This month's book recommendation post is now live over on emlinden.com! Today, we're taking a look at an Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir 🔥

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I am exactly the kind of ice-blooded, rotten-hearted girl he fears I am. And I am fine with that. - Iron Widow by @xiranjayzhao ~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~ Normally on the 4th, I do the red, white, and blue stack or flat lay. But this year I can't. So today I bring you books where the hero challenges the status quo. They refuse to accept the unfairness around them. Sometimes they're pushed too far and are forced to fight back. ☆What are your favorite books that challenge the status quo?☆ ~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~ #readersofinstagram #bookstagram #bookswelove #bookaholic #booklover #booklife #bookaddict #rebellion #challengethestatusquo #4thofjuly #fightback #ironwidow #xiranjayzhao #redrising #poppywar #ashprincess #serpentanddove #emberintheashes https://www.instagram.com/p/CfmhedTJCDj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

What do you call a four-book story arc? A “quadrology”? Here’s a stack of some four book stories that all took a little extra to finish. They all happen to be YA. How many of these have you read? #fourbookstory #bookstack #redqueen #victoriaaveyard #emberintheashes #sabaatahir #twilight #stephaniemeyer #astudyincharlotte #brittanycavallaro #dorothymustdie #daniellepaige #ya #yafiction #yafantasy #yaisnotjustforteens #bookstagram #bookshelves #booknerd #bookhoarder #bookworm #sodacityreads #bookish #bookreview #hardcover #homelibrarygoals #bookhaul #goodreads #homelibrary #thriller https://www.instagram.com/p/CXy-3VtLGhZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Current Listen: Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo. Nikolai is a member of my personal Book Character Harem, along with Rhys, Lorcan, and Avitas, among others. Who's in yours?

Hope everyone is having a cozy weekend! . The weather is quite cold up in Scotland so we’ve had the fireplace going for a while. But we’re about to embark on a little road trip to go and visit a horse stables! . I had to take this picture so quickly - the paperbacks on top of the stack started to curl a little from the warmth! 🙈 Also, can you see what I did with the titles there? 😏 . . . #bookstack #booksandfireplace #bookworm #booklover #bookstagram #booknerd #emberintheashes #gameofthrones #flameinthemist #fireplace #booksbooksbooks #bookspines https://www.instagram.com/p/BxmdeszBUCv/?igshid=1himo9k4w7tzb

I can’t believe #reaperatthegates is already out and I haven’t gotten a chance to read this series yet 📚! Now that I have them I can’t wait 😄! How do you like the series? 📚 Bookmark by @noveltrimmings ! Use the code SUMMERFREE for FREE SHIPPING on any order over $10! 📚 📚 📚 #book #bookstagram #bookworm #bookish #bookclub #bookmark #read #reading #summerread #ya #yafantasy #emberintheashes #torchagainstthenight #sabaatahir

These books look like art! #iwant #bookstagram #emberintheashes https://www.instagram.com/p/CGa8rbenFNP/?igshid=187p2woixhion

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕤, 𝔼𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕤 𝕍𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕦𝕤. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕦𝕣𝕟, 𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕪. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕚𝕥. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕚𝕥.... • • • Hey book dragons! Look I got my candle pair from @book_and_jane I now have full intentions of getting as many couples as I can form Jane. If you want to get a few candles form @book_and_jane you could you can use code Dragon20 to save on candles and wax melts. • • • If you could make a candle to for any one book character who would you make one after and what scents? • • • #bookstaspooks #booklover #booknerd #bookishcandles #bookinspiredcandles #bookishcoven #emberintheashes #laiaofserra #eliasveturius https://www.instagram.com/p/B_gD2kPA1UE/?igshid=c5hki8ahzi84

First Lines Friday!

It's that time of the week again. And while im screaming my head off at Leeds Festival, here's a #FirstLinesFriday post focusing on another series that has been on my TBR for far too long!

