#sabrinas posts

Welcome back to another yearly reading bingo!

for the past two year's i've hosted a genre reading bingo, but if you know me at all, you know i like to change things up quite a lot, so this year i present to you: genre bingo's younger sibling, BOOK COVER BINGO :) (transcript of the prompts and taglist below the cut)

CHALLENGE RULES ☁︎ one book per prompt, meaning the challenge calls for 16 books in total ☁︎ it is a 2024 challenge, so you have from january 1st till december 31st to fulfill the prompts ☁︎ reblog this post to participate ☁︎ once you read a book, cross the prompt out on the above template and post your update! bookish photos/playlists/etc. are of course also welcome ☁︎ tag your updates (templates with crossed out prompts, text posts, etc.) with the tag #2024 book cover bingo so i can see and reblog them

that’s it, if you have any questions at all, send them my way, otherwise i wish you a fun year, filled with *chef’s kiss* books!

Welcome to the 2023 Fantasy Reading Challenge!

i created this one because fantasy used to be my top genre, but i kinda strayed the last couple of years and while i do love my contemporary romances and fucked up horror books, it's time to return to my roots :)

if you wanna join me as i rekindle my love for fantasy, here are the challenge rules: 🔮 REBLOG this post if you're participating! 🔮 join the challenge over on storygraph (optional) 🔮 for each of the prompts, read a book of your choice and cross the prompt out on the above template 🔮 post your updates in the form of text posts, bookish photos, or anything else you come up with under the tag #2023 fantasy reading challenge! 🔮 the challenge will last until the end of the year, but feel free to finish it at your own pace

[transcript and explanations of the prompts below the cut]

Welcome back to another genre reading bingo!

i really enjoyed this reading challenge last year and apparently so did lots of you guys :) here's this year's version, the same but a bit different to keep things interesting (transcript of the prompts and taglist below the cut)

CHALLENGE RULES ☁︎ one book per prompt, meaning the challenge calls for 16 books in total ☁︎ it is a 2023 challenge, so it's gonna run january 1st - december 31st ☁︎ reblog this post to participate ☁︎ once you read a book, cross the prompt out on the above template and post your update! bookish photos/playlists/etc. are of course also welcome ☁︎ tag your updates (templates with crossed out prompts, text posts, etc.) with the tag #2023 genre bingo so i can see and reblog them

that's it, if you have any questions at all, send them my way, otherwise i wish you a fun year, filled with *chef's kiss* books!

THE STUDYBLR WITH KNIVES SERVER PRESENTS: *✧ 2023 Jumbo Reading Challenge ✧*

a brand new year is upon us, so what better way to celebrate than with a fresh reading challenge! this year we decided to fill the gap between our thematic challenges with our biggest challenge yet - this 25 prompt challenge will last from january to the end of december and has 5 bonus prompts to make things a bit easier. most of the prompts are also quite broad, so they encourage you to diversify your reading without being too restricting and sucking all the fun out of reading :)

RULES: -> please reblog this post if you’re participating -> for each of the prompts, read a book of your choice and cross the prompt out on the above template -> post your updates in the form of text posts, bookish photos, or anything else you come up with under the tag #studyblr w/knives reading challenge! -> the jumbo challenge will last the entire year, but as always, feel free to take however long to complete it

! be sure to hide any spoilers under the cut when posting updates/reviews, so people can avoid them if needed :)

[transcript & explanations of the prompts under the cut]

Summer Reading Challenge 2.0 - time to diversify your reads by picking up a book by a queer author ☀︎

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Pitched as Dragonball meets furry Pacific Rim, Iron Widow is a genius sci-fi book set in an anachronistic Chinese culture that follows Wu Zetian, whose only wish is to avenge her sister’s sacrifice in a patriarchal militaristic state. This has: epic battles, a badass female protagonist, lgbtq+ characters, and a true love triangle (not a love corner). (blurb by @upside-down-uni)

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

What Grace went to Las Vegas for: Partying after she finally got her PhD in astronomy. What she didn’t go to Las Vegas for: getting married to a beautiful stranger that makes her question everything and turns her world upside down. Honey Girl is about getting married and falling in love afterwards, letting go of some things and finally taking other things in hand, loving your friends so much it hurts and late night podcasts about magic that are maybe less about magic than about humans. This has: a main character and love interest of colour, found family, and the trials and tribulations of Adulting. (blurb by @upside-down-uni)

[more recommendations below the cut]

Summer Reading Challenge 2.0 - after a short break, we're back with more delightful book recs, this time ones by authors of colour ☀︎

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

When Jessamine Taoh moves back to Malaysia with her family, she starts seeing the ghost of her grandmother. Her grandmother has decided Jess is the one to help her get revenge against a business magnate who has insulted her god, the Black Water Sister and is not giving Jess any choice in the matter. As Jess is dragged into a world of gods and ghosts, she has to learn to stand her ground and control her own destiny, because if she doesn't, she might die. (blurb by @tungumalaast)

The King Is Dead by Benjamin Dean

Did you enjoy Red, White & Royal Blue, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, One of Us Is Lying, or all of the above? Have we got a treat for you! 17-year-old James suddenly becomes King of the UK when his father dies - but his sudden ascendance to reign doesn't come with ease. The media isn’t happy with a Black man on the throne and someone from within the Palace keeps leaking private information that creates even more scandalous press. When his secret boyfriend disappears and anonymous threats are made against James’s life, he isn’t sure who he can trust anymore - or if he can trust anyone at all. (blurb by @dreamofghosts)

[more recommendations below the cut]

25.7.2022 // i’m finally back from my two week break i spent travelling and enjoying the small joys of city exploration with friends :) a huge thanks to @hannistudies for taking me to She Said (a female and queer author bookstore+coffee shop with impeccable vibes and the best almond orange cake i’ve had in my life)<3

Pride Reading Challenge 🌈

i’m ¼ of the way through the challenge, so i thought i’d post an update. the prompts i’ve filled so far are: • coming out book (a book where coming out is a (relatively) major plot point) • epically queer (a larger than life story featuring queer epic heroes) • yes homo (a queer romance book) • not gay as in happy but queer as in fuck you (a book featuring characters with lesser known orientations/gender identities)

[ books i read for each of the prompts and my thoughts below the cut ]

Summer Reading Challenge 2.0 - these time-defying books are so good, they'll give you bookish jet lag ☀︎

This Is How You Lose the Time War by A. El-Mohtar and M. Gladstone

Burn before reading. Blue and Red are enemies on opposite sides of the Time War, who fall in love through their mocking correspondence, but if they are ever found out, it would mean the death of them both. Now they must change the past in order to ensure they have a future together. (blurb by @tungumalaast)

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Beware of the gods that answer after the dark, for they may grant you eternal life but no one will remember you. Desperate to flee the future others have set for her in 1714, Addie prays for more time and thus enters a contract with the dark: she will live forever, but everyone she meets will forget her as soon as she's out of sight. Addie faces centuries and their challenges alone, until one day, in 2014, she meets a young man. And even though the door's closed behind her - he remembers. (blurb by @hannistudies)

[more recommendations below the cut]