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[imaginativebasicintrovert]

Happy release day to The Half Class by Kayvion Lewis! 😊 Isn’t the cover gorgeous? Published by The Parliament House Press, The Half Class is filled with young adult fantasy themes. ✨Also the first book in The Class Chronicles! Read the blurb below and check out @kayvionlewis and @parliamentbooks for more info! 💜 º º º º º ❤︎ BLURB ❤︎ By day, Evie is an outcast, a half-class. Too dark for the illustrious light class, and too fair for the lowly dark class, she is forced to walk the edge of the street with her head down and her paperwork ready. 👀 By night, she rebels, burning down municipal buildings and raiding shops with her fellow half-classes by her side. It’s a dangerous life, but it’s simple—or it used to be. When Prince Cass walks into her aunt’s brothel, life becomes more complicated. Evie and the prince inadvertently hit it off, and her fellow rebels see a golden opportunity. Having a girl near the prince is the perfect way to find out exactly what the king is planning for the half-class. And unfortunately for Evie, that girl is her.😶 Day by day, Evie grows closer to Prince Cass, who’s far more charming than he should be, while the rebels use her information to strike back against his father. But the half-classes are turning ravenous in their retaliation.✊ Soon, they'll want blood—the blood of someone Evie might be starting to love.❤️ º º º º º Book Challenges: • Familiar by @morrighanrose #bookstawitchery • Royal reads by @inkand.imagination #sixofcrowssep21 • Funny characters by @exclusively_bookish #exclusivelybookishpixar • Makes me Happy by @littlemissstar55 #lmsseptember2021 • YA Book, New Release and set in a school by @booknooknerd84 #booknookbingo º º º º #youngadult #fiction #series #fantasy #newrelease #thehalfclass #kayvionlewis #ebook #ereader #youngadultfantasyreads #parliamentbooks #literarylumanati #theparliamenthousepress #bookseries #darkcover #coverlove https://www.instagram.com/p/CUXZu_eP_8W/?utm_medium=tumblr

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QTOD: What's your favorite book-length? I love the typical mid-size book. Maybe 300-400 pages? (I'm not sure, I don't usually pay attention to page count). But anything smaller than that seems a little short and anything over that scares me. Not going to lie, I'm seriously intimidated by big books. I like them, don't get me wrong. But I'm so afraid of them. Especially the books that are already taller than others, like The Last Magician, for example. Couple that with a high page count and you can bet I'll procrastinate with reading it. Are you ever intimidated by big books? — [Image description: Photos of the book, The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell, on a fluffy blanket with a cup of (now cold) tea.] . . . ⚔️ challenges #MyFictionalMusings [historical fiction] #CozyAsCanBee [favorite genre] #BookstaWitchery [warm drinks] . #TheLastMagician #LisaMaxwell #SimonTeen #RivetedLit #instaread #instabooks #booktography #readinggoals #unitedbookstagram #readingismagic #yafantasy #bookwormsunite #bookishphotography #bookaesthetics #loveofreading #bookishgram https://instagr.am/p/CUEI1Har-nK/

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[abutifulnightmar]

• ☢︎︎ • 9/19/21 • ☢︎︎ •

This should have been my post for yesterday but I didn't have time to post, 🤫

- 𝚋𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚘.𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚜𝚢 -

𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚞𝚎 𝚒𝚍 - Summer Sons

𝚝𝚘𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚐 - Lee Mandelo

𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 - September 28th 21

𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 - @tordotcompub (thanks for the gifted copy)

𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎 - Horror, LGBTQ+, Gothic, Mystery, Fantasy

𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 - 384

𝚃𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢 - mentions of suicide, violence, drugs, homomisia, child abuse

• ☢︎︎ • ☢︎︎ • ☢︎︎ • ☢︎︎ • ☢︎︎ •

🖋 𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚁𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 - This is a very hard book to review. The story line is great. But, the majority of the book is sloooow. Thankfully the end portion of the book makes up for how slow it is.

I was able to listen to this on audio and I'm so thankful for that. I honestly may have DNF'd it otherwise. The audio added a lot to the feel of the story and I really enjoyed the narrator's southern accent.

Through the majority of the book you only gets small parts of the Gothic Horror and Mystery of the story. A lot of it is talking cars (which I like, but didn't feel added as much to the storyline) and trying to get their hands on lost research.

One thing I did love, other than the Mystery and Gothic Horror aspects was how much Queer rep there is. There were so many aspects and people in different stages of their sexuality. I thought this was wonderfully represented and it felt so natural and believable. Probably one of the best portrayals of discovering ones sexuality that I've read in a while.