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page

Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook…

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TGIF #bookstagrammers ! . It's time to go back to Hogwarts and these are the books I'll be reading in between classes and homework this month! . It's also day 1 of #bookishlyseptember17 ! TBR: Long/Short. My #tbrpile is long this month as all of these books are quite long 😅 . I'm really going to push myself to finish all four of these. They are all books I've started, some last summer 🙈🙈🙈, so I'm going to finally finish them! . What does your #tbrlist look like this month? . Side note: it is now September which means it is now fall which means I have my favorite theme of the year! 🎉🎉🎉 . #bookstagram #photochallenge #bookdragon #emberintheashes #andidarken #queenofshadows #aconjuringoflight #bookphoto #bookish #bookaholic #books📚 #booknerd #bookworm #bookphotography #biblophile #yalit #ya #ireadya #reading #currentlyreading #bookspine #falltheme #bookslover

Fear takes the joy out of living. You've been joyless for too long. One day, there will be more smiles than fear. - A Spark Within the Forge by @sabaatahir ~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~ I'm not much of a graphic novel reader. I used to read them occasionally in high school and shortly after. Now there is this beautiful creation as a prequel to Ember in the Ashes. Leigh Bardugo has one coming soon with a Darkling prequel. What's a fangirl to do? I'm rereading Ember this week for a reading challenge so I decided it was time to read this one. The illustrations are beautiful, it hurt to see my sweet Laia so scared, but hey, it only gets worse from here 😭 ☆Do you read graphic novels, manga, or comic books?☆ ~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~ #readersofinstagram #bookstagram #bookswelove #bookaholic #booklover #booklife #bookaddict #emberintheashes #torchagainstthenight #reaperatthegates #skybeyondthestorm #sparkwithintheforge #sabaatahir https://www.instagram.com/p/Cipq1ijLNNS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Some YA for #bradslibrarytour Authors like Aveyard, Baldacci, Bardugo, Collins, Dashner, Kaufman, Kristoff, Lore, Meyer, Morgan, Riggs, Riordan, Roth, Shusterman, Tahir and Welch. How’s your reading this week? #homelibrary #shelfie #sundayshelfie #bradshelfie #victoriaaveyard #leighbardugo #ransomriggs #nealshusterman #mazerunner #hungergames #the100 #emberintheashes #bookstagram #bookshelves #bookswithcharacter #bookhoarder #bookworm #sodacityreads #bookreview #hardcover #bookcollector #bookhaul #bookspines #goodreads #yafantasy #fiction #ya #thriller #bookcollection (at Irmo, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMZkFysgjTj/?igshid=f4yii18904ng

Here's what I've been doing all weekend instead of writing.

Starting this beautiful book today! I can't wait to start reading this series, I've heard so many good things about it! #books #bookstagram #emberintheashes #sabbatahir #book #reading #fantasy

Happy Sunday! . . This series is one of my favorites. I have yet to read the last book, but I need some emotional preparation before I do. . The art prints was given to me by the author herself at the signing of this book. I got to fangirl a little over these stunning prints. . . Now, this is not a problem per se but see how book 3 isn’t the same editions as the other two. QOTD: does that bother you? I’ll be honest. It totally does for me. I need to find a way to get that book edition for the third book. 😂 as I said, not an existential issue, but it bugs me as much as a crooked painting on a wall. 😂 . . Anyway, did you do anything fun today? I spend most of the day with my kid at a local fall harvest festival. It was nice! This is the first year he actually enjoys it as much. He is almost old enough to do everything. What about you guys? You did anything fun? . . Here is one more tag. 😊 . . Thank you @grimreaderx for tagging me in the #peterpanbooktag ! . . So here it goes.... 🐍Neverland (A series that never gets old) - Harry Potter. Yes it’s getting old. 🐍Peter (Book that killed your readers slump) - Miss peregrine 🐍Captain Hook (A villain you can’t take seriously) - Maven 🐍Mr. Smee (A book that comforts you) - Harry Potter 🐍Wendy (A character that made you fall in love) - Acotar... Rhys 💕 🐍Tiger Lilly (A book you are loyal to) - Harry Potter, I’m sure you noticed by now... 😂 . . . . #emberintheashes #eliasveturius #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #yafiction #yafantasy #yalovin #yalit #yabooks #booksofinstagram #bookworm #booknerd #bookgeek #bookaddict #bookaholic #igreads #bibliophile #tbr #hallowen #fallbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/Bopcl16n40p/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xy8lwa7z9y0b

It’s Finally Friday! The week for me has dragged and dragged. Maybe because I haven’t been able to actually sit down and read? Who knows? .🍁 And Ember in the Ashes. Oh my. Oh my goodness. This amazing, wonderful, book is to die for (not literally, of course). It was a little slow of a take off for me, I’ll admit, but once it hooked me, I was hooked by teeth and claw. Check. It. Out. If you have not already! I demand you! No, no of course I don’t demand you, but still. Why haven’t you read this yet? .🍁 “Destiny?” I laugh, a bitter thing. "What is destiny?"