
REVIEW:
There are some books that are so special they imprint themselves on a tiny piece of your soul. This was one of those books for me that I think on re read will be even more meaningful. The writing shined with beautiful honest simplicity among a complicated family landscape.
This is a poignant and heartfelt story that follows a family from new first impressions to the deepest of cuts. In sickness and in health. It is a story about loss and longing and all the tiny decisions in between.
What I loved most, is that these characters felt like real people. They are flawed and messy....learn to loathe and then forgive. In summary this is a story about how love and the tiniest bit of hope can heal, even if it feels like there isn’t much love left.
April is someone who I related to immensely as she navigates postpartum depression while keeping her marriage and identity afloat alongside of it. It is a love story to the endless sacrifice we give our children while losing and reframing parts of our own identity along the way.
There were so many wonderfully fleshed out relationship dynamics thats its is hard to pick a favorite. They all culminate in a wonderful mash up of what it means to be complicatedly human. This is a book that will make you cry, and make you introspective about the people in your own life.
A definite highlight for my 2026 reading year.
#theburningside #sarahdamoff #simonandschuster #simonaudioinfluencer