I also really enjoyed the feel of the story. I got a lot of Ronan Lynch (Raven Boys) vibes from Andrew and the group. Also a little Adam Parish in the supernatural aspect. I really enjoyed that feeling as The Raven Boys is one of my favorites. So thank you Mandelo for giving me that feeling.

All in all, I would reccomend this one, just go in knowing it's a super slow burn, but the rep and finish line is worth it.

𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙲𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 - 🔪🔪🔪🩸

*Synopsis in comments

#biblioautopsy

Candles by Wicks By Preal @bookish_pearl

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Challenges

#theunlitlibrary

#bookreadhappyhour

#bibliomaniacsxo

#bookstawitchery

[imaginativebasicintrovert]

QOTD: Have you read / watched Romeo and Juliet? 😌 Whether it was the original or an adaptation? There have been so many films inspired by this take, yet I haven’t read the play! 😝Luckily, I managed to score the book at a market last year and I have been eyeing it ever since. ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ Book Challenges: • OTP by @morrighanrose #bookstawitchery • Family by @bookdragonbrew #bookwyrmsep21 • Revenge by @inkand.imagination #sixofcrowssep21 • Comfort reads by @littlemissstar55 #lmsseptember2021 • Romance, book w/a fantastic cover and book with any type of conflict by @booknooknerd84 #booknookbingo ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ #books #fictionbooks #classicbooks #romeoandjuliet #plays #adaptations #bookadaptations #booknerd #bookworm #booknook #flatlay #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookish #vividreader #booksandtea #bookswithdrinks https://www.instagram.com/p/CTmw-wWvaTz/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[pagingserenity]

QTOD: What's an author you want to read more from? I'd love to read more books from #JenniferLynnBarnes. I loved her The Naturals series and also enjoyed The Fixer duology. I still have to read The Inheritance Games, though. I feel like since I'm already behind (the second book came out today), I might as well wait for the series to be completed before starting it. I'm not a fan of cliffhangers. 😅 Do you binge read series? — [Image description: Flatlay of the book The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes on a blanket with a cup of coffee, a candle, and some fake greenery.] . . . ⚔️ challenges #CreativeBookstagram [legacy] #AllTheBooksSep21 [flatlay] #BookstaWitchery [favorite author] . #TheInheritanceGames #TheNOVL #amreading #reading #booksarelife #avidreader #bookrecommendation #bookpics #booksaremagic #bookreaders #readingforpleasure #readersunite #bookstagrammademedoit #averybookishpost https://instagr.am/p/CTish_qLzDf/

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[abutifulnightmar]

• ☢︎︎ • 9/16/21 • ☢︎︎ •

- 𝚋𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚘.𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚜𝚢 -

𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚞𝚎 𝚒𝚍 - 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝙲𝚕𝚞𝚋

𝚝𝚘𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚐 - 𝙶𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚢 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚊𝚟𝚜𝚔𝚢

𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 - 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 13𝚝𝚑 2021

𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 - @henryholtbooks

𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎 - 𝚢𝚊, 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛, 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛

𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 - 468

𝚝𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢 - 𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑/𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛, 𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚝

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🖋 𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 -

𝙸 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗. 𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚂𝙲, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜.

𝙾𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚢𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚂𝙲 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚝𝚏 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚝, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚞𝚗.

𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙲𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 - 🔪🔪🔪🩸/5

3.5 𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 4

𝚜𝚢𝚗𝚘𝚙𝚜𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜

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⇥𝙸𝙳: 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚕𝚒𝚝 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝙲𝚕𝚞𝚋 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚋 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛⇤

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#theunlitlibrary

#thebookwormrebellion

#bookstawitchery

#bookishcoven

[abutifulnightmar]

•✫•☽︎ 9/15/21 ☾︎•✫•

•✫• Book Talk •✫•

Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

OK, I have very mixed thoughts on this one...

Well, first off, I was not a huge fan of the writing style. It was overly complex in some parts, making it hard to read and get the point across due to disjointed sentences/paragraphs. I get that the author was trying to get a certain point or emotion across during these times, slipping in lots of details that would have been non existent othersie, but it was a bit much at the start of the book. It does get a little better on this front later in the story. Still descriptive, but it flowed more smoothly.

I really enjoyed all the Japanese details and different folklore creatures. That was probably my favorite part. It was fun watching them come to life and was not overly coplicated. I do however wish the story revolved more around the folklore and less around the characters, which brings me to my next point.

