what are you currently reading? Do we have any in common?✨

Loving a tempest of tea by @hafsahfaizal which we are reading for @whimsandfables this month!

I am continuing to accumulate current reads, it’s getting absolutely out of hand —

new new new ❤️&zwj;🔥

Big W once again got me with their prices, I could not walk past these. I need thoughts!! Have you read any of these?

Sorry for the quiet over here, life has been insanity. My darling @waydes_reads got married on Wednesday wh

it’s Aries season my friends, and I am officially ✨26✨

around my birthday I always get really sappy because all my friends are so kind and thoughtful and make me feel so loved, and I just get hit with intense gratitude, thank u to all of u for

a magical night was spent at the @wheelercentre listening to the talented and eloquent @kuangrf talk about all things Yellowface (I swear not a single ‘umm’ was muttered). being an academic and a bestselling author? Inspiring to say the l

Court of Flame and Shadow ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

There were some really great parts to this book and some less great parts. It’s unfortunately my least favourite SJM book, but overall i still enjoyed it. There were some clear standout characters, some char

★★★★☆ — another wonderful book from @prof_alice_roberts highlighting stories of the dead in Britain, and what bones and burials can tell us about past people.

Full review on my blog 🏺

Buried: An Alternative History of the First Millennium i

cheeky little book haul for you all 🫶🏼

me and some of my bffs are cooking up something very exciting — keep your eyes peeled 👀✨

am I the only one who buys all the books in a series before even reading the first one? I just don’t like

my first book review of the year is up on my blog (link in bio!!) Here’s a lil taste of my thoughts on this wonderful book! 🦴

Ancestors: a Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials by @prof_alice_roberts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Ancestors: a Prehistory of B

if you’ve read any of these books, please please give me your thoughts!! Once I finish HOFAS, which series should I start?? ✨

📚 All three of these series have such immaculately matching spines, if only all series were printed with the same at

what was your favourite read of January?

what a month January turned out to be! I cannot believe that I read ✨15✨ books. I do not think I have ever read this many books in one month before. I read so many from kindle unlimited which was so great!

24 books for 2024

- Belladonna
- Foxglove
- The Atlas Six
- Iron Widow
- The Starless Sea
- Juniper and Thorn
- The Wolf and the Woodsman
- Divine Rivals
- The Maidens
- The Book of Night
- Dark Rise
- Iron Flame
- The Seas
- Tales from the Cafe

updated tote bag tbr

the saddest thing is that some of these books are the same from my very first tote bag tbr in Jan 2022 🫡

if you know me, you know of my unhinged love of tote bags, so after seeing @noahkahanmusic play an incredible acoustic se

currently reading —

Yellowface by RF Kuang — I’m listening to the audiobook of this on @everand_us and it is SUCH a good read

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas — in the midst of a reread with my bffs @waydes_reads an

Do you often have matching editions, or do you end up with mismatched series? 🔱

I have a habit of ending up with mismatched series (it is very rare for me to have an entire series match — whether that be a random one as a hardback or half pu

my ultimate favourite reads of 2023 ✨

🥀 not including the various rereads I rated 5 stars, these were the books (as well as the aftg series) that I enjoyed the most this year

🕯️ what was your fave book of the year? do we have any of the same 202

my top read for each month this year — some of these were new and some were rereads and for some months, it was near impossible to choose a favourite!

do you include rereads when you are thinking about your favourite reads of the year?

🥀 i

book 82 of 2023 | ★★★★★— a truly magical return to the world of Shades, through both familiar and new eyes. A must read for all lovers of the Darker Shade of Magic trilogy.

The Fragile Threads of Power by @veschwab is the newest book in the D

About

Master of Archaeology student in Melbourne
Lover of travelling, coffee, and history
Happily surrounded by unread books - they are all just waiting for the right moment to be opened
Irrevocably running out of space to house books, like a dragon and their hoards of treasure
Favourite authors include, but not limited to; VE Schwab, Elodie Harper, Jennifer Saint, Rick Riordan, Sarah J Maas, and Lynette Noni.
My genres of choice are fantasy, historical fiction, mythology, science fiction, and history non-fiction.