my physical TBR for Hispanic & Latine heritage month THE UNDOCUMENTED AMERICANS BY KARLA CORNEJO VILLAVICENCIO OUR MIGRANT SOULS BY HÉCTOR TOBAR WAR AGAINST ALL BY PUERTO RICANS by NELSON A. DENIS SALVACIÓN by SANDRA PROUDMAN THE BEWITCHING BY SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA
It’s Hispanic and Latine heritage month and here are some of the books on my physical TBR #booksky
1. An academy for liars by Alexis Henderson 2. My dearest darkest by Kayla Cottingham 3. Katabasis by R.F. Kuang 4. The devil makes three by Tori Bovalino 5. A forgery of fate by Elizabeth Lim 6. Save you by Mona Kasten 7. This is why they hate us by Aaron H. Aceves 8. Juliet takes a breath by Gabby Rivera 9. The floating world by Axie Oh
Here’s everything I read last week during my staycation #booksky
Ten fantasy book recommendations for fall #books
I loved this one!
August TBR 1. A crane among wolves 2. The god and the gumiho 3. Sorcery and small magic 4. The city of stardust 5. Fate’s tether 6. Fable 7. Song of silver flame like night 8. The diviners 9. Kaikeyi 10. Emily Wilde 3 11. His mortal demise 12. Revelle 13. Miss Kim knows 14. Alone with you in the ether 15. Asking for it 16. Enemies of peace 17. The night blood prince
Arcs: Cold Wire by Chloe Gong and Where There’s Room for Us by Hayley Kiyoko The shock doctrine by Naomi Klein on audio The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold by Ally Carter
Re-read Curious Tides by Pascal Lacelle if I have time so I can read Stranger Skies in September
Everything on my August TBR hopefuls list! #booksky
July reading wrap up. My favorite books this month: 1. Get a life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert 2. When the tides held the moon by Venessa Vida Kelly 3. Glorious rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 4. Bury our bones in the midnight soil by VE Schwab 5. The raven scholar by Antonia Hodgson 6. The favorites by Layne Fargo
For the first time, I actually read my entire monthly TBR! Here were some of my favorite books this month #booksky #books
Get a life Chloe brown by Talia Hibbert The library at hellebore by Cassandra Khaw The bewitching by Silvia Moreno Garcia
Got a few new books #booksky
I loved that one!
Here’s everything I read last week! #books #booksky
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Book outlet haul - little women by Louisa May Alcott - the wild huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones - the priory of the orange tree by Samantha Shannon - the river of silver by S.A. Chakraborty - a torch against the night by Sabaa Tahir - our deadly designs by Kalyn Josephson
Here’s what I got from the book outlet sale! 2025 will be the year I finally read Priory #booksky #books
There have been so many gay royal romances, but not nearly as many sapphic ones. This one was so cute, had a lot of heart, and the characters were great. If you’re looking for another book to add to your pride month TBR, I recommend checking this one out!
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Happy release day to Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales! The cover features two white girls kissing, one of whom is wearing a tiara. - YA sapphic contemporary - royals - boarding school
In Nobody in Particular, Dani, an American, receives a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school in Europe, where she finds herself falling for the country’s crown princess, Rose.
I got to read an arc of this and absolutely loved it.
