Author: firewhiskeyreader

  • #Top10of2k21: Favorite New/New to Me Authors

    Today is day two of Kim’s #Top10of2k21 challenge and today we’re talking about new (to you) authors. I’ve read from 58 new to me authors this year, which is actually much less than normal, but I’ve definitely found some gems and some authors I’m really excited to read more from in the future. So let’s

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  • #Top10of2k21 The Ten Books I Wish I’d Gotten to in 2021

    #Top10of2k21 The Ten Books I Wish I’d Gotten to in 2021

    Honestly, there are many more than ten books I wish I’d gotten to in 2021 and this list is not only going to serve as a fulfillment of Kim’s #Top10of2k21 Day One prompt, but also as a look back at my Most Anticipated lists of the year and whether or not I was able to

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  • November Wrap Up

    This month has been honestly something else. I sent my laptop off to be repaired and Apple/FedEx returned it to me absolutely shattered and not at all usable, which has made drafting blog posts just a little more challenging. Fortunately, I have my very old laptop that I’ve been able to use, it just is

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  • #SnowInLoveBingo Announcement + TBR

    Hello all! I am so delighted to be bringing you our winter bingo board announcement, most especially because Aarya is back as a collaborator and Sarah was able to illustrate and design the board again! I love collaborating and coming up with the prompts for the board and I love planning for Bingo even though,

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  • Goodreads vs. Books I’m Nominating for The Swoon Awards

    Should I really add my two cents to all the discourse about the Goodreads Choice Awards? Probably not. But am I going to? Yes. Here’s the thing. I’ve read 100 contemporary romance books this year, of which 53 were published this year. I’ve read 102 romance novels of other sub-genres this year, a good many

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  • Most Anticipated Books of Winter: December ’21 – February ’22

    Most Anticipated Books of Winter: December ’21 – February ’22

    I really love that there are basically always books to look forward to, you know? It’s so nice. Anyway, there are some great books scheduled to come out in the next three months that I am really, really looking forward to. Let’s talk about them!

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  • October ARC Reviews: A Twist of Fate, Not Your Average Hot Guy, and The Vanished Days

    October had several of the books I have been most looking forward to release and yet, I’ve been struggling to read my ARCs and am impatiently waiting for my finished copies to arrive of all of these books and then they do and I still haven’t been picking them up. Ahh. The struggle. But nevertheless,

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  • Three More ARC Reviews: All the Feels, Christmas in Rose Bend, and The Lady Gets Lucky

    If you’re having a hard time staying up to date with new releases, please let me know. I would love to know it’s not just me. Also, are you even invested in staying up to date with new releases? I’m genuinely curious about this. The problem with having a Netgalley addiction is that I’m supposed

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  • #FallInLoveBingo: Take One

    #FallInLoveBingo: Take One

    In absolutely shocking news, I appear to have read 22 titles from my #FallInLoveBingo TBR. Not all of those books I read managed to make a square on the board because I read a few books that would have all fulfilled the same prompts. Oh, and also, in arguably more important news, I finished #FallInLoveBingo!

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  • #BangInTheNightBingo Wrap Up

    #BangInTheNightBingo Wrap Up

    Another readathon wrap up! I hope you don’t mind, I’ll try to make sure it’s not too repetitive, but I wanted to share what I read for #BangInTheNightBingo and not all of the books overlapped with #FallInLoveBingo. I also want to mention that this was not a Bingo I was able to get a full

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