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Hello! Back in October, I shared with you all my autumnal/Halloween decorations for my bookshelves.  I had so much fun with that post, that I decided to do another one for Christmas! Today I’ll be sharing how I decorated my bookshelves for Christmas! 🎄 To start things off, here’s an overview of my main bookcase: I’ve spotlighted a different Christmas book on each shelf that is either on my December TBR or… Read More

Hello!!  So, I totally meant to have this posted on Thanksgiving.  I thought it would be the absolute perfect thing for my blog since it is the day where celebrate and share what we are thankful for.  However, November was an absolute crazy month for me, and I never got the chance to do it.  So, here I am, doing the Give Thanks for All the Great Reads book tag now!  I… Read More

Hello! I absolutely love decorating for the different seasons and holidays! It always gets me in such a festive mood. Today I’m going to be sharing with you all my autumnal bookshelf decorations!

Hello! Today for Blogtober/Blogween, I’m going to be sharing my answers for the Halloween Creatures 2.0 book tag. I was tagged by Jessica @ Reading with Jessica and Mandy @ Devouring Books.  So, a huge thank you to the both of them for thinking of me! 🤗🎃 Alright, let’s get started! Rules: Answer all prompts. Answer honestly. Tag 1-13 people. Link back to this post. Remember to credit the creator. (Anthony @… Read More

Hello!  I got the idea for today’s post from Kristin at Kristin Kraves Books, and it was originally started by Caitlin from Caitstiel’s Book World.  I loved reading both of their posts, so I just had to do it, too!  Basically, I am going to go through my Goodreads book recommendations, and decide whether or not I would read the books they’re recommending to me. Today, I’m going to pick the first… Read More

Hey everyone! Recently, I was tagged by Kris over at Boston Book Reader to do the This or That book tag! Thank you so much for tagging me, Kris!! Alright, here we go:   Audiobook OR Text book?  While I do enjoy some audiobooks, I don’t listen to very many, so I definitely have to go with text books! Paperback OR Hardback?  I honestly love both! I’ll go with hardback though, because they… Read More

Hey everyone!  In honor of Wonder Week, I thought it’d be fun to play a game with you guys on my blog today.  I’m calling it Guess That Book: Emoji Edition, and the idea is pretty simple.  Each row of emojis describes a different book, and it’s up to you to make your guesses in the comments! Alright, let’s get started! Popular YA Novels 1. 🙎🏽☀️✈️🌧️🙎🏽❤️🧛🏼‍♂️ ⚾️ ⚡️ 🧛🏼‍♂️🧛🏼‍♀️🧛🏾‍♂️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏼✈️🧛🏼‍♂️🙎🏽🧛🏼‍♂️🏥💑💃🏽🕺🏼💑 2. 🙋🏽‍♀️ 👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫🏟👊🏼🏹🏹🏹⚔️😵😵💀💀💀😵💀🥖😵💀😵💀😭😭😭😭🏆🙍🏽🙍🏽‍♂️ 3…. Read More

Hi everyone! Today I’m going to be doing The Goodreads Book Tag!  I’ve seen this tag floating around on so many different blogs, and it always looks like so much fun, so I’ve finally decided to do it! What Was the Last Book You Marked as Read? The Coronation by Livy Jarmusch!  This was the last full book I completed for the #InLoveAThon, and I really enjoyed this one.  I’m looking forward… Read More

Hello! Last week (and a bit of the week before that), I participated in the #InLoveAThon, which was a Valentine’s Day-themed readathon! The readathon was hosted by Cristina from cristinasjourney, it went from February 9-15, and the goal was to complete seven of the ten available challenges. If you’re interested, click here to check out my intended TBR and all the details for it. Today, I’m going to share with you all… Read More

Hi everyone!  I was tagged way back in September, by the lovely Marta from The Book Mermaid, to do The New Disney Princess Book Tag!  This tag is super cute, and looks like so much fun.  So, let’s get started! The Rules Mention where you saw the tag/thank whoever tagged you because that’s always good fun Tag Book Princess Reviews and Zuky with our posts so we can check out the wonderful Princess… Read More