I swear it’s a me issue, but I didn’t click with today’s prompt. I’m not sure what it is. As I said, I read all the TBR I had outside of the list that I showed yesterday, that is. I found five novels about female freedom and empowerment. I won’t beat around the bush. I … Continue reading Top Five Wednesday/ Female Power→| Mybookworld24
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today, the topic is a Halloween Freebie, and I decided to do … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Halloween Freebie The post Top Ten Tuesday: Halloween Freebie appeared first on One Book More.| One Book More
Leslie at Books Are the New Black created a fun monthly post called Birthstone Book Covers. Each month, she features book covers that are either the same color as that month’s birthstone or include the color in the title. Fun, right? I’m excited for this month’s list because it’s my birthday month! This month is opal and … Continue reading Birthstone Book Covers: October 2025 The post Birthstone Book Covers: October 2025 appeared first on One Book More.| One Book More
First Lines Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? First Line: “Always heed the warning of a wolpertinger.” Do you recognize the lines? Here’s a hint: It’s a new fantasy. … Continue reading First Lines Friday: October 24, 2025 The post First Lines Friday: October 24, 2025 appeared first on One Book More.| One Book More
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme to spotlight a future release that you’re excited about. It’s hosted by Wishful Endings and was previously hosted by Breaking the Spine. This week’s anticipated book is: Break Wide the Sea Title: Break Wide the Sea Author: Sara Holland Page Length: 336 Pub. Date: Nov. 11, 2025 Publisher: Saturday Books Synopsis: The seafaring humans of Kirkrell have always been plagued by … Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday: Break Wide the Sea ...| One Book More
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today, the topic is Cosy/Atmospheric Reads, and I decided to focus on atmospheric … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Atmospheric Reads The post Top Ten Tuesday: Atmospheric Reads appeared first on One Book More.| One Book More
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where you chose a random book from your Goodreads TBR and show it off. This meme is hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog. This week, I chose a book that’s been on my TBR for a loooong time, but it’s recently moved up on my want-to-read list since I read … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: A Trial of Sorcerers by Elise Kova The post Goodreads Monday: A Trial of Sorcerers by Elise Kova appeared first on One Book More.| One Book More
First Lines Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? First Lines: “So let me get this straight: You’re breaking up with me to be with someone who doesn’t exist?” Do … Continue reading First Lines Friday: October 17, 2025 The post First Lines Friday: October 17, 2025 appeared first on One Book More.| One Book More
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme to spotlight a future release that you’re excited about. It’s hosted by Wishful Endings and was previously hosted by Breaking the Spine. This week’s anticipated book is: Fallen City Title: Fallen City Author: Adrienne Young Series: Fallen City Duology Page Length: 416 Pub. Date: Nov. 4, 2025 Publisher: Saturday Books Synopsis: Luca Matius has one purpose—to carry on the family name, maintaining … Continue reading Can’t Wait Wedn...| One Book More
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today, the topic is Books I Wish I Could Read Again for … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time The post Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time appeared first on One Book More.| One Book More
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where you choose a random book from your Goodreads TBR and show it off. Budget Tales Book Blog hosts this meme. This week, I’m spotlighting If Not For My Baby by Kate Golden! Title: If Not For My Baby Author: Kate Golden Page Length: 448 Publisher: Berkley Pub. Date: Aug. … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: If Not For My Baby by Kate Golden The post Goodreads Monday: If Not For My Baby by Kate Golden appeared first on One Book More.| One Book More
So, I did a mess, I thought Dewey’s readathon was happening next weekend, but no, it was last weekend. I still finished 11 books, even though I was hours late. There are a few hours left, and when …| Mybookworld24
I used to pay more attention to new releases. These days, not so much. Although, I can’t say it’s because I’m more focused on my physical TBR… How have I fared with my anticipated releases of 2025? Have they met my expectations? Fortunately, of the ones I’ve managed to read, they have. Such as, … Continue reading Let’s Talk Bookish: Recapping Anticipated Releases| Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog
Fall is the time for getting cozy and picking up an atmospheric book…you know, if you actually sit down and read. That said, I am a sucker for a book with atmosphere. I love it when the author makes the atmosphere like a character itself. The ten books on today’s list are such books: … Continue reading Top 10 Tuesday: Ten Cozy and Atmospheric Reads| Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog
Not to toot my own horn, but the changes in my book buying habits have shown some realcharacter growth. I feel almost like an adult. A few months ago, I did away with the “to buy” Amazon wishlist that I’d had for roughly two years. I gave up on “reading these X number of … Continue reading Books I Changed My Mind About Buying| Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog
Allurial gets its own post this month! Since I subscribed to Allurial in July, I’d only gotten one book per box. Besides only one of the monthly selections appealing to me, I was hesitant to get full boxes because of prices. But Allurial nailed it with the October selections. Even though I have this … Continue reading My First Full Allurial Box (October 2025)| Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog
Once again, it’s a full box from Aardvark. And I come with good news: I a seasonal retail job! Even though my library career isn’t going in the direction I want, I’m glad I will at least have this for the rest of the year. Because Christmas is around the corner and these subscription boxes … Continue reading My October 2025 Aardvark Book Club Box| Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog
All year, I’ve tried different ways to tackle my physical TBR. And, unfortunately, they haven’t entirely stuck. But one of the ideas that always appealed to me, as suggested by today’s Let’s Talk Bookish, is a sort of “TBR roulette.” My TBR Word document is organized into sections and, depending on which I want … Continue reading Let’s Talk Bookish: TBR Roulette| Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog
Yesterday, I had an interview for a seasonal retail job. Christmas season is around the corner and, as much as I appreciate my temp agency, the work tends to slow down this time of year…and I’m not…| Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog
