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i like (almost) all kinds of books and i’m trying to read more right now, specially more diverse books. my favorite genre is the one i haven’t read last

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Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)

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Graveyard Shift

M.L. Rio

Author of sales sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story about a ragtag group of night shift workers who meet in the local cemetery to unearth the secrets lurking in an open grave. Every night, in the college’s ancient cemetery, five people cross paths as they work the late shift: a bartender, a rideshare driver, a hotel receptionist, the steward of the derelict church that looms over them, and the editor-in-chief of the college paper, always in search of a story. One dark October evening in the defunct churchyard, they find a hole that wasn’t there before. A fresh, open grave where no grave should be. But who dug it, and for whom? Before they go their separate ways, the gravedigger returns. As they trail him through the night, they realize he may be the key to a string of strange happenings around town that have made headlines for the last few weeks—and that they may be closer to the mystery than they thought. Atmospheric and eerie, with the ensemble cast her fans love and a delightfully familiar academic backdrop, Graveyard Shift is a modern Gothic tale in If We Were Villains author M. L. Rio’s inimitable style.

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Now, I'm not usually a fan of vampires. I'm also not usually a fan of romance. But I am a fan of dark plots and thrillers. I'm starting this one as part of the Seasonal Reading Challege (I still have 3 days, I can do this!) so wish me luck as a complete newcomer to this genre and style of book! 🫣

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If We Were Villains

M.L. Rio

Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail - for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the man who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened a decade ago. As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts college, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingenue, extra. But when the casting changes, and the secondary characters usurp the stars, the plays spill dangerously over into life, and one of them is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.

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Thoughts from 2% (page 8) - Chapter 1: A Field of Flowers

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“You know we’re not running from oblivion. We’re running toward hope.”

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Blood Over Bright Haven

M.L. Wang

Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost—and the collectors have come calling. An orphan since the age of four, Sciona has always had more to prove than her fellow students. For twenty years, she has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fueled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to be the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry. When she finally claws her way up the ranks to become a highmage, however, she finds that her challenges have just begun. Her new colleagues will stop at nothing to let her know she is unwelcome, beginning with giving her a janitor instead of a qualified lab assistant. What neither Sciona nor her peers realize is that her taciturn assistant was once more than a janitor; before he mopped floors for the mages, Thomil was a nomadic hunter from beyond Tiran’s magical barrier. Ten years have passed since he survived the perilous crossing that killed his family. But working for a highmage, he sees the opportunity to finally understand the forces that decimated his tribe, drove him from his homeland, and keep the Tiranish in power. Through their fractious relationship, mage and outsider uncover an ancient secret that could change the course of magic forever—if it doesn’t get them killed first. Sciona has defined her life by the pursuit of truth, but how much is one truth worth with the fate of civilization in the balance? A standalone dark academia brimming with mystery, tragedy, and the damning echoes of the past. For fans of Leigh Bardugo, V. E. Schwab, and Fullmetal Alchemist. (Content warnings for gore, sexual assault, and suicidal ideation)

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Blood Over Bright Haven

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Who’s Who Wednesday

Hiiii It’s time for Who’s Who Wednesday where every Wednesday we introduce ourselves and make new friends. This is part 9. I think

If you participated any of the times before, you don’t have to introduce yourself again but you can share some different facts about you, an opinion you have, or how your week is going.

If you’re new, introduce yourself!

I’ll go first.

My name is JadeLovesBooks.

I just found diamond painting and I am obsessed with it I don’t like thanksgiving food My middle name is Noelle because I was born on Christmas Eve

