“Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled "This could change your life.” ― Helen Exley . I love quotes... I'm a little over the top about my bookish quotes... I think I could spend an entire day going through goodreads and checking out all the amazing quotes and still want more... so thanks for tag @dani_reads94 #quotesthatmakemefeelhappy - will you share a quote that makes you happy? Or a book that you loved because of all the times you quote it? Or even a movie... any quote really. . #SockSunday - or rather, no sock Sunday because it's still summer! #ReadGushAug17 . Favorite OTP #fanaticalbirdaugust Feysand... or Rachel & Logan... or Kestrel & Arin... has anyone read Arin's little story in Kisses & Curses??? if you liked the Winner's Curse series, you need to read it! . faith, trust, & pixie dust #stuffandnonsense | movie adaptation #bookreadhappyhour | musical reads #justmybookbloggerlifeaugust | standalones #lyricallybookishaugust . . . . . . . #amreading #bookfanatic #bookblogger #beyourbestadvocate #bookishlove #shortstories #novellas #OTP #quotes #bookishquotes

“Once upon a time, there was a man as great as the gods… But even the great can tremble with fear. Even the great can fall” ― Mary E. Pearson, The Kiss of Deception . . I surprised myself with all books I read this month... did you have a good month of reading? . 🎧 (audio) Reached by Ally Condie ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🎧 The Heart of Betrayal by Mary Pearson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🎧 Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📖 City of Bones by Cassandra Clare ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📖 Rowan Wood Legends by Olivia Wildenstein ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🎧 Three Dark Crowns Kendare Blake ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📖 The Waking Land by Callie Bates ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🎧 The Beauty of Darkness by Mary Pearson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📖 Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📖 By Your Side by Kasie West ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ . Which makes for a whopping 10 books read in August - and I think it has to do with that read-a-thon I did early in the month... I must consider doing those more often... . . Wrap Up #readgushaug17 | #bookreadhappyhour | #fanaticalbirdaugust | #senseandnonsenseaugust . . . . #becauseofreading #booksactually #readingforfun #bookstagramlove #bookstagram #dailybookpic #readingisawesome #bookishquotes #read #reading #reader #readers #booklove #booklover #booklovers #bookish #bibliophile #readallthebooks #TheRemnantChronicles #Shadowhunters #fantasystories

🌟📖🌟 Photo Challenge🌟📖🌟 August is literally just days away... and that means it's time to share the new photo challenge... #ReadGushAug17 . I'm a little too excited about this one, because we are doing a whole week of color themed again, but each day there is a prompt to give a shout out to a different bookstagrammer. We love how much of a community this group is, and loving seeing who you all want to give a little extra love to. So I hope you'll join in, especially for that week... the colors are on the image, but the detail prompts are on my website- which you can always get to through the link in my profile. . And of course we have a few games on the schedule, and a couple of folding prompts made their way back too! . Please be kind and give some love to my lovely co-hosts, @Alice_in_her_bookland @tall_telle_tells_tales and @wonderland_holds_my_heart this month has been very busy, but we have all loved seeing your picture, and your interpretations of the prompts. . Let us know if you are going to join in, even just for a couple of days! And feel free to share this with your friends, we love meeting new book lovers! . . . . . . . . . #bookstagram #instaread #instabook #bookish #bookworm #booknerd #booklover #bookmaniac #bookobsessed #bookaddict #bibliophile #yalit #igreads #bookstagramfeature #bookblogger #AugustPhotoChallenge #Bookphotochallenge #bookstagramchallenge

“Sometimes you think you want something,” Arin told him, “when in reality you need to let it go.” ― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Crime . . Oh the wisdom in this quote... how often have you held on so tight to something, and in reality, it needed to be let go of? Like when we hold sand and the tighter our fist the quicker the sand leaks out... What is a little bit of wisdom a character from a book has reminded you of? . . Wonder Woman Release day - fantasy books #ReadGushAug17 Since I'm refusing to buy a new book while I still have some to read (and I'll be buying Tower of Dawn....) I figured I'd feature one of my favorite fantasy series that features a seriously surprising strong woman. . Books & Music #bookreadhappyhour I just love Kestrel and the music in these stories - have you read it??? do you play an instrument? I play the paino, and the scenes where Kestrel is sitting at the piano in that one room near the end of the series reminds me of the lesson room I practiced in as preteen - it was in this 150 year old mansion and all the rooms we practiced in used to be the bedrooms... I could see that room in that book perfectly...

