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Hi! I’m Lauren!

I'm a 30 something book lover, knitter & crocheter, and animal lover. I currently live in Calgary, Alberta. I love the winter and wish it snowed more than it didn't. I could spend hours in a used book store and equally as long binge-watching tv shows :) ...more

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What’s a favorite series that you don’t feature a lot on your Bookstagram?

Mine is definitely ACOTAR. I love this series soooo much. I’ve read it many times and every time I think I love it a bit more. I’m going to do another reread this year because it’s already been too long 🖤

(Also I cannot express enough dismay at the fact that ACOSF does not match my original hardcovers).

What a Saturday! Today @readingslumpqueen and I

What a Saturday!

Today @readingslumpqueen and I went to a market, had a great lunch and our final stop was @owlsnestbooks ! It’s one of my favorite indie bookstores here in Calgary and I had a gift card that was burning a hole in my pocket that I had won in a giveaway from @awaywithwordsbookclub .

I knew exactly what I was looking for The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo, one of my most anticipated books of the year. And bonus, I got this awesome wooden bookmark with purchase!

I can’t wait to dive into The Familiar, and if you’re in Calgary stop in at Owls Nest - they have the cutest store and friendliest staff!

QOTD: What are doing this weekend?

🖤A Little Book Haul🖤 I’ve been very restr

🖤A Little Book Haul🖤

I’ve been very restrictive of the new books I’m buying lately, other than my Fairyloot but sometimes I just have to take the plunge!

Books:
•A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle Jensen - I had to get this book before the first printing metallic edges were gone. I am who I am.
•The Crimson Moth by Kristen Ciccarelli - The edition from @fairyloot is so stunning. I’m so happy I own it.
•The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem - I actually don’t know what this is about but I’ve been obsessed with wanting to read it 😂

What have you purchased new lately? Have you read any of these… thoughts?

Review: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez ⭐️

Review: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
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I felt like I was the last person alive to pick up an Abby Jimenez novel. When I saw that this was the fake dating trope and the consistent raves I have heard about Jimenez’s books, I knew I had to pick it up.

I enjoyed this SO much. I was so surprised by the mixture of writing in this romance novel. It’s definitely a pretty big departure from a lot of books, especially recently. It’s funny at times, extremely heartfelt, tackles mental illness in a good way, tough topics, tough relationships. I got the feeling finishing Just for the Summer that she could write anything with grace.

I loved all of the characters, but Justin’s brother and sisters got me hard. I loved the amazing friendships portrayed in this, for both of the main characters. I rooted for Justin and Emma the entire time.

Now the downside. There were times where I felt like I missing out on an inside joke... there were a few scenes that I felt like were put in as easter eggs (which I had heard Abby Jimenez did), and that it was obvious. And I was correct... I found out this was in the same world as Part of Your World and Yours Truly, which is disappointing. It’s marketed as a standalone, which is fair but I would have liked to know that this was in the same world - Goodreads gave no indication this was the third book in a standalone series. And now I know how the first book ends.

I definitely understand the Abby Jimenez hype. And now I follow her on social media and I’m a little bit obsessed. I cannot wait to read every book she puts out. I highly recommend, but please read Part of Your World and Yours Truly first if you plan to at all (unless you don’t care about spoilers).

Thank you @hachetteus for the review copy 🖤

🖤What this Week🖤 Happy Monday everyone! Wha

🖤What this Week🖤

Happy Monday everyone! What does everyone have on the docket this week?

I have not much going on this week, which I’m thrilled about!

READING
I am doing the 1000 pages challenges, and have a TBR of so many books. Then I deviated (as usual) and realized I have an ARC of this gem. So I’m reading everything I posted on Saturday plus this and who knows what haha.

LISTENING
I’m listening to The American Roommate Experiment and really enjoying it. I also have The Discovery of Witches and Fangirl ready to go for rereads plus The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher. I’m desperately seeking some rereads of favorites so I’ve been putting them on hold for audiobook rereads.

