📚 Books that define my taste 📚 Thanks for tagging me @jesshalfpagereads and @louloureadsalot I know I was supposed to pick 5 books, but I read so many different kind of books, that I couldn't just pick 5. Sorry! 🤍 Acts of desperation: I picked this one for multiple reasons. I love books with themes like obsession, toxic relationships and women in their 20s who are a little lost in life. I also love Irish authors and books that are relatable. Acts of desperation is all of that in 1 book 🤍 Earthlings: I love translated fiction, weird books and books that, through other themes, critique society. 🤍 Against the loveless world: Against the loveless world stands for so much that I love in a book. It's historical fiction, has a great female main character, has an important message(!!) and is set in a country I've never been to (in this case in multiple countries). I love to learn something about a culture through books. Also, this book's author, Susan Abulhawa, is amazing. I admire her so much and what she stands for 🤍 If we were villains: I love dark academia (I need more recs!) and I love a suspenseful mystery 🤍 Open water: I added this book because of the beautiful poetic writing 🤍 In the dream house: I also love nonfiction, especially memoirs. I love listening to them as an audiobook. I added In the dream house to this list because it's one of my favorite memoirs, has a very unique style and is beautifully written 🤍 The heart principe: I added this one because I love the occasional romance novel, especially if they have great representation like this one (autism) Do we have anything in common? Please let me know
Books that define my taste. Fantasy. Vampires. Enemies to lovers. Betrayal. Friends to lovers. Shreds my heart and puts it back together again. Mafia. Pining. Touch her and 💀. Age gap. Exs dad. Forced proximity. Shifters. Monsters. Mates. Denial. Dark Romance. Horror. Suspense. Basically. I’m all over the place. 🖤 #booksthatdefinemytaste #darkromance #fantasy #vampires #mates #monsters #shifters #mafia #emotional #agegap #exsdad #serpantsandthewingsofnight #sayyouswear #bellandicrimesyndicate #birthdaygirl #hoardedbythedragon #doesithurt
happy world book day, so to celebrate here are some books that define my taste 📚🤍 since I discovered my love for books and reading my life literally changed. How did I live 21 years without knowing this passion I have for reading, I do not know, but I’m so grateful for this last years which have been so fun. These last years where I’ve lived hundreds of lives, fell in love with so many characters, related to stories, built new friendships that if it wasn’t for this I probably would have never made. what 3 books define your book taste? ✨ #worldbookday #books #booksthatdefinemytaste #fivestarbooks #romancebooks #fantasybooks #favoritebooks
🤍Happy Monday Booksta!🫠 Tell me a book that defines your taste! As much as we all read I’m sure it’s hard to narrow down to six but I definitely have some standout favorites! These six books definitely define my taste in books, even though I’m a mood reader and my mood is always changing! •Divine Rivals •Hollow Heathens •Magnolia Parks •The Dead Romantics •Ecstasy •Powerless Have you read any of these? Do you love them too? If so, we should definitely be friends because as my shirt says, Book Friends Are The Best Friends and I’ve definitely bonded with Booksta friends over books in this stack! My tee is available in the @hellolovelybox shop in a few different color combos! You can use my code CREADS15 for a discount on your Hello Lovely Box order! #hellolovelybox #hlbpartner #bookishmerch #sixbooks #booksthatdefinemytaste #bookstachallenge #favoritereads #favoritebooks #booksilove #booksbooksbooks #bookstack #favoritesstack #goodreads #booksbooksbooks
✨✨Books that define my taste✨✨ Thank you so much for the tag @twinsouls_books ✨ Soooo let’s get stuck in… Memoirs - There is nothing I love more than a memoir and I always have done, and especially love them as audiobooks. I also have a real real soft spot for celebrity memoirs. I know I spend a lot of time on my page waxing lyrical about memoirs, but they are next level when they are told by the person who wrote them. Long winding family sagas - when these are done well, I absolutely love them so much. I love spending hundreds of pages getting to know a collection of characters really really well and learning why they behave the way they do. I adored Claire Lombardo’s debut novel and I cannot wait for her next! Character driven - I will take character driven over plot or vibes every single time. If anyone complains of a book where nothing happens - send it my way! I will LAP IT UP. Like any genre when it’s done badly, of course, they can be a total car crash. But when it’s good, there’s nothing better. Firm favourites; include Tomorrow x3 all Sally Rooney, The Paper Place, Mary Beth Keane’s books, The Secret History, A Gentleman in Moscow, Crawdads, Remarkably Bright Creatures - I could go on and on and on… LGBTQ+ love story - there is nothing that will get gorgeously under my skin and deep within my soul like a queer love story. Young Mungo, Bellies and In Memoriam all had me hook line sinker. A book that makes me really laugh - as much as I love a depressing and heavy going book that really makes me think and often cry - by the same token I love one that makes me laugh out loud just as much. I’ve chosen G&V for this post - its mad a box of frogs and pure chaos but it’s very funny. Also Darling 🫶🏻 I’ve tagged a few of you but no pressure 💛💛💛💛
✨️Welcome to My Book Vibe✨️ What to expect to find on my bookstagram: ✨️Ottessa Obsessed ✨️I love an unlikable character ✨️Female serial killer era ✨️Make me sad, break my heart, freak me out ✨️Female horror and female rage ✨️Books that give me anxiety ✨️The void ✨️Idk what is wrong with me 》What defines your book taste? • • • • • #womenvsthevoid #bookrecsofinstagram #booksthatdefinemytaste #bookishcommunity #bookrecs #bookblogger #booklover #bookaesthetic #bookishaesthetic #bookcommunity
books that define my taste 📖🫶🏼💕 heavy on the fantasy and contemporary romance books over here. any of these books make your list? #bookstagram #booksthatdefinemytaste
