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she/her | isfp | book hoarder | cosy-ish gamer | tck: ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง | romance and fantasy reader ๐Ÿ’œโœจ

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Against a background of dark violets and green leaves is shown the illustrated cover of Enchanting the Fae Queen, in which a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sits perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger.
Above that cover image is this snippet of text:
For seven years, this woman had haunted his life and his dreams with her incorrigible teasing and their circling, joint obsession.

Against a background of dark violets and green leaves is shown the illustrated cover of Enchanting the Fae Queen, in which a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sits perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Above that cover image is this snippet of text: For seven years, this woman had haunted his life and his dreams with her incorrigible teasing and their circling, joint obsession.

This week's Saturday snippet comes from Enchanting the Fae Queen, which is out in ebook, paper, and audiobook:

stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen

#romancelandia

07.03.2026 17:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I get so frustrated when I write a long comment on someone's blog, only to click "comment" and get that grey box saying "Nonce verification failed"! Argh. ๐Ÿ˜–

07.03.2026 08:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Letโ€™s Talk Bookish: Women Whoโ€™ve Shaped Your Reading Life โœจ Welcome back to another week of LTB! โœจ Letโ€™s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme created by Rukkyย @Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @Book Nook Bits and myself! In this discussion meme, pโ€ฆ

I loved today's #LetsTalkBookish topic about women who've shaped your reading life, not because I chose it, but because I loved reading everyone's answers! ๐Ÿ˜ Who was the first woman author you loved? Do you mostly read women authors? #BookBlog #BookBlogger #BookSky
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06.03.2026 15:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Amethyst background with in the foreground gems in white lines with in the middle the text: Birthstone Book Covers

Amethyst background with in the foreground gems in white lines with in the middle the text: Birthstone Book Covers

โœจToday I am doing a new sparkly blue Birthstone Book Covers! Hello to March, which is Aquamarine! I picked some pretty blue covers~ Come check it out!๐Ÿ˜˜

#BookBloggers #Blogging #TBR #Books #Birthstones #BookSky๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’™

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04.03.2026 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub Let's talk books!

I made some changes to my blog setup for the first time in years. It isn't quite right yet, but the last time I attempted to change it, I accidentally made it a lovely shade of puke. Oops.
The big change is an added page with Dragonlance content. It turns out I have quite a lot. Who knew?

05.03.2026 02:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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February 2026 Community Posts! Hello book pandas! February has somehow come and gone which mean itโ€™s time to share some of my favourite posts from across the book community this month. I seemed to read and enjoyed a lot ofโ€ฆ

End of another months means it's time to share some of my favourite posts from across the #blogosphere in February! If you're looking for book bloggers or new things to read, check out these awesome posts by amazing creators! #BookBlog #BookSky #BookCommunity
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05.03.2026 14:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#WWWWednesday: 4 March 2026 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 Iโ€™ll be answering these questions: What did you read lโ€ฆ

What're you reading this #WWWWednesdsay? I've got 3 reads on at the minute: a YA fantasy romance, a literary fiction, and a monster romance. What a mix ๐Ÿ˜‚ I hope you enjoy whatever you're #CurrentlyReading! #BookSky #BookBlogger #BookBlog
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04.03.2026 14:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Letโ€™s Talk Bookish โ€” March 2026 Topics Happy Saturday, book lovers! Apologies for getting these topics up much later than usual, but weโ€™ve still made it at the end of February! ๐Ÿ˜… Honestly, this month was a lot more chaotic than anโ€ฆ

The March #LetsTalkBookish topics are now out! We've got topics linking to Women's History Month & International Women's Day + topics about immersive reading & reading for the season of your life! ๐Ÿ‘€ #BookSky #BookBlog #BookBlogger
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28.02.2026 16:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Letโ€™s Talk Bookish: Reading Star Ratings In true dinipanda form, this post is coming out late (yet again). I honestly thought that Iโ€™d have time this week to prepare the post in advance, but it has been a bit of a hellish work week โ€ฆ

