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These Highly Anticipated Early 2025 Releases were Busts (I Am Not Jessica Chen, Fable for the End of the World)
Read more!: These Highly Anticipated Early 2025 Releases were Busts (I Am Not Jessica Chen, Fable for the End of the World)I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang Genres: Romance, Contemporary, FantasyMagical Realism Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: January 28, 2025 Pages: 320 (hardcover)Rep: Asian cast After getting rejected by every single Ivy League she applied to and falling short of all her Asian immigrant parents’ expectations, seventeen-year-old Jenna Chen makes a wish to become her smarter,…
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If You’re Any of These 3 Types of Readers, You’ll Love Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma (+ Downloadable Wallpapers!)
Read more!: If You’re Any of These 3 Types of Readers, You’ll Love Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma (+ Downloadable Wallpapers!)Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma Series: Immortal Dark Trilogy #1 Genres: Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal Romance, Fantasy Romance, Dark Academia Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: September 3, 2024 The Cruel Prince meets Ninth House in this dangerously romantic dark academia fantasy, where a lost heiress must infiltrate an arcane society and live with…
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This May Be My Lowest Average Rating So Far This Year… But I Found a New Favorite! (July Reading Wrap-up)
Read more!: This May Be My Lowest Average Rating So Far This Year… But I Found a New Favorite! (July Reading Wrap-up)Hi, loves! 💕 How was everyone in July? 😊 I feel like I blacked out during the entirety of July. I don’t remember if anything significant happened in my life. 😂 I was feeling generally slump-y during the second half of the month, not just with reading but with everything in general. I couldn’t bring…
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Expectations Were Not Met: SFF Books with Romance Edition (Heartless Hunter, Iron Widow)
Read more!: Expectations Were Not Met: SFF Books with Romance Edition (Heartless Hunter, Iron Widow)Hi, loves! 💖 I’m back with two mini reviews of two SFF books that are very heavy on their romantic subplots… with one of them I’d actually consider to be more of a romance than a SFF! Both of these books, unfortunately, were just okay reads for me. (I promise I have reviews of series…
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I Got a 9-Year-Old to Read the Percy Jackson Graphic Novels. Here’s What He Thought!
Read more!: I Got a 9-Year-Old to Read the Percy Jackson Graphic Novels. Here’s What He Thought!Hi, loves! 🥰 I saw a video from Reads with Rachel (one of my favorite BookTubers) where she had her son on and interviewed him about his love for reading. It was a coincidence that my friend’s son was staying over, and I had just convinced him to try reading the Percy Jackson graphic novels.…
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New Favorites and New Disappointments (June Reading Wrap-up)
Read more!: New Favorites and New Disappointments (June Reading Wrap-up)Hi, loves! 💕 How was everyone in June? 😊 My June was pretty chill. We were supposed to finish a project at work last month, but we had a few issues when we were finally testing it, so we have to push our target back to July. I’m technically still a junior and I don’t…
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Rating “Romantic” Things Love Interests Do in Books (Would I Want Someone to Nickname Me Little Fox?)
Read more!: Rating “Romantic” Things Love Interests Do in Books (Would I Want Someone to Nickname Me Little Fox?)Hi, loves! 💕 I’m back with another bookish discussion. Let’s talk ✨romance✨. As a hopeless romantic, I would say that at least 85% of the books I read have romance as at least a subgenre. So yeah, I’ve read my fair share of romance books. There are so many specific things love interests (whether they’re…
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I Wish I Could Unread Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (A Too-Long Rant)
Read more!: I Wish I Could Unread Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (A Too-Long Rant)Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Series: The Empyrean #1 Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Fantasy Romance Publisher: Entangled Release Date: May 2, 2023 Pages: 517 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders… Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known…
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Chunky Fantasies and Romance Books (June Mid-Month Reading Update)
Read more!: Chunky Fantasies and Romance Books (June Mid-Month Reading Update)Hi, loves! 💖 The first half of June flew by so fast. I can’t believe we’re already halfway through the month. Mentally, I’m still stuck in May. 😭 Anyway, it’s time for another mid-month reading update! I knew I had a few heavy fantasy books planned this month, so my strategy was to go through…
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Hi, I’m Aimee! Let Me Re-introduce Myself to the Bookish Community!
Read more!: Hi, I’m Aimee! Let Me Re-introduce Myself to the Bookish Community!Hi, loves! 💖 I just came to the realization that I’ve re-started blogging for a bit over a month at this point, and I haven’t really re-introduced myself as a (kind-of) new blogger! So to those who didn’t know me back when I was a book blogger in 2013 – 2018(?)—hi, I’m Aimee! If you…