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Book cover of Sacrifice by Vicky Walklate

BBNYA Blog Tour: Sacrifice by Vicky Walklate

Published on February 9, 2023October 14, 2024 by Celeste5 Comments

Today I bring you my book review of SACRIFICE by Vicky Walklate, a dragon shifter fantasy romance. SACRIFICE placed 15th in the final round of the 2022 Book Bloggers Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA).

BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 finalists and one overall winner. If you are an author and wish to learn more about the BBNYA competition, you can visit the official website or Twitter @bbnya_official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.

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2023 Reading Challenges

Published on February 8, 2023February 7, 2023 by Celeste10 Comments

I dedicate this post to help me keep track of the 2023 reading challenges I joined. Below is the official list of what is ongoing and what I plan to join as the year progresses. My aim is to stick to fairly broad reading challenges that facilitate my long-term goal of reading more from my backlist. Please feel free to take a peek and see if any of these interest you and, if so, obviously join in. The more, the merrier!

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Book Blogger Hop: February 3-9

Published on February 7, 2023February 6, 2023 by CelesteLeave a comment

The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended on December 31, 2012. With Jennifer’s permission, Coffee Addicted Writer relaunched the hop on February 15, 2013. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end the following Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop’s purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.

The Book Blogger Hop post image was created by Coffee Addicted Writer.

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Sundays In Bed With…The Magician’s Daughter

Published on February 5, 2023February 5, 2023 by Celeste6 Comments

The Sundays in Bed With… meme, hosted by Midnight Book Girl, dares to ask what book has been in your bed this morning. Come share what book you’ve spent time curled up reading in bed, or which book you wish you had time to read today!

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Free Brooklyn Public Library Card

Published on February 3, 2023February 2, 2023 by Celeste7 Comments

I wasn’t planning on posting today, but I stumbled across some United States book ban-related news that I thought might be interesting to many. If you live in the U.S., chances are you’re probably aware that book bans are a hot topic. However, this time it’s not all bad. In fact, this is good news.

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