How do you read other bloggers/readers' star ratings? How much does it affect your decision to buy or borrow a book? Check out today's #LetsTalkBookish discussion!
#BookSky #BookBlog #BookBlogger

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27.02.2026 16:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2026 Reading Challenges If you couldnโ€™t tell that my year started off on a disorganized note, I guess this post might clue you in because yes, itโ€™s the end of February, and yes, Iโ€™m just now posting my rโ€ฆ

Is it already the end of February? Yah.
Am I just now posting the #ReadingChallenges I'm joining in 2026? Yah.
If you couldn't tell, my year has started off on a (very) disorganized note but hey, better late than never?! ๐Ÿคญ #BookBlog #BookBlogger #BookSky
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26.02.2026 15:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Book Review: What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah What It Means When a Man Falls from the SkyPublisher: Riverhead BooksPub Date: 4 April 2017Genre: Literary Fiction, Short StoriesPanda Rating:(4.5 pandas) ๐Ÿ“– SYNOPSIS A dazzlingly accomplished debutโ€ฆ

I don't read many short story collections but What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah was fantastic. It was powerful & engrossing. Light, The Future Looks Good, and Windfalls were my faves! #BookReview #BookBlog #BookBlogger #BookSky
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16.02.2026 16:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cover of Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders, showing a man steepling his fingers on a background of Vietnamese temples. The mood is vaguely sinister

Cover of Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders, showing a man steepling his fingers on a background of Vietnamese temples. The mood is vaguely sinister

Cover of Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances, showing a very sexy Vietnamese man with antlers, holding a book open and staring straight at the viewer

Cover of Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances, showing a very sexy Vietnamese man with antlers, holding a book open and staring straight at the viewer

Also, if you want more Gothic shenanigans with a cozy queer vibe, here are some books about murder husbands trying to solve murders without incurring more murders

www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...

(one of my current WIP is book 3 in that series)

14.02.2026 12:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 113 ๐Ÿ” 48 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Letโ€™s Talk Bookish: Romance Novels ft. OTPs! โœจ Welcome back to another week of LTB! โœจ Letโ€™s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme created by Rukkyย @Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @Book Nook Bits and myself! In this discussion meme, pโ€ฆ

It's the day before Valentine's so of course this week's #LetsTalkBookish is about Romance Novels! Do you read romance? Who are your favourite fictional couples? ๐Ÿ‘€ #BookBlog #BookBlogger #RomanceReader #BookSky

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13.02.2026 14:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2026 New Years Book Tag Letโ€™s pretend itโ€™s still the beginning of the year and not 50-years into a two month period because Iโ€™m excited to do this New Years Book Tag! ๐ŸŽ‰ I last did it in 2023, but I rememโ€ฆ

Let's pretend it's still freshly the new year because I'm excited to share this 2026 New Years Book Tag post! ๐Ÿคญ What's one word that you hope 2026 will be? #BookSky #BookBlog #BookTag #BookBlogger
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12.02.2026 14:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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January 2026 Community Posts! Hello, book pandas. Even though Iโ€™ve only missed one month with these community posts, it feels like itโ€™s been a hot minute since then (seriously, so much has happened in such a short aโ€ฆ

Better late than never: I'm sharing community posts I enjoyed reading from across the blogosphere in December & January! If you're looking for new blogs to follow/posts to read, check out these creators! #BookSky #BookBlog #BookBlogger
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09.02.2026 14:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I actually didnโ€™t end up loving Iron Widow as much as I thought I would, so I decided not to continue the series. Iโ€™ve seen mixed things about the sequel but I hope you end up enjoying it despite how different it feels!

05.02.2026 08:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What book-related topics would you be interested in reading or participating in a discussion about? #BookSky #BookishThoughts #BookishDiscussion #BookBlog #BookBlogger

05.02.2026 08:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#WWWWednesday: 4 February 2026 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 Iโ€™ll be answering these questions: What did you read lโ€ฆ

What're you #CurrentlyReading this #WWWWednesday? I've only got one book on at the minute: a sci-fi that won the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novel! I'm enjoying it so far, even with a *very* unlikable MC. ๐Ÿ‘€ I'm hoping for a great redemption arc here! ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿฝ #BookBlog

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04.02.2026 10:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cover for The Knight Saves the Dragon by Rebecca Crunden; background is a water colour type picture of a castle with trees and mountains behind, leaves surround the edges.

