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Assassin’s Quest (The Farseer Trilogy #3) by Robin Hobb

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Ambitious July TBR & Journal Spread

Good evening,

Last month seemed to just fly by and I also participated in a number of different readathons. I had lots of fun and though I didn’t get to all the books I had planned, I had fun and that’s really what counts.

Speaking of reading, for this month I decided to attempt to make myself a TBR. In the past, this hasn’t work so well because the amount of books I want to read versus the amount of adulting usually doesn’t even out. I’ve been meaning to do more journaling because it’s soothing and a great reason to listen to an audiobook while seeing how creative I can get.

I’ve seen some amazing journaling out there and I am in awe of the kind of talent. It’s not something that I do every month but was inspired by a theme for this month after receiving a beautiful book so thought I’d give it a try while also keeping it fairly simple. I’m really happy with how it turned out. My spread isn’t fully done yet as I’m waiting to find out more info on a couple of readathons I’m interested in so thought I’d share what has been done so far while also a glimpse into my tentative TBR.

Journal Spread

Ambitious TBR

Book Links

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert

There Before the Chaos (The Farian War #1) by K.B. Wagers

Queen’s Shadow (Star Wars Disney Canon Novel) by E.K. Johnston

Where Dreams Descend (Kingdom of Cards #1) by Janella Angeles (my edition is from OwlCrate )

The Dragon Behind the Glass: A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World’s Most Coveted Fish by Emily Voigt

Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #2) by Jessica Townsend

I’ll be reading this book for the #EmberReadAlong hosted by Penguin Teen which is the

perfect reason to start a book of a series that I’ve been meaning to read for some time anyways!

An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes #1) by Sabaa Tahir

The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy #1) by S.A. Chakraborty

I’ve been inspired to move this up my list considerably after Justine from IShouldReadThat has been gushing about this series for some time and recently was mentioning the newest book which was released yesterday. She’s an amazing person and I’ve added so many books to my never-ending pile of books to be read from her recommendations. The covers look absolutely stunning!

As you can see, my TBR is quite ambitious and most likely there will be some straying as I find other books that catch my attention but these are all books that I’ve had my eye on and figure July is a great month to tackle them. Hopefully now that I’ve posted about them, my brain will want to stick more to the list and here’s hoping I can squeeze these books into the challenges of readathons I have my eye on.

Well that wraps up my bookish ramblings for the time being. I hope to be more consistent with my blog posts and am determined to keep a track of the books I’ve read so at the end of the month, it won’t seem quite as overwhelming to put together. Looking forward to a hopefully amazing reading month. Oh the problems of a booknerd!

Happy Reading!

Slainte

~Meg

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Magical Readathon April 2020

Happy Wednesday,

It’s hard to believe that it’s already April and that Spring is just about here. Every morning I love to hear the birds sing particularly ones that I’ve heard since I was a little girl though I couldn’t tell you what the names of those birds are.

Speaking of being young. one of my favorite readathons of the year starts today which is inspired by Harry Potter which I have been reading since I was around the same age as Harry. The books have a very nostalgic spot in my heart and now so does this readathon as it’s the third year of running. I was so excited that I even brought out my book journal (Ravenclaw pride for the win!) and had some fun with using letter stamps as well as stickers and a bit of digital manipulation. I’m not artistically inclined when it comes to sketching so have to be creative with using items that were designed by people who are! If anyone happens to know of a lovely bookstack rubber stamp and bookish stickers, please let me know. So enough about my artistic skills, it’s time to get to the more exciting parts!

O.W.L.s

April 1st- April 30th

Announcement Video

Magical Career Choice: Trader of Tomes

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Wizard Studies

Ancient Runes- The Looking Glass Wars (The Looking Glass Wars #1) by Frank Beddor

Charms- In the Labyrinth of Drakes (The Memoirs of Lady Trent #4) by Marie Brennan

History of Magic- The Wizards of Once (The Wizards of Once #1) by Cressida Cowell

Transfiguration- Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper #1) by Daniel José Older

Seminars

Dragon Tamer- Stygian (Dark-Hunter #27) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Merpeople Linguistics- Dragon on Trial (Menagerie #2) by Tui T. Sutherland, Kari Sutherland

Legal Defense of Fantastic Beasts- Phoenix and Ashes (Elemental Masters #3) by Mercedes Lackey

Well that wraps up my bookish ramblings for the time being. At the present, I plan to just concentrate on this readathon but who knows what kind of readathons may pop up that catch my interest. I hope you have a wonderful reading month and may they bring you comfort particularly during these difficult times.