Some 5⭐️ books that I finished and was like yes, this is exactly what I read for…I enjoyed every last page!🙌🏻🥹 QOTD: Do we have any in common? . . . #5starreads #booksthatdefinemytaste #thisisme #bookrecommendations
A list of 15 books that define my taste 🫶🏻 I was inspired after watching @christireadsalot video and found myself creating a list that accurately describes my taste when it comes to romance and fantasy romance. These books consist of common trends, tropes, and themes I tend to gravitate towards when looking for a book. These themes will usually get me to pick up the book every time! ✨ Single Parent romances with funny af kids ✨ Romance with a twisty, suspenseful, wtf plot ✨ Lots of jealousy ✨ Cheating (yeah I said what I said) ✨ Grumpy/Sunshine ✨ Emotional Damage (bring all the tears) ✨ Music sprinkled throughout the story ✨ Non-traditional endings to romance books ✨ REVENGE ✨ Badass, sarcastic female main characters Drop some books in the comments that define your taste so I can add them to my TBR or let me know if we have any in common! ——— #booksthatdefinemytaste #favoriteromancetropes #favoritebooks #romancereader #romancereadersofinstagram #15booksthatdefinemytaste #booksbooksbooks #fantasyromancebooks #romancebookrecs #romancebookaddict #bookstagrammer #bookgraphic #favoritetropes
15 books to get to know me 💖 QOTD: what’s one book you would say define your taste? happy tuesday book besties! today, i thought i would make a list of 15 books that represent the kind of reader i am. if you’ve been following me for a little while, you know i’m a big romantasy and romance reader and you will have probably seen those books featured on my account. i feel like this is an accurate representation of what i read overall and it features some of my favorite books! ➡️ SWIPE TO SEE THE BOOKS #favoritebooks #booksthatdefinemytaste #bookphotography #fivestarreads #bookrecommendations #bookstagram #bookflatlay
📚 #BooksThatDefineMyTaste 📚 While compiling this list, I realized that the five star books I've read over the past few years have come from a wide variety of genres but they share a few things in common. Whether they're romances or memoirs, I tend to enjoy tales of personal growth set in isolated places. I'm a big fan of stories where the setting is a character in itself. I also have a keen interest in feminist micro-histories. Do we share any interests? If so, I'd love to hear your recommendations! #15booksthatdefinemytaste #bookstagrammer #booksta #canadianbookstagram #yegbookstagrammers #romancebookstagram #romancereader #bookstagramchallenge #bookstagramchallenges #bookstagramtag
If I had to describe my reading taste, this is what it would be. I saw @peacelovebooksxo do this and thought it would be fun to do one myself. _ #booksthatdefinemytaste #romancebooks #romancesubgenres #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer
🌻Books That Define My Reading Taste🌻 I had been seeing so many posts about this, so I decided to do some of mine. My favorite genres have always been romance, fantasy and thrillers. I haven’t been reading many thrillers, so I decided not to include any in these lists. For romance it doesn’t take much for me to love the book. I love my romances dark, angsty and emotional. These are just some my favorites out of many. Fantasy has always been so fun to read about, just visiting the different worlds always has me intrigued. The book The Great Alone opened up the historical fiction genre for me. I loved it so much that I’m looking for books just like it. Do you see some of your favorite books on this lists? Which books define your reading taste? Have you made this post? I would love to know. #booksthatdefinemytaste #books #romance #fantasy #favoritebooks
⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡ books that define my taste ᡣ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶𐭩 ♡ I am a sensitive girl at heart. I’m emotional, I feel, and when I feel, I feel deeply. When I’m reading, I love books that make me feel, that bring emotion out of me, whether that’s love, heartache, sadness, or joy. The books that I thought of when thinking about what defines my taste are books that had me feeling or made me emotional. It could be stories that had me sobbing uncontrollably at 12am or a romance that had me smiling from ear to ear, giggling and kicking my feet the entire time! I love feeling and feeling deeply. I find that I connect with books and characters more when I can feel for their experiences, stories, and emotions. So because of that, as well as the fact that I just enjoy books that are similar to the ones shown (I enjoyed every second reading these and love anything that’s similar to them), I find that these books and series as of late best encapsulate my taste (∩˃o˂∩)♡ 💌 the Hunger Games trilogy - Suzanne Collins 💌 The Seven Year Skip - Ashley Poston 💌 the Letters of Enchantment Duology - Rebecca Ross 💌 the Folk of the Air series - Holly Black 💌 the Once Upon a Broken Heart trilogy - Stephanie Garber 💌 The Consequences of Falling - Liliana Rose Hastings 💌 You’ve Reached Sam - Dustin Thao 💌 Powerless - Lauren Roberts 💌 Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros 💌 Love on the Brain - Ali Hazelwood 💌 Forget Me Not - Julie Solo 💌 the ACOTAR series Do we have any in common? 🫶🏼 . . . . #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksta #bookish #bookishthings #bookishthoughts #bookishpost #bookishphotography #bookishaccount #bookblogger #bookblog #booksthatdefineme #booksthatdefinemytaste #reader #readersofinstagram #readersofig #readersofinsta #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #bookrecommendation
10 books to define my taste 🩵🌷☁️🏹 i’ve seen this little trend go around and i thought since i have quite a few new people following me, i’d share my holy-grail-bury-me-with-them-because-i-can’t-live-without-them books 👼🏼 this was harder than i expected, i love so many books, but these are top tier, 6 star reads and they have a special spot in my heart. i think about these books daily and would do anything to read them again for the first time 🥹 books mentioned: — Reckless by @authorelsiesilver — Out on a Limb by @authorhannahby — Love, Theoretically by @alihazelwood — Book Lovers by @emilyhenrywrites — You, With a View by @jessicajoycewrites — Kingdom of Ash by @sarahjmaas — The Seven Year Slip by @heyashposton — Daughter of No Worlds by @carissabroadbentbooks — Once Upon a Broken Heart by @stephanie_garber — Divine Rivals by @beccajross I want to mention that also pretty much any book written by any of these authors is included in this list by default and so are the entire series of the books mentioned 😗 Some honourable mentions (because if you haven’t noticed i have a hard time not mentioning every single book i loved 😀) go to Powerless by @laurenrobertslibrary , Business Casual by @authorbkborison and Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez 🫶🏼
