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Kirkus Reviews selects the best books of the 21st Century so far, featuring exceptional works by Faber authors Akwaeke Emezi, Jason Reynolds, Junot Díaz, Lorrie Moore, Anna Burns, Kazuo Ishiguro and Barbara Kingsolver.

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Also see the tour poster and the beautiful Georgian London map endpapers in The Blackbirds of St Giles #bookreview 2/2 @kateagriffin.bsky.social

Check out my review of #TheBlackbirdsOfStGiles A powerful, immersive tale of resilience and the fight for freedom—one of the best I’ve read this year. My thanks to @annerandomthings.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social 1/2

JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS! Hello, hello beautiful people! I hope you all are safe and happy! I am a bit late with the recap of January, and to be completely honest, I was forgetting about it! But here we are! This month, I used The Storygraph, too, so I can use those graphs, and I love them!! I don't know if the graph on the Format is accurate because I chose the editions that were available, so please don't consider that one.

A bit late, but I am finally here with my recap for January!!

Pink Promo Banner for Twirling Book Princess blog's book reviews featuring the cover for Monster Hunting #3: Just Add dragons with dragons galore, a couple of sheep, and a boy, girl and tiny man.

#BookReview up for Monster Hunting #3: Just Add Dragons ★★★★★ stars A really fun new book in the series this time featuring dragons (with fab names), highly recommend! I laughed so much~

#BookBloggers #Blogging #ChildrensBooks #Fantasy #Dragons #BookSky💙📚

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Today I am part of the epic #OtherWorldsInk #BlogTour for The Great Forest and Other Love Stories by Warren Rochelle! Read an #Excerpt from the book + join a fun #Giveaway!

#BookBloggers #Blogging #LGBT #SciFi #Fantasy #BookSky💙📚 #Anthology

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Interview with Margaret Weis, Queen of Dragons and Master of Worlds I am excited to share an interview with the Legendary Margaret Weis, author of several amazing fantasy and science fiction books, including (but not limited to) the Star of the Guardian series, The…

#Dragonlance artist Larry Elmore gave Raistlin hourglass eyes and gold skin because he thought it looked cool.
Author Margaret Weis had to come up with a reason why Raistlin looked so unlike his twin. This led to the creation of the Tests in the Tower of High Sorcery!
🐉📚💙 #Bookblog
Interview ⬇️

Book Review: The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H.G. Parry All they needed to break the world was a door, and someone to open it.Camford, 1920. Gilded and glittering, England’s secret magical academy is no place for Clover, a commoner with neith…

I reviewed The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H.G. Parry. What did I think?
"To open a book by H.G. Parry is to be instantly transported elsewhere. Daily life fades away as the words on the page become your whole world for a little while."
#Bookblogger 🐉📚💙 #Booksky #HistoricalFantasy

WWW Wednesday: January 22nd, 2024 It’s time for another WWW Wednesday! This is a bookish meme hosted by Taking on a World of Words where bloggers answer the 3 Ws: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? If you’d like to learn more about any of these books, click on the cover to be taken to the Goodreads page.

We've reached the middle of the week, so I'm back with another #WWWWednesday! Come check out my reading check in.

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First Lines Friday: January 24th, 2025 First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? If you want to make your own post, feel free to use or edit the banner above, and follow the rules below: Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page…

It's time for another #FirstLinesFriday! My pick this week is completely random, so hopefully the first lines are intriguing for both of us.

#BookBlog #BookBlogger

Book Series I Want To Finish Reading in 2025 I thought I'd do a round up of some of the book series and serials I've started but have yet to finish and hope to finally complete reading this year.

The #blogoftheday comes from @jolinsdell.bsky.social and she’s talking about book series she wants to finish in 2025!

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Booktails Gorgeous (Hidden) Book Covers Have you ever peeked under the covers? We all love a beautiful hardback, but what makes them extra special is ...

The #blogoftheday comes from @sabrinaaccalai.bsky.social and she’s talking about gorgeous hidden book covers!

