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IMAGINE ME BY TAHEREH MAFI // book talk: mini defy me review ft. sad feelings and hardcore warnette shipping
My life now has a hollow hole because I’m SAD and EMO this series is over. Somebody send me HELP please and thank you. Also, I have no self-control and read this book in an entire sitting YAY FOR ME. I think I’m an ACTUAL reader now, a reader whizz if you will. I’VE MADE IT! Watch me do all the 24 hour readathons. WAIT NO I TAKE IT BACK I DON’T WANNA JINX IT!!! gahhhhhh mini-review Before we start, I again have to apologise because I was supposed to do a review of Defy Me ages ago when I read it but never got around to it. Should we do it now? Why the heck not I suppose… Defy Me (Shatter Me #5) by Tahereh Mafi Seeing as I read this book like a year ago, excuse any stupidity. I mean you already do that most of the time but still. But from what I can remember, and I’ve actually been rereading parts of the books because I’m emo and truly don’t want this series to end welp. I did not love the end of Restore Me, it was way too much drama and I HATE a particular ‘trope’…
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JUNE RECAP // pride reads, end of semester, profile photo change, movie watching & fave blog posts
Hi hello there friends I keep doing these saying I’m trying to be on time and then I never do and it is an… endless cycle. Seriously, I need to stop making broken promises. Anyways, some fun things happened in June so let’s just get into it I didn’t have the most amazing June in terms of new faves, but I nonetheless enjoyed mostly (we’ll get into that later) all of the books that I read! Pride by Ibi Zoboi {★★★½☆}: what a delightful book oh my gosh. I stayed up until like 4 am reading this because I was enjoying it so much. I haven’t read Pride & Prejudice, only seen the film, but I loved this twist on the story and thought it was very well done. I definitely need to go and read all of this author’s backlist now too because I just really enjoyed her narrative and lyrical voice. The romance was sweet, although frustrating at times ahhh, and I LOVED the sister dynamics. I loved how Zuri could stand her ground. I do think this book could’ve been longer for character development but I also do like how short it was? Anyways, a fun time…
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MID YEAR BOOK FREAK OUT TAG // what is 2020? ft. starting a youtube channel
Ah, it is that time of year once more. It’s not Christmas, but Christmas in July… for us book people. Anyways, this year has been… meh for me so far. I’ve been doing a lot of rereads this year so my answers aren’t that great. But we’ll just see I guess? BLM Before we get into this post, I’m just wanting to remind you that the world is still in chaos and I HIGHLY urge you to do everything you can to help. CLICK HERE FOR IMPORTANT LINKS ⇣⇣ Petitions to sign ↳ George Floyd ↳ Ahmaud Arbery ↳ Breonna Taylor ↳ Tony McDade ↳ Dominique Fells ↳ Elijah McClain ↳ Kendrick Johnson ↳ National Action Against Police Brutality ↳ Collins Khosa #1 & #2 ↳ Tshego Pule ↳ Naledi Phangindawo ↳ End racism in SA schools ↳ End GBV in SA ↳ LGBTQ+ rights ↳ THE WORLD ↳ More DONATE!! ↳ Completed list ↳ Black Visions Collective ↳ To bail funds ↳ Watch this Youtube video where all AdSense revenue gets donated Directly contact ↳ Text or call ↳ Email template ↳ Collins Khosa email template Ways to be a better ally ↳ Support black businesses ↳ Support black…
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SHINY, NEW AND UPCOMING RELEASES I’VE BEEN EYEING // 15 queer books on my radar that i’m willing to kill for
Hello there girls and gays Excuse me today, I’m trying to be funny and witty. Idk if it’s working. Anyways, so I came up with this post 0.5 seconds ago, well it’s a few days when I’m posting this but still. We’re just going with it because my creativity has been low when it comes to blog posts. I literally just have a list of books in my head that have recently come out or are coming out soon that I’m keen to read. That’s all there is to it really. I’ve said before that my thought process is very interesting. I… don’t have anything else to say so let’s just get into the books!! BLM But just quickly, I want to keep saying this and keep encouraging people to support the #BlackLivesMatter Movement. Just because it’s not “trending” anymore, it doesn’t mean we should stop talking about it. This injustice needs to end and we can do something about it. So here are some links! I also wanted to mention since I am posting this on what is known as Youth Day in the country I live, South Africa, to remember the Soweto Uprising that took place on the…
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CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE BY TOMI ADEYEMI // spoiler-free book review: late to the party as usual but look!! i read a high fantasy
The year is 2018 and not 2020, you read the date wrong. Wait… Hi, I don’t think we’ve ever met? My name is Ruby and I read anticipated releases/hyped books a million years after they’re out. It’s nice to meet you. Ha love being self-deprecating. Anyways hi hello, before we get into the review, it’s no longer “trending” but I’m still going to talk about how terribly important BLM is so kepp reading for LINKS!! #BLM We need to keep showing support for the Black Lives Matter Movement, right now and the day after and the day after that. There is so much work to be done and it requires everybody’s effort to make a change. So I’m linking lots of resources that I urge you to make use of if you haven’t already. The only way change will happen is if we make it. I am continually educating myself to be the best ally I can be, to be aware of my white privilege, and you should too. Keep your voices loud, in support of BLM, I don’t mean make excuses or to talk about yourself. Come on now people. FOR IMPORTANT LINKS CLICK HERE ⇣⇣ Petitions to sign…