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ― Muhammad Ali . I have been a superhero kind of girl for as long as I can remember... the bonus of having a father who stay home during the days with me before I was old enough for school. Along with My Little Ponies we played superheroes and read comic books... so give me a new comic hero movie or story any day... . Superheroes #readgushaug17 do you have a favorite superhero... . Bookish mercy #fanaticalbirdaugust | character with special skills #bookreadhappyhour

“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.” ― William Faulkner . . I've got full day... and I want to find a way to squeeze By Your Side... and write a bit... but you know I'll be around... so let's talk current favorite books... what was the last book you just loved... . We are wrapping up our week of colors and bookstagram shoutouts with Pink and feeds that are just too cute not to share with everyone. So please find a moment and check these great bookstagrammers @thebeautyofreading Olivia's pictures are just so full of pink and joy... I love it! @huntforpaperback I love the use of light in these pictures it brings them all to life and go back and see some of my favorites I shared throughout the week... I can't wait to do another week of shout outs! Can you? . . Pink books #ReadGushAug17 . Author Love #bookreadhappyhour |book & drink #fanatcialbirdAugust | dog...#senseandnonsenseaugust| needs an adaptation to movie #justmybookbloggerlife | next read & drink #lyricallybookishaugust

"Control is an illusion. Expectations will not rule my days." ~ Renee Ahdieh, Flame in the Mist . . To say I am excited it is Friday is an understatement... the first week of school takes as much energy for mamas, as it does for kiddos... we are ready for a little break... at least for one evening... . And I'm also excited because my buddy reading girls are starting our discussion on the first quarter of Flame in the Mist, and I'm so ready to hear their thoughts because I think I'm loving this one... . I am loving all the shout outs this week on Read Gush August... I have been missing the time to do big shoutouts because I'm meeting so many new awesome accounts! Today we are sharing accounts who's feeds are magical... @A.storm.of.pages Renee does a great job of addint fairy lights into her pictures, and fairy lights are always magical to me @charli_the_book_princess Charli creates magical pictures all the time... it's such a lovely feed . . Purple Books #ReadGushAug17 . Fairy Tale retellings #bookreadhappyhour Flame in the Mist has been said to be a Mulan retelling... besides the setting, I don't really see it yet... | Over hyped couple #fanatcialbirdAugust I felt like the couple from My Lady Jane was hyped a bit when it was released, granted, after we all read it thanks to @owlcrate we all realized that wasn't the point... | didn't think you'd like but did #senseandnonsenseaugust My Lady Jane was so good

“What I really want is someone who will wake me up early so I don't miss a sunrise.” ⠀ ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato⠀ .⠀ .⠀ This single quote convinced me I needed to get my hands on this book, and then it was less than $5 at my local bookstore... unfortunately I don't think I'm going to get to it this summer...⠀ .⠀ Have you decided to read a book simply because of one line from it?⠀ .⠀ I am loving all the shout outs this week on Read Gush August... I have been missing the time to do big shoutouts because I'm meeting so many new awesome accounts! Today we are sharing accounts who's feeds are pure... clearly these prompts were supposed to go with the colors... so I'm going with feeds that utilize white well:⠀ 👀 @thebooknook - Michelle's feed is so stunning... it's like you've slipped into a cozy little reading spot... imagine that⠀ 👀 @rusticpages - Kat is such a sweet person - I love reading her captions... and her pictures also find a way to put in just enough white to make the image pleasing to look at⠀ .⠀ .⠀ White Books #ReadGushAug17 ⠀ .⠀ fictional mean girls #lyricallybookishaugust | books that inspire #senseandnonsenseaugust | saddest death #justmybookbloggerlifeaugust | books that inspire #senseandnonsenseaugust⠀