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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

Survive The Night - Riley Sagar

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  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 person

Book Review - The Paris Library

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 π‘°π’• π’˜π’‚π’” π’˜π’‰π’š 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 – 𝒕𝒐 π’ˆπ’π’Šπ’Žπ’‘π’”π’† 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 π’π’Šπ’—π’†π’”.” 🌟🌟🌟🌟 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 program

Book Review - The Sun Down Motel

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  𝑰 𝒑𝒖𝒕 π’Žπ’š π’ƒπ’π’π’Œ π’…π’π’˜π’, π’‡π’Šπ’π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂 𝑷𝒐𝒔𝒕-π’Šπ’• 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 π’ƒπ’π’π’Œπ’Žπ’‚π’“π’Œ, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 π’‡π’π’π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 π’‘π’‚π’ˆπ’†—𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 π’Šπ’ 𝒂 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’“π’•π’š-π’šπ’†π’‚π’“-𝒐𝒍𝒅 π’ƒπ’π’π’Œ—π’Šπ’” π’”π’‚π’„π’“π’Šπ’π’†π’ˆπ’†. 🌟🌟🌟🌟 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 the ent

Book Review - The Santorium by Sarah Pearse

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  𝒀𝒐𝒖 π’˜π’π’’𝒕 π’˜π’‚π’π’• 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆. . . π’–π’π’•π’Šπ’ π’šπ’π’– 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 fiancΓ©e, 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

Book Review - No Exit by Taylor Adams

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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! 

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