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The tagged book was my favorite read in August, but it wasn‘t better than a Tempest of Tea for me.

My favorite read of September was a Fall of Wrath and Ruin.

#readingbracket2024

I bought this at Parnassus Books in Ketchikan Alaska today. The cover caught me and then the blurb mentioned tea and I was a goner. It sounds like a super fun read.

This one‘s cute, and plays with romance tropes in fun way, but I‘m ultimately not sure it needed to be 300+ pages. It still gets a pick though, mostly for being romantasy without the sort of spice that makes you go “oh, eeew, how does that even work?!”

I am REALLY struggling with taking the idea of cutthroat ornithologists seriously for some reason. Like give me a dragon, ghosts, portals or whatever and I‘m ALL IN, but for some reason “birdlovers being meanies” is beyond what my brain‘ll accept 😂

This book was so much fun! A light fantasy historical romance. There is some bird magic and some gadgets that were more advanced then probably would‘ve been around then.

Bird hunter competition, rivalry turned to romance, lots of hijinks! What more could you want?! Loved this book.

Cute, cozy romance. Fun characters, kinda silly, but overall good!

I loved the light academia background of this new rivals-to-lovebirds series-starter from India Holton, whose whimsical Victorian romantasies are always a good time! The magical weightlessness of these British imperial fantasy worlds is starting to weigh on me a bit though, and I find myself itching for more from this writer—more diverse or status quo-questioning characters would be welcome!

July #botm picks!

May #BookSpinBingo is all set. Starting with The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love.