MY END OF YEAR TBR | can i read 31 books in 31 days??? 😧😓

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Hey everyone, welcome or welcome back to my blog! I originally had an entire tbr set out and scheduled day by day but we’re 2 days into the month and I can already tell you that my plans are absolutely not going to work out and I’m going to have to change things up already. I have high hopes of reading 31 books in 31 days this month but mostly I’m just hoping I finish the year out with a bang and that I read books that I actually really enjoy!

Here’s a quick reminder that Graphicsathon round 7 is currently going on and you still have time to join!

*If you’re interested to know my thoughts on a particular book, please do tell me because that will definitely give me extra motivation to pick it up!

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The Hoemance Book Club’s December 2022 Read: Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera ❄️🎄🧁

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Hey everyone, welcome or welcome back to my blog! Back in 2021 Rebecca and I started The Hoemance Book Club and we’ve absolutely loved discussing romance books with our book club every month with everyone on our Discord! We’ve read so many exciting romances lately and we can’t to read some new favourites this year too!

Earlier this year we read some real bangers like Weather Girl, Book Lovers and Fake It Till You Bake It and last month we read The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann. It’s finally December so this month we’re reading something Christmassy, our book club read is Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera!

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Find out more about this month’s book here ↓  & find our catalogue of past books here.

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How To Read Mariana Zapata’s Books | Publication Order vs Chronological Order | Updated 2022

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Hey everyone, welcome to or welcome back to my blog! Today I’m going through how to read Mariana Zapata’s books. Mariana Zapata is one of my favourite authors of all time and definitely my favourite romance author. her books can all be read as standalone but a lot of the later ones included cameos with other characters so today I’m writing up a quick summary of which books are connected and how you should read them.

Honestly, I started with The Wall of Winnipeg and Me and then went from there and I think it’s fine to just pick and choose whatever most interests you and then go on from there. The cameos rarely impact the plot in any major way and you can treat all of MZ’s books as standalones, but if you want to read in either publication or chronological (from what I can guess) order, that’s what I’m going through today!

If you’re looking for a quick graphic to save to your phone I highly recommend this one I found on Pinterest.

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my ebook, netgalley + kindle unlimited tbr (nov 2022)

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Hey everyone, welcome to or welcome back to my blog! I’m trying my hardest to start writing blog posts in advance of when I actually have them scheduled to come out while also trying to balance my mood-writing tendencies. So, today I’m really in the mood to talk about all of the ebooks on my tbr so I’m going to go through my Kindle and Netgalley apps and tell you all of the unread books I have on my tbr! (*spoiler: there’s a lot, but I won’t lie, I thought there would be a tonne more than there actually is)

I’ve been getting into the habit of reading books on my kindle app lately before bed and whenever I’m on my lunch breaks at work and it’s honestly making me feel so accomplished! I’ve read some real bangers but I’ve also unfortunately read some absolute flops so I can’t wait to see what I think of *all the books that I currently have on my owned tbr + my kindle unlimited tbr!

*not including my graphic novels, comics or manga

↓ click on the titles to go to the Goodreads pages! ↓

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Graphicsathon Round 7 Announcement ✨Graphicsopoly ✨ Diverse December!✨

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Hey everyone, welcome to or welcome back to my blog. If you’ve been following me for a while you know that I’ve been co-hosting the Graphicsathon for a few years now so I’m super excited to announce the latest round which is focusing on diversity since there are so many amazing diverse graphics out there that we want to highlight! We’re also using this round to really get on top of our Goodreads/Storygraph challenges since it’s set in December!

Follow our Twitter here & join the graphicsathon Discord here! We’ll be doing reading sprints throughout the readathon and we also have a buddy read and prompts so it’s going to be a lot of fun and I know we’re going to have some great discussions. I’m really looking forward to reading with you all!

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The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann mini review // the hoemance book club 💕

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Hey everyone, welcome or welcome back to my blog. Today I’m bringing you a mini review (what?? on this blog???) of the latest Hoemance Book Club monthly pick! The Hoemance Book Club is the romance book club that I run with Rebecca from BookishlyRebecca. We started this in 2020 and we’ve been really loving discussing romance books with you each month. We have a discord where we talk about the book club picks and also have a general chat section and channels where we can recommend books to each other and organise buddy reads as well as any other bookish and non-bookish things you can think of!

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OCTOBER WRAP UP | ✨ discworld, beauty and the beast retellings & christmas romances! ✨

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Hey everyone, welcome to or welcome back to my blog! I’m a bit late this month, but I’m finally posting my latest monthly wrap up! I didn’t read very much in October but I did start the Discworld series and fall completely in love with it so don’t be surprised if you see more of Terry Pratchett’s books on my blog in the future!

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i read the entire kingdom of the wicked trilogy in 12 hours lol i’m unhinged

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Hey everyone, welcome to or welcome back to my blog! I’m in the mood for some romance today and I have the day off from work so I’ve decided to take advantage of my reading motivation! It’s 11am and since today is the only day this week that I’m not busy so I’m dedicating the entire day to reading the Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy by Kerry Mainsalco. The last book in the trilogy came out in late September and I’ve been waiting for a free day to binge the trilogy and today is finally that day!

I have read book 1 before but I haven’t read the other books so I’m excited to see where this trilogy goes, especially since I don’t really remember what happens in book 1!

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NOVEMBER TBR | percy jackson, the romantic agenda, discworld + 2022 romances! 📚✨🌊

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Hey everyone, welcome to or welcome back to my blog! It’s somehow now November so I’m posting my monthly tbr! I’m sure that as per usual I’ll go completely off script but for now these are the top 20-ish books that I’m most excited to read! I have quite a few 2022 releases on my tbr, as well as some backlist series that I want to continue and a couple of Christmas romances I’m excited about!

*If you’re interested to know my thoughts on a particular book, let me know because that will definitely give me extra motivation to pick it up!

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The Hoemance Book Club’s November 2022 Read: The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann

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Hey everyone, welcome or welcome back to my blog! Back in 2021 Rebecca and I started The Hoemance Book Club and we’ve absolutely loved discussing romance books with our book club every month with everyone on our Discord! We’ve read so many exciting romances lately and we can’t to read some new favourites this year too!

Earlier this year we read some real bangers like Weather Girl, Book Lovers and Fake It Till You Bake It and last month we read Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese. For the month of November, our book club read is The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann!

Find out more about this month’s book here ↓  & find our catalogue of past books here.

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