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Still playing catch up! The prompt for day 9 of #booktrovember was a beautiful cover, and this one - Lauren Groff's Fates & Furies - always catches my eye! What's your fave book cover? ๐Ÿ˜ . . . #bibliophile #mybookfeatures #bookcovers #beautifulbooks #books #booklover #booksbooksbooks #literature #literaturelover #shelfobsessed #projectwellread #operationwellread #bookstagram #bookish #readingtime #ilovebooks #instabooks #booksofinstagram #FatesAndFuries #LaurenGroff #beautiful #colour #color #challenge
Day 8 of #Booktrovember - best opening line, anyone? I have a few, but this one is just unbeatably iconic โšก . . . #bibliophile #mybookfeatures #firstpage #books #booklover #booksbooksbooks #literature #literaturelover #shelfobsessed #projectwellread #operationwellread #bookstagram #bookish #readingtime #ilovebooks #instabooks #booksofinstagram #openingline #best #iconic #HarryPotter #JKRowling #HarryPotterandthePhilosophersStone #HarryPotterandtheSorcerersStone #classic #series #magic #nostalgia #love
Prompt #7 for @ami.thebooktrovertโ€™s #Booktrovember was โ€œan ending you hatedโ€. ๐Ÿ™… Well, here we are. I'll admit that I havenโ€™t yet read the second two books in Paul Austerโ€™s New York Trilogy, but City Of Glass was enough for me. I looked up the Goodreads reviews for this novel when I was thinking about this post and one personโ€™s review: โ€œthis novel is a masterpieceโ€ was directly above anotherโ€™s statement of, โ€œthis book is complete crapโ€, which should give you an indication of the mixed feelings itโ€™s inspired! ๐Ÿ˜‚ While there are parts of the book I absolutely LOVED, the ending was a complete letdown for me. I guess thatโ€™s postmodernism, bro! ๐Ÿ’ . . . #bibliophile #mybookfeatures #bookcovers #bookspines #books #booklover #booksbooksbooks #literature #literaturelover #shelfobsessed #projectwellread #operationwellread #bookstagram #bookish #readingtime #ilovebooks #instabooks #booksofinstagram #ending #PaulAuster #CityOfGlass #NewYork #trilogy #NewYorkTrilogy #Goodreads #review #postmodernism #meh
Day 6 of #Booktrovember's prompt? A book with a cosy feel! And what could be cosier than silly Emma Woodhouse's errant matchmaking? ๐Ÿ˜‚ I just finished the audiobook of Emma today and have good reason to believe Austen's decision to name the book after its heroine has to do with Mr Knightley's constant chastising proclamations of, "Emma!" I think of all the Austens I've read, this is the book with the least truly detestable characters, and no harm done in the book is truly irreparable. I did find Emma so annoying half the time, and also Mr Knightley is the bomb. Excited to blog about the Austen books soon!! . . . #booktrovember #november #challenge #apostaday #JaneAusten #Austen #Emma #MrKnightley #cozy #bibliophile #readaholic #booksbooksbooks
Day 5 of @ami.thebooktrovert's challenge: "a quote that you cherish." I think one of my all-time favourites would be CS Lewis's, "Courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan," from The Last Battle, but ALAS! I have not copies of the Narnia books yet ๐Ÿ™ˆ I could just as easily picked any book I've read off my bookshelf and find a quote that resonates with me, but I chose to go with this gem: Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Swipe for the quotes I remember most vividly (although I really am keen to reread this one and I'm sure I'll discover a million more!) . . . #Booktrovember #booktrovert #booksbooksbooks #books #bibliophile #readaholic #November #challenge #quotes #favourite #love #quote #doors #reunion #JonathanSafranFoer #ExtremelyLoudAndIncrediblyClose
Continuing my catch-up on @ami.thebooktrovert's #Booktrovember - Day 4's "ending that crushed you" ๐Ÿ˜… I mean... There's no ending quite like this one for me. . . . #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #bibliophile #readaholic #read #books #challenge #catchup #TheBookThief #MarkusZusak #love #grief #pain #story
Me on October 31st: I'm gonna do #Booktrovember! It'll be so easy! Me on November 6th: How?! Is?! It?! The?! SIXTH???! . . . SO. I'm doubling up a couple of prompts for the past few days to console myself. Here's my pick for the 2nd and 3rd: a badass female character (Katniss, duh) and my secret soulmate (Gale. HAHAHAHAHAHA JOKES, NOPE... deeefinitely Team Peeta). I just listened to the audiobooks of this trilogy and had to keep reminding myself that Katniss is SEVENTEEN every time she annoyed me ๐Ÿ˜‚ I still love these books more than I can express. . . . #Booktrovember #catchup #doubleup #booksbooksbooks #booksofinstagram #readaholic #challenge #trilogy #TheHungerGames #KatnissEverdeen #PeetaMellark #favourite #love #badass
Day 1 of Ami's (@ami.thebooktrovert) #Booktrovember challenge is to post a photo of a book with a colour in its title... so here is my partner in crime, @kylekeepsitfresh, with his current read: Ted Dekker's The Circle series, each book of which has a different colour for its name (Black, Red, White and Green)! He'll be blogging about it reeeeal soon over at butfirstfiction.com ๐Ÿ˜ . . . #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #November #challenge #colour #black #red #white #green #TedDekker #TheCircle #ButFirstFiction #bookblog #blog #post #apostaday #dailychallenge