Some fantasy books by Asian authors to read all year #books #booksky
- hula by Jasmin Iolani Hakes
- killjoy Holly Jackson
- Emily Wilde’s map of the otherlands by Heather Fawcett
- “Prisons make us safer” and 20 other myths about mass incarceration by Victoria Law
Started:
- Vicious by V.E. Schwab
- the return of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
- Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi
TBR Hopefuls:
- Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
- we hunt the flame by Hafsah Faizal
Everything I read last week and my TBR:
Read:
- The adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
- Boys with sharp teeth by Jenni Howell
- Watch me by Tahereh Mafi
- The girl from everywhere by Heidi Helling
- I hope this doesn’t find you by Ann Liang
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Here’s everything I read last week and what I’m hoping to read this week #booksky #books
May TBR hopefuls VICIOUS V. E. SCHWAB THE RIVER HAS ROOTS AMAL EL-MOHTAR CKILDREN OF VIRTUE AND VENGEANCE by TOMI ADEYEMI THE SCORPION AND THE NIGHT BLOSSOM by AMÉLIE WEN ZHAO THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFI by SHANNON CHAKRABORTY EMILY WIDES MAP OF THE OTHERLANDS BY HEATHER Fawcett BOYS WITH SHARP TEETH BY JENNI HOWELL UNHALLOWED HALLS BY LILLI WILKINSON THE Reappearance OF Rachel Price BY HOLLY JACKSON GIFTED & TALENTED by OLIVIE BLAKE Heir by Sabaa Tahir The rose bargain by Sasha Peyton smith
THE GIRL FROM EVERYWHERE BY HEIDI HEILIG EARTHLINGS by SAYAKA MURATA CHILDREN OF ANGUISH AND ANARCHY BY TOMI ADEYEMI VITA NOSTRA BY ARINA & SERGEY THE ENCANTO'S DAUGHTER BY MELISSA DE LA CRUZ DRAGONFRUIT BY MAKIIA LUCIER HULA BY JASMIN IOLANI HAKES
Here are my May TBR hopefuls. Not sure I’ll get to all of these but these are the books I’m thinking of most. Also I’ll probably finish my re-read of the hunger games with mockingjay #books #booksky
@ellejo3's April 2025 Wrap-Up BOOKS: 20 PAGES: 7,593 First: HOW FASCISM WORKS THE POLITICS OF US AND THEM by JASON STANLEY Middle: THE HUNGER GAMES by SUZANNE COLLINS Last: HEIST ROYALE by KAYVION LEWIS Average book length: 377 pages Average time to finish: 3 days Young Adult 12 Fantasy 9 Historical 4 Thriller 4 History 3 fiction (80%) nonfiction (20%) audio (60%) print (40%)
How fascism works: the politics of U.S. and them by Jason Stanley One tough cookie by Delise Torres The wolf and the woodsman by Ava Reid Erasing history: how fascists rewrite the past to control the future by Jason Stanley Cruel is the light by Sophie Clark Luckiest girl alive by Jessica Knoll Good girl bad blood by Holly Jackson Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko Us in ruins by Rachel Moore The hunger games by Suzanne Collins Black sun by Rebecca Roanhorse To kill a shadow by Katherine Quinn Lies we sing to the sea by Sarah Underwood Haben the deafblind woman who conquered Harvard law by Haben Girma A forgery of roses by Jessica S. Olsen Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins As good as dead by Holly Jackson This ravenous fate by Hayley Dennings Surviving autocracy by Masha Gessen Heist Royale by Kayvion Lewis
My April storygraph stats. I definitely diverged from my TBR oops #books #booksky
68 books is amazing!
**the alt text autocorrected for one of the titles. It should be Unhallowed Halls
Dark academia shelf: Ace of spades Where sleeping girls lie The whispering dark Bunny The ivies They never learn An education in malice Immortal dark They wish they were us An academy for liars Boys with sharp teeth Never let me go The will of the many Truly devious series Babel Curious tides Stranger skies A lesson in vengeance The Scholomance series In these hallowed halls The changing man A study in drowning If we were villains Graveyard shift The society for soulless girls The secret history Catherine house Blood over bright haven Unfollowed halls How we fall apart
Dark academia is my favorite subgenre and I now have a bookshelf dedicated entirely to it 😍 #booksky #books #darkacademia
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Favorite: the city of brass by SA Chakraborty
Prettiest cover: the scorpion and the night blossom by Amélie Wen Zhao
keep thinking about: sunrise on the reaping
excited to read: vicious by VE Schwab
exceeded: Oathbound by Tracy Deonn
Unhinged: as good as dead by Holly Jackson
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Yesterday was my birthday! For the last part of my birthday book buying spree, I went to Kramer’s - one of my favorite indie bookstores #books #booksky
To shape a dragon’s breath by Moniquill Blackgoose Alone with you in the ether by Olivie Blake The adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty The river has roots by Amal El-Mohtar The will of the many by James Islington Great big beautiful life by Emily Henry
Independent bookstore day/birthday eve haul. I also found out that the indie store has a book club, which I am so excited to join! #booksky #books
It’s independent bookstore day and my birthday eve and that is simply a fantastic combination 😍 #booksky
It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
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All of these lol
Last week was a shorter reading week. However, I had a great time with each book.
- Us in ruins by Rachel Moore: ya adventure fantasy romance
- The hunger games by Suzanne Collins: re-read
- Black sun by Rebecca Roanhorse: historical fantasy with political intrigue and complex characters
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