📚 My Waterstones Display 📚 Forever inspired by my gal Sarah @apageofwordsandwishes who posted recently about her *actual* Waterstones display, I thought it would be a fun challenge idea to show what would be featured on our Waterstones displays (ours being mine, and yours!) This was impossible to narrow down and please believe that I nearly took a pic of 20 books, but managed to get it down to 10 with some cruel cutting. My Waterstones display would simply have to have the following: 🎸 Daisy Jones & The Six – My favourite of the TJR collection I think (sorry Carrie) and just an incredible, fun, heartbreaking, music-filled story 🎪 The Night Circus – Though not for everyone, this is the book for adults who still believe in magic! 🏹 The Hunger Games – One of my favourite all-time series, I could read these books again, and again, and again. And when I’ve exhausted that, I’ll watch the films 🌹 A Court of Thorns and Roses – Just read ALL SJM books. 🐴 Black Beauty – My childhood favourite and the best of all the classics IMO 🎵 Drive – and Reverse. I will continue to talk about these books until the end of time. 🌸 Magnolia Parks – Not for everyone, but absolutely for me. It’s the drama Mick, I love it! 📖 The Binding – MORE MAGIC FOR GROWN UPS 🐉 Fourth Wing – Dragons and Xaden. My book of 2023. 💙 The Song of Achilles – You’ll believe in love once you’ve read this book! Tagged a few of you to share your #waterstonesdisplay 😍 #favouritebooks #booksthatdefinemytaste #thesongofachilles #thenightcircus #thehungergames #thebinding #daisyjonesandthesix #magnoliaparks #acourtofthornsandroses #fourthwing #mustread #mustreadbooks #favouritereads #blackbeauty #bookworm #bookishlygang
Five fictional books (read in 2023) that define my taste 🤌 👑 Memorial by Bryan Washington for the powerful dual perspective and the intricate interrelationships we have to and/or choose to take part in 👑 My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell for the delicate storytelling without compromise and the stunningly crafted narration of traumatic and haunting past experiences that hold on as time goes on. For showing how the past can weight unbearably heavy (known, ignored or mistrusted) and leave scars that are then carried differently and individually 👑 Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami for the nuanced and confronting commentary on motherhood through multiple perspectives as well as the portrayal of the single life of a wannabe writer 👑 Tin Man by Sarah Winman for the strong and quiet beauty of friendship and love in all its forms - and for taking the reader gently by the hand on a journey that is both emotional and physical in years, distances and personal growth 👑 Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri* for the exceptionally immersive journaling/vignette-y style of narration from the perspective of a “fully grown” woman feeling and contemplating the downplayed, quiet frustration of socially imposed expectations and obligations. For being about solitude (chosen or otherwise) and about stagnating in the dull/comfort of mundanity and routine *not pictured: a library book *** #reading #bookstagram #bookish #bookishdelights #thestorygraph #fortheloveofbooks #bookrecs #booknerdandproudlyso #bookreview #bookcollection #booksthatdefinemytaste #mytasteinbooks #2023reads
What books define your taste? I saw this going around a couple of weeks ago but then I couldn't find the post I screenshot so I hope this was the correct concept 😂 Anyway, here are the 6 books that define my taste 😂 1. The Way of Kings (and anything by Brandon Sanderson or any epic fantasy 🤩) 2. Dungeon Crawler Carl 3. The Hands of the Emperor 4. The Poppy War 5. Red Rising 6. Heaven official's blessing (any danmei with eternal pining, undying loyalty and devotion) What about yours? #booksthatdefinemytaste #thewayofkings #brandonsanderson #cosmere #thestormlightarchive #thehandsoftheemperor #victoriagoddard #dungeoncrawlercarl #thepoppywar #rebeccakuang #rfkuang #redrising #piercebrown #heavenofficialsblessing #tianguancifu #moxiangtongxiu #favoritecharacter #favoritenovels #favoritebooks #readingisfundamental #fantasyshelfie #fantasybooksofinstagram #sundayshelfie #shelfiesunday #toreadornottoread
📚books that define my taste If I was asked to sum up my reading tastes, but I couldn’t give any words and could only give examples of books - these would be it. Which books define your taste? [Gifted books marked*] • Okay Days by Jenny Mustard* • Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors • Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors* • Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi • Book Lovers by Emily Henry • Normal People by Sally Rooney • The Trio by Johanna Hedman • Penance by Eliza Clark • Maame by Jessica George • Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day* • Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson • Expectation by Anna Hope • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid • Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson* • Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
🌼 Books that define my taste 🌼 This was much harder to narrow down than what I thought it’d be! I try to mix it up as much as possible but I like what I like and life’s too short to read books you don’t like! >>>Swipe to see what I landed on. Do we share any of the same taste defining books? . . . . #booksthatdefinemytaste #tasteinbooks #readintothesunset #bookstagramaus #goodreads #bookgram #booksta #bookstagram #bookishlife #booksofinsta #readersofinsta #greatreads #readingislife #whattoread #fortheloveofbooks #whatimreading #bookaddiction #bookaddicts #bookaddicted #currentread #bookreviews #theecoreader
