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Hello my loves! Happy June! I hope it is as safe and happy for you as any June has ever been. 

I read Swordcrossed a long time ago and still recommend it if you’re looking for a fun, steamy adventure read. 

Q: What is a book that you still remember and recommend even though you read it long ago?

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#freyamarske #swordcrossed #lgbtqiap #queerbooks #queerbook #happyjune #bibliophile #womenwhoread #readergirl #readreadread

Hello my loves! Happy June! 

Happy #sundayshelfie, everyone! I got duplicates of this fun book so I’m thinking maybe a giveaway is in order?? 👀🍋

Book Info
Title: When Love Gives You Lemons
Author: Steven Salvatore | @stevensalvatorebooks 
Publisher: Bloomsbury YA | @bloomsburybooksus:
Release Date: May 31st 2025
Synopsis: 
Ever since he was a kid, Fielder Lemon’s large, opinionated Italian-American family has lived next to Ricky DeLuca and his large, opinionated Italian-American family. For almost as long, Fielder has known that he wants to marry Ricky one day. And he thought Ricky felt the same way—until Ricky breaks up with Fielder the day after his high school graduation, saying he needs to figure out who he is on his own.

One year later, Fielder is asked to be one of the best men in his cousin’s destination wedding on the Amalfi Coast in Italy, but there’s a twist: his cousin is marrying Ricky’s sister. Fielder hasn’t talked to or seen Ricky once during the last entire, terrible year, but he hasn’t given up on his first love quite yet—and isn’t a wedding in an Italian lemon grove the perfect setting to rekindle their relationship? Except Ricky might have already moved on.

Now, Fielder has less than a week to do the impossible and win back Ricky’s heart while also trying not to ruin his cousin’s wedding. But if there’s one thing Fielder knows, it’s that when life gives you lemons, take a bite!”

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#bloomsburycreatorcircle #ad #whenlovegivesyoulemons #stevensalvatore #shelfie #shelfsunday #sundayshelfies #homelibrary #shelfdecor

Happy Pride Month! 

Hello my loves! I’m planning on going down the mountain to get some shots with these lupins (it’s a once a year deal!) 

🪻 what books would you like to see me get photos of with these purple beauties??

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#soulswift #vintagetypewriter #lupins #lupin #readersgonnaread

Springtime in the Mountains

Here’s the photo reveal of my lovely dress from @andrea_leo_couture 💛 A gorgeous dress and a favorite book? What could be better. 🥰

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#andreaandleo #andreaandleocouture #onedarkwindow #rachelgillig #bookshelf #shelfie #bookshelf #ballgown #cosplay

Elspeth Cosplay?

Q: do you have any roadtrip traditions?

Hello my loves! We’ve got a long drive today but I have my snacks and audiobooks and I’m ready to enjoy the drive. 

Book info
Title: These Vengeful Gods 
Author: Gabe Cole Novoa | @thegabecole 
Publisher: Random House Children’s | @randomhousekids 
Release Date: May 27th 2025
Synopsis: In a world bound by violence, a teen descended from the god of Death must keep their true identity a secret as they fight their way through a gladiator-style competition towards victory and rebellion against the gods who murdered their family.

Years ago, the descendants of the god of Death were murdered. The few that remain are in hiding, including Crow, a teen who survived the genocide and hides their magic to stay alive. After fleeing their village, Crow now lives with their uncles in the lowest part of the city: the Shallows.

Life in the Shallows is tough, but Crow’s even tougher. Hiding their magic has made Crow resourceful, cunning, and unbeatable — which comes in handy as a fighter in the city’s lucrative underground fighting ring.

Then, Crow’s uncles are arrested for harboring Deathchildren. 

With fists tightly clenched, Crow vows to set their uncles free. But to do that, they’re going to need to enter a world that threatens Crow’s very existence. Carefully navigating the politics of the wealthy and powerful, they enter the Tournament of the Gods — a gladiator-style competition where the winner is granted a favor. As they battle their way towards the winner’s circle, Crow plans to ask the gods for their uncles’ freedom as their reward.

But in a city of gods and magic, you don’t ask for what you want.

You take it.

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#thesevengefulgods #gabecolenovoa #booksbooksandmorebooks #bibliophilelife #bookphotography #roadtrip #yabookstagram #womenwhoread #bookishness #bookishgirl

Q: do you have any roadtrip traditions?

Hello my loves! We’ve got a long drive today but I have my 

What are you currently reading?

I got this arc a few months ago (some of you cleverly spotted it in one of my recent reels 🙂) and have been reading a few pages before bed most nights. Its tone is gorgeous and I’m very invested in the dachsunds and the hotel of course! I relate to a lot of the experiences of being in the service industry.

Book Info
Title: The Listeners
Author: Maggie Stiefvater | @maggie_stiefvater
Publisher: Viking Books | @vikingbooks
Release Date: June 3rd 2025
Synopsis:
January 1942. The Avallon Hotel & Spa has always offered elegant luxury in the wilds of West Virginia, its mountain sweetwater washing away all of high society’s troubles.

Local girl-turned-general manager June Porter Hudson has guided the Avallon skillfully through the first pangs of war. The Gilfoyles, the hotel’s aristocratic owners, have trained her well. But when the family heir makes a secret deal with the State Department to fill the hotel with captured Axis diplomats, June must persuade her staff—many of whom have sons and husbands heading to the front lines—to offer luxury to Nazis. With a smile.

Meanwhile FBI Agent Tucker Minnick, whose coal tattoo hints at an Appalachian past, presses his ears to the hotel’s walls, listening for the diplomats’ secrets. He has one of his own, which is how he knows that June’s balancing act can have dangerous consequences: the sweetwater beneath the hotel can threaten as well as heal.

June has never met a guest she couldn’t delight, but the diplomats are different. Without firing a single shot, they have brought the war directly to her. As clashing loyalties crack the Avallon’s polished veneer, June must calculate the true cost of luxury.

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#vikingbooks #thelisteners #maggiestiefvater #bookphotography #tbr #currentlyreadi̇ng #currentread #beautifulbooks #darkacademiaaesthetic

The Listeners 

The Ragpicker King Rant and Review

Q: Do you have any fun weekend plans?

Hello my loves! My hubby and I are headed in to Denver for the day, and I’m looking forward to visiting some bookstores and getting my hair cut 💇🏼‍♀️ and maybe some donuts 🍩! 

I’m also so excited to get an arc of one of my most anticipated releases this summer! I loved Dawson’s debut and can’t wait to read this one!

Book Info
Title: The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World
Author: J. R. Dawson | @jrdawsonwriter 
Publisher: Tor Books | @torbooks 
Expected Release Date: July 29th 2025
Synopsis: At the edge of Chicago, nestled on the shores of Lake Michigan, there is a waystation for the dead. Every night, the newly-departed travel through the city to the Station, guided by its lighthouse. There, they reckon with their lives, before stepping aboard a boat to go beyond.

Nera has spent decades watching her father―the ferryman of the dead―sail across the lake, each night just like the last.

But tonight, something is wrong.

The Station’s lighthouse has started to flicker out. The terrifying, ghostly Haunts have multiplied in the city. And now a person―a living person―has found her way onto the boat.

Her name is Charlie. She followed a song. And she is searching for someone she lost.

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#thelighthouseattheedgeoftheworld #jrdawson #bibliophile #torbooks #lgbtqbooks #queerbooks #fantasylit #booksbooksbooks

The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World

The Ragpicker King - Awkward Content Edition

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