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Stephanie Francis is an avid reader, professional sensitivity reader, and trainee editor from Greater London, UK. She has a BA in English Language and Literature.

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Where it Rains in Color – Cover Reveal

Cover Reveal: Where it Rains in Color by Denise Crittendon. Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Angry Robot Publication Date: 6th December, 2022 Does anyone else buy books for their gorgeous covers? If you are like me, thatโ€™s a big, fat YES! So I was super excited to take part in this cover reveal because just look […]

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Book Review: Young Women by Jessica Moor

๐Œ๐š๐ฒ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐๐๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐žโ€™๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐. [AD-PR Product] This post may contain affiliate links. If you click any of these links and make a purchase within a certain […]

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30 Hashtags for Black Bookish content on Instagram

For Copy and Paste #Blackbookstagram #Blackbookstagrammer #Blackbookblogger #Blackbookblog #Bipocbookstagram #Ownvoices #Blackbooks #BlackAuthorsMatter #Blacklit #BlackLiterature #BlackBibliophile #BlackReaders #ReadSoulLit #ReadBlackAuthors #BlackandBookish #BlackBooksMatter #BlackBookSession #BlackReads #BlackGirlsRead #BlackGirlsReadToo #GoodBlackReads #BlackgirlReading #WellReadBlackGirl #WeNeedDiverseBooks #DiverseSpines #BlackFiction #BlackBookworm #DiverseReaders #BlackBookClub #BlackRomanceNovels

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๐Ÿ–ค๐ŸŒฐ ๐Ÿ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ŸŒฐ๐Ÿ–ค ๐Ÿ’Œ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐Ÿ’Œ ๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ? ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ? Iโ€™m only here for the food p0rn and romance novels always have the best stuff ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿคค๐Ÿ˜ถ๐Ÿ’ฆ. Am I the only one? Food is one of my love languages . QOTD: Do you like reading outside of your home? ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. ๐“๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก. Disclaimer: No baes weโ€™re rendered musty or given the stink eye during the making of this Reel. Now that I am mostly planning and studying digitally, I decided to use this lovely sticker sheet I received to make yet another bookmark! But you prefer book-themed stickers or bookmarks?
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