Happy Reading!

Slainte

~Meg

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🍀🍀🍀March Reading Plans🍀🍀🍀

Happy Thursday,

I hope you’re having a wonderful week and that March is also going well for you. I had planned to get this TBR up sooner but it has taken longer than I expected and work has certainly kept me busy. Better late than never though, right?

March is one of my favorite months because it’s a time when Spring is not that far away plus there’s St. Patrick’s Day which I enjoy celebrating every year and get to nerd out more than usual about the Irish culture. I am very close to fully reading at my normal speed which is equal parts exciting and overwhelming as lately I seem to want to read all of the books at once.

Speaking of reading, there are several readathons as well as a few book clubs that I would like to join in on and looking forward to see whether I can combine books for different readathons as that would certainly tone down the stress and I would be multi tasking at the same time. Realistically, I most likely won’t be able to fully participate all of the readathons that interest me this month but the attempt will be half the fun and I’ll hopefully find some new favorite books.

🍀Irish Readathon🍀

🍀When🍀: March 1st- 31st

🍀Announcement Video🍀

🍀Hosted By🍀:

🍀Leanne from LeanneRose

🍀Elaine from Elaine Howlin

🍀Aoife from Fred Weasley Died Laughing

🍀Challenges🍀

🍀Green Cover

🍀Irish Award Winner

🍀Less than 150 pages

🍀LGBTQ+ rep

🍀Released between 2018 & 2020

🍀TBR Potentials🍀

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Pictured here is all the books that I would like to get to but realistically will only get to a handful so I’ve narrowed down the ones that are most on my radar and added a few extras.

Buried In A Bog (County Cork #1) by Sheila Connolly

The Radiant Road by Katherine Catmull

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Postscript (P.S. I Love You #2) by Cecelia Ahern

Song of Ireland by Juilene Osborne-McKnight

The Good People by Hannah Kent

The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy

The Library at the Edge of the World (Finfarran Peninsula #1) by Felicity Hayes-McCoy

The Storm Keeper’s Island (Storm Keeper #1) by Catherine Doyle

The Book of Kells by R.A. MacAvoy

Quentins by Maeve Binchy

Tara Road by Maeve Binchy

Jewels of the Sun (Gallaghers of Ardmore #1) by Nora Roberts (reread)

Ronan Boyle and the Swamp of Certain Death (Ronan Boyle Series #2) by Thomas Lennon

In Search of Ancient Ireland: The Origins of the Irish from Neolithic Times to the Coming of the English by Carmel McCaffrey(Nonfiction)

The Celts: A History by Peter Berresford Ellis(Nonfiction)

📚Middle Grade March📚

📚When: March 1st- 31st

Announcement Video

📚Hosted By📚:

📚Katie from Life Between Words

📚Challenges📚:

📚A book with illustrations

📚A book about books or stories

📚A mystery

📚A book set in another country

📚A book to screen adaptation

📚GROUP READ: The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

📚TBR Potentials📚

The Boy on the Porch by Sharon Creech

The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire #1) by Tui T. Sutherland

A Tale of Magic… (A Tale of Magic #1) by Chris Colfer

The Storm Keeper’s Island (Storm Keeper #1) by Catherine Doyle

Serafina and the Black Cloak (Serafina #1) by Robert Beatty

Dragon on Trial (Menagerie #2) by Tui T. Sutherland, Kari Sutherland

Wild Magic (The Immortals #1) by Tamora Pierce (it’s found in the middle grade section at my Library)

The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness #3) by Tamora Pierce (it’s found in the middle grade section at my Library)

The Basilisk’s Lair (Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist #2) by R.L. LaFevers

The Wyverns’ Treasure (Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist #3) by R.L. LaFevers

FemmeFantale Readathon Round 3

When: March 8th-15th

Announcement Video

Hosted By:

Jean from Jean Bookishthoughts

Challenges:

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TBR:

Phoenix and Ashes (Elemental Masters #3) by Mercedes Lackey (romance, inspired by myth, fairytale retelling, historical fantasy and adult

Legacy: The House of Night Graphic Novel by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast (BAME author, YA)

Jewels of the Sun (Gallaghers of Ardmore #1) by Nora Roberts (reread and published pre-2000)

📚Backlist Readathon📚

📚When📚: March 9th- March 15th

📚Hosted By📚

Melanie from meltotheany

Gabby from gabbyreads

Chan from chandlerainsley

Jacqueline from webebookn

Emily from alittlewriterem

Zoë from Zoë Delaney

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📚Challenges📚:

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📚TBR Potentials📚:

📚 Legacy: The House of Night Graphic Novel by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

📚 Forgotten by Cat Patrick (recommended and borrowed from my cousin who doesn’t have a Youtube or Blog)

📚 Phoenix and Ashes (Elemental Masters #3) by Mercedes Lackey

📚 The Golden City (The Golden City #1) by J. Kathleen Cheney(reread)

📚 The Storm Keeper’s Island (Storm Keeper #1) by Catherine Doyle

Book Club Books

Book Owl (My local Library Book Group)

The Canterbury Sisters by Kim Wright

Muggle Studies Book Club (March and April) (created by Gabby from GabsAboutBooks and Hannah from TheRainyReader)

House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City #1) by Sarah J. Maas

Big Ass Book Club (March and April) (created by Cass from What Cass Read )

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Dragons & Tea Book Club (starts March 16th) (created by Melanie from meltotheany and several others)

Malice by Pintip Dunn

Well that wraps up my bookish ramblings for the time being. I realize that my March TBR is very ambitious and most likely I won’t get to all of the books but I do enjoy having a variety to choose from and seeing how much I can challenge myself. Hope you’re having a wonderful month so far and I will return soon with more ramblings.

Happy Reading!

Slainte

~Meg

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Ambitious October TBR

Happy Sunday!

I’m spending most of my day attempting to read a lot of books, hopefully finish a few that I put aside for a while and hopefully get my currently reading pile down a bit. Good thing I’ve had some coffee to keep me going!

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Hoping to tackle quite a few by the 15th as I leave for a vacation to D.C. for a week. Looking forward to exploring with my babe, eating and seeing some friends. Haven’t nailed down which books to bring though trying to limit myself to taking three physical books and my Kindle

My tentative TBR & books on my radar which will probably go out the window after the 15th:

-Angel Mage by Garth Nix (on my radar)

Gilmore Girls Readathon (1st-15th)
-The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey (completed)

– Book Girl by Sarah Clarkson (currently reading)

-Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

-Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

-A Study In Death by Anna Lee Huber

-The Time Traveler’s Wife (reread and a possibility if I get to the rest of my readathon books)

Night Owl Book Club (Library)
-The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg

Stormlight Archive Readalong (hosted by ebnovels )
-The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (currently reading)

Books I’m over halfway through
-The Harp of Kings by Juliet Marillier (less than 140 pages left)

-The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

Other Books I hope to get through
-Mariana (reread) by Susanna Kearsley

-Splendor Falls by Susanna Kearsley as -Voyage of the Basilisk by Marie Brennan

-An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon (at least read a few chapters)

As I mentioned to a few people, there’s so many books and so little time! Here’s hoping my pile doesn’t fall on me.

Well that wraps up my bookish ramblings for now. I will return soon with more bookish content and maybe even a tentative TBR for vacation.

Happy Reading!

Slainte

~Meg

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N.E.W.T.s Readathon TBR

Good morning,

Happy August 1st! It’s a little hard for me to believe that Fall is just around the corner though it is my favorite time of year!
Speaking of favorite things, one of my favorite readathons starts today which is the N.E.W.T.s Readathon which is a HP-themed readathon created by Book Roast on YouTube
You can learn more info by going to the Magical Readathon Twitter page and it involves lots of reading and fun times!

Announcement Video

I took my O.W.L.S. earlier this year with the intent of trying for Healer and then realized it wasn’t possible this time around. So now I’ve decided to go with either Herbologist or Magizoologist who have similar subjects funnily enough. My TBR is very ambitious but that seems to be something that can’t be helped and I’m not expecting to get to every book.

