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Reading Challenges: The Diverse Baseline 2025
One of my goals this year is to diversify my reading. I have always been pretty good at reading across a range of genders and identities, both author-wise and character-wise, so I do want to keep that up, but obviously that isn’t all there is to diversity. I have found I am still tending to…
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The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Synopsis: Author of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri’s The Jasmine Throne, beginning a new trilogy set in a world inspired by the history and epics of India, in which a captive princess and a maidservant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies on a dark journey to save their empire from the princess’s traitor brother.…
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A bookish check-in, aka WWW Wednesday
Happy Wednesday all! Today I have decided to jump on another blog train, this time the WWW Wednesday train!WWW Wednesday is a weekly recap meme hosted over at Taking on a World of Words, where we share what we’re reading and what’s up next on the tbr. What are you currently reading? The Jasmine Throne…
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A Dance of Lies by Brittney Arena
Synopsis: My protector is gone, revealed to be a monster. But I remind myself that I am not a damsel. I’m no princess bound within a tower. I am a shadow. Vasalie Moran was once a dancer in King Illian’s court, until he framed her for murder. Barely surviving her two years in the dungeons,…
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Let’s Talk Bookish: Reading Challenges
Happy Sunday all! I hope you’ve had a fab weekend so far. Since 2025 is the year I’m trying to work on this blog more, I have decided to jump on the Let’s Talk Bookish train! Before I get into this weeks prompt, a quick note on what this actually is. Let’s Talk Bookish is a…
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The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi
Synopsis: Murder. Secrets. Sacrifice: Three women seek the truth of the empire’s past. And the truth they find has the power to ignite a war in the sequel to The Final Strife, the continuation of a visionary fantasy trilogy inspired by Africa and Arabia. Anoor is the first blue-blooded ruler of the Wardens’ Empire. But when…
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