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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, reading besties! I know that the last two years have been a little on the rough side, so my wish for you is that you just be kind to yourself. Let yourself grow, but also understand that sometimes it may go a little slower than you’d like it to. Understand that sometimes you’ll need a little patience with everything, because things won’t go as you plan. Stay well, stay focused, stay kind! I can’t wait to bring you lots of fun new content in 2022!
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Books to Start 2022 – A Quick List
I am monumentally poor at sticking to a real TBR each month. I’ll admit it! I always set one, and then end up frolicking off to some other book that catches my eye, or doing a reread because it’s something that I feel like at the moment. Since I know that about myself, I’ve stopped making monthly TBRs. Instead, I’ve decided to pinpoint three books that I’d like to tackle each quarter of the year, and just fit them in when I can! So here’s the first three that I’ve decided to start with. First off is this delightful novel…
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Blog Goals for 2022
It’s been quite a while since I’ve actually set blog goals, mainly because I went through a phase where setting any kind of goal just sounded too stressful. Between going back to school, the ongoing pandemic, and working hard to understand my anxiety, I’ve been at max for work done. Still, I do miss setting at least a few intentions for the new year. It gives me something to focus on, and reminds me that this is my space! It can look like, and be, whatever I want it to be. So let’s set some goals, shall we? Goal #1…
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Bookish Spotlight: Melissa from Oh My Word Melly
Welcome to a new post series here on Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile! Back when I first started this blog, I used to interview other bloggers and share their content. I’ve missed doing that so much! It was a great way to get to know others who share the same passion, and give some much deserved love to amazing creators. So, it’s time to do that again! Check this space every other Saturday for a new spotlight, and click here if you’d like to sign up to be a spotlight yourself! Our spotlight today is Melissa from Oh My Word Melly! Instagram…
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Year-End Reading Check In
Hi friends! Happy Thursday, aka the day we all wish would hurry by so that we can get straight to Friday. I hope that this week has treated you well. There are so few sleeps until Christmas, and I know that a lot of you out there are just excited to get to the celebrating as I am! While I wait though, I’ve been revisiting this last year. Combing through the blog, to get an idea of what I want to tackle in 2022. Setting up a reading list of possibilities for some reading challenges that I’m eyeing. It’s been…
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Books I Missed in 2021
Inevitably, every year I get to the last month and realize that there were so many books on my radar that I just never got to. It’s a fact! I mean, so many amazing stories come out month after month. I’d need to be immortal to give them all of the love they deserve. However, there are always a few books that I was SO EXCITED for and then things got busy or I had too many review books to read, and they just vanished into the ether. This is a post to honor the top 5 of these books.…
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Book Review: If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrech
Eighteen-year-olds Ruben Montez and Zach Knight are two members of the boy-band Saturday, one of the biggest acts in America. Along with their bandmates, Angel Phan and Jon Braxton, the four are teen heartbreakers in front of the cameras and best friends backstage. But privately, cracks are starting to form: their once-easy rapport is straining under the pressures of fame, and Ruben confides in Zach that he’s feeling smothered by management’s pressure to stay in the closet. On a whirlwind tour through Europe, with both an unrelenting schedule and minimal supervision, Ruben and Zach come to rely on each other…
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Book Blitz and Giveaway: Glory Unbound by Deborah L. King
Glory UnboundDeborah L. King(Glory Bishop, #2)Publication date: December 14th 2021Genres: Women’s Fiction IN THIS SECOND BOOK of the series, Glory Bishop has finally broken free of her mother’s oppressive grasp and is offered a new life by a seemingly altruistic Chicago socialite, but there may be more than good intentions at play. Against the advice of trusted friends and family, Glory chooses the protection of Malcom Porter, her adoring, much older, bad-boy-turned-minister fiancé. Thrust into a gilded world of wealth, society and privilege, Glory struggles to overcome the guilt of loving her new life. The whirlwind of 1980s designer clothing,…
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2021 Wrap Up Time!
It’s the beginning of December, and that means it’s wrap up month! You can expect to see various posts this month talking about this last year on the blog, and what we hope to see coming up in the new year! To say that 2021 was a weird year would be an understatement. It was almost worse than 2020, mainly because I kept having so many feelings about whether things would get better or not. I sent the bar low on my reading goal, because I knew (from a whole year of experience) that my attention span wouldn’t be great.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Bookish Memories (11/30/21)
Happy Tuesday friends! Getting back into the blogging groove again. Now that Thanksgiving is over, and with it the stress of get togethers, it’s time to focus on Christmas! My favorite time of year! I feel like my batteries have been recharged, and I’m so happy about it. It helps that I just realized that I am only one book finished away from reading 52 for the year. That’s so exciting! Anyway, on to the prompt shall we? Top Ten Bookish Memories In no particular order, here are some of the things that I remember most vividly throughout my lifetime!…
