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Popular Bookstagram Myths That You Need To Avoid

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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 𝑡𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝑻𝒐 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑰𝒏 π‘¬π’™π’‘π’†π’π’”π’Šπ’—π’† π‘¬π’’π’–π’Šπ’‘π’Žπ’†π’π’•π’” 𝑻𝒐 π‘»π’‚π’Œπ’† π‘Ίπ’•π’–π’π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ π‘·π’Šπ’„π’•π’–π’“π’†π’”: 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 𝑡𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝑨 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕𝑢𝒖𝒕 π‘­π’“π’π’Ž π‘©π’Šπ’ˆ π‘©π’π’π’Œπ’”π’•π’‚π’ˆπ’“π’‚π’Žπ’Žπ’†π’“π’” 𝑻𝒐 𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 π‘΅π’–π’Žπ’ƒπ’†π’“π’”: 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

Book Review - The Last Time I Lied by Roley Sagar

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 "π‘΄π’š 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 π’Šπ’” π’’π’–π’Šπ’•π’† π’π’Šπ’•π’†π’“π’‚π’π’π’š 𝒂 π’ƒπ’π’‚π’π’Œ 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔, π’˜π’‚π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒐 π’‡π’Šπ’π’ π’Šπ’•." 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

Book Review - Confess by Collen Hoover

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  "𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 π’‚π’π’π’π’˜ π’‚π’π’šπ’π’π’† 𝒕𝒐 π’Žπ’‚π’Œπ’† π’šπ’π’– 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’šπ’π’– 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

Book Review - Shiver by Allie Reynolds

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  𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† 𝒐𝒇 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“ π’‚π’ˆπ’‚π’Šπ’. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ˆπ’π’‚π’„π’Šπ’†π’“ π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’†π’” 𝒖𝒑 π’ƒπ’π’…π’Šπ’†π’”. 🌟🌟🌟 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

Book Review - Heart Bones by Collen Hoover

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"𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔. π‘»π’‰π’†π’š 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 π’‚π’„π’•π’–π’‚π’π’π’š π’ƒπ’“π’†π’‚π’Œ." 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

Book Review - Ugly Love by Collen Hoover

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 "π‘Όπ’ˆπ’π’š 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 π’ƒπ’†π’„π’π’Žπ’†π’” π’šπ’π’–. π‘ͺπ’π’π’”π’–π’Žπ’†π’” π’šπ’π’–. π‘΄π’‚π’Œπ’†π’” π’šπ’π’– 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 π’Šπ’• 𝒂𝒍𝒍. π‘΄π’‚π’Œπ’†π’” π’šπ’π’– π’“π’†π’‚π’π’Šπ’›π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ƒπ’†π’‚π’–π’•π’Šπ’‡π’–π’ 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 π’˜π’π’“π’•π’‰ π’Šπ’•. π‘Ύπ’Šπ’•π’‰π’π’–π’• 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ƒπ’†π’‚π’–π’•π’Šπ’‡π’–π’, π’šπ’π’–'𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’“π’Šπ’”π’Œ π’‡π’†π’†π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’–π’ˆπ’π’š. 𝑺𝒐 π’šπ’π’– π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’† π’Šπ’• 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒑. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’˜π’‚π’π’• 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 π’‚π’ˆπ’‚π’Šπ’, 𝒏𝒐 π’Žπ’‚π’•π’•π’†π’“ π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’Œπ’Šπ’π’… π’Šπ’• π’Šπ’”, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒐 π’•π’šπ’‘π’† 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆 π’˜π’π’“π’•π’‰ π’π’Šπ’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’•π’‰π’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’–π’ˆπ’π’š 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 π’‚π’ˆπ’‚π’Šπ’" 🌟🌟🌟🌟 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

Review - Anna and The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

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  "𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’Žπ’π’“π’† π’šπ’π’– π’Œπ’π’π’˜ π’˜π’‰π’ π’šπ’π’– 𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’šπ’π’– π’˜π’‚π’π’•, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 π’šπ’π’– 𝒍𝒆𝒕 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’” 𝒖𝒑𝒔𝒆𝒕 π’šπ’π’–." 🌟🌟🌟✨ 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 Γ‰tienne St. Clair. The more Anna finds her feelings for “St. Clair” changing from friendship to love, the more she is re

Book Review - Regretting You by Collen Hoover.

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 "π‘―π’†π’‚π’“π’•π’ƒπ’“π’†π’‚π’Œ π’ƒπ’–π’Šπ’π’…π’” 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