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In this blog, I have listed I’d some ways that might help you get around perceived Bookstagram myths and buck the trend. I've read so many posts about why it’s tough to grow as a bookstagrammer. If you're someone who just created a Bookstagram Account then you need to ignore these popular myths. 1. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑵𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝑻𝒐 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑰𝒏 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝑻𝒐 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔: One of the most popular Bookstagram myths on Instagram. As long as you have a fairly recent camera phone that can take decent pictures, you're good to go. You can always enhance them through various apps. You really don't need to invest in expensive equipments to take bookish pictures.  2. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑵𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝑨 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕𝑶𝒖𝒕 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑻𝒐 𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔: On the Surface, it may appear to be true. But while a ShoutOut may help you to increase your numbers, it's not guaranteed. It real...

  How to Start and Grow your Bookstagram.    By - @_readwith_me @_readwith_me How to start and grow and your bookstagram account is question which is often asked. Let's begin by understanding - What Is Bookstagram?  If you are someone who loves reading then you probably would've come across the most wonderful community on Instagram, popularly known as - Bookstagram.  It's a community of Readers, Authors and Book Lovers from all over the world who loves to read, share, rate and document what they are reading, along with some fun bookish challanges, hauls, reels etc.  How To Start A Bookstagram? Now let’s get into the nitty gritty of how to start a book instagram account! These simple steps below make creating a bookstagram super quick and easy. 1. Choose a Bookstagram Handle -  First things first, you need to set up an Instagram account. If you want to properly immerse yourself in bookstagram then I suggest creating a new account dedicated to books, rat...

  A dark night. Two strangers in a car, traveling down dark roads. Set before the days of cell phones and internet. I thought I was in for an awesome ride, but things took a detour. 🌟🌟🌟 Survive the Night is a page-turning thriller set in 1991 where the stupidest female protagonist ever decides to do a ride share road trip with a strange man just two months after her best friend was murdered by a serial killer still on the loose. Since she’s such an unreliable narrator, both she AND readers are prime targets for gaslighting, all at the mercy of a cray cray antagonist with a truly laughable agenda. The story is fine. I was never bored. Riley Sager’s, The Last Time I Lied is still on top of my favourite thrillers and i think my expectations were way too high. While the writing in this one is still good, it’s not oozing with atmosphere the way I hoped it would. The last few chapters were a bit too complicated for me. The motives and character actions weren’t very realistic, and I pe...

 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 – 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔.” 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Set in two different time periods, The Paris Library is a well-written and engaging read. The book follows the experiences of Odile, a librarian and Lily, a high school student. It’s about people affected by the Nazi occupation of France, how the Librarians and other staff at the American Library of Paris tried to save some of their patrons as well as preserve their right to read by delivering books to their Jewish subscribers who were no longer allowed by the Nazis to use the library. I was compelled to read some about the history of ALP and discovered in those articles as well as in the author’s note that some of the characters in this novel are based on real people. In the novel, Dorothy Reeder (a wonderful sounding name for a Librarian) who is the director of the Library was the director of the actual ALP from 1936-1941. I was so impressed how accurate this novel reflected the history. A prog...

  𝑰 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏, 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝑷𝒐𝒔𝒕-𝒊𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆—𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒚-𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓-𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌—𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆. 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Wow! This was a wild one. It was thrilling, atmospheric and genuinely creepy. It had my heart racing at more than one moment. It's a true murder mystery, with some amazing twists and turns that kept me hooked.  In this book, we follow a young girl named Carly, who is on a mission to find out what happened to her aunt, Vivian, in 1982, at the Sun Down Motel, from where, she suddenly disappeared one night without leaving a trace. Now Carly is back at the same place and she unravels some dark secrets. Will she be able to find out what happened to Vivian? I loved the dual timeline. It was amazing! I think what made this book so special was the feelings it gave me. The creepy, chills down my spine- feelings I had th...

  𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆. . . 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕. 🌟🌟🌟✨ This was a tough one for me. I don't know how to rate it. On the one hand its a very atmospheric thriller with some great description and good dramatic tension. On the other its a not so brilliantly executed mystery with one of the most inept investigators I've ever seen who spends most of the book having her job mansplained to her by her incredibly horrible brother and significant other. Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel. But Elin’s taken time off from her job as a detective, so when her estranged brother, Isaac, and his fiancée, Laure, invite her to celebrate their engagement at the hotel, Elin really has no reason not to accept. Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately decided there’s something about the hotel that makes her nervous. Th...

Looking for an amazing thriller with a great plot and some mind-blowing twists? Stop right here! No exit by Taylor Adams is the real deal! A brilliant, edgy thriller about four strangers, a blizzard, a kidnapped child, and a determined young woman desperate to unmask and outwit a vicious psychopath. No exit is what I want in a thriller: brilliantly crafted, suspenseful with some mind-blowing twists. I absolutely loved this book! I  With a gripping plot and moments of trepidation that will send chills down your spine, this book is packed with thrill. I was continuously anticipating what's going to happen next but there were things which I never saw coming. It was brilliant. Also, the protagonist was really brave, who showed immense courage and bravery in the story. Trust me you don't want to be in her situation ever! Haha! I can't recommend this book enough. If you are a fan of Thrillers/Mystery then this book is definitely for you! 

 "𝑴𝒚 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔, 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒕." My Rating - 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 Holy smokes!! I.LOVED.THIS.BOOK!! This is a true thriller in the sense of the word - it’s thrilling with understated suspense and it creeped me out in the best way possible. I was hooked from the beginning and just couldn't stop reading until I found out what happened at the end. I loved the plot. It was creepy and mysterious, the writing was engaging and full of twists and turns, the theories that I had, were all wrong by the way! I think the best kind of stories are those that can scare you silly without any violence. And that is exactly what you will find here. Some might argue, that the pace is slow, but I thought it was perfect. Fifteen years ago, summer camper Emma Davis watched sleepily as her three cabin mates snuck out of their cabin in the dead of night. The last she and anyone saw of them was Vivian closing...

  "𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆." 🌟🌟🌟✨ I failed to connect with this book. I absolutely loved the concept of anonymous confessions, submitted by the readers and transforming them into art work. I thought it was brilliant. Coho has a knack of infusing something unique to her books from poetry, to songs, to plot twist. In this book, it was art. It was quite unique. They were the best part of the book for me. Unfortunately, the rest left me feeling underwhelmed. As with most Collen Hoover's books, the pace was good! But I felt there was something missing, it lacked the depth for me. I have no problem with cliches or whatever as long as I am able to relate to the characters. Sadly, Owen and Auburn left me cold. I couldn't find anything remotely interesting about them. Owen, in particular I found myself conflicted with. But I did love him in the end. Auburn was a sweet girl, I somew...

  𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔. 🌟🌟🌟 Shiver was the book I was really excited to read coz it kept popping up, on my feed with great reviews. I liked this book but I didn't love it. It was gripping, suspenseful and fascinating but it wasn't anything that I haven't read before. The pace was a bit slow for my liking. I liked how the story moved back and forth between the past and the present but there were things which were irrelevant to the main plot and could've been avoided. In Shiver, we travel to the French Alps, where a group of friends are arriving for a reunion. Ten years ago, the group met while training for a snowboarding competition. That fateful winter, things took a tragic turn, and one of their own went missing. The reunion turns deadly when five friends discover someone has deliberately stranded them in a deserted mountaintop resort. I really liked the mystery, and th...

"𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌." It was such a beautiful story. Two individuals with damaged personalities and tragic pasts coming together, understanding and appreciating each other and ultimately falling in love. It was so pure. I sometimes wonder how she comes with such thoughtful concepts. In this book, you follow the life of a young girl, Beyah, who lives in Kentucky, from destitution, loneliness to starvation, she has been through a lot. When her mother dies, she has no choice but to move to her father's house, in Texas, at first she resists her new family and her neighbour, Samson, who hides behind his camera with his secrets and mysteries but it’s on the beach that Beyah learns what it’s like to trust, to love, and be loved, not just with Samson, but with a family she never expected. As with all of Colleen Hoover’s books, the writing is solid and the character development is amazing. The characters were ...

 "𝑼𝒈𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒈𝒍𝒚. 𝑺𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒑. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒕𝒚𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒈𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏" 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Absolutely loved it! This book had everything you could possibly want in a book. It had love, humour, loss, heartbreak, death, romance. The concept of not being able to open yourself to anyone because you are afraid you will break your heart again is ugh so emotional.  The book begins when Tate Collins, decides to move to her brother's apartment for a f...

  "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒖𝒑𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖." 🌟🌟🌟✨ I don't usually read YA romance but I decided to give this one a try because it was recommended to me. I am glad to say, it didn't disappoint. It was cute, entertaining, melodramatic and sweet at the same time with too much of drama. But I guess that’s mainly why it’s entertaining and it’s basically the meat of the plot. I also loved the author's description of Paris, it was probably my favourite part about this book. The story starts when Anna’s father decides it would be in her best interest to study abroad her Senior year, so Anna finds herself studying in Paris, but missing her life back in Atlanta. Gradually she becomes more comfortable with her new life and new friends – especially Étienne St. Clair. The more Anna finds her feelings for “St. Clair” changing from friendship to love, the more she is re...

 "𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓." 🌟🌟🌟✨ You guys! This was my fourth Collen Hoover book and I've come to the realisation that once you start reading her books, you JUST CAN'T STOP!. No matter, how flawed the characters are and no matter how weird and predictable the plot is, nothing can stop you. Her writing is honestly so engaging that it just pulls you right in.  Regretting You follows mother/daughter duo Morgan and Clara. Morgan had Clara when she was only 17, and put her dreams on hold to raise her daughter. The two love each other, but often clash due to their strong personalities. It delves into the complex relationship between a parent and a child, the challenges of growing up and seeking independence, and how to move on after tragedy. The reason I gave this book 3.5 stars is firstly because of Clara, the daughter. I'll be honest, I understand she was a teenager but at times, I felt she was really annoying and overly frustrating. S...

Auschwitz Lullaby - Mario Escobar  "𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔" Rating - 🌟🌟🌟🌟✨ Ever wondered, how you'd feel if one day, some people came and forced you out of your house asking you to leave everything behind, the house, the priceless memories, your possessions, everything, in a matter of few minutes! Terrifying right!? That's exactly how I feel when I read about the Holocaust Victims. We truely can't envisage what they had to endure, at that time when there was no humanity left. This is the story of Helene Hannemann. She was tasked with caring for Auschwitz’s youngest prisoners. I admire Helene and her strength. She was storng, brave and fierce. She took care of her family and the inmates till her last breath. Being from the 'Aryan' race, she had every chance to stay behind and let the Nazi's take her five ch...

ROMANOV -  NADINE BRANDES "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆." Summary -  Anastasia “Nastya” Romanov was given a single mission: to smuggle an ancient spell into her suitcase on her way to exile in Siberia. It might be her family’s only salvation. But the leader of the Bolshevik army is after them, and he’s hunted Romanov before. Nastya’s only chances of saving herself and her family are to either release the spell and deal with the consequences, or enlist help from Zash, the handsome soldier who doesn’t act like the average Bolshevik. Nastya has only dabbled in magic, but it doesn’t frighten her half as much as her growing attraction to Zash. She likes him. She thinks he might even like her. That is, until she’s on one side of a firing squad . . . and he’s on the other.  Review First of all, I wasn't too familiar with the Russian History and I knew nothing about the Romanovs. So, I went on and did my own resear...