October's the month for spooky reads! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ‘ป Now if only I were reading this alongside an abandoned castle rather than in the middle of a sprawling urban metropolis... ๐Ÿ˜‚ . . . #NancyDrew #mystery #ThrowbackThursday #spooky #spookyreads #castle #Halloween #almostHalloween
โ˜•โž•๐Ÿ“–โšŒโค . . . #books #reading #coffee #cappuccino #latteart #heaven #Neverwhere #NeilGaiman #fantasy #currentlyreading
MY CHILDHOOD! . Was anyone else a huge Nancy Drew nerd growing up? This badass girl kept me hooked for years with her fearless attitude and cool head in the face of mystery and danger! I was so excited to see these newly designed covers in @exclusivebooks the other day - passing great reads onto a new generation ๐Ÿ˜ (wow, I sound old.) . #bibliophile #bookcovers #books #booksbooksbooks #literature #readerlife #literaturelover #shelfobsessed #projectwellread #operationwellread #bookstagram #bookish #readingtime #ilovebooks #instabooks #booksofinstagram #NancyDrew #mystery #CarolynKeene #childhood #throwback #design #flashback #favourite #kidslit #ExclusiveBooks #bookshop #bookshelf #series #badass
What book can you go back to over and over again? . I've started rereading @patricknessbooks' Chaos Walking trilogy and maaaaan oh man, I will never get over this series. . Also, coffeeeeeee. @doppiozerosa is a winner! . #bibliophile #mybookfeatures #bookspines #books #booksbooksbooks #literature #literaturelover #shelfobsessed #projectwellread #operationwellread #bookstagram #bookish #readingtime #ilovebooks #instabooks #booksofinstagram #favourite #reread #readersofinstagram #coffee #cappuccino #DoppioZero #TheKnifeOfNeverLettingGo #ChaosWalking #PatrickNess #booksforbreakfast
Even my craft project knows what's up ๐Ÿ™Œ . . . #read #books #crossstitch #craft #embroidery #instructions #readmorebooks #bibliophile #ButFirstFiction #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #justkeepreading
It's book-list o'clock ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿ“š Hop on over to the blog (link in bio) to see what my book-reading goals are for the year and to grab some amazing free printable book lists designed by @shmaymee; then share your lists! . #bibliophile #mybookfeatures #booklist #books #booksbooksbooks #literature #literaturelover #shelfobsessed #projectwellread #operationwellread #bookstagram #bookish #readingtime #ilovebooks #instabooks #booksofinstagram #favourite #list #goals #free #freebie #freeprintable #freedownload #illustration #design #AmySlatem #AmySlatemIllustration #ButFirstFiction #bookblog
Sister sent this to me and Mom last month and it still makes me giggle... ๐Ÿ˜‚ . . . #bibliophile #mybookfeatures #books #booksbooksbooks #literature #literaturelover #shelfobsessed #projectwellread #operationwellread #bookstagram #bookish #readingtime #ilovebooks #instabooks #booksofinstagram #favourite #quote #KalkBayBooks #TerryPratchett #openmind #problem #signboard #chalkboard
Illuminae: noun (Latin) 1. Those who shed light. Literally, "the radiant ones". . Whew, I finished Obsidio last night and I am going to be raving about this series for a while. Plus buying every book Amie Kaufman and/or Jay Kristoff have written. There's a lot I could say but I'm still ruminating and also I don't want to spoil anything so I'll just lead with: The Illuminae Files are SO SO SO SO GREAT, chock-full of: sci-fi space awesomeness; kick-ass, whip-smart teenagers; battles! adventure! enemies! romance! creepy AI systems! oh my!; aaaand a whole lot of philosophical qualms and ponderances. They are 150-trillion-percent worth reading. Cool. . #bibliophile #bookspines #books #booksbooksbooks #literature #literaturelover #shelfobsessed #projectwellread #operationwellread #bookstagram #bookish #readingtime #ilovebooks #instabooks #booksofinstagram #TheIlluminaeFiles #Illuminae #Gemina #Obsidio #AmieKaufman #JayKristoff #YA #scifi #sciencefiction #space #romance #teenread #trilogy #epic #yaaaaaas
Startin' a book blog, baby, startin' a book blog ๐Ÿ˜Ž . Exciting news is that @kylekeepsitfresh and I have started a blog about books! A bookstablog! Neither of us are literary geniuses (genii?) but we wanted a space where we could chat about some of our favourite reads and why they mean so much to us, with the hope of cultivating a community of readers like us who love chatting about books. It's still small but it's filling out quite nicely and we're both having a lot of fun (and learning a bunch, and reading a whole lot more). . Swipe to read a poem Kyle wrote for the homepage, and swipe again for an illustration of us I drew... and definitely pay the blog a visit! You can find it at www.butfirstfiction.com - the link is in my bio ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ“– . #ButFirstFiction #bookblog #blog #bibliophile #bookcovers #books #booksbooksbooks #literature #literaturelover #shelfobsessed #projectwellread #operationwellread #bookstagram #bookish #readingtime #ilovebooks #instabooks #booksofinstagram #favourite #project #fun #community
Aaand another #TBRlist #readingrainbow ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ“š . Books accumulated this weekend - donated by an elderly lady, picked up at charity shop sales, loaned to by boyfriend. Wow! ๐Ÿ˜ . #bibliophile #bookspines #books #booksbooksbooks #literature #literaturelover #shelfobsessed #projectwellread #operationwellread #bookstagram #bookish #readingtime #ilovebooks #instabooks #booksofinstagram #favourite #rainbow #colour #tbr #toberead #lotstoread

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