Are you ready for spring? What’s your favourite thing about spring?
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Today is the last full day of winter. 😭 Bye bye, snow and peacoats. Hello, pollen and allergies.
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📚 pictured: The Binding by Bridget Collins. This book had me at its stunning cover and the quick, one word “Bookbinder” in the synopsis.
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Synopsis:
Imagine you could erase grief.
Imagine you could remove pain.
Imagine you could hide the darkest, most horrifying secret.
Forever.
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Young Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a strange letter arrives summoning him away from his family. He is to begin an apprenticeship as a Bookbinder—a vocation that arouses fear, superstition, and prejudice among their small community but one neither he nor his parents can afford to refuse.
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For as long as he can recall, Emmett has been drawn to books, even though they are strictly forbidden. Bookbinding is a sacred calling, Seredith informs her new apprentice, and he is a binder born. Under the old woman’s watchful eye, Emmett learns to hand-craft the elegant leather-bound volumes. Within each one they will capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. If there’s something you want to forget, a binder can help. If there’s something you need to erase, they can assist. Within the pages of the books they create, secrets are concealed and the past is locked away. In a vault under his mentor’s workshop, rows upon rows of books are meticulously stored.
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But while Seredith is an artisan, there are others of their kind, avaricious and amoral tradesman who use their talents for dark ends—and just as Emmett begins to settle into his new circumstances, he makes an astonishing discovery: one of the books has his name on it. Soon, everything he thought he understood about his life will be dramatically rewritten.
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Happy Sunday, Book Ravers! And Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today I thought would be a great day to introduce (or reintroduce) myself to both my new and old followers. I am so thankful and lucky to have so many book lovers in my life, so along with me sharing a few things about myself and some of my favourite things, please feel free to comment and share a few things about yourself too.
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↠ My dad named me after the Battlestar Galactica character, Cassiopeia.
↠ I love fantasy and sci-fi books, TV shows, and movies.
↠ I’m a Whedonist.
↠ I’m obsessed with candles.
↠ @frostbeardmpls candles were the first bookish candles I ever bought (back in January 2015).
↠ I love the smell of apples, mint, and lemongrass.
↠ I could drink London Fog Lattes and Green Tea Lattes all day, every day.
↠ I collect different editions of my favourite books, including Jane Eyre, The Night Circus, Caraval series, Uprooted, Spinning Silver, A Million Junes, and The Winner’s Trilogy.
↠ As I am writing this caption, I am currently burning a London Fog candle by @canterburyroadco (which smells heavenly) and I’m listening to Mumford and Sons on vinyl.
↠ I love Robin Hood retellings, so I am extremely excited to read Sherwood by @meaganspooner. (Be sure to Treat Yo Shelf on March 19, 2019)
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QotD: What are some of your favourite things? What makes you YOU?!
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#sherwood #meaganspooner #harperteen #epicreads #goodreads #booklover #starwars #leafonthewind #firefly #josswhedon #whedonist #alchemyandink #candlegram #frostbeardstudio #bookphoto #bookphotography #booktography #bookish #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofig #booksofinstagram #yalit #yafantasy #bookworm #booknerdigans #treatysoshelf #happystpatricksday #greenbooks
Happy #stacksaturday! I received some of the best bookmail this week. I cannot describe in words how excited I am to have Finale by @stephanie_garber in my hands. (*insert Wayne’s World gif here-“we’re not worthy”*😭😭😭)
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QotD: What is your most anticipated 2019 book release?
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How excited are you for Finale—the conclusion of the Caraval series 😱?!
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Finale Synopsis (TREAT YO SHELF May 7, 2019)
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Welcome, welcome to Finale, the third and final book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Caraval series!
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Welcome, welcome to Caraval...all games must come to an end.
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It’s been two months since the last Caraval concluded, two months since the Fates have been freed from an enchanted deck of cards, two months since Tella has seen Legend, and two months since Legend claimed the empire’s throne as his own. Now, Legend is preparing for his official coronation and Tella is determined to stop it. She believes her own mother, who still remains in an enchanted sleep, is the rightful heir to the throne.
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Meanwhile, Scarlett has started a game of her own. She’s challenged Julian and her former fiancé, Count Nicolas d’Arcy, to a competition where the winner will receive her hand in marriage. Finally, Scarlett feels as if she is in complete control over her life and future. She is unaware that her mother’s past has put her in the greatest danger of all.
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Caraval is over, but perhaps the greatest game of all has begun―with lives, empires, and hearts all at stake. There are no spectators this time: only those who will win...and those who will lose everything. . .
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#partner #flatironbooks #macmillan #finale #stephaniegarber #caraval #legendary #bookworm #bookobsessed #booklover #bookstagram #booksofig #bookstagrammer #bookish #booksofinstagram #bibliophile #readersofinstagram #treatyoshelf #bookwitch #booknerd #bookshelf #goodreads #bookraves #bookphotography #bookcommunity #booksofinsta #bookgram #rememberitsonlyagame
Happy Tuesday! And the happiest of book birthdays to The Tesla Legacy by @kkperezbooks! Be sure to go out and TREAT YO SHELF to a copy today! This book is an action-packed, page-turner filled with suspense, romance, and a smart and courageous heroine who will have you rooting for her throughout the book.
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QotD: If you could have any super power, what would it be?
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Synopsis:
THE TESLA LEGACY follows a precocious young scientist named Lucy Phelps whose fateful encounter in the Tesla Suite of the New Yorker Hotel unlocks her dormant electrical powers. As Lucy struggles to understand her new abilities through scientific experimentation, she is thrust into a centuries old battle between rival alchemical societies.
⚡️ One side wants her help and the other wants her dead, but both believe she is the next step in human evolution. Unfortunately, carriers of the genetic mutation—including Nikola Tesla—have a greatly reduced life expectancy. Even if Lucy can outrun her enemies, she can’t outrun herself.
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A huge thank you to @booksparks for providing me this book as a #partner for their #yawrc2019 book tour. This was the last stop of their Winter tour and it has been an amazing experience to rave about books with them.
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#theteslalegacy #kkperez #torteen #booksparks #booksharks #bookshark #bookstagram #booksofig #booksofinsta #bookstagrammer #bookbirthday #bookworm #bookish #booklover #booklove #toberead #tbr #yafantasy #currentlyreading #goodreads #yafiction #bookraves #yalit #booknerd #booknerdigans #treatyoshelf
Happy sleepy Monday! This day definitely calls for multiple cups of coffee.
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QotD: Do you ever binge read a certain genre for long periods of time? If so, which genre do you usually binge read?
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You guys, I am still binging contemporary romance books like crazy. When I think I need a break, or a taste of something new, my brain is like, nope, more swoons, please?!😂
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Speaking of swoons, have you read the Winternight Trilogy, yet? I’ve only read The Bear and the Nightingale so far and it is literary perfection. The fairytale-esque story is beautifully written, I love the wintry Russian setting, and I am hooked by the whimsical atmosphere that blurs the lines between reality and magic. 10 out of 10, highly recommend.
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🕯 created by @alchemyandink: the burning woodwick crackle provides the most amazing scent of winter and woods. Natalie really nailed this Winternight-themed candle.😍
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