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Monthly TBR: February 2025 Hey everyone!Today I am sharing my February TBR with you all. I’ve had a great reading month in January, even though I originally thought my January TBR was too ambitious. So, I decided to be…

FEBRUARY TBR📚💙

Today I am sharing my #MonthlyTBR for February!
Here are the books I am planning to read next month:
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WWW Wednesday – 29th January 2025 Hey everyone!It is time for this week’s WWW Wednesday post. I’ve had a pretty rough week in my personal life, so have found solace in reading, which means I have had a very successful reading…

✨WWW WEDNESDAY✨

It's time for this week's #WWWWednesday post!
I've had a great reading week, and managed to finish multiple books📚💙

Here is what I am currently reading, what I recently finished, and what I plan to read next:
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This Week in Books (29th January, 2025) Hosted by Lipsy Lost and Found, my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I’m reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words.  Linus Baker leads a quiet lif…

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WWW Wednesday 29th January 2025: what am I reading? | #WWWWednesday #amreading #bookrecommendations What am I currently reading? I’ve started Joseph O’Connor’s The Ghosts of Rome and have immediately been gripped by the plot and the writing style. I’m listening to one of T…

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NetGalley Check In #201 Hey everyone!It’s time for a NetGalley check in, where I share my feedback ratio, and the books I have on my NetGalley shelves. CURRENT FEEDBACK RATIO: 80% Which is the same as my last check in. Bo…

NETGALLEY CHECK IN📚💙

It's time for this week's #NetGalleyCheckIn post!
Here is how my #NetGalley shelves and feedback ratio are currently looking:
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Top 5 Authors I Want to Try in 2025 Hello everyone! Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme created by Bionic Bookworm, and it’s now hosted by Meeghan Reads. If you’re interested in participating, check out their wonderful blog to get the details and the prompts for each week! This week’s Top 5 Tuesday topic is Top 5 Authors I Want to Try in 2025. It was a bit difficult narrowing this list down to just five authors.

This week for #Top5Tuesday I'm talking about five authors I'd like to try at some point in 2025. #BookSky

Book Review: The Grimoire of Grave Fates edited by Hanna Alkaf and Margaret Owen Title: The Grimoire of Grave FatesEdited by: Hanna Alkaf and Margaret OwenPublisher: Delacorte PressGenre: FantasyAge Group: Young AdultContent/Trigger Warnings: Violence, murder, blood, racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, bullyingBook Links: Bookshop::B&N::Amazon::Goodreads Crack open your spell book and enter the world of the illustrious Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary. There's been a murder on campus, and it's up to the students of Galileo to solve it.

It's #book #review day on the blog! This time, I'm talking about a young adult fantasy anthology that has an incredible premise!

#BookBlog #BookBlogger #BookReview

[Spotlight] The Russian Orphan: They Call Him The White Stallion (World Changers Book 1) By Deede Blake | Gina Rae Mitchell For readers interested in political thrillers interwoven with romance and action, "The Russian Orphan: They Call Him the White Stallion" offers a compelling narrative set against the backdrop of Russi...

[Spotlight] The Russian Orphan: They Call Him the White Stallion (World Changers Book 1) by Deede Blake ginaraemitchell.com/russian-orph...

BBNYA 2024 - Books Are 42 BBNYA 2024 is the fifth year of the Book Bloggers' Novel of the Year Award. This year, BBNYA had 286 entries. This was narrowed down to 75 semi-finalists and eventually narrowed down further to 16 fin...

Here's a wrap-up of all of my #BBNYA2024 spotlight tour posts! #BookSky #IndieBooks @bbnya.bsky.social

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😍A new Monday's First Sentence, today a book I so so need: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix! I love this first sentence~❤️

#BookBloggers #Blogging #FirstSentence #Teaser #Horror #WantToRead #BookSky💙📚

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Here’s a wishlist of what #literaryagents at Curtis Brown are looking for.
Hope it is useful.
#publishing #writerscommunity

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If you love a slow burn psychological thriller, check out #TheLastDaysOfKiraMullan all the details, synopsis and my review below. Big thanks to @simonandschuster.bsky.social @annerandomthings.bsky.social for my review copy!

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A few choice quotes and the tour poster!

📚 Love legal thrillers? The Disappearance by Remigiusz Mróz is perfect for fans of sharp partnerships & gripping translated fiction.

Thanks to @zaffrebooks.bsky.social @annerandomthings.bsky.social for my copy and tour spot

#TranslatedFiction #CrimeThriller

Whether you’re choosing wine in the supermarket or buying from a vineyard for your cellar, Hugh Johnson’s wine guide for 2025 has you covered! Check out all the details and review below. Thanks to @annerandomthings.bsky.social and Octopus Books for my copy to read and review. #Wine #BookReview

Current Read: The Disappearance by Remigiusz Mróz

A locked-room mystery about a missing girl, with compelling plotting that keeps me hooked. I’m loving the dynamic (and banter!) between Chyłka and Kordian.

Thanks to @annerandomthings.bsky.social @zaffrebooks.bsky.social for the blog tour spot!