You might have or haven’t noticed that I have been low-key missing in action, and my stats did suffer like I thought they would. Yesterday, Donna from Donna-Marie Reads announced Readathin in the r…| Mybookworld24
First of all, I want to apologise because I basically haven’t read any emails, the main reason being that my hands are killing me, and I don’t even know if I was going to have posts for this week, …| Mybookworld24
Image is from Pexels I haven’t done one of these in a while, even if they are one of my favourite types of content to read or watch. Additionally, while I’m participating in the readathon, I’…| Mybookworld24
This has the vibe of being a short post since I’m running late once again. By the way, please let me know that I’m not the only bookworm who has so many book files that I don’t know which is which!…| Mybookworld24
By the time this goes up, I’ll be in a virtual interview for a seasonal retail position…we will see how this goes. I started off October in a bit of a rut after the end of my recent temp job. I also spent a few days planning out my reading for the rest of … Continue reading WWW Wednesday: October 8th, 2025| Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog
Today’s Top 10 Tuesday is an unfortunate reminder that I’ve drifted away from series…and I don’t know why. I take that back. I do know why: too many books. In recent years, I start series and take too long to catch up. Frequently, I was distracted by other books, putting sequels off. And then, … Continue reading Top 10 Tuesday: Ten Satisfying Book Series| Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog
Fall of 2025 is set up for some interesting reading… Once again, job hunting has not gone in my favor. To distract myself, I came …| Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog
First Lines Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? First Lines: “I draped the long toga over my crossed legs and sat completely still in the field. Stones from Delphi … Continue reading First Lines Friday: September 25, 2025| One Book More
In case you are new here: my name is Jillian, and I have a Master of Science degree in Library and Information Science. Oh, and I’m still looking for a permanent job. …| Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where you chose a random book from your Goodreads TBR and show it off. Budget Tales Book Blog hosts this meme. This week, I’m spotlighting A SKY OF EMERALD STARS, the second book in The Golden Court series. Let’s check it out! Author: A. K. Mulford Series: The Golden Court #2 Pub. Date: Dec. … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: A Sky of Emerald Stars by A.K. Mulford| One Book More
I managed to lower my blog storage to 12% after having a breakdown about it all. Just a heads up, if I decide to stop blogging due to it being too expensive, I would still support you as a reader. …| Mybookworld24
I’m not where I like to be TBR-wise because Goodreads did me dirty. I opened a couple of books from my Kindle, and it marked them as currently reading without me wanting to add them, so I’m r…| Mybookworld24
First Lines Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? First Lines: As soon as I saw you, I knew a grand adventure was about to happen.” Do you recognize the … Continue reading First Lines Friday: September 12, 2025| One Book More
Leslie at Books Are the New Black created a fun monthly post called Birthstone Book Covers. Each month, she features book covers that are either the same color as that month’s birthstone or include the color in the title. Fun, right? I’m excited for this month’s list because I get to include one of my favorite all-time … Continue reading Birthstone Book Covers: September 2025| One Book More
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme to spotlight a future release that you’re excited about. It’s hosted by Wishful Endings and was previously hosted by Breaking the Spine. This week’s anticipated book is: Princess of Blood Title: Princess of Blood Author: Sarah Hawley Series: The Shards of Magic #2 Page Length: 512 Pub. Date: Sept. 30, 2025 Publisher: Ace Synopsis: Once a servant, now a princess, a young woman … Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday: Princess of B...| One Book More
First Lines Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? First Lines: “Once, long ago, I believed the god of war was my father, but only because he was the first … Continue reading First Lines Friday: September 5, 2025| One Book More
How is it already halfway through August? Once again, time got away from me. Over the past week or so, I made changes to my readin…| Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog
Thank you, Dini, for putting this book tag on my radar and thanks to Honest Fiction for creating it! Until 2021, I had labeled aud…| Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog
Even if I joined the readathon, I don’t want to stress about books since I know that my life will be stressful with work. So, I’m trying to read the longest books on my TBR in June so I…| Mybookworld24
Back in December, I was at the hospital for something. I can’t remember what, but there was a pop-up book fair stand. I believe the money went to train dogs for the blind; each book was 2 eur…| Mybookworld24
Before I start on this week’s prompt, I have a bookish question—or more like a book issue. Since Goodreads changed its reading challenge, it’s been doubling my books, but once I remove the doubled …| Mybookworld24
As much as I’m stressed, knowing I need to do three posts by the end of the day or I won’t have posts for this week, but I’m still enjoying it, which is what matters. Last January, I posted in the …| Mybookworld24
I finished about six books over the weekend, but only two were from Kindle, which I feel guilty about. In defence, the books I read were on my book lists. I have some random novels in my downloads …| Mybookworld24
It’s the first hour of Easter, and with this, I have four posts to write. Given how slow I’m typing, it will be a long day, but even like the steps of a turtle, I have faith I will make it. I…| Mybookworld24
I would be lying if I said that after yesterday’s list, I didn’t add more books set during WW2. In the near future, I would like to try a chapter post, but that’s for another day. Something that I …| Mybookworld24
Hey, do you want to hear my dumb issue with preparing blog content and looking at emails? I tell myself I will watch YouTube for a bit, and then I end up watching for half a day. Before I knew it,…| Mybookworld24
Today is my birthday, and it has been eight years since I came out; while I can’t believe I made it so far, I’m grateful that I did. By the way, know that if I don’t get time to post my announcemen…| Mybookworld24
So my sister is graduating today, and even if I can’t go since the place isn’t accessible, something that is pretty typical in Malta. Believe me, I’m not moaning; I’m just saying things as th…| Mybookworld24
Hey Everyone, As you know, I have been trying this new thing for me, where I tell you about a book I love and share a free eBook link to that book if possible. Why I picked this book I got this boo…| Mybookworld24
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