📚favourite reads of 2023📚 ✨Happy holidays, hope everyone is doing well🥰 I can’t believe there’s only a week until the year is over, it’s been such a blur! ✨I had some time to go over my top reads from this year, these were definitely some of my favourites. There are a few more but they’re either ebooks or I could fit them in! Photo inspo @jills_readingcorner 📖The Fake Out @stephaniearcherauthor (thank you again @rubyranawrites for the gifted copy 🥹🫶🏽) 📖The Guy For Me @marzyopal 📖Butcher and Blackbird @brynne_weaver 📖Whisky Business @elliotfletcherwrites 📖You, With a View @jessicajoycewrites 📖A Not So Meet Cute @meghanquinnbooks 📖Heartless @authorelsiesilver 📖Done and Dusted @authorlylasage 📖Things We Left Behind @lucyscore ✨Just wanted to give an honourable mention to @simonesoltani, thank you so much for letting me Beta read Cross The Line! It was one of my fave reads too but since it will officially be published next year I’ll have more chances to talk about how much I loved it 🥰
I CAN'T WAIT!!!!! 🖤🖤🖤 ROYAL, Book One of Brutal Boys of SIN RELEASE DATE: NOV 30 ❤️🔥 PREORDER: mybook.to/BBOSRoyal #whychooseromance #DCR #booksthatdefinemytaste #bookstagram #leilajamesauthor #brutalboysofSINseries #royalbook #darkcollegeromance #darkcollegewhychooseromance #possessiveboyfriends #whychoosetrilogy @sjmedinapa @author_leilajames
What are 5 books you feel define your taste in books? 📚 I read a lot of different fantasy and romance books but if I had to narrow it down to my core 5 go tos, these would be it! 🥰 I will always love a good romantasy with political intrigue (A Fate of Wrath and Flame) or a romantasy with character development and emotional healing (ACOSF) ✨ Romance wise, STEM-inspired ones have snuck their way into my heart and Love Theoretically is just sublime 👩🔬🧪at the same time, if I need to relax for a couple of hours, hockey romance will always be my guilty pleasure reading (Right Man, Right Time) 🏑 And then there are the books that just blow you off your feet and which you will never stop recommending - The People on Platform 5 is that book for me 🥰 💬 What are some of the books that define your taste? 🥰 #fantasy #romance #bookstagram #booksthatchangedmylife #booksthatdefinemytaste
Haaste: kirjamaku 10 kirjassa. Kiitos haasteesta @kirjajuttua Tässä on siis tarkoituksena tiivistää oma kirjamaku 10 kirjaan. Vaikea tehtävä, mutta yrittänyttä ei laiteta! Haastan kuvaan merkityt mukaan listaamana omaa kirjamakua. 🥰 #kirjamaku10kirjassa 🧡Enemmän kuin yksi lapsi, Shen Yang. Uusi kirja, ehkä tuleva klassikko? Aihe on minulle tärkeä: Yhteiskunnan unohdetut ja poissuljetut joiden tarinat jäävät liian usein kertomatta. 🧡Suomaa, Maria Turtschaninoff. Mystiikkaa, luontoa ja kaunista kieltä. Tämä kirja lumosi minut. 🧡Koodinimi Alice, Kate Quinn. Naisten kohtalot ensimmäisessä ja toisessa maailmansodassa kiinnostavat aina, ja tässä oli vielä aivan todella taitavasti yhdistetty eri aikakaudet toisiinsa. 🧡Prinsessa, elämää hunnun takana Al-Saudin palatsissa. Jean Sasson. Luin tämän kirjan teininä, ja se avasi mielenkiinnon naisten elämiin eri kulttuureissa. 🧡Seitsemän sisarta, Lucinda Riley. Ensimmäinen kirja jonka luin Rileylta, joka avasi portteja lukuisiin eri tarinoihin. Historiaa, naisten kohtaloita, mysteeri. Need I say more? 🧡Maresi, Maria Turtschaninoff. Vahvoja naisia maagisessa maailmassa löytämässä omat tiensä. 🧡Harry Potterit. Taikaa ja kokonaan toinen maailma! Nuoruuteni tärkeimmät kirjat. Pitäisi lukea fantasiaa enemmänkin, jos vaikka vielä löytäisin yhtä vahvoja kokemuksia 🧡Keskiyön kirjasto, Matt Haig. Luin tämän murheellisena aikana elämässäni, mutta jokin tässä kolahti ja olo tuli vähän paremmaksi. 🧡Jeninin aamut, Susan Abulhawa. Sorrettujen kohtalot mitä ei näytetä uutisissa. Tämä kirja avasi silmiäni maailmalle. 🧡 Pienen hauen pyydystys, Juhani Karila. Tästä kirjasta tuli vain kaiken kaikkiaan niin hyvä mieli, että olen todella onnellinen että olen lukenut tämän. Mitä sanot, onko kirjamakumme samankaltainen? Entä kenellä muulla oli huomattavia vaikeuksia tiivistää lista kymmeneen kirjaan? 😄 #kirjagramsuomi #lempikirjani #kirjojakirjojakirjoja #booksbooksandmorebooks #booksthatdefinemytaste
five books that define my taste 🤍 if you ever want book recommendations from me, read any of these stories ✨✨✨ #booklover #bookcommunity #booksthatdefinemytaste #romancereader #romancereaderera #staywithme #trystsixvenom #springtide #goodgirlsneverrise #magnoliaparksthelongwayhome #aestheticbookstagram
Hi 👋🏻 Hello 👋🏻 // I absolutely love this idea and don’t know why I haven’t done it sooner! // 🏷️ #meetthebookstagrammer #bookstagrammer #booksilove #booksthatdefinemytaste #myfavoritebooktropes #romancetropes #romancebooks #romancebookstagram #gettoknowme
Happy 4th of July to y’all! Have a wonderful day! 💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️ Five books that define my taste. Which books define yours? 🏷️ #bookstagram #4thofjuly #booksthatdefinemytaste #bibliophile #igreads #currentlyreading #bookreview #instaread #lovetoread #booksarelife #readingisfundamental #whatimreading #bookreviewer #bookaddicts #bookpost #tbrpile #justread #bookishphotography #whattoreadnext #readallday #bookworms #booksofinstagram #bookwormproblems #bookaholic #bookpic #newreads #booknerd #
𝐀 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 I am all the way into my dragon era. As you may know I love loved Fourth Wing and The Priory of the Orange Tree. This big boy is still on my tbr. Q: Do you guys have any dragon related fantasy book recommendations? #fantasybookstagram #fantasybooks #bookaesthetics #bookaesthetic #fourthwing #adayoffallennight #prioryoftheorangetree #samanthashannon #dragonfantasy #bookstagram #booksthatdefinemytaste #booktok #bookstagrammer #readersofbookstagram #reading #readersgonnaread #bookworm
BOOKS THAT DEFINE MY READING - PART 3 I am a sucker for lyrical writing, and who does it best, but Caleb Azumah Nelson! These books are so beautiful written that they read like a poem, a song, or a symphony! I love the way the author uses lyrical prose to weave together such profound feelings and explore important themes. He's a new auto-buy author for me, and I'm eagerly anticipating what story he composes us next. Have you read Open Water or Small Worlds? What were your thoughts?
