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Judge a book by its first line: Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana

read in 2026. the letters of vincent van gogh ★★★★☆

it is good to go on believing that everything is more miraculous than one can ever begin to understand, for that is the truth; it is good to remain sensitive and humble and tender-hearted

✨ SUNDAY SHELFIE ✨

QOTD: Do you have a favourite part of your shelves?

Mine is my big rainbow shelf but I also love my sprayed edge shelves.

But this is my Brandon Sanderson shelf! The only author who has their own shelf, mostly because I didn’t want the white part of my shelves taking up so much space in the rainbow 😂

The Fantasy Lane sign is from Book of the Wick and you can use TEA10 to save!

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Between Friends & Lovers by Shirlene Obuobi

“Strong isn’t a personality trait. It’s a sign that you’re neglected and not protected. It’s just as much evidence of your trauma as it is of your triumph. So this year, I say, enough with strength. I’m entering my damsel era. I’m eating cake and being pretty and crying when I’m hurt, and apologizing for none of it. Won’t you join me?”

read in 2026: the lily of ludgate hill by mimi matthews

“I told you in York,” he said. “It isn’t over.”
Her eyes closed briefly against a swell of such raw yearning she didn’t know whether to weep or to swoon.
He bent his head to hers. “It never has been. Not for me.”

Vibes of Walking Disasters by Sabrina Prestes. This book is so underrated 🥲🔫

Judge a book by its first line: Poison Study (Chronicles of Ixia Book 1) by Maria V. Snyder

━ character aesthetics 3/? - olive smith (the love hypothesis)

“carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man.”

━ character aesthetics 2/? - liz buxbaum (better than the movies)

“My inheritance was the knowledge that love is always in the air, always a possibility, and always worth it.”

books read in 2026 ☆ kill the beast by serra swift

Being able to control your emotion — having the foresight to understand the consequences of your actions and choosing a less destructive path — is one of the gifts of being human.

She lived, and died, and lived, and died, and died, and died.

the isle in the silver sea by tasha suri

fav books i read in 2026: a dark and drowning tide - allison saft;

she wanted and wanted and wanted, so much and so deeply she feared her greed was boundless when it came to sylvia von wolff. and yet, she had ensured she would never have her again. sometimes, she despised herself. most of the time, really.

Sumus ūnus in somnō et somniīs.

We are one in sleep and dreams.

the luminaries by susan dennard

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and, if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the Universe would turn to a mighty stranger.

fav books i read in 2026: get over it, april evans - ashley herring blake;

this was the third time they’d held hands tonight, and it felt almost natural and easy, even though she knew there was nothing natural and easy about the two of them. they were a rare event, like a super blue blood moon or halley’s comet, flaring in the sky and then gone.

“You once tore my hand with yours,” she went on. “Smeared your fingers in my blood. Later, you healed the mark you’d made. Can’t you remember? Remember the dark, the dead thing, the night I went into the forest for snowdrops?”

the winternight trilogy by katherine arden

✨ FEBRUARY WRAPUP ✨

QOTD: What was your favourite read from February?

Mine was The Poet Empress by Shen Tao!

Books finished: 23

DNF’s: 4

Pages read: 6,086

Hours listened: 75.8

Currently reading:

🎧 On the Right Path by Rian Birch (8%)

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-Thirty Love by Tom Vellner*

-The Counterpart by Ruby Landers

-Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross

-Novel Problems by Elizabeth Luly (reread) 🎧

-The Poet Empress by Shen Tao

-Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake (reread) 🎧

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-Only Hope by Ruby Landers (reread) 🎧

-Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

-When Sleeping Women Wake by Emma Pei Yin

-The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero Laceuz (reread) 🎧

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-Swept Up In You by Rian Birch* 🎧

-A Forest, Darkly by AG Slatter*

-The Dreadfuls by A Rae Dunlap*

-Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi*

-No One Is Safe by Ellie Marney*

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-A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal (reread) 🎧

-A Steeping of Blood by Hafsah Faizal

-The Ascension of Souls by Bronte-Marie Wesson*

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-How (Not) to Conjure a Boyfriend by Jordon Greene*

-Daughter of the Hunt by K Arsenault Rivera*

-Teacher of the Year by MA Wardell* 🎧

-City of Deceit by Claudie Arseneault

Unrated:

-Big Love by Brooke Blurton

DNF

-Anderson in Bloom by Jennifer Dugan* (39%)

-A Change of Pace by JA Stevens* (27%)

-You Did Nothing Wrong by CG Drews* (30%)

-Rears & Vices by EM Caro* (33%)

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READ IN 2026 ⇢ violet thistlewaite is not a villain anymore by emily krempholtz

“ I know what it is to feel like there is something deeply broken at the core of you, and I know that whether or not the blame is earned, we wear it, and not a soul can take it from us no matter how we might wish for it. ”

You’d eat the whole world to help me out and I think I’d do that for you, too. You’re my monster and I’m yours, and even though I’m sad you lied to me and I’m sorry that we have to hurt more people, we must go together because we are a monster family.

the book eaters by sunyi dean

Judge a book by its first line: A River Enchanted (Elements of Cadence 1) by Rebecca Ross