Monthly Wrap-Up: August 2025

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August… Wasn’t a great month in terms of health. I spent the majority of it knocked down by various illnesses, the latest being the worst flare up of my chronic bronchitis that I’ve experienced since I first got it. As I’m writing this up on the last day of August, I’m just extremely exhausted of feeling exhausted. On the bright side, my chest no longer feels like it’s been stomped on by a herd of elephants and run over by a train, but it still feels like a weight is hanging off it and I hate that I get out of breath from simply moving around. 🥲 I’m really hoping that September will be much better health wise! 🤞🏽

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Sundays in Bed With… #MyWeeklyWrapUp [296]

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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 be spending the rest of my Sunday in bed reading This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman. This is the seventh DCC book and Leslie and I are continuing our buddy read of it. It only took me until Ch11 to shed my first tears (but this time happy ones!), lol. This book makes me want to rage against the machine, which is also very apt for everything that’s happening in Indonesia right now. 🙃

What book are you spending your Sunday in bed with?

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Let’s Talk Bookish: Six Years of LTB! 🎉

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✨ Welcome back to another week of LTB! ✨

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:

Six Years of LTB: An Anniversary Freebie

Prompts: How quickly does time fly for us to now be celebrating six years of bookish discussions?! 🎉  Whether you’re new to LTB or have stuck around for years, thank you for joining us in these weekly bookish discussions! 💜 To celebrate, we’re making this week an anniversary freebie. Revisit a topic that you’ve done before, go back to a topic that you’ve missed, or write about something else you’re interested in. Check out our blogs (Aria and Dini) for ideas!

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The Magical Readathon: Orilium Autumn Equinox 2025

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Hello, friends. I can’t believe it’s already that time of year but we’re now getting ready for the ✨ 2025 Orilium Autumn Equinox! ✨

While I’ve loved participating in Orilium over the past several years, I have to admit that I haven’t been doing so well with since last year. Still, I’m excited to get back to it and I have high hopes that the 2025 Autumn Equinox will be smashing!

If you have no idea what I’m talking about, our lovely host G @Book Roast created this Beginners Guide to the Magical Readathon, just in case you’re interested in starting your own journey to Orilium!

Let’s see what this latest semester has in store for us, shall we?

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#TopTenTuesday: It’s the “J”

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We’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week’s topic is: Non-bookish Freebie (The sky is the limit here. Make a top ten list on any topic of your choosing, bookish or not!)

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Sundays in Bed With… #MyWeeklyWrapUp [296]

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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 continue to spend the rest of my Sunday night in bed reading This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron. I’m reading this with Leslie, Julie, and Ali as part of our Owlcrate group read. I’m enjoying this a lot! The characters are easy to connect with, the magic is interesting, the writing is engaging, and there are many elements being built up that have my interest hooked. I just hope that it follows through until the end because we’ve been let down before and I hope that doesn’t happen!

What book are you spending your Sunday in bed with?

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Let’s Talk Bookish: Quotes & Excerpts

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✨ Welcome back to another week of LTB! ✨

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:

A Change in Bookish Opinions

Suggested by: Davida Chazan @ The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog
Prompts: Do you like to use quotes from books in your book reviews? If so, do you prefer to keep them to a minimum or do you include as many as you can? Do you like to make posts with excerpts or extracts from novels? Do you think that quotes and excerpts/extracts make readers more or less interested in reading the book? Why or why not?

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