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Who are some of your favorite witches and wizards?? I love the entire world of Harry Potter! But I also love Owens sisters from Practical Magic and Sam Neil’s Merlin from the Merlin miniseries! . . . Day 26 of #fanaticalbirdoctober book challenge. Theme: witches or wizards...um why not both?!? 😘 . . . #bookstagram #booknerd #bookishlife #booknerdforlife #booksofinstagram #igreads #ilovereading #igbooks #harrypotter #wizards #witches #practicalmagic #lunalovegood #snape #severussnape #adiscoveryofwitches #thewitchesdaughter #witchesofeastend #halloweenbooks #halloween

Happy #nationalcatday to my three wonderful purr babies!! I don’t know what I would do without these little maniacs 😻 . . . #catmom #nationalcatday #lovemykitties #littleloki #rei #shiro #loki #allthecats #proudcatmom #crazycatlady

Happy Sunday everyone!! I’m hopelessly behind on my book challenges and just posting on here in general. It’s been a busy few day! Currently re-organizing my library since we bought two new bookshelves for our ever growing collection of books 😝 . . . Day 25 (yeah several days behind!) of the #FanaticalBirdOctober book challenge. Theme: #currentlyreading I’m currently making my way through Throne of Glass (for the fourth time 😝), The Wood (an interesting story but moving insanely slow for me), and finally Rat Queens vol 4 that just came out (one of my favorite comics!!) . . . #booknerd #bookishlife #booknerdforlife #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #books #ilovereading #igreads #igbooks #throneofglass #thewood #ratqueens #comics #iloveya #ireadya #ilovecomics #sundaynightreads #currentlyreading

I don’t know if you can tell but I love fall and I LOVE Halloween! The colors of the leaves, pumpkins, hot apple cider. 😍😍😍 It is by far my favorite time of year! (Can you tell I’m a fall baby?!? 😝) . What season is your favorite? . . . Day 24 of the #FanaticalBirdOctober book challenge! Theme: Orange Books . . . #booknerd #orangebooks #bookishlife #booknerdforlife #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #books #ilovefall #fallleaves #halloween #igreads #ilovereading #ilovebooks #worldwarz #dragonflyinamber #shannara #genesisofshannara #harrypotter #fallbaby

Mini book review time! I absolutely adored this book guys! I give it a 4.5/5 only because it did have a few slow parts for me, but overall I love the store. This whimsical world full of Fae illusions and Human Craft was just absolutely lovely! Craft is essentially human artistry that the fair folk aren’t able to make themselves such as painting portraits (like our main character), tailoring, cooking, etc. One of my fave quotes from the book pertaining to just that is: “Realizing that your own magic held more mystery to the fair folk than theirs did to you was a peculiar experience. I felt like some sort of wizard with delicate and arcane indispositions, not an artist and a perfectly ordinary person.” . Check it out! It’s a wonderful read if your love the whimsical world of the Fae! . . #bookreview #booknerd #bookishlife #booknerdforlife #booksofinstagram #books #bookstagram #ilovereading #igreads #minibookreview #anenchantmentofravens #margaretrogerson #fae #whimsy #ravens #autumn #ilovebooks

What are some of your favorite mythological creatures? My love for Dragons began when I was young and a friend introduced me to the wonderful world of Pern, and I fell in love with Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series. Then later I found the wonderful worlds of Tolkien and Harry Potter and my mind ran free of magical beasts! . . . Day 23 of #FanaticalBirdOctober book challenge. Theme: Mythological Creatures . . . #booknerd #bookishlife #booknerdforlife #bookstagram #books #thetropicofserpents #ladytrentmemoirs #mariebrennan #dragons #dragonridersofpern #annemccaffrey #gameofthrones #fantasticbeastsandwheretofindthem #fantasticbeasts #harrypotter #newtscamander #balrog #smaug #igreads #ilovereading #ilovebooks #lordoftherings #fantasybooks #fantasy #mythologicalcreatures

“Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.” - J.R.R. Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring. . Elves are by far one of my favorite fantasy races. Especially the elves of middle earth. . . Day 22 of #FanaticalBirdOctober book challenge. Theme: character I’d like to cosplay. Still working very slowly on the perfect middle earth elven cosplay but I’ll get there someday! . . #booknerd #bookishlife #booknerdforlife #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #books #ilovebooks #ilovereading #igreads #bookworm #bookdragon #elves #elvesofmiddleearth #mirkwoodelves #arwen #lotr #lordoftherings #fantasy #highfantasy #thefellowshipofthering

“You will always be my enemy. Celaena had screamed those words at Chaol the night.....” . . That scene from Crown of Midnight still resonates with me. It was such a turning point in the story for her. Where everything she was hiding from changed for her. Gahhh I love these books so much. Queen Maas, long may she reign! . . Day 21 of the #FanaticalBirdOctober book challenge. Theme: page 21. This picture is from page 21 of Heir of Fire, but it’s looking back at a pivotal scene in Crown of Midnight. . . . #booknerd #bookishlife #booknerdforlife #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #books #sarahjmaas #throneofglass #heiroffire #crownofmidnight #page21 #bookchallenge #igreads #pivotalplotpoint #ilovethesebooks #ilovethisseries #ilovereading #yalove #yafantasy #celaenasardothien