BOOKS THAT DEFINE MY READING - PART 2 Recently, there has been a surge in books marked as dark academia, and I have fallen victim to it thanks to If We Were Villians by M.L. Rio. If We Were Villians is hauntingly beautiful. Uniquely and well written, right down to its climatically painful ending. Simply amazing! And as you can see, since then, my dark academia shelf has only grown! Have you read any of these? What do you think of the dark academia sub-genre?
✨ Defining my taste in 5 books ✨ It was really hard to narrow this down to five books. Thank you to my gorgeous bestie @bookishsoph_ for tagging me💜 💖 The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood 💖 Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi 💖 Doctor Aphra by Sarah Kuhn 💖The Cruel Prince by Holly Black 💖 Where Angels Fear To Tread by E. M. Forster #booksthatdefinemytaste #thelovehypothesis #igniteme #doctoraphra #thecruelprince #whereangelsfeartotread #bookstagram #smallbookstagrammer #readersofinstagram #starwarsbooks #romancebookstagram #fantasybookstagram
📚Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt📚 I saw @haleighs.bookshelf do this a few months ago and wanted to give it a try! Show me a book that features _____ on the cover: 🏡A House: Final Offer 🏎️ A Car: Throttled 📖A Book: Book Lovers 👩A Face: Before I Let Go 🐶An Animal: Maggie Moves On 🌸A Flower: Flawless It was a little harder than I expected it to be, but fun overall. Might re-do this with my own prompts! If you see this feel free to give it a go🥰
✨𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲✨ ✨Happy IWD lovelies! Hope you are spending the day/week doing something fun to celebrate yourself and your role models! ✨Here are some of my fave romance authors/FMCs that I want to celebrate today! Thank you to the writers for creating these universes for us to escape to as well as characters that are inspiring and relatable 🥰 ✨I am so grateful to the amazing people I’ve connected with through bookstagram, you are all amazing, supportive women and have helped me find a safe space on here. As always if you listen to my long ass VNs thank you and if we’ve interacted no matter how big or small I appreciate it a lot 🤍
📚5 star predictions + #bookishquestions tag📚 Thanks for tagging me @readswithmari 🥰 ✨Here are a few books that I am hoping to read soon, I’ve recently started Saltaire and am loving it so far. Overall I’m hoping these will be 5 star reads for me! Really scared about the emotional damage that ‘As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow’ & Before I Let Go’ will cause😭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞 𝐢 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 ✨I don’t really like fantasy and dystopian novels sorry 🫣 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 ✨Starting 3+ books at the same time ✨Not DNFing a book that I’m not enjoying 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 ✨Icebreaker obviously💁🏽♀️ ✨Twisted Games 🥵 𝐝𝐨 𝐢 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐬 ✨Yep! But sometimes I’ll just go straight into a book based off it’s aesthetic or a simple quote too lol 𝐝𝐨 𝐢 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 ✨Of course ☺️ I love buying pre-loved books and reading them, I get this rush when I find an immaculate secondhand book 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 ✨Archer’s Voice always 🥺 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦/𝐭𝐯 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 ✨Things We Never Got Over for sure! It felt like I was watching a TV show in my head as I was reading, I’m sure I’ll feel the same with the remaining two books ✨Dreamland Billionaires, I really think it would make a great 4 part series (4th season would be like an extended epilogue for us readers 😂) 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐢 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 ✨Archer’s Voice ✨Icebreaker ✨Daisy Jones and the Six 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 ✨King or Wrath by Ana Huang ✨Things We Hide From The Light by Lucy Score ✨Wildfire by Hannah Grace 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐢'𝐦 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭 So many guys 😐 ✨The Dark Verse series by RuNyx ✨The Bergman Brothers series by Chloe Liese ✨I haven’t finished Redeemed by Lauren Asher yet 😭 If you see this consider yourself tagged! 🤍
📚 What are 5 books that define my taste? 🤔 📖 1. Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne 📖 2. Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief 📖 3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 📖 4. Wizard's First Rule 📖 5. A Court of Thorns and Roses 🖤 I have a lot more books that define my tastes but I had to choose these. As you can see I'm all about fantasy! I love a world where I can get lost in the magic and the adventure! 💜 Thank you to @whats_suzanne_reading and @manic_pixie_books for tagging me! 🥰 🖤 What would you pick? 🖤 📕 @get.nerdy.with.me 📙 @_thebookchamber 📔 @bookswithmilli 📗 @thatsarcasticbooknerd 📘 @pagesof.michaela 💜 Tag me and 5 friends, so I can see what you choose! 🥰 🖤 Stay hydrated! ^-^ 🖤💜🖤 #bookstagram #bookblogger #dragonagethestolenthrone #pjothelightningthief #harrypotterandthesorcerersstone #acotar #wizardsfirstrule #5booksthatdefinemytaste #booksthatdefinemytaste #bookswithme #booksovereverything #getlostintheworld #getlostinthebook #booksnerd #dragonage #acourtofthornsandroses #harrypotter #swordoftruth #percyjacksonthelightningthief #booksniffer
📚Meet the Bookstagrammer📚 ✨I’ve had an influx of followers recently so here’s some random facts about me✌🏽 ✨My name is Mahbuba (it’s basically a term of endearment in Arabic and means sweetheart/darling) but I go by my surname which is Bilkis (this means Queen of Sheba). Trying to avoid people I know IRL didn’t work out lool 😂 ✨I am 25 years old ✨I’m from London which is basically my personality trait ✨I have a degree in Sociology (it’s useless AF) my dissertation was on colourism within the British Bangladeshi community, it is a topic very close to my heart #unfairandlovely 🙌🏽 ✨I actually wanted to be a lawyer/politician but I gave up on that dream 💀 ✨I suffer from PCOS, still working on trying to figure out if I have endo🥴 ✨Carbs are my weakness, I’d love to live off bread and pasta forever but PCOS makes me gain weight like crazy ✨I’m a virgin who can’t drive 🥺 ✨I am a hoarder! Tbh I’m such a sentimental person, I will save things from birthday cards/wrapping paper to tickets and other random bits and bobs ✨I had an Adam Levine/Maroon 5 fan page in my teens because I was so obsessed with him and the band 💀 ✨I get super emotional and cry very easily ✨Resting bitch face is my default lewk🙄 ✨Romance and crime/thrillers are my favourite book genres 🔥 ✨My favourite tropes are work place romance, forbidden love, enemies to lovers and forced proximity ✨Because my parents couldn’t speak/read in English very well I learnt to read by following audio cassette tapes that came with my books ✨Some of my favourite authors atm are Hannah Grace, Lauren Asher, Ana Huang & Emily McIntire!
