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Blog Tour | Review – Of Love & Forge by Carly Spade

03.03.2023 by Kari // Leave a Comment

Hello everyone! I’m so excited to be on board for this tour for Of Love & Forge by Carly Spade hosted by Turn the Page Tours! This is a Beyond A Contemporary Mythos book and is NA/Adult fantasy, steampunk, and romance. It will be released February 28, 2023! 

Thank you so much for sending a copy by way for the tour.

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Blog Tour | Creative Tour – Zeus by Carly Spade

05.16.2022 by Kari // Leave a Comment

Hello everyone! I’m very pleased to be the first stop on the Creative Blog Tour for Zeus by Carly Spade hosted by MTMC Tours! This is the sixth book in the Contemporary Mythos series, an Adult Mythology/Contemporary Romance published on April 25, 2022!

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Blog Tour | Creative Tour – The Secret of Dartwood Manor by N.A. Triptow

07.16.2021 by Kari // 1 Comment

Hi everyone! Today I’m excited to participate in the Creative Blog Tour for The Secret of Dartwood Manor by N.A. Triptow hosted by MTMC Tours! Enter a world of myth and magic through this contemporary fantasy reimagining of Jane Austen’s beloved classic, Sense and Sensibility. On sale this week for $0.99!!

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Ashley’s April Haul and Wrap Up

05.02.2021 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

This month was a pretty great reading month in turns of the quality of the books I read.  It’s not my highest number this year, but I read a lot of really awesome five star books and it’s going to be pretty impossible to choose which is my monthly favourite!

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Blog Tour | Review – Like Home By Louisa Onomé

02.21.2021 by Kari // 1 Comment

 

Hello friends! Today I am so happy to be participating in the blog tour for Like Home by Louisa Onomé, hosted by Turn the Page Tours! Like Home is a coming of age story about Nelo, her best friend Kate, and the neighborhood Nelo loves. Be sure to visit to full tour schedule.

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Blog Tour | Review – Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles

08.26.2020 by Kari // Leave a Comment

***Disclaimer: I received a free early access copy of Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles from NetGalley through Wednesday Books for review purposes. Thank you to Wednesday Books for the opportunity!

For an excerpt of this amazing book, be sure to check the end of the post!

I’ve heard this book be compared to Moulin Rouge and Caraval mixed together. While I haven’t read Caraval yet (I know, I know it’s on my TBR!), you had me at that comparison! This definitely did not disappoint!

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Blog Tour | Review – By the Book by Amanda Sellet

05.07.2020 by Kari // 1 Comment

Hi everyone! I’m so happy to be participating in the bookstagram & blog
tour today for By the Book by Amanda Sellet, hosted by The Fantastic Flying Book Club! Be sure to visit to full tour schedule.

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Blog Tour | Review – Gotham High by Melissa de la Cruz

04.09.2020 by Kari // Leave a Comment

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Hi everyone! Today I am thrilled to be participating in the bookstagram & blog
tour for Gotham High by Melissa de la Cruz, hosted by The Fantastic Flying Book Club! Gotham High is the reimagining of Gotham illustrated by Thomas Pitilli. Be sure to visit to full tour schedule.

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Blog Tour | Review – Emberhawk by Jamie Foley

03.24.2020 by Kari // Leave a Comment

MTMC Tour Banner - Emberhawk

Hi everyone! Today I’m excited to participate in the bookstagram & creative blog
tour for Emberhawk by Jamie Foley hosted by MTMC Tours! Emberhawk is the first
book in a YA Fantasy series where elemental creatures have decided they are gods,
and humans are nothing but fuel for their fire. Out now from Fayette Press!

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Blog Tour | Review – The Insurrection by Chris Babu

02.13.2020 by Kari // 1 Comment

The Insurrection cover

Today I’ve proudly teamed up with TLC Book Tours to highlight a great read! This is the third and final installation for The Initiation Series, entitled The Insurrection. Author Chris Babu gives a YA dystopian world that’s a fast paced read and very, very exciting!