New candle day!!! @lunarbazaarcandles !! Grab your Eggo waffles and hop on your bike, because we are following Eleven to The Upside Down to battle the Demigorgon and find our friend Will! Say hello to Stranger Things inspired candle! This candle has a dark earthy smell of smoke and wood, with hints of clove, saffron, amber, patchouli, and sandalwood, topped with dark earthly pu-erh tea leaves. One sniff of this candle and you will be stepping into the unknown of the Upside Down hoping Eleven can save the day from whatever awaits you in the dark! . Available as 8oz and 4oz Candle 100% Soy Wax . Are you guys excited for the new season in one week?! We definitely are!! . Also reminder! Less than 3 days left until our first rep search ends! So be sure to get your entry in before it’s too late! . . . #soycandles #geekyitems #nerdyitems #fandom #strangerthings #eleven #theupsidedown #strangerthings2 #demigorgon #elevenloveseggos #geekymerch #fandommerch

What’s the bloodiest scary book you’ve read? I’m probably going to read The Wood next for my Halloween reads. I really want to read IT down the road but that book is a beast and will probably take me a bit to get through. I’m not a fan of clowns at all, but after much begging by my husband I went and saw the new movie with my husband, and ended up really enjoying it! There was a lot of “nope nope nope!” In all the clown parts but he story really intrigued me and now I think I’ll give the book a try. :) . . . Day 20 of the #FanaticalBirdOctober book challenge. Theme: Bloody Reads . . . #booknerd #bookishlife #booknerdforlife #booksofinstagram #books #bookstagram #igreads #ilovereading #yahorror #it #stevenking #thewood #horrorbooks #bloodyreads #bloody #halloweenreads #halloween #halloweenreading #pumpkins #scaryreads

I’m really excited about all the new sci-fi books popping up in the YA world lately! I really enjoyed Empress of a Thousand Skies that I got in a @fairyloot from earlier this year. Plus I just got Want and Warcross for my birthday this month, so I’m pretty excited to read those too! I read a lot of the newer Star Wars books and have slowly been working my way trough The Expanse series (only the prequel novellas so far). What sci-if books are your favorites? . . . Day 19 of the #FanaticalBirdOctober book challenge. Theme was sci-if books and I thought I would showcase some of my newer finds. . . . #booknerd #bookishlife #booknerdforlife #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #books #igreads #scifi #scifibooks #empressofathousandskies #warcross #want #ilovereading #yabooks #yascifi #allthebooks #tracer #overwatch #multipass #fifthelement

Who likes zombie movies and books? I freaking loved the pride and prejudice and zombies movie! Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite classical novels, so I was really intrigued to watch the movie. I later got the book and it’s one of my many books on my TBR pile 😝 What are some of your favorite zombie movies or books?? . . . Day 18 of the #FanaticalBirdOctober book challenge! Theme: zombies or clowns. I hate clowns!!! 😒 so obviously zombies are preferred here 😝 . . . #booknerd #bookishlife #booknerdforlife #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #books #zombies #ihateclowns #prideandprejudiceandzombies #prideandprejudice #worldwarz #zombiebooks #zombiemovies #igreads #ilovereading #ilovebooks

I had some fun trying to give some of my photos a dark spooky feel this week to get all amped up for Halloween/Samhain coming up! Anyone doing anything fun for Halloween? We are gonna have a Halloween party the weekend before and then I’ll just be sitting at home on the actual night passing out candy to the kiddies 😻 . . . Day 17 of the #FanaticalBirdOctober book challenge! Theme: Red Books . . . #booknerd #bookishlife #booknerdforlife #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #books #redbook #redbooks #spooky #halloween #darkandspooky #igreads #ilovereading #allegiant #windwitch #crookedkingdom #afeastforcrows #fireblood #fireintheblood #forgottenrealms #bloodred

You may be able to tell from my feed, but I’m a massive Fantasy nerd. I LOVE the genre! I do venture outside it from time to time, but it’s where my true love/obsession lies. What are some of your all time favorite fantasy books? . . . Day 16 (yesterday’s) of the #FanaticalBirdOctober book challenge. Theme: Fantasy or Contemporary . . . #booknerd #bookishlife #booknerdforlife #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #books #fantasylover #ilovefantasy #ilovefantasybooks #fantasygenre #forgottenrealms #tieflingsrule #teifling #swordoftruth #confessors #thesleepingking #swordofshannara #shannara #igreads #ilovereading #booksarelife #booksaremagic #fantasyworld

Best Sunday night view!! Book and kitten snuggles! I finally finished The Assassin's Blade today and now I'm onto An Enchantment of Ravens. I'm already loving it!! What are you all reading this evening?? . . . #booknerd #bookishlife #booknerdforlife #booksofinstagram #booksandcats #booksandtea #cutecatiscute #kittensnuggles #igreads #anenchantmentofravens #margaretrogerson #ilovereading #readingwithcats

I'm a big fan of the vampire world. I have very fond memories with one of best friends going to see all the underworld movies together, and later she got me into the twilight franchise which to this day we still have the best insite jokes for 😉We even went and saw Jackson Rathbone (who plays Jasper) play with his band 🤣 yup we were a bit obsessed for awhile. My more recent reading pleasure with vampires is the wonderful shadowhunter world, and can I just say...isn't Simon the most adorable vampire ever?!? I <3 Simon so much...(spoiler) I couldn't stand him and Clary together, but I adore his character! Who are some of your favorite vamps?! . . . Day 15 of the #FanaticalBirdOctober book challenge! Theme: Vampire Love . . . #booknerd #bookishlife #booknerdforlife #booksofinstagram #booklover #booklove #bookstagram #books #shadowhunters #mortalinstruments #ilovevampires #vampirestories #igreads #ilovereading #simonxisabelle

Happy Saturday everyone! Hope you are all enjoying your weekend! I've been cleaning my house from top to bottom because it really needed some tlc. What's everyone else been up to this weekend? . . . Day 14 of the #FanaticalBirdOctober book challenge. Theme: Black books! . . . #booknerd #bookishlife #booknerdforlife #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #books #blackbooks #igreads #ilovereading #booksandflowers #allthebooks