#dearreader tag, thank you for tagging me @kodiejreads 🤍 📖Did you complete your 2022 reading goal? Yes, I set my goal at 75 books this year and surpassed it hitting just about 100. Definitely a great achievement for me as these were the most books I’ve read in years that weren’t for academic purposes! 📖What is your 2023 reading goal? I might aim for 100 or 150 books, haven’t decided yet ☺️ 📖What books do you want to read in the next year? The Dark Verse series by RuNyx The Bergman Brothers series Chloe Liese Playing for Keeps by Tristen Crowe Sinners Anonymous by Somme Sketcher 📖Any 5 star predictions? Final Offer by Lauren Asher Twisted by Emily McIntire UCMH Book 2 by Hannah Grace 📖Books you want to reread? The Fine Print Terms and Conditions Icebreaker Archer’s Voice The Contract 📖Any new years resolutions? Bookish- My goal last year was to be more active on Instagram and I’m really happy I came out of my comfort zone. So I’m hoping to be active on TikTok as well now Try to re-read books I’ve enjoyed when I get into a slump as I’ve heard that helps! Non-bookish- Focus more on my mental health and well-being. Take a break after my internship is up in Feb Explore new places within London and beyond I’ve had many ups and downs this year but using bookstagram as a creative outlet has been really enjoyable for me. My goal was to be more active on here and I’m glad I have been because I’ve discovered so many new authors and bonded with readers. Thank you to everyone that has interacted with me & a special thank you to those who listen to all of my long ass VNs😂 Tagging a few people to take part (no pressure though) but if you see this consider yourself tagged! 🤍
Favourite dedications 💌 Here are some book dedications that I really resonated with, I can also confirm that all of these made me cry or tear up before I even got into the books lool 🥹 ✨ #feelingseen ✨ 📚 Set on You @amyleabooks 📚Funny Feelings @tdwittreadsandwrites 📚Twisted Hate @authoranahuang 📚Terms and Conditions @laurenasherauthor 📚Scarred @itsemilymcintire 📚Wrecked @laurenasherauthor
📚𝙼𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚢 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚢📚 ✨Happy Monday lovelies, hope you’re having a good start to the week ☺️ ✨Here are some of my favourite books from this year, hoping to get a 2022 wrap up done soon so I don’t leave it to the last minute! ✨What’s your favourite book from this year?
#judgethereader Thanks @thestarlessmaisie for the tag in this fun little challenge! Enjoy judging my taste, y’all! There’s a little bit of romance, a little bit of sci-fi, and a whole lotta fantasy. All of these are reads I highly recommend! Books included: Circe, My Killer Vacation, The Song of Achilles, If We Were Villains, One Last Stop, Six of Crows, The Dream Thieves, The Kiss Quotient, Ninth House, Gideon the Ninth, The Queen of Nothing, Black Sun, Gleam, Dark Age. - G #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #aussiebookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #booksthatdefinemytaste #mytasteinbooks #judgemytasteinbooks #readersofinstagram #booksbooksbooks
5 books that define my taste ✨ Wow this challenge was harder than I thought it would be, narrowing down those five books was tough! Here it goes: ✨ Tomorrow x 3 - oh I love a literary fiction book that tugs on my heart strings. When characters are crafted to absolute perfection that you know will stay with you for years 🤌🤌🤌 ✨ The Great Alone - historical fiction that spans a characters life? YES PLS. And when it hits me with the emotions. Aghhhh I loved this book so much 🥺🥺🥺 ✨ The One - the best thriller I have ever read. And it was combined with romance too! I loved that. I love a thriller when it’s done right with all the twists and turns. ✨ Every Summer After - romance 💕 my favourite genre. But an emotional romance with the friends to lovers trope? Inject it into my veins. ✨ Maybe in Another Life - reflective literary fiction with some love thrown in. I adored this book and it’s alternate realities theme, exploring all the ‘what ifs?’ of life. Also it’s a TJR book so you know?? How could I not love it? If your seeing this post, consider yourself tagged! Do you agree with any of my picks or top favourite genres? 🏷 #FiveBooksThatDefineMyTaste #5BooksThatDefineMyTaste #BooksThatDefineMyTaste #BooksILoved #BookstagramChallenge #Bookstagram #BookstagramBooks #FavouriteBooks #BooksBooksBooks #Bookstagrammer #TomorrowAndTomorrowAndTomorrow #Tomorrowx3 #TheGreatAlone #KristinHannah #TheOne #JohnMarrs #EverySummerAfter #MaybeInAnotherLife #TaylorJenkinsReid #RomanceBooks #BooksIRecommend
🌃𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔🌃 I’m not even a Swiftie but this trend looked so fun, thank you for the tag @aphroditeinretrograde! Here are 13 memorable books that kept me up past midnight! Side A 🌌Archer’s Voice 🌌Icebreaker 🌌Twisted Games 🌌The Fine Print 🌌Ugly Love 🌌Love and Other Words Side B 🌌Hooked 🌌Verity 🌌It Ends With Us 🌌Daisy Jones and the Six 🌌The Contract 🌌Hate Notes 🌌The Love Hypothesis
Books that define my reading taste 🤌🏽 . . . #spoonfulofpages #bookphotography #miniatureart #booksthatdefinemytaste #mustreads #favouritebooks #womenwhoread #booksofinstagram #bookgram
✨5 books that define my taste✨ Thanks to @selena_is_reading for tagging me in this challenge💕 1. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella - my love of romcoms and pretty covers 2. The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell - my love of nonfiction and finding inspiration in reading 3. Uzumaki by Junji Ito - my love of horror in both stories and images 4. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - my love of dystopian and older books that make eerily accurate future predictions 5. The Guest List by Lucy Foley - my love of thrillers, mysteries, plot twists, and multiple POVs _________________ #booksthatdefineme #booksthatdefinemytaste #booksthatdescribeme #bookrecommendations #uzumaki #junjiito #shopaholic #confessionsofashopaholic #sophiekinsella #theguestlist #lucyfoley #fahrenheit451 #raybradbury #josephcampbell #powerofmyth #bookstagram #bookreader #booklover #reading #readersofinstagram
5 BOOKS So, here’s my 5 books that define my taste. Thanks so much to @jess_lovesreading and @the_sara_post for tagging me this fun challenge. My book choices featured and reasons why are below, and I’ve included a cheeky pic as I feel like I’ve not shown my face for ages! The Summer That Changed Us - Cathy Bramley I am a big fan of chick lit and rom cons, they are my go to comfort reads. I especially love ones that feature strong friendships too. Ugly Love - Colleen Hoover. I am a fan girl of certain authors and love reading and collecting their books. When I was younger it was authors like James Patterson and Stephen King. More recent author obsessions are Colleen Hoover and Taylor James Reid. Before my actual heart breaks - Tish Delaney I have become a bit of a fan of books that are really character driven, and especially those that absolutely break me. Hard reads, but simply beautiful writing. I just have to be in the right mind space for them. Every Summer After - Charley Fortune I am weak and suffer from terrible FOMO with hyped up books that seem to take up my feed, especially the romance ones. I can’t resist them. The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah This is the surprise one. I’ve discovered a bit of love for historical fiction over the last 12 months. It’s not my go to genre, but when I do decide it’s the right time to pick one up, I really enjoy them. I know the challenge is 5 books, but I can’t define my taste without mentioning memoirs. I love listening to a memoir on my daily commute to and from work. Do we have similar tastes? Or do you have any recommendations for me based on these books? Tagged a few to join in with this one if they fancy. ❤️ #fivebooks #definemytaste #mytasteinbooks #booksthatdefineme #booksthatdefinemytaste #cathybramley #coho #colleenhoover #carleyfortune #kristinhannah #tishdelaney #beforemyactualheartbreaks #uglylove #thenightingale #everysummerafter #thesummerthatchangedus #bookstack #booksonmyhead #booksonmyheadchallenge #book #books #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #bookstagrammer #bookishfun #bookishlove #booklove
