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As part of my New Year‘s Resolution to read a quarter of the books I own but haven‘t read, I‘ve created myself this bingo board!

With the understanding that I am not allowing myself to buy a new book until I have a bingo! I‘ll be using the hashtag #UnstackMyShelf if anybody wants to use this.

@PuddleJumper ‘s #NoBuy2023 challenge was an enormous inspiration for this!

The life of Artemisia Gentileschi, the first woman accepted into the Accademia dell‘ Arte in Florence.

What a lush novel! The way Vreeland paints a beautiful scene, and an unflinching portrait of a passionate and ambitious and flawed woman. Also loved the attention paid to Artemisia‘s process and artwork. I definitely had to look up every single painting as I read. Will be seeking out more of Vreeland‘s work! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

Toadling, tasked with gifting a princess, is instead stuck in the human world until a knight comes along, hunting a story of a maiden & briars.

If this hadn‘t relied on one of my least favorite tropes, I would have liked the rest a lot more. Because Toadling is a charming & endearing narrator, Halim is a sweetheart, & the concept of an evil Sleeping Beauty is fascinating. Although the ending felt a little too neat & abrupt for me. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

Finally completed my #NoBuy2023 bingo board! That was actually quite challenging. I'm very good at ignoring the books I own

Still very, very adorable

A really cute and funny graphic novel about a woman who moves into an abandoned mansion and is adopted by a creepy cat

#scarathlon #mischiefandmayhem
#ScarathlonPhotoChallenge 1: Black

Xiang only has a golden pendant left from her father. When she discovers the pendant actually holds clues to the fabled lost treasure of Zheng Yi Sao, she discovers what she is truly capable of.

This had a rather slow start, but once the story got going, it really got going. I loved the historical Chinese setting, Xiang was a charming MC, and the romance was very sweet. It had found family, pirates, adventure, and surprise twists! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

Nearly done with my #nobuy2023 bingo board. I've got a Dana Stabenow book planned for #scarathlon and a spooky manga which should cover the last two squares

Alice has to juggle a protective mother, Nightmarish creatures from Wonderland only she can fight, promises to friends, & a recently poisoned mentor who needs a hidden artifact to be cured. But no big, right?

I enjoyed this a lot. I liked Alice as a character. I liked the balancing act between real life & the mystical forces she fights. But I felt really unsatisfied with the ending, & there wasn‘t a lot of character depth beyond Alice.🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

Bk4 of August & #Rushathon #readathon is done. Another from my deep dive into my #MountTBRShelvesOfDoom this has been sitting there for about 6yrs I think. A soft Pick, the 1st in Rice‘s Werewolf duology, not the best of the genre I‘ve read but I did love the setting & atmosphere. The house, Nideck Point, sounds like my idea of a dream house. I‘d take being a wolf a few days a month to live there! The writing was a bit meh though. #Booked2023👇