I thought the story as a whole was neat, but somewhere along the way I felt it got lost in the actions of the characters. The author pretty much narrates what is about to happen just before it happens, which takes the fun and shock factor out of what is about to happen. Whereas this is a short story to begin with, that part really took away from the whole mood that was set.

Also, the ending comes so abruptly. It's like the story starts out with all of this potential and introducing us to the folklore of this specific place and then ends so suddenly with a simple character driven ending. I guess I would have liked to see a little more of the folklore translated into these parts and less of the full on character narration during one of the most crucial parts of the story. It was just a bit of a letdown. I mean, the parts that were good, were good, then it just kind of trails off suddenly...

🦇🦇🦇🌙/5

Thank you to @tornightfire and @netgalley for a copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.

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QOTD

What is your favorite folklore or fairytale?

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Challenges

#theunlitlibrary

#bookreadhappyhour

#bibliomaniacsxo

#bookstawitchery

[abutifulnightmar]

September 6th, 21

•❖•❖•☽︎☬☾︎•❖•❖•

•❖• Someone's in the House •❖•

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess by Andy Marino

*Synopsis in comments*

Ugh, I've tried to write this post several times already and it never comes out how I want it to, kind of like this book...

This one wasn't a hit for me. It wasn't at all what I was expecting or hoping for going into it. Sometimes that is a good thing and a book will surprise you. Unfortunately for this book it didn't quite hit the mark.

I found myself slightly confused, it felt jisjointed and it just wasn't the best reading experience. I'm sure the writer probably intended some of this, but from a readers perspective it just didn’t work well. The story as a whole wasn't terrible, but the execution  fell short.

I did enjoy parts of this book and found the "visitations" interesting. I liked the reasoning behind her not remembering what happened and about certain things in her past. I felt the love of a mom for her son, thinking she was doing what was best, even if she wasn't. After all, Sydney wasn't quite herself and had fallen back into bad habits...

This was my first experience with Marino's writing so it may be a one off and I may enjoy other books from him in the future. But I guess we shall see.

🖤🖤🖤/5

Thank you to @redhookbooks and @netgalley for a copy of this title in exchange for an honest review

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QOTD

Today's an easy one, what's the last book you finished and what did you rate it?

My last read was Slewfoot by Brom

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤/5

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Challenges

•❖• #theunlitlibrary

•❖• #bookreadhappyhour

•❖• #bookstawitchery

•❖•❖•☽︎☬☾︎•❖•❖•

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QTOD: What's your favorite page to screen adaptation? Mine is probably the first #ToAllTheBoys movie. It's just so sweet and cute! That said, I haven't watched the other last one yet. In my defense, it's kind of hard to watch when you don't have Netflix and can't watch it with friends. 😅 Do you enjoy watching book to whatever adaptations? — I meant to post this edit closer to when TATB3 came out earlier this year but I forgot. . [Image description: A photoshopped recreation of the book cover of Always & Forever by Jenny Han.] . . ⚔️ challenges #TumblesOverBooks [set at schools or universities] #CozyAsCanBee [wholesome] #SixOfCrowsSept21 [page to screen adaptations] #BookstaWitchery [cover love] . #AlwaysAndForeverLaraJean #JennyHan #bookcommunity #currentlyreading #bookdragon #allthebooks #beautifulbooks #yafantasy #readeveryday #readergram #readersunite #booksmakemehappy #yabookstagrammer #coverlove #bookishedit https://instagr.am/p/CT5cxBrLynk/

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QTOD: What's your favorite underrated read? #TheDarkestMinds is one of mine! I feel like not enough people talk about it here, but it's one of my absolute favorite books. Although to be fair, it did get adapted into a movie, so I'm not sure if I can actually call it underrated. 😅 It just has such a great balance between having well-developed characters, an exciting plot, and great world-building. I highly recommend it if you're looking for a dystopian read. But as much as I love this series (it's a trilogy, btw), I can't seem to bring myself to read its spin-off. I'm terrible at reading the last book set in a world I love. Do you ever procrastinate with finishing a series you love? — [Image description: The book, The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken with a cup of coffee and a mini apple pie twist thing.] . . . ⚔️ challenges #SixOfCrowsSept21 [books with your fav quote] #WanderingMystical [#OTPMonday] #BookstaWitchery [enchanting worlds] #MyFictionalMusings [underrated book] . #AlexBracken #AlexandraBracken #bookdragon #bookblogger #readingisfun #readreadread #readeveryday #bookpost #readingtime📖 #booksmakemehappy #mybookishfeatures #bookdragons #cozyreads #lightread https://instagr.am/p/CTyHOpzr1JL/

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