So here’s my TBR and I may even attempt a bit of bullet journaling. I recently bought myself one and am new at it so should be interesting because my artistic skills are rather limited when it comes to sketching (my attempts at drawing people turn into stick figures) but I hope that I’ll enjoy it nonetheless and get on the BUJO train so to speak. I haven’t figured out a design yet for this readathon so when I do, I’ll be sure to post a picture on my Instagram. I’m so happy I found my stash of HP-themed pencils from an OwlCrate box!

📜Forbidden Section (Group Book that can take the place of one required book for career)📜

Subjects I would like to read if there’s time:

🔭🌟Astronomy🔭🌟

A- Love Potions by Michelle M. Pillow
E- A Duke In The Night by Kelly Bowen
O- Saga Volume II by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (Artist)

⚔️Defense Against The Dark Arts⚔️

A- Daughter of The Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
E- Legacy The Graphic Novel by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Kent Dalian (Adapter) et. al.

🦔Transfiguration🦔

A- The Tea Dragon Festival by Katie O’Neill

🖋️Ancient Runes🖋️

A- You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day

Well that wraps up my bookish ramblings for now. I’m hoping for a successful readathon and that I won’t burn myself out from trying to read so many books in one month. Looking forward to seeing which books will be the most enjoyable and bringing my TBR down a bit plus all these books is making my Ravenclaw self very happy. Best of luck to my fellow bookish HP nerds!

Happy Reading!

Slainte

~Meg

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Mythic Journeys: Retold Myths and Legends by Paula Guran (Editor)

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Top 10 Tuesday: Bookstacks on Desk Edition

Good afternoon,

I’ve been adding a lot to my TBR pile lately between book sales, library holds and some back lists that I’m trying to make as a priority. The easiest way for me to notice them is to place on my desk which has become a rather interesting way of organizing. So I’ve decided that the best way to tackle my precarious piles is to make a list and hope it will slowly but surely dwindle.

I have many more books than ten but it seems like a good number to start with and a number that isn’t too overwhelming. Oh the trials and tribulations of a bookworm! Without further ado, I present to you my rather eclectic list.

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Public Library and Other Stories by Ali Smith

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Queen of the Amazons by Judith Tarr

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Tempests and Slaughter (The Numair Chronicles #1) by Tamora Pierce

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The Hills Have Spies (Valdemar: Family Spies #1) by Mercedes Lackey

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To the Waters and the Wild: A Novel by S.C. McGrath

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The Well of Ascension (Mistborn #2) by Brandon Sanderson

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Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys

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Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy #2) by Robin Hobb

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Save the Date by Morgan Matson

So that wraps up my bookish ramblings for the time being. There’s so many books I want to read and yet so little time. Though I’ve read a lot of books so far this year, it feels as though I’ve fallen very much behind but I’m determined to tackle some of my books that are on my various lists of books that have caught my notice. Speaking of books, I am off to the Library to pick up my holds and hopefully get in some reading. Wish me luck!

Happy Reading!

Slainte

~Meg

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TBR Jar Readathon Has Arrived!

Happy Friday,

I’m so looking forward to a weekend of no work, hopefully squeezing in some reading and having fun.

Speaking of reading, I recently heard of a Readathon that starts today and I’m so excited to join in. There aren’t any challenges apart from picking books from whichever container you choose to use and reading those pics. Trying to figure out a TBR tends to be a struggle for me so this kind of Readathon is perfect for me! Before I go into what I’ve picked out, I’ve included all of the information that you may need to participate.

TBR Jar ReadAThon

May 24th-May 30th

Blog Announcement

My Jar of Choice which came in an OwlCrate Box:

Physical TBR Possibilities

Kindle TBR Possibilities

I picked out six different kinds of books to choose from but I’m not expecting to get to them all. I like to think of them as possibilities because I tend to be a mood reader and sometimes there just isn’t enough hours in the day to read all of the books I plan to. I am planning to be optimistic and attempt to read at least three books and go from there. Oh the problems of a bookworm!

Well I had best stop my ramblings and get to reading because I have quite the variety to choose from and my first read is quite the chunky book. I’m looking forward to eventually finishing the series which has been a long time coming and seeing what next is in store for the Shadow Hunter world!