WATCHING
I am rewatching The Vampire Diaries and am loving it. It’s one of my favorite shows but I have never rewatched it, my heart couldn’t take it. BUT I want to watch The Originals since I never did and catch up on what I missed from Legacies so I figured a rewatch was in order.

#QOTD: What do you have planned for the week?

Review: Credence by Penelope Douglas
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I knew this was either a love it or hate it type of book. I also had a suspicion that I wouldn’t be super thrilled by it due to some of the taboo content as I knew what it entailed. Despite all that I still needed to read it … and I didn’t hate it 😂

I don’t really know what to say about Credence, I enjoyed it a lot but there were also parts I was like ugh, no. The FMC Tiernan was impossible and she certainly wasn’t my favorite character. I also had a hard time with some of the relationships in the book. I’m try to skirt around to avoid spoilers but let’s just say the ultimate way it ended I was pleased with.

It did have two tropes I loved… stranded/stuck together plus she’s mine/touch her and die.

If you are interested in this one, give it a whirl. It’s not super taboo… just kind of hovers around the edges LOL. I can absolutely see how people don’t love this though!

🖤Reading 1000 Pages Challenge TBR⚔️ It’s

🖤Reading 1000 Pages Challenge TBR⚔️

It’s been a LONGGGGGGG time since I’ve participated in this challenge. I am frightfully behind in my Goodreads goal so this is the perfect challenge for me to get a bit closer to being caught up.

Here’s my TBR… I wonder if I can get to all of them 👀

•Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
•Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
•Emily Wildes Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
•Bride by Ali Hazelwood
•Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead
•Gothikana by Runyx
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•The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas
•The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher

The majority of these are in some form of already started. It’s a generous TBR but we will see how it goes!

This challenge is hosted by @booktalkwithrae @jacquisbooks @pretty_little_library & @shaked_reads and is 7 days long!

Are you participating this round?

🤍Coloured Spines Challenge🤍 Lauren (@wordsb

🤍Coloured Spines Challenge🤍

Lauren (@wordsbetweenlines ) tagged me in this challenge last week and I LOVE it. I thought I’d have a hard time with white spines, and it wasn’t super easy but it wasn’t hard as I expected! I love white spines, especially if they have metallic lettering.

I’m tagging…

🖤: @readingslumpqueen
🤍: @writergrrlreads
💙: @utterlyhookedonbooks
💛: @monicas.booknook
❤️: @theyegbibliophile
💜: @mama.reads.yyc

#QOTD: Have you seen the covers for the Holiday releases of the Caraval series? They are white covers and stunning. Yes, I preordered 😬

Review: Powerless by Lauren Roberts ⭐️⭐️

Review: Powerless by Lauren Roberts
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I was extremely excited to start this one, so when my hold came through I was thrilled. It has been THE book around the online book community lately and it seemed like there were not any bad reviews and everyone was loving it.

Well here I am with an “alternative perspective” you can say. I hated this book. There is little I can say in the positive, which is so so disappointing. I also really like Lauren Roberts, and follow her online so it saddens me I didn’t like her book.

The plot is not even remotely original in my opinion. It is incredibly similar to The Hunger Games, plus I saw obvious similarities in The Selection, Red Queen and a few others. If you haven’t read those books you’ll probably find more enjoyment in Powerless.

The characters are lacklustre. I actually didn’t care about any of them.

I think the main reason why I didn’t enjoy this was I was bored. So, so incredibly bored. I felt like it dragged so long and I couldn’t wait for it to be over.

Why did I continue on? I thought SURELY when I haven’t seen a negative review on Bookstagram or Booktok it had to get better, so I just had to keep going. And by the 75% point you can bet that I’m finishing it for my Goodreads goals after wasting that much time.

Do I recommend it? Nope. However, I’m clearly in the minority so use your own judgement. I will not be continuing with this series 🤷‍♀️

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