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Don't Let the Forest In

C.G. Drews

Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thomas had no idea that Andrew would do anything for him. Protect him. Lie for him. Kill for him. High school senior Andrew Perrault finds refuge in the twisted fairytales that he writes for the only person who can ground him to reality—Thomas Rye, the boy with perpetually ink-stained hands and hair like autumn leaves. And with his twin sister, Dove, inexplicably keeping him at a cold distance upon their return to Wickwood Academy, Andrew finds himself leaning on his friend even more. But something strange is going on with Thomas. His abusive parents have mysteriously vanished, and he arrives at school with blood on his sleeve. Thomas won’t say a word about it, and shuts down whenever Andrew tries to ask him questions. Stranger still, Thomas is haunted by something, and he seems to have lost interest in his artwork—whimsically macabre sketches of the monsters from Andrew’s wicked stories. Desperate to figure out what’s wrong with his friend, Andrew follows Thomas into the off-limits forest one night and catches him fighting a nightmarish monster—Thomas’s drawings have come to life and are killing anyone close to him. To make sure no one else dies, the boys battle the monsters every night. But as their obsession with each other grows stronger, so do the monsters, and Andrew begins to fear that the only way to stop the creatures might be to destroy their creator…

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Looking back at 2025

I know we still have 5 weeks left of 2025 but I was thinking about all the books I’ve read this year and was wondering about which book was my favourite and which I was surprised by. And I thought, rather than just asking myself these questions we could all get involved and maybe find some new reads for 2026.

Which was your favourite book of the year?
Which one surprised you (for better or worse)
Which would you like to re-read?
What genre would you like to read more of next year?

Feel free to answer them all or just pick one or two, I’ll put my answers below 😊

Jane Eyre, I haven’t read it in years and it was so much fun getting to rediscover it
I was so pleasantly surprised by ‘drawn together’ I read it in one day and absolutely fell in love with the characters and the storyline
I’d like to re-read cranford as I kind of rushed in and probably didn’t appreciate the story as much as I should have.
I’d always like to explore more classics but I’d like to read more mysteries I felt as if I abandoned that genre this year

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

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Gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss (fantasy edition)

by ayzrules

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Suggestions always welcome in the pursuit of women's rights and women's wrongs! For the terrible women in fantasy who are gaslighting, gatekeeping, and girlbossing their way to the top, using any and all tools at their disposal—the more war crimes, the better. These women are generally characterized as ruthless, cunning, scheming, manipulative, etc. (To go along with the poor little meow meow list featuring pathetic men)

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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)

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Thoughts from 18% (page 58) | END – Chpt. SIX | 😅I Guess It's A Matter Of Perspective😅

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Bookish Playlist 2025

Every year I make a book playlist for the books I enjoyed. Since now I have pagebound I thought why not share it? So this is it! I haven't included the raven cycle series yet because I haven't finished it yet ( or it hasn't finished me yet...) and I think it deserves a post on it own!

❤️Heartless by M.Meyer / P!nk who knew ❤️ 🍜 The restaurant of lost recipes by H. Kashiwai / Mariya Takeuchi plastic love🍜 🐾 The goodbye cat by H.Arikawa / I love you Chanmina🐾 🔮 Payback a witch by L.Harper / black magic Magic wands🔮 ⚰️ A Dowry of blood by S.T. Gibson / Hungarian dance no 5⚰️ 🐙 Call of Cthulhu H.P.Lovecraft / part1 solo cello,part2 voodoo people Prodigy,part3 Björk army of me🐙 ❄️ The nightmare before kissmas S. Raasch / ice storm Lindsey Stirling ❄️ ☘️ Go luck yourself S.Raasch / Roundtale rivals Lindsey Stirling ☘️ 💀the cemetery boys by A.Thomas / K.O. Pabllo Vittar💀 🪷 God of Fury by R. Kent / Play with fire Sam Tinnez🪷 📷 God of Malice by R. Kent / I wanna love you Akon📷 🎀 God of Ruin by R.Kent / taste Ari Abdul 🎀 🐍 Kiss the villain by R. Kent / lost in the fire Gesaffelstein and weekend 🐍 🌹 A court of thorns and roses by S.J.Maas / fairyland Angelzoom🥀 🎄 Christmas tree farm by L.Gilmore / Christmas tree farm Taylor Swift 🎄

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Thoughts from 26% (end of chapter 9)

He was l s i n g o his goddamn mind.

i am loving the writing style so much! not only the flowery sentences, but also i love when the structure adapts to its content. it's so poetic and it gets so interesting.

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