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Which literary character would you love to spend Christmas with? I think it would be so fun to celebrate Christmas with Anne! #anneofgreengables #anneofavonlea #anneshirley #classiclit #books #bookish #bibliophile #booklove #bookworm #booknerd #bookgeek #bookdragon #bookgram #bookstagram #bookphoto #bookphotography #booktography #instabooks #instareads #igbooks #igreads #coverlove #bokeh

Sherlock with some of my unread books, including The Knowing, which I have started and is celebrating a book birthday today! What books have you read on their release day? This is pretty rare for me! #sammyreadsoctober17 #books #bookstack #bookish #bibliophile #booklove #bookworm #booknerd #bookdragon #bookgram #bookgeek #bookstagram #funkopop #igbooks #igreads #instabooks #instareads #ya #yalit #yareads #yabooks #yalovin #yafiction #youngadultlit #youngadultbooks #youngadultfiction #bookphoto #bookphotography #booktography

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Twenty years ago, I was 10 years old and was the prime age to grow up with Harry. Unfortunately, I didn’t start the series until much later in life, only a couple of years ago. And yet, I know I was able to appreciate so much more of the series by reading it for the first time as an adult. Harry has definitely stood the test of time to become a classic, one I hope to introduce to any children I might have one day. #harrypotter20 #harrypotter #harrypotterillustrated #harrypotter20thanniversary #books #bibliophile #booklove #bookworm #bookdragon #booknerd #bookish #bookphoto #bookphotography #booktography #bookstagram #bookgram #igbooks #igreads #instareads #instabooks #potterhead #harrypotterfandom

Fave trilogy, definitely still The Hunger Games #fangirljunechallenge #books #bookstack #bookish #bibliophile #katniss #funkopop #booklove #bookworm #booknerd #bookdragon #bookphoto #bookphotography #booktography #bookgram #bookstagram #igbooks #igreads #instareads #instabooks #ya #yalit #yalovin #yareads #yabooks #yafiction #youngadultlit #youngadultbooks #youngadultfiction

“I am a member of a party of one, and I live in an age of fear.”

These words were written by E. B. White in 1947.

Anchored by an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham, #OnDemocracy is a concise collection of essays, letters, and poems from one of this country’s most eminent literary voices offers much-needed historical context for our current state of the nation—and hope for the future of our society. #EBWhite
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Thriller fans rejoice! New York Times bestselling author #JamesGrippando, winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, is back with #TheGirlInTheGlassBox. On sale today!
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Chanced upon this book tonight. So right up my alley.
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I enjoyed Barchester Towers so much I immediately started on Doctor Thorne! It is safe to say Trollope is fast becoming a favourite of mine

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I’m loving Trollope’s wit in Barchester Towers. It so much more engaging then the Warden

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For my next read this month I’m finally getting back into reading George Eliot. Daniel Deronda has been sitting on my shelf for far too long!

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A small little book haul of some of my favourite editions. I had to buy a second copy of the Moonstone as the font is WAY too small in the Penguin black spine edition Does anyone else do this when that happens? I just find tiny font so hard to focus on!

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When your bookmark matches your book this perfectly you know you’ve made the right choice

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So so excited to have these in my possession. The new #PocketPenguins will be launched on the 26th of May. Expect lots of photos of these in the coming days and a full video next Monday! Visit www.pocketpenguins.com for the full list

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New in: Tender is the Night, by F. Scott Fitzgerald who is, in case you didn’t know, one of my favorite writers if all time. I am in a French Riviera mood so I also bought a giant Majesty Palm from Lowes!

This photo totally doesn’t fit in with my feed but I don’t care. It’s happening and we’re all just gonna have to deal with it!

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Thank you so much @caseyrosefrank for tagging me with the #photogenicbooks tag! I just have to give this one to Newt’s Emerald. I still haven’t read it, BUT THAT COVER!!!

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TBR: The Heart of Betrayal, by @maryepearson

I LOVED the first in this series. It is very rare that an author can get the jump on me with a twist but Kiss of Deception got me all sorts of twisted! Anyways, here is hoping the second book has all the wonderfulness of the first!

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TBR Spotlight: Love Fortunes and other Disasters by Kimberly Karalius

I had the chance to read this book when it was just a manuscript on @swoonreads and now it is a beautiful book with a gorgeous cover! I can’t wait to read this for Valentine’s Day!

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Mini Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, ⭐️⭐️

I love Pride and Prejudice. I also love zombie. So a book with both? Um… Yes please! So did they work together? My answer is yes. Was this book written well? No. Did I enjoy it? Yes. Do I wish it had been written by someone who actually understood and appreciated Austen? Yes again.

I’m giving this book two stars, one for the butt-kicking Bennet sisters and one for the occasional funny moments that made me laugh out loud.

But here’s the thing, the author did little to adapt the content. Yes there were Zombies thrown in here and there, but the addition of Zombies did not affect the plot at all. Which you would think it would with all the undead walking around, but I think my expectations were for a retelling and not a less-nuanced rehash of Pride and Prejudice.

My biggest complaint is what WAS changed: the characters. I think the author only barely grasped the characters Jane created, and as a result, they made decisions that were jarringly out of character. They just felt lazily put together–like Mister Collins was short and fat which is how he was portrayed in the movies, but he is tall in the books. And there was promiscuity thrown in that was, again, out of character and unnecessary. Same with characters reacting violently to situations which made no sense at all.

If you love Jane Austen, don’t read this. Got to a book store and have a laugh at the illustrations. If you hate Jane Austen, don’t read this. The vast majority of the novel is too close to the original (and not even written as well) for you to enjoy it, and to be honest, I laughed just as much reading the original as I did this book. I do however, plan to see the movie because at the end of the day it’s still Zombies and Mr Darcy so I can’t say no.

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Currently reading: Ruin and Rising, by Leigh Bardugo

Someone hold me. I don’t think I’m ready for this…

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Who is so pumped for A Gathering of Shadows? I seriously cannot contain my excitement! Also, my many congrats to Schwab for selling the TV rights!

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Currently Reading: Glass Roses, A Victorian Fairytale by Britain Kalai

Epistolary Austenesque writing meets two of my favorite fairytales plus a swoon-worthy Scotsman? Yes please!

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Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Mini Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

So enjoyable! I knocked this book out in two days and I couldn’t put it down. Like a total a newb I read these books all out of order, starting with Isla and now I’m ending with Lola. Anna and the French Kiss was definitely my favorite, but this book comes in at a very close second because Cricket Bell was perfection!

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TBR Spotlight: Newt’s Emerald by Garth Nix

Magic, Maids, and Masquerades? Umm I think Nix wrote this book especially for me because that is everything I love. And that cover!! I read the description and just knew I would love this book!

“Inspired by the works of Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen, Garth Nix’s Newt’s Emerald is a Regency romance with a fantasy twist. New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger calls it "charming; quite, quite charming.”
After Lady Truthful’s magical Newington Emerald is stolen from her she devises a simple plan: go to London to recover the missing jewel. She quickly learns, however, that a woman cannot wander the city streets alone without damaging her reputation, and she disguises herself as a mustache-wearing man. During Truthful’s dangerous journey she discovers a crook, an unsuspecting ally, and an evil sorceress—but will she find the Emerald?“

That summary, amiright?!?

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Currently Reading: Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell

I got a Kindle Voyage for Christmas and I’m in love! That is all!

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