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a chaotic reader living off books, football, and handbags. she/her. https://writingbookishnotes.wordpress.com/links/

I’m weak for new ereaders soooo getting the new kindle 😂 so trading in my old oasis for the 20% off + $35 gift card, and doing the upgrade offer on the new kindle because I had a super old one on my account…knocks off almost $115 from the colorsoft signature + page turning case

I get people having their fave authors and loving their books but talking about how cute and charming a book is and not mentioning the very violent way a character dies from childbirth (where the pregnancy was also a result from rape) has me giving people a sideeye 😒 the eARC had no warnings in it

I was digging through Netgalley late last night through mystery books and found a historical mystery set in Georgian era London 🙂‍↕️ wasn’t too sure about my chances of getting approved for it but the pub already approved me this morning 🥳

so there is a book festival nearby(ish) this Saturday and I want to go for the vibes but I guess it’s going to depend on how the roads are looking. all the reports are that it’s going to flood really bad later this week

hmm I was wondering how much these books would go for after people got them and started selling the ones they didn’t want (since the kickstarter had people locked into having to buy all 3)

from the JQ (Julia Quinn) Editions kickstarter 

there’s 6 listings on mercari with one sold of An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole for $25.66 before shipping. the others are listed between $29 and $50. The Last Lady B by Eloisa James is listed for $27-$29.

the Illumicrate edition of The Protector of the Small series by Tamora Pierce is here!!! put it next to their edition of The Song of the Lioness for comparison. I’m still confused about the edges but everything else looks great. my favorite is the horse going 👀 on one of the endpages lol