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Book Review – The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber
I ran, well walked but very quickly, to my local bookstore to pick up this book on publication day! I even did a cute little reel (my first one!) on my insta which you can check out: @mariamsbookmark This book is EVERYTHINGGG… Honestly one of the best that I read this year and reminded me, as if I needed reminding, why it was my most anticipated release this autumn! I loved it so much that I read it all in one sitting, no breaks for the bathroom or food or anything… even after I finished it, I sat there quietly staring at the wall, panicking on the inside about how…
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Book Review – The Drowned Woods by Emily Llyod-Jones
I can’t even express how happy I am to be back writing a book review! Besides almost every other bookish thing on this blog, my other fav thing to post is book reviews. Being able to gush or express my emotions from reading a book that either gripped me or maybe, sadly, didn’t and discuss it with other readers is what I think most book bloggers do this for! The Drowned Woods was published last month and it made its way into my September TBR. I mean look at that gorgeous cover and tell me it’s not making its way onto your TBR too? Note: this is a non-spoilery review…
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Welcome to Mariam’s Bookmark + September TBR
Hi Everyone! I am almost too excited to be writing this, I actually needed to take a few breaks just writing the title!! Welcome to Mariam’s Bookmark! If you’ve been here a while, you know this blog operated under a different name – Realm of Bookish Beauty. While I loved that name and the entire blog as a whole, I found myself caught up in life, dealing with my mental health, and so many other things that kept me from really doing what I love – reading books and writing about it! I decided to change a few things, develop new habits, approach my mental health with positivity, and seeking…
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Review – The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta
I am so excited for my first book club related review! As you may know, I created a book club along some amazing women titled “Fiction Addiction”. We have read about 3 books so for, and it’s my lucky turn to discuss the March book club pick. The Lost Dreamer was a lovely story. It was a bit slow paced for my liking but overall it had amazing potential and incredible characters. It was inspired by Mesoamerica which was very interesting to read about! I would recommend it for those who are interested in intricate worlds but also slow reads or plots that take a while to really dive into.…
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Introducing Fiction Addiction – Bookish Blogger Book Club
Happy New Year!! I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday season and has welcomed 2022 with a positive attitude as honestly it could not be any worse than the last two years we’ve experienced. My annual New Year’s post will be up soon but for now I have an amazing, most exciting post today! I cannot begin to explain how happy I am right now typing this out! We have started a bookish bloggers book club! And it’s called…. Fiction Addiction! Ahhhhhhh! Myself and some of the kindest, sweetest bloggers have come together to read a book a month and gush and post about it. As we love…
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January Wrap Up + February TBR
Dry January is finally over and so is the impromptu social media and blogging break I somehow found myself taking. I have missed interacting with everyone! I just spent the last few hours reading through all the posts that were made in January by some of my favourite bloggers and the creativity and reading vibes has been making me smile all day! In my part of the world, we are in a strict COVID-19 lockdown with a curfew. I don’t know why but I have found this second lockdown so much harder to deal with than the first one. Has anyone else found that who’ve had to go under a…
