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Beat the Backlist 2019

January 1, 2019January 1, 2019 / bookishconnoisseur / 3 Comments

Happy 2019 everyone! This year, in order to try and manage my TBR (a bit), I'll be participating in NovelKnight's Beat the Backlist Challenge! The rules of this challenge are simple, books must be read from start to finish in 2019 and your chosen books must have been published in 2018 or earlier. All info … Continue reading Beat the Backlist 2019

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•Thank you @randomhouse for gifting me this book!• Hello and happy Thursday friends! Who else is counting down the seconds to the weekend? 🙋🏻‍♀️ ✨ If you’re looking for a book to pick up this weekend, The Dreamers by @karenthompsonwalker we just released Tuesday and it sounds SO GOOD! Synopsis: In an isolated college town in the hills of Southern California, a freshman girl stumbles into her dorm room, falls asleep—and doesn’t wake up. She sleeps through the morning, into the evening. Her roommate, Mei, cannot rouse her. Neither can the paramedics who carry her away, nor the perplexed doctors at the hospital. Then a second girl falls asleep, and then another, and panic takes hold of the college and spreads to the town. As the number of cases multiplies, classes are canceled, and stores begin to run out of supplies. A quarantine is established. The National Guard is summoned. . Mei, an outsider in the cliquish hierarchy of dorm life, finds herself thrust together with an eccentric, idealistic classmate. Two visiting professors try to protect their newborn baby as the once-quiet streets descend into chaos. A father succumbs to the illness, leaving his daughters to fend for themselves. And at the hospital, a new life grows within a college girl, unbeknownst to her—even as she sleeps. A psychiatrist, summoned from Los Angeles, attempts to make sense of the illness as it spreads through the town. Those infected are displaying unusual levels of brain activity, more than has ever been recorded. They are dreaming heightened dreams—but of what? . . #thedreamers #karenthompsonwalker #randomhouse #randomhousebooks #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sciencefictionnovel #bookishconnoisseur #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #bookgrammer #bookgram #readergram #bibliophile #bookstagrammer #bookstoread #newrelease

The Whispers Blog Tour! Today I’m partnering with @penguinbooks to tell you about this heartwarming, coming-of-age middle grade book, The Whispers by @greghowardbooks ! Synopsis: Eleven-year-old Riley believes in the whispers, magical fairies that will grant you wishes if you leave them tributes. Riley has a lot of wishes. He wishes bullies at school would stop picking on him. He wishes Dylan, his 8th grade crush, liked him, and Riley wishes he would stop wetting the bed. But most of all, Riley wishes for his mom to come back home. She disappeared a few months ago, and Riley is determined to crack the case. He even meets with a detective, Frank, to go over his witness statement time and time again. . Frustrated with the lack of progress in the investigation, Riley decides to take matters into his own hands. So he goes on a camping trip with his friend Gary to find the whispers and ask them to bring his mom back home. But Riley doesn't realize the trip will shake the foundation of everything that he believes in forever. . . #thewhispers #greghoward #penguinbooks #penguinyoungreaders #middlegrade #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #fantasy #fantasybooks #booksofinstagram #yabookstagram #bookishconnoisseur #bookblogger #bookblog #blogtour

What’s in your mug today? I’m still going through my samples from @adagioteas advent calendar! I’m really loving getting the chance to try teas that I normally wouldn’t choose for myself! 🍵 One of my favorites from the calendar was the Candy Apple tea. SO DELICIOUS! I’ll definitely be ordering a big bag of that one! 😉 . . #adagioteas #myadagio #teatuesday #teatuesdays #teasofinstagram #bookishconnoisseur #teagram #instatea #teastagram #teadrinkers #teadrinkersofinstagram #teaphotography #teaphotographer #beautifultea #productphotography #teastorage #looseleaf #looseleaftea #tealover #tealove

HAPPY TUESDAY! And a happy book birthday to The Gilded Wolves by @roshanichokshi !! This beauty is kicking off the @booksparks #YAWRC2019 reading challenge! ✨ I’m dying to dig into this book. It sounds so amazing! Who else will be reading along with us? 🙋🏻‍♀️ Synopsis: Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier, Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. But when the all-powerful society, the Order of Babel, seeks him out for help, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance. . To find the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin will need help from a band of experts: An engineer with a debt to pay. A historian who can't yet go home. A dancer with a sinister past. And a brother in all but blood, who might care too much. . Together, they'll have to use their wits and knowledge to hunt the artifact through the dark and glittering heart of Paris. What they find might change the world, but only if they can stay alive. . . #thegildedwolves #roshanichokshi #yawrc2019ambassador #booksparks #booksharks #bookshark #wednesdaybooks #yafantasy #yafantasybooks #yahistoricalfiction #historicalfantasy #historicalfantasyfiction #bookishconnoisseur #yabooks #yabookstagram #youngadultbooks #youngadult #bookaddict #booksofinstagram #readergram

Happy Saturday bookish friends!! Today I’m super excited to partner with @tlcbooktours & @inkyardpress to share Even If I Fall by @abigailjohnsonya as well as a giveaway for the book! Check out the synopsis and all giveaway info below! ✨✨✨ •GIVEAWAY• Enter to win a copy of Even If I Fall by - follow me, @abigailjohnsonya , @inkyardpress , @tlcbooktours - tag a friend you think would be interested •RULES• - US only - Giveaway will end January 18th at midnight CST - Not affiliated with Instagram - Must be 18 or have parents permission - Must be a public account so I can verify entries . . #evenififall #abigailjohnson #inkyardpress #tlcbooktours #ireadya #yabooks #yabookstagram #booksofinstagram #bookstagrammer #bookphotographer #bookphotography #bookishconnoisseur #bookaddict #youngadult #youngadultbooks #mustread

Happy Friday!! What sequels are you looking forward to in 2019? I cannot wait for The Everlasting Rose! I adored The Belles by @brownbookworm so so much and that ending has me wanting more! ✨Gorgeous mirror was included in a past @owlcrate . . #thebelles #dhonielleclayton #theeverlastingrose #disneybooks #disneyhyperion #yafantasy #yafantasybooks #yafantasyseries #bookishconnoisseur #booksofinstagram #bookstagrammer #bookphotographer #bookphotography #bookgrammer #yabookstagram #yabooks #fantasybooks #owlcrate

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