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Book Review | The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten

06.01.2023 by Kari // Leave a Comment

***Disclaimer: I received a free early access copy of The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten from Orbit Books for review purposes. Thank you so much for opportunity.

I had seen the hype for this book all over bookstagram and when I emailed Orbit, they got back to me saying that if they had any review copies left they’d send me one. I was so lucky that one came in the mail but not a few days later! It was one of my most exciting book mail moments. So thank you once again so much to Orbit Books for making this reviewer so happy with this great story.

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Book Review | Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko

05.20.2023 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

**Disclaimer: I received a free advanced readers copy of Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.

Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko is a young adult coming of age novel about a girl named Coley who moves in with her estranged father after her mother dies.  In her new town, she meets a girl named Sonya and they find themselves drawn together.  The novel is set to be published on May 30th, 2023.  I rated it 5 stars on Goodreads.

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Book Review | Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards

04.23.2023 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

**Disclaimer: I recieved a free advanced reader’s copy of Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.

Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards is a young adult thriller novel.  It is about a girl named Jo who is working her last shift at her job at a local movie theatre, which is closing down.  Her and her friends have plans to go out to IHOP to celebrate, but instead they have to avoid a killer.  The novel is set to be published on May 2nd, 2023.  I rated it 4 stars on Goodreads.

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Ashley’s March 2023 Book Haul and Wrap Up

04.13.2023 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

March was a relatively good reading month.  I enjoyed most of the things that I read and I was able to catch up on at least a few of my eARCs, which felt really good.  I also got some really great books in and chipped away at reading them.  You can see everything I hauled and read below the cut.

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Book Review | The Summer We Forgot by Caroline George

03.27.2023 by Ashley // 1 Comment

**Disclaimer: I received a free advanced readers copy of The Summer We Forgot by Caroline George through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.

The Summer We Forgot by Caroline George is a young adult mystery thriller.  It features a group of teens who worked at a summer camp a couple of years before the events of the book, but mysteriously they can remember no details about the summer.  They reunite after the discovery of their science teacher’s body to try and figure out what happened that summer.  The book was published on March 8th, 2022.  I rated it 4 stars on Goodreads.

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Ashley’s February 2023 Book Haul and Wrap Up

03.16.2023 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

I had a pretty good February.  There were some moments were I was really struggling, but I would say that on the whole I had a good reading month.  I loved most of what I read, and I picked up some books that I was pretty excited about.  I ended up reading 25 books, which is pretty good all things considered.

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Book Review | Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa

03.14.2023 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

**Disclaimer: I received a free advanced reader’s copy of Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.

Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa is a young adult romance graphic novel.  It features the high school mascot who asks out the head cheerleader because she has a crush on her, but the cheerleader is already in a relationship with a top athlete at the school, and together they are the it couple.  Things escalate from there.  It is set to be published on March 21, 2023.  I rated it 4 stars on Goodreads.

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Book Review | Come Out, Come Out Whatever You Are by Kathryn Foxfield

03.11.2023 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

**Disclaimer: I recieved a free advanced readers copy of Come Out, Come Out Whatever You Are by Kathryn Foxfield through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.

Come Out, Come Out Whatever You Are by Kathryn Foxfield is a young horror thriller novel.  It is about a girl who goes onto a reality television where the point is for the contests to try to be the last one standing in a haunted spot.  The novel was published on December 6th, 2022.  I rated it 3 stars on GoodReads.

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Book Review | Missing Dead Girls by Sara Walters

03.10.2023 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

**Disclaimer: I received a free advanced reader’s copy of Missing Dead Girls by Sara Walters through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.

Missing Dead Girls by Sara Walters is a young adult coming of age thriller novel about a girl named Tillie who is forced to move after dubious events at her old school.  In her new town, she makes friends and more with a girl named Madison and things spiral from there.  The novel was published on February 28th, 2023.  I rated it four stars on Goodreads.

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Miscellaneous Monday | 23 Books to Read in 2023

01.30.2023 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

In previous years I have been creating a list of books to read based on my age, but I have not always been good about actually reading those books.  However, this year I have decided to not do that and instead I’m going to try to read 23 specific books since it is 2023.  I’m hoping that this is a more manageable number for me, but I guess we’ll see.  I’m going to list the books down below.  Let me know if you have read any of them, and which ones I should prioritize.

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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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