🖐🏽5 books that define my taste🖐🏽 hi hello happy friday! i can’t remember where i saw this challenge or if i was ever tagged in it but i’m doing it anyway lol here are the five books that best define my taste (this was rly hard lol) black cake: i love a multigenerational family saga! they’re always so emotional & heartfelt & i will always go hard for them ❤️🔥 disorientation: literary fiction that makes you think!! this is why i read!! i love getting different perspectives on social injustice & learning more about other people’s experiences 🥹 (p.s. this one gets bonus points for being #OwnVoices with asian rep) (p.p.s. if you haven’t heard, this is my favorite book of the year so far hehe) once there were wolves: nature fiction/nonfiction always pack an extra punch for me. i love books with animals because there’s always a hidden lesson on human nature in there somewhere 🌤 hamnet: historical fiction is one of my favorite genres, but especially hist fic set in europe because the history is so rich (bonus points if it’s shakespearean in any way 🥰) one of my most anticipated reads of the year is o’farrell’s upcoming release, the marriage portrait, which is about the start of the medici family! the atlas six: and finally—if you’ve been around here long enough, you know i am one of the biggest fantasy lovers around. any type of fantasy, i’ll read but i chose this one because it’s also dark academia which is the cherry on top of my book tastes 😍 what would your books be? tagging some friends but as always, please join in on the fun! 🫶🏼
Qotd: what books define you? A while back @sunflowers.and.pomegranates tagged me in the #fivebooksthatdefineyou tag and I loved the idea so here's mine!! It's been difficult to narrow down the list to only 5 books, but I'm happy with what I put on here and feel this post summarize pretty well my reading taste 🤎📚 As usual I tagged a few friends who might want do this as well (no pressure!) But if you see this and wanna try, feel free 💕
𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞... I've seen this one floating around bookstagram lately and felt inspired to do my own! Time to share about the particular genres/types of books that I always gravitate to 😍 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 - smutty adult fantasy. Need I say more? 😏 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 - horror in general but if it genuinely scares me or is so messed up that I find myself cringing away from the book, then it's a winner. There are scenes in these short stories that are permanently burnt into my brain 😵 time for a re-read soon! 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 - a perfect example of SF where research or knowledge and experience of the field goes into its creation, but uses terminology that makes it accessible to the everyday reader. If the concept is made up but actually plausible, it gets triple points 🤩 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗻 & 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻'𝘀 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 - adventurous fantasy with loveable characters that you instantly bond with. You become invested in their lives and their journey and when anything happens to them, you feel it in your soul 🥺 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 - thrillers that keep you on edge with a twist that has you questioning absolutely everything. I still think about this one 😮 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔? Tagging some pals to have a go 😊 x
5 books that define my taste 📝🔖💌 how can loss change you? can you change yourself, even if you’re given all the time in the world to do it? if you could go back in time and change something, what would you change? as the saying goes, change is the only constant (very clearly in my reading preferences as you can see). the most common denominator of what i prefer to read - and so, that which defines my taste - is ‘change’ with a lil bit of speculation. other things of note that aren’t as pretentiously phrased as the last para but just as important: • unhinged women doing unhinged things & getting away with them! gotta live my life vicariously through someone SOMEHOW (just say you like ottessa moshfegh and leave gosh) • the exploration of sadness & grief (not pictured: a little life) • literary fiction with a touch of magical realism, courtesy of my recent reads ‘life ceremony’ & ‘nightbitch’ • morally grey characters that make me question my sanity sometimes • in the same wavelength, i LOVE character-driven works • i like reading essays? sometimes? it’s like a very hit or miss for me, but the one pictured is ‘the decay of lying’ by oscar wilde and it’s there bec it’s by him and for no other reason 🤭 • just as i love experimenting w my taste, i’m a big fan of experimental fiction — OKAY i’m done, tysm @alkemi.reads for this tag that allowed me to reflect a little on my taste (which i’ve previously only thought of using words synonymous with ‘sad’ & ‘dark’). i realise i’m only doing tags these days & no reviews but that’s just cuz i really don’t have reviews worth becoming ig captions 🥹 i love writing long reviews - using the word count to its fullest in general - so when i can’t achieve that, i don’t think it’s worth posting abt 🫣 that might change in the upcoming weeks BUT until then, y’all are gonna have to bear w the short reviews on my stories + quotes for each book 📕 — hope everyone’s weekend went well! 🫶🏼
🖐🏼 BOOKS THAT DEFINE MY TASTE Thank you so much to my friend @maddies.reads for the tag and inspiration! It was so fun to pick out these books 💕 🧛♀️ TABCGTSV - I love horror/ghost stories, especially in the fall and this one takes the cake for me. I feel like it’s near perfection. 🌊 EVERY SUMMER AFTER - I love a feel-good, coming of age, friends to lovers, young love, second chance romance. This book is all of that and then some. 🌞 THE PEOPLE WE KEEP - I love slice of life, contemporary/literary fiction. I still think about this book to this day. 🌅 THE GREAT ALONE - Historical fiction has really become one of my favorite genres and it doesn’t get much better than this. In my eyes Kristin Hannah does no wrong. 🪨 ROCK PAPER SCISSORS - one of the most shocking thrillers I’ve ever read. When a thriller is this twisty, turny, and atmospheric it’s automatically 5 stars for me. If you’ve followed my page for awhile, do you think these books define my taste? Do we have any of the same?