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MAY RECAP // reading game still going strong ft. 8 books, new music + black authors & pride tbr
Hello friends So the world is terrible right now and we need to fix with it. SOME LINKS So in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement, here are some links you can head over to SIGN PETITIONS, DONATE and SHARE. The only way any change will be made is by doing so. And please, don’t stay quiet. Racism exists EVERYWHERE and we must be allies in every way possible. It’s about time something was done to end racial injustice. You can sign petitions! It takes 3 seconds: ↳ George Floyd ↳ Ahmaud Arbery ↳ Breonna Taylor ↳ Tony McDade ↳ National Action Against Police Brutality ↳ Collins Khosa #1 & #2 ↳ More DONATE!! ↳ Completed list ↳ To bail funds ↳ Watch this Youtube video where all AdSense revenue gets donated Directly contact ↳ Text or call ↳ Email template ↳ Collins Khosa email template Ways to be a better ally ↳ Support black businesses ↳ Support black bookstores ↳ Educate yourself ↳ Read books by black authors ↳ Read non-fiction about racism More ways to help – click here Beach Read by Emily Henry {★★★★★}: so this book is possibly my favourite book of this year, apart…
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BEACH READ BY EMILY HENRY // blog tour book review: my heart feels like it was stabbed a thousand times over ft. amazing banter & many tears
I would like to thank Emily Henry for destroying my emotions. I would also like to have a personal chat with her because HOW DID SHE DO IT??? My heart has been shattered into pieces and I blame THIS. FREAKING. BOOK. I’m mad. But in a good way. Wow, what has my life come to? But also HAPPY RELEASE DAY TO ONE OF MY NEW FAVE READS!! Let’s get into the review. Title: Beach Read Author: Emily Henry Page count: 384 Date published: 19 May 2020 Genre: Adult contemporary romance ☀ Synopsis: A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They’re polar opposites. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighbouring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block. Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them…
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2019 BOOK RELEASES I HAVEN’T READ YET // my extended 2020 tbr list ft. the amazing books i missed out on last year
I don’t even know why I’ve been so excited to write this post since I’m literally just calling myself out on all the books I didn’t read last year. Go me… on brand?? Truly it is. We know I’m on brand when this post is so old that I’ve had to take books off this list already since it’s… May. Wow, Ruby wow. Hopefully, I’m not setting myself up for failure this year. But I’m thinking I can do this. I made my most anticipated 2020 releases quite short so fingers crossed. This is also technically a list of books I want to get to this year, thereby it is my extended 2020 tbr. However, if you’d like to see my official 2020 tbr then you can click here! Eeppp, just watch this catastrophically E-X-P-L-O-D-E. Here’s to my failure. Cheers *clinks glass* FANTASY We Hunt The Flame by Hafsah Faizal I just KNOW I’m going to enjoy this one, it was one of the few YA fantasy releases that I was genuinely interested in last year. Fantasy and I have been having an iffy relationship lately whoops. I’ve interacted with the author a little bit too and she’s SO nice.…
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RAMBLING ABOUT THE HUNGER GAMES BEFORE THE PREQUEL IS OUT // less than a week ft. the best book, why gale is a piece of cardboard & much excitement!!
Is this post useless? Yes. But am I doing it anyway? Indeed. I’m sorry you unfortunate souls who a) don’t care and b) haven’t read the masterpiece that is The Hunger Games trilogy. But also if you haven’t been around then you wouldn’t know that I did a reread of this series back in February and had like the best time of my life. And idk I wanted to do this semi-countdown (was trying to get this up a few days ago but alas uni work). As I said this post may be pointless? I don’t care, it’s my post okay. I have no idea how this post is going to pan out so I wish you luck on this rollercoaster alongside both myself and also these books because WOW. Also CAUTION: this post does have some spoilers, not many, and most are minor but be cautious. SERIES THOUGHTS!! See now even I’m regretting doing this because I have no idea where to start. Love that for me. Maybe we should start off with how ahead of its time this trilogy is. I mean we all knew that but reading them in 2020 woweeeee *insert exclamation point* First off, I…
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APRIL RECAP // I read 11 books and may have watched a new show so I must be a new person
Yes, that is the best clickbait title I have ever come up with. Hi hello, this is me, yet again, trying and of course, heavily failing, to be on time with recaps. Emphasis on failing. I also didn’t have any other posts planned and it was about time I uploaded a recap. So here we are today. I have a very eventful thought process I know. I guess just welcome to my chaotic brain?? I should stop now? Let’s just get into the many books I read. Meet Me At Midnight by Jessica Pennington {★★★★☆}: er my gosh did I super duper love this book. It was just so much freaking fun and I thoroughly enjoyed the few days we got to spend together. First of all, are you not already intrigued by this cover? Because that was what made me want to read it. Secondly, I have a whole blog post review up so I’m going to send you over there for more thoughts because we have a lot of books to talk about today – click here!! What did I love about this book? I loved the banter and the summer/lake setting. I loved the semi enemies-to-lovers element…
