We’re back with another Sundays in Bed With… meme! This meme dares to ask you what book has been in your bed this morning and is hosted by Midnight Book Girl. Come share what book you’ve spent your time reading in bed or wish you had time to read today.
I spent most of my day in bed catching up on my Katabasis reading. I can’t believe that we’re already done next week! This chunk that we just read was so intense and my brain was overwhelmed by what it had to process. There is so much to digest in this story! 😂
I do need help deciding what I want to read next though. I’m going to keep my non-fiction audiobook for my commute read, but I want a nighttime read and I can’t decide what to pick up. Has anyone read any of these books? Which would you choose to read? ⬇️
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton, The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso, The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles, Lady’s Knight by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner, Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi
What book are you spending your Sunday in bed with?
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme created by Rukky @Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @Book Nook Bits and myself! In this discussion meme, participants get to talk about certain topics, share opinions, and spread the love by visiting each other’s posts! Learn more about LTB, past topics and future topics HERE.
This week’s topic is:
Favourite Genre Recommendations
Prompts: What is your favourite genre(s) and what makes it your favourite? If someone wanted to try your favourite genre(s), what are five books that you would recommend to them and why those books specifically? Has your favourite genre changed over time?
Leslie and I are planning two group reads in the coming months! Find more details on Leslie’s page or at the end of this post!
Hello, hello and welcome back to another episode of WWW Wednesday, a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World of Words, which means I’ll be answering these questions:
This week’s topic is:Literary/Bookish Candles I’d Make (Pick a book and assign it a fragrance or fragrance combo that would make a nice candle.) (Submitted by Heather @ The Frozen Library) — but clearly I’m going rogue!
Happy Monday, book pandas! I’m back with a tag today and it’s the Six in SixBook Tag! I’ve had this on my radar for a while after spotting it on Leyre @ Read You Leyre‘s page. I found it unique because it’s kind of like a “choose your own adventure” book tag but in this case, it’s “choose your own prompts from a list that the original creator has made or create your own”. Confused? I hope not! 🤣
Let’s get right to the details for this tag:
This tag was originally created by The Book Jotter. Here’s what Jo has to say about it:
The idea being that as the end of June approaches and we are then halfway through the year, let us share the books we have read in those first 6 months. In fact let’s share 6 books in 6 categories, or if time is of the essence then simply share just 6 books. Whatever combination works for you as long as it involves 6 books. Of course the same book can obviously feature in more than one category.
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett, Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis, The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton, Enchantra by Kaylie Smith, Getting It On With Gargoyles by Hazel Mack, Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
Six authors I’m looking forward to reading more of…
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig, The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker, A Master of Djinn by P. Djéli Clark, The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
Six books I was disappointed with
Phantasma by Kaylie Smith, A Language of Dragons by S. F. Williamson, A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee, Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley, Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim, Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte
Six books I read on my Kindle and then bought physical copies of…
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske, The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen, Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Six book covers I love (in 2025)
A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim, Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree, The Nightblood Prince by Molly X. Chang, The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong, The Floating World by Axie Oh, Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Six books recently added to my wish list
When I Think of You by Myah Ariel, Paladin’s Grace by T. Kingfisher, If Not for My Baby by Kate Golden, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad, Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe, The Crimson Fortress by Akshaya Raman
That’s it for the Six in Six book tag! This was so much fun and I loved that we could choose the prompts ourselves. Not tagging anyone but feel free to link back if you do it so I can check out the prompts you chose and your answers!
We’re back with another Sundays in Bed With… meme! This meme dares to ask you what book has been in your bed this morning and is hosted by Midnight Book Girl. Come share what book you’ve spent your time reading in bed or wish you had time to read today.
I’ll spend the rest of my Sunday night finishing Pitcher Perfect by Tessa Bailey. I got sent an ARC and I completely forgot about it until I got the publication day email (oops, so sorry)! 🫣 Since I’ve been feeling myself slip into a restless funky reading mood, I thought a romance would do the trick and it’s definitely an easy one-sitting read. It’s been a minute since I’ve picked up something by Bailey but I’ve had fun with this!
What book are you spending your Sunday in bed with?
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme created by Rukky @Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @Book Nook Bits and myself! In this discussion meme, participants get to talk about certain topics, share opinions, and spread the love by visiting each other’s posts! Learn more about LTB, past topics and future topics HERE.
This week’s topic is:
Following the Reader
Prompts: What makes you want to follow a bookish account on social media? What makes you want to follow a book blog? Are you very discerning, or do you follow back whoever follows you? Do you prefer or find it easier to engage with other readers on one platform over the other (i.e. blogs vs. bookstagram or booktok)?
Hi friends, I’m back for another blog tour today! I’m excited to share my thoughts as part of the blog tour hosted by Toppling Stacks Tours for The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire by Anna Fiteni.
Thanks to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for providing a digital ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
Click the banner above or here to check out the other incredible bloggers on the blog tour!
The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: 9 September 2025 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Rep: LGBTQIA+, disability
Rating: (4 pandas)
📖SYNOPSIS
An irresistible dark fae romantasy, inspired by Welsh mythology and perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Faebound, Leigh Bardugo and Holly Black’s The Cruel Prince.
Ceridwen Parry has run away with the fairies.
But this is not her story.
For Sabrina Parry, the world is tough, cruel and practical. With her father in prison, her aims in life are 1. hold onto her job, 2. hold her tongue and 3. set up her sister Ceridwen with a man rich enough to look after her. Ceridwen is lovely, romantic, timid – everything that Sabrina isn’t. But then Ceridwen vanishes into the eerie woods leaving only an iron ring behind and Sabrina is drawn into a beautiful but decaying world of fairies and monsters of old. And when an annoyingly handsome fairy prince offers her a dangerous deal, Sabrina is forced to put her own freedom at risk to save her sister.
Imprisonment, blood, gore, dismemberment, violence, death
TL;DR:This is for those who enjoy complex, morally grey, and somewhat unlikeable MCs that will make you work to appreciate them. It’s for those who enjoy the intertwining of real history with mythological faerie tales and folklore and magic. And it’s for those who enjoy reading about sibling bonds, a taste of a hate-to-love romance, and a coming-of-age story about a bitter, tired, and scared young woman who longs to live as big a life as she possibly can. I feel like Habren has become one of my favourite YA FMCs and I think she’s going to stick around in my head for a while! Overall, I found The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire a surprisingly touching and heartwarming story, even if at first, I was a bit uncertain about it. I would recommend this to those who enjoyed stories like The Cruel Prince, and darkly whimsical faerie tales centering family and friendship, such as those by Emily Lloyd-Jones (The Bone Houses, The Drowned Woods).
Leslie and I are planning two group reads in the coming months! Find more details on Leslie’s page or at the end of this post!
Hello, hello and welcome back to another episode of WWW Wednesday, a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World of Words, which means I’ll be answering these questions:
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