What series are you excited to continue reading? 📚🧡☕️ . We’re excited to kick-off the tour for Carved Amidst the Shadows by M.T. Fontaine! To be a Marked means to be loyal and protected. To be a Carved is to be the vilest of traitors. Carved Amidst the Shadows is the first book in the A Brands of Taelgir, an Epic Historical Fantasy series full of action, romance and rebellion. Out on August 30th, 2022! . {Isabel’s Review} A great start to the A Brands of Taelgir series, Carved Amidst the Shadows was everything that promised to be: a revenge story with the found family trope at its finest and epic magical worldbuilding. I adored Kaianne, her character development was my definite favorite, she turns into a cunning, smart and persistent young lady that will stop at nothing until she achieves her purpose: to avenge her family! Definitely check out this book! (for full review + book aesthetics, visit our blog) . INTL TOUR PRIZE🍂 Win a Paperback of Carved Amidst the Shadows + a $20 Amzon Gift Card! {TO ENTER} - Like & leave a comment - Follow us, @m.t.fontaine & @mtmctours {EXTRAS} - Invite friends in different comments! - Share this post via stories tagging us & mtmctours - Visit #CarvedAmidstTheShadowsMTMC from August 15th-24th for more epic tour stops! . Ends August 27th. Results announced on mtmctours' account. Must be 16+ or have parental permission. (Not endorsed by Instagram) . . #fantasyreader #bookstagramers #fantasybookstagram #bookbloggersofinstagram #aestheticbooks #bookstagramer #readersgonnaread https://www.instagram.com/p/ChSpOo3J0Wd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

HEART SICK Monica James . Piano has always been my one true love. So when the music stops, I do whatever I can to hear it again. But when I wake, all I hear is his heart and the memories that come with it. This is my body. My mind. But not my heart. Each beat hides a secret, and his voice now replaces the music, demanding I uncover the truth. I’m sent to a place to get better, and that’s when I meet her. Every artist needs a muse, and Luna allows me to hear the music again. But when her secrets soon become mine, I realize it’s because I’ve lived this life before. Or rather, he has. The man whose heart beats within my chest knows Luna…and everything she’s done. . . Heart Sick Series: Heart Memory Transfer Duet: Book One Genre: Dark Romance/ Gothic Horror Cover Model: Luke Eisner @lukeeisnerofficial Photographer: Michelle Lancaster @lanefotograf Cover Designer: Lori Jackson Design @lorilovesbookjackson . Release date: February 21st 2023 . #monicajames #indieauthorsofinstagram #romanceauthorsofinstagram #authorsofig #readingcommunity #romanceauthor #romanceauthorsofinstagram #bookstagramfeature #bookstagramit #bookstagramers #ilovereading #Instareads #iread #lovetoread #mustread #mybookishfeatures #read #readingisfun #readingissexy #readinglife #readingtime #readmore #amreading #aquietstyle #becauseofreading #bibliophilelife #bibliophiles #BookBlogger #bookclub #bookfeatures #bookrecs . $0.99 FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY: Kindle: https://tinyurl.com/4e84yzan Nook: https://tinyurl.com/yurkpzzd Kobo: https://tinyurl.com/3hjcayze Apple: https://tinyurl.com/3jv4rph2 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/52ntc84c BookBub: https://tinyurl.com/ycy4sj7e . Heart Sick Playlist: https://tinyurl.com/3vw6dm5v https://www.instagram.com/p/Clzcj-cIrAp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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— Jay Vespertine; not from a book but from an actual conversation.

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“We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans – because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings.” – Maya Angelou

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What kind of magic would you love to have: elemental, incantations, alchemy or divination? ✨📚🍂 . {COVER REVEAL} Today we’re excited to help reveal the cover of The Quarter Mage by Angelina J. Steffort! A forgotten princess. A cruel realm. A Mage who might be her salvation. When Sanja flees her father’s court to escape an arranged marriage to a tyrant, the one thing she doesn’t expect is to be killed for her throne. But magic that shouldn’t exist in her kingdom saves her, and Sanja is thrust into the daunting fairylands where, as a human, she’s prey… 🔥✨ . The Quarter Mage is perfect for fans of ACOTAR & The Cruel Prince and it releases on August 31st, 2022. Cover design by Fantastical Ink. Read the full synopsis in our stories, and make sure to add it to your TBR! 🧡 . 🍂INTL TOUR PRIZE🍂 3 lucky readers will receive an eARC of The Quarter Mage + a $10 Amazon Gift Card! . 🍂TO ENTER: - Like & leave a comment 
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HEART SICK by Monica James . Piano has always been my one true love. So when the music stops, I do whatever I can to hear it again. But when I wake, all I hear is his heart and the memories that come with it. This is my body. My mind. But not my heart. Each beat hides a secret, and his voice now replaces the music, demanding I uncover the truth. I’m sent to a place to get better, and that’s when I meet her. Every artist needs a muse, and Luna allows me to hear the music again. But when her secrets soon become mine, I realize it’s because I’ve lived this life before. Or rather, he has. The man whose heart beats within my chest knows Luna…and everything she’s done. . Heart Sick Series: Heart Memory Transfer Duet: Book One Genre: Dark Romance/ Gothic Horror Cover Model: Luke Eisner @lukeeisnerofficial Photographer: Michelle Lancaster @lanefotograf Cover Designer: Lori Jackson Design @lorilovesbookjackson . #monicajames #indieauthorsofinstagram #romanceauthorsofinstagram #authorsofig #readingcommunity #authorslife #romanceauthor #romanceauthorsofinstagram #bookstagramfeature #bookstagramers #ilovereading #Instareads #iread #lovetoread #mustread #mybookishfeatures #read #readingisfun #readingissexy #readinglife #readingtime #readmore #amreading #becauseofreading #bibliophilelife #bibliophiles #BookBlogger #bookclub #bookfeatures #bookrecs . $0.99 FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY: Kindle: https://tinyurl.com/4e84yzan Nook: https://tinyurl.com/yurkpzzd Kobo: https://tinyurl.com/3hjcayze Apple: https://tinyurl.com/3jv4rph2 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/52ntc84c BookBub: https://tinyurl.com/ycy4sj7e . Heart Sick Playlist: https://tinyurl.com/3vw6dm5v https://www.instagram.com/p/Co76wGEIRP3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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If you buy a lot of books and end up not liking some of them very much, can I suggest checking them out from your library first?

I worked in bookstores for a long time, and of course lots of my paycheck went directly back into the store. I've ended up "weeding" a lot of those books and donating them to different places just because I knew I wasn't ever going to read them again.

Now I'm a librarian, and I'm realizing just how much money I'm saving by checking books out FIRST. Maybe I check something out and I end up DNF'ing it within 50 pages. Maybe I check something out and I enjoy it, but not enough to read it again. Maybe I check something out and I really love it, but it freaked me out so bad it's tattooed on the inside of my eyeballs and I won't need to read it again (Drew Magary's The Hike, I'm looking in your direction).

Or maybe I check something out and I love it! And then I go buy a copy to own because I know I'll reread it, probably with a pen to mark up the margins in a way I know I can't with a library book!

Idk man. If you want to be more intentional with the way you spend your money, if you want to combat the commercialization of the publishing industry, if you hate that authors are being forced to do all their own marketing on TikTok and that readers are feeling shame about not purchasing and finishing literal hundreds of books per year... Maybe start by going to your local library. You can still post haul photos of library books without spending a dime.

— diksha suman (moon poet)

so many books but never enough money