What 5 books define my taste? 👩🦰 Anne of Green Gables - fiction/classics/ 🇨🇦/ found family/ kindred spirits/ rivals to lovers/ guy falls first! 🕵🏻♀️ Finlay Donovan is Killing It - cozy mystery/ hot mess heroine/ hijinks/ laugh out loud moments 👸🏻 The Rivals - YA fiction/ royal romances/ soapy series 🌶 It Happened One Summer - Spicy open door romance/ romance tropes- opposites attract, grumpy/ sunshine small town romance 🇨🇺 Next Year in Havana - historical fiction/ books set in other countries/ bada** resilient heroines/ anything written by Chanel Cleeton or Taylor Jenkins Reid What do we have in common? 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 #booksthatdefinemytaste #romancetropes #spicybooks #yafiction #bookseries #romcom #contemporaryfiction #historicalfiction #romancebooks #bookclassics #canadianbooks #booksilove #taylorjenkinsreid #chanelcleeton #americanroyals #bookheroines #bookworm #bookcommunity #bookishtastes #bookgenres #canadianbookstagrammer #gettoknowmebybooks #booklovers
✨5 Books That Define My Taste✨ It was so hard to just choose five books for this challenge because my reading taste can be all over the place and changes often. But with that said, I'd say these are five titles that most accurately define my current reading taste. 📖”Firefly Lane” by Kristin Hannah: Heartwarming story about friendship that will make you laugh and cry. 📖”The Storyteller” by Dave Grohl: Reflective nonfiction 📖”The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Classic romance with flawed characters 📖”Braving the Wilderness” by Brene Brown: Engaging nonfiction read about society and culture 📖”I'll be Your Blue Sky” by Marissa de los Santos: Parallel narratives that uncover a mystery with likeable characters Which book(s) define your reading taste? #positivelybooks #bookstagram #bookatagrammer #bookblog #bookblogger #bookbloggersofinstagram #reader #readerlife #readersofinstagram #bookish #bookishpost #booksthatdefinemytaste #booksthatdefineyourtaste #bookaddict #booklover #booklady #bookladylife
It’s my one year #Bookstaversary! 🎉🍾 🥳 To celebrate, I’m sharing a stack of #BooksThatDefineMyTaste! ▫️The Magicians: People going about their normal lives until they discover a fantasy world hidden beneath their noses; potentially combined with a secret magical school. (See also: Harry Potter, Abarat, Chronicles of Narnia, and Wrinkle in Time) ▫️Bringing Down the Duke: Historical feminism, insert either romance or witches. Fine with either. Prefer both. (See also: Once and Future Witches, Lessons in Chemistry, and Witches of New York) ▫️The Night Circus: Wondrous magic + some kind of competition/game/curse with high stakes. Bonus points for a dark romance or falling in love with the enemy. (See also: Caraval, Six of Crows, Addie LaRue, and Ladies of the Secret Circus) ▫️A Gentleman In Moscow: Historical fiction with richly imagined characters and writing that speaks to general truths about humankind. (See also: Mademoiselle Chanel, Hearts Invisible Furies, The Paris Hours, and Book of Longings) ▫️The Belgariad: Epic high fantasy with political intrigue, good vs. evil, possible “chosen one” narrative. (See also: Phèdre’s Trilogy, LoTR, and GoT) ▫️The Forgotten Garden: Mysteries set in small towns in England. Could either be “whodunnits” or more sprawling family dramas. Bonus points for castles, or at least pretentiously named estates. (See also: Rebecca and anything Agatha Christie) ▫️The 10,000 Doors of January: Books (or maps) are magic. (See also: Inkheart, The Cartographers, The Great Library series, and Shadow of the Wind) ▫️Spinning Silver: Myth or fairy tale retellings. (See also: Circe, House of Salt and Sorrows, and anything Rick Riordan) ▫️A Discovery of Witches: Dark academia, preferably with a paranormal element of some sort. (See also: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, The Historian, and The Secret History) ▫️The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: Creative use of time travel, regardless of genre. (See also: Evelyn Hardcastle, Outlander, and A Witch In Time) ▫️Edward Trencom’s Nose: Quirky, fun, whimsical, and/or off-the-wall shit! (See also: Axious People, Piranesi, City of Dreaming Books, and Alice in Wonderland) Cheers to another year! 🥂