Author: Kim and Tanya
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2023 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge [February Check-In]
Welcome to the February check-in of the 2023 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge. This month’s Motif is “If You Have A Garden and a Library… (Read a book with a plant or flower on the cover.)” Check in with us on Goodreads, at Instagram with the hashtag #MonthlyMotifGXO or at the bottom of this post. You…
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2023 Key Word Reading Challenge [February Check-In]
The Key Words for February are – Please, Might, Return, Shy, Vanish, Book, Ash, Come. Check in with us on Goodreads, at Instagram with the hashtag #MonthlyKeywordGXO, on Storygraph or at the “linky” bottom of this post. Monthly Key Word Here’s what we plan to read this month… KIM – Last year I claimed I…
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A New 2023 TBR [The Books We’re Keeping from 2022]
Every year, we start over with our “to be read” (TBR) list. We look through what we wanted to read last year and didn’t get to (our last chack-in was Our Reading (I)nbox Mid-Year Reading List Update) … and decide what we still want to read – and what we’ll have to put aside. Here…
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2023 Key Word Reading Challenge [January Check-In]
January is here! The first month of the 2023 Key Word Reading Challenge. The Key Words for January are – Crown, Girl, Whisper, Black, Heart, Guide, All, Ever. Check in with us on Goodreads, at Instagram with the hashtag #MonthlyKeywordGXO, on Storygraph or at the “linky” bottom of this post. Monthly Key Word Here’s what…
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2023 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge [January Check-In]
January is here! The first month of the 2023 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge. The Motif for January is “New Year, New Direction: Read a book with a directional word in the title such as North, Up, Right, In, Forward, etc.” Check in with us on Goodreads, at Instagram with the hashtag #MonthlyMotifGXO or at the…
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#AMonthofFaves This Is How We Read in 2022
This is the last day of #AMonthofFaves and today we’re talking about our reading life throughout 2022. TANYA PATRICE # of books: 52 – This is a sharp decrease from 65 books read last year, which was probably because of my reading slump in the Fall. The number of books is not important to me,…
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#AMonthofFaves Best Books Read in 2022
These are the books that we felt were the most loved and memorable from our reading year – and we’d love to see your picks too! + KIM + Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt I can’t even remember what made me pick this book up because this is not my usual type of reading.…
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#AMonthofFaves 6 Books on Our Winter Reading List
We’re more than halfway through #AMonthofFaves and it has been amazing looking back at everything we loved this past year. Today, it’s all about the books that we want to read this Winter season. +KIM+ My Winter TBR is going to focus on finishing the books from my 2022 TBR that I wasn’t able to…
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#AMonthofFaves Underrated Books We Think Deserve More Buzz
Which books have you read this year that you think deserves more attention? Here are some that we loved, but haven’t gotten as much attention as we THINK they should get. TANYA PATRICE Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk and Nicola Yoon 3.97 ★ | 16,900+ Goodreads Ratings…
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#AMonthofFaves Popular Books Worth the Hype
Which books did you read this year that you saw all over blogs, your friends were pushing or it was praised to the high heavens by the critics? Did you agree that the books deserved the praises being heaped on them? ✭ Believe the Hype ✭ TANYA PATRICE The Viscount Who Loved me (Bridgertons #2),…