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*** Special thanks to Trish at TLC Book Tours for the free copy of the book and for letting us be a part of this awesome tour! Be sure to check out the rest of the tour!
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Ashley’s Goodreads

The Complete Works
The Complete Works
by William Shakespeare
The First Part of the Contention Between the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster, &c., 1594
The First Part of the Contention Between the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster, &c., 1594
by William Shakespeare
All the Stars and Teeth
All the Stars and Teeth
by Adalyn Grace
I Am Still Alive
I Am Still Alive
by Kate Alice Marshall
Blood of Elves
Blood of Elves
by Andrzej Sapkowski

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Kari’s Goodreads

The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss
Contagion
Contagion
by Erin Bowman
Crown of Midnight
Crown of Midnight
by Sarah J. Maas
Queen of Shadows
Queen of Shadows
by Sarah J. Maas
Ruthless Gods
Ruthless Gods
by Emily A. Duncan

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Ashley’s Bookstagram

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Where’s your favourite place to read? . . One of Where’s your favourite place to read?
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One of my favourite places to read is in the tub.  I know it’s a little bit weird but there’s something really relaxing about shutting out the rest of the world and escaping into a book.  It’s a small piece of perfection.
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The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd was a book that I read for my staff book club.  It was a fascinating read with wondrous elements of magical realism that felt marvellously woven into the narrative.  I felt like I learned a lot about maps as well.  The characters were interesting.
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#booksbooksbooks #bookworm #book #readersofinstagram #reading #thecartographers
Q: Long books or short books? . . A: I feel like l Q: Long books or short books?
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A: I feel like lately I’ve been really preoccupied with the number of books that I read per year as opposed to reading the long books that pile up on my shelves.  I get scared by how big the book is and how it’s a much bigger time commitment.  However, I often find that when I finally commit myself to the big book I end up loving it. 
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#reading #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #booknerd #booklover
Q: What’s in the recipe for your perfect book? . Q: What’s in the recipe for your perfect book?
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A: I find it’s hard to fully answer this question even though I am the one who is asking the question.  However, I find that sometimes the perfect book for me will hit me in my nostalgia for books that I read as a kid or in my interests from when I was little. 
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I found out about this book, Daughters of a Dead Empire, through #booktok and it was an instant buy for me when I figured out the plot.  I loved the premise of what if Anastasia Romanov survived the execution of her family and how that might have played out.  I loved this story!  The dual points of view were really well done and I loved the story arc.  It was well written and I highly recommend it.
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Kari’s Bookstagram

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𝐡𝐢 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 ♡ What is 𝐡𝐢 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 ♡

What is one of your favorite Asian or Asian American books?

Happy #aapi month friends!

I was so thrilled when I received this book last year from @fairyloot. The fact that it had to do with Korean mythology made my heart soar! I love learning more about my heritage, especially because I was adopted. The older I’ve gotten, the more diaspora I’ve felt.

I know this version of Coldplay’s “Yellow” is in Chinese, but I couldn’t help but include it because I read how the director for Crazy Rich Asians fought for it to be in the movie and I honestly think the reasoning was awesome.

Some of my favorites by Asian American authors are:
• The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
• Portrait of the Thief by Grace D. Li
• The Dandelion Dynasty series by Ken Liu
• Crazy Rich Asians series by Kevin Kwan
• The Poppy War by RF Kuang

I know there’s still more I need to read!
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#axieoh #thegirlwhofellbeneaththesea #koreanamerican #fairylootedition #bookstagram #koreanmythology #readya #asianamerican #supportaapiauthors #beautifulbooks  #bookish #bookaesthetic #booksofig
𝐡𝐢 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 ♡ Do you 𝐡𝐢 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 ♡

Do you like horror? What about space horror?

I’m so excited to read this one! One of my favorite video games is Dead Space.

Thanks so much to @orbitbooks_us for sending an ARC my way!
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Paradise-1. Earth’s first deep space colony. For thousands of people, it was an opportunity for a new life. Until it went dark.

No communication has been received from the colony for months. And it falls to Firewatch inspector Alexandra Petrova and the crew of the Artemis to investigate.

What they find is more horrifying than anything they could have imagined.
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#davidwellington #paradise1 #readhorror #spacehorror #bookstagrammer #arc #advancedreadingcopy #orbitbooks #shelfie #bibliophile #bookish
𝐡𝐢 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 ♡ What is 𝐡𝐢 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 ♡

What is your favorite Star Wars movie or show? Otherwise, what is your favorite character from a space related book?

Happy #maythe4th!

I don’t know why, but I felt like sharing these awesome Shakespearean novelizations of the Star Wars saga. I love everything about them.

I’m SUPER excited for Ahsoka and for Visions s2. Also, I need more Bad Batch, like right now 😭😭😭
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#iandoescher #williamshakespearesstarwars #starwars #maytheforcebewithyou #bookstagram #alwaysreading #readstarwars #booksbooksbooks #bookpile
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