Cover for The Knight Saves the Dragon by Rebecca Crunden; background is a water colour type picture of a castle with trees and mountains behind, leaves surround the edges.

โœจ FANTASY SHORT STORY โœจ

๐Ÿ‰ a dragon (with a princess)
๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ a knight (with a plan)
๐Ÿ‘‘ a palace (with a cruel king)
๐Ÿฐ second pov

๐Ÿ”– universal link: mybook.to/eJsBfU
๐Ÿ’Œ itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-knight-s...
๐Ÿ“– goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

[ #booksky ]

04.02.2026 06:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Review: Half City by Kate Golden Half City {Harker Academy #1} Author: Kate Golden Published: 7th February 2026,ย Hachette AU Status: Read January 2026 courtesy Hachette AU/Netgalley My Thoughts: I might have mentioned, a time or tโ€ฆ

Review: Half City by Kate Golden @HachetteAus #read #book #review #bookreview #fiction #urbanfantasy #SpeccyFicChal #2026NewReleaseChallenge #readingchallenge #HalfCity
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04.02.2026 02:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The text "Read Black Comics" on an inky almost-grey textured background.

The text "Read Black Comics" on an inky almost-grey textured background.

CALLING ALL BLACK COMIC ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND ALL-AROUND CARTOONISTS!

Reply to or quote this post showing off your favorite work so we can get more people reading your creations!

01.02.2026 21:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1921 ๐Ÿ” 1477 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 62 ๐Ÿ“Œ 75
Sleeping wizards front cover, written by rusty marcum and johanna taylor, lettered by jodie troutman and edited by atla hrafney and published by iron circus comics

Sleeping wizards front cover, written by rusty marcum and johanna taylor, lettered by jodie troutman and edited by atla hrafney and published by iron circus comics

Eliza and heather character designs

Eliza and heather character designs

โš”๏ธ FEBRUARY 16TH โš”๏ธ

SLEEPING WIZARDS, the new graphic novel Iโ€™m doing artwork for is coming to KS on Feb 16!!

Mark your calendars for this unhinged dungeon crawling adventure!

Check out the campaign here ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

02.02.2026 03:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 112 ๐Ÿ” 44 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I've never heard of that before but I've been keeping this manual database on Notion for a few years now. I have no problem recording the books I read but when it comes to adding to my catalogue, my brain seems to magically forget! ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿ˜‚

04.02.2026 08:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes! I'm so glad that I finally picked it up this year because it's every bit as good as everyone says it is. I hope you enjoy it if you get around to picking it up! ๐Ÿ˜

04.02.2026 08:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can't wait to get my hands on the sequel!

04.02.2026 07:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's so funny when I see people reviewing Middle Grade books and they put "0 ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ". Like, you know you're reviewing a MG book, right? ๐Ÿ˜…

04.02.2026 07:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Book Review: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1)Publisher: OrbitPub Date: 17 May 2022Genre: Young Adult FantasyPanda Rating:(5 pandas) ๐Ÿ“– SYNOPSIS Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a โ€ฆ

I found my first 5-star read of 2026: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty! This was an amazing piratey adventure with stunning world-building, delightful banter, and amazing characters! #BookReview #BookBlog #BookBlogger #BookSky

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02.02.2026 10:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Pink and gold banner with the text Community Posts I Adored which is hosted on Twirling Book Princess

Pink and gold banner with the text Community Posts I Adored which is hosted on Twirling Book Princess

โ—NEW NEW โ—On my blog I got something new and sparkly!โœจ Starting this year I will each month tell you about my favourite community posts of that month! I am so excited~ Come check out January's favs!๐ŸŽ‰

#BookBloggers #Blogging #Books #Blogs #BookSky๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’™

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30.01.2026 13:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Love this! Thanks so much for the mention ๐Ÿ’œ

30.01.2026 13:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0