Have a wonderful weekend and happy reading!

Slainte

~Meg

P.S. Sorry that this post is going up a day late. I had it scheduled to go up on Friday but for some strange reason it was deleted and I was left with a draft. The joys of technology at times…. here’s hoping this one goes through just fine!

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Inkheart (Inkworld #1) by Cornelia Funke, Anthea Bell (Translator)

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Top 10 Tuesday: Books I’m In The Middle Of

Good morning,

Hard to believe that it’s May already and Summer is just around the corner! I’m not looking forward to the hotter months but I am looking forward to wearing shorts, the longer days and being grateful to have central air!

Another thing that I’m looking forward to is trying to take down my currently reading pile. I have finished a lot of books this year but I also have many that I’ve been in the middle of and was distracted by others whether due to readathons, library books needing to be read before their due date or just other books in general. So I’ve decided to start with the top ten that I hope to finish soon, most of whom I stopped past the halfway mark and really need to be finished so I can move on to others that have come across my radar. As per usual, I don’t have them arranged in any particular order.

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The Mermaids of Lake Michigan by Suzanne Kamata

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The Librarian (The Librarian Chronicles #1) by Christy Sloat

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The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders by Stuart Kells

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Assassin’s Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy #1) by Robin Hobb

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The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn

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Romancing the Scot (The Pennington Family #1) by May McGoldrick

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The Library of Light and Shadow (Daughters of La Lune #3) by M.J. Rose

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Wishing For a Highlander (Highland Wishes #1) by Jessi Gage

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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

Well that wraps up my bookish ramblings for the time being. I have quite the eclectic list of books that I’m hoping to finish soon which is part of the fun and several others that are on my radar. I’m looking forward to that great feeling of finishing books that I set aside for a bit and somehow didn’t pick back up. I will be back soon with more bookish ramblings and I hope that your reading is going great!

Happy Reading

Slainte

~Meg

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🍀Irish Readathon📖

Happy March 1st!

This month is always one of my favorites because Spring is just around the corner and for those of you who may not know, March for me is the time I am inspired more than usual to enjoy the Irish Culture. I am a huge fan of the Irish culture and some of my ancestors came from Ireland. It’s my dream to some day be able to visit Ireland, see the beauty for myself, enjoy the food, visit some of the pubs, learn some of the slang, visit the bookstores and see the country that I’ve been dreaming of visiting since I was in the seventh grade.

Luckily I can travel to Ireland in the meantime through books, movies and celebrate while I save for that opportunity. Speaking of celebrating, St. Patrick’s Day is one of my favorite holidays that I celebrate by dressing up in green, wearing some Irish jewelry, have a drink or two and eat delicious food in the form of Corned Beef, Cabbage, Colcannon and many other tasty dishes. I also have Irish cookbooks that family and friends have given to me that I love being able to pull out and experiment with.

Speaking of books, I made a personal goal for myself to read more of my Irish-themed books this year and what better month than this one? I probably won’t be able to get to all of the books that I would like to because I’ll be participating in a variety of readathons this month but I’ve pulled out the ones that I want to get to soon.

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I call this stack my variety of Irish books to choose from.

One readathon in particular that I will be participating is the Irish Readathon which will be hosted by Aoife on her YouTube channel- Fred Weasley Died Laughing (if you click the link will take you to the announcement page). Her co-hosts will be Leanne and Elaine. It’s a month long readathon and there’s some challenges that have been set and are purely optional to join in on.

Challenges:

🍀 Read a book with green on the cover

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🍀Read a book from a female Irish author

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🍀 Read a book from a host’s favorite Irish writer (Aoife’s favorite is Sarah Rees Brennan, Leanne’s favorite is Louise O’Neill and Elaine’s favorite is Marian Keyes)

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🍀 Read a book that isn’t a novel

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🍀 Read a book that’s older than you

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My choices are liable to change depending on my mood but I am hoping to stick close to what I’ve decided on. I’m so excited to dive in, reread some favorite Irish books and discover some new ones! If you have any particular favorites that come to mind, please feel free to leave a comment or find me on my social media links. I’ll be back soon with more bookish posts!

Happy Reading

Slainte

~Meg

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