Do you own multiple versions of the same book? And second part of this question, do you swap between formats while you’re reading a single book!

Okay so I have a problem, and I truly hope I’m not the only one. But the convenience of hav

— currently reading update 📚✨☕️

It’s time to get stuck into the books I neglected while I was finishing off uni and spending all my free time marking.

— Emma by Jane Austen (a buddy read I have been very bad at with @unexpectedl

sometimes you see a book, and you just have to buy it — and in this case, I absolutely judged the book by its cover (and bought it based on its blurb)!

— what was the last book you bought based on its cover? 💖

the kind of cover that is impossible to walk past 🍃

I have followed @paperfury for years, so to see this on the shelf at @dymocksbooks I couldn’t go past it — not to mention how good the blurb sounds 😮&zwj;💨

I am going to try and fin

👋🏻 hi friends

long time no chat! sorry for the radio silence these last few weeks, both here and over at @whimsandfables — but I’ve had very good reason, I promise!

I hold in my hot little hands the outcome of one of the hardest year

I must impress upon you my ✨obsession✨ with hands in ancient Egyptian art

albeit being very busy, I loved going back for a second time to the Pharaoh exhibit at the NGV (in associated with the British Museum). Plus, getting to listen to a lecture f

September wrap up 2024

Reckless 2.5⭐️
One Dark Window 4.5⭐️
Two Twisted Crowns 4⭐️
The Oxenbridge King 4⭐️

What a lovely month of reading this has been! We read One Dark Window by @rmgillig for @whimsandfables this month, and we had the best time.

★★★★☆ | Book 68 of 2024

𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦.

The Oxenbridge King by @christine.paice is an intricate interweaving of historical fictio

some beautiful new pick ups from the past few weeks. Is it just me or are book becoming more and more eye catching? The designs on these new releases are stunning.

What’s the prettiest book you’ve picked up recently?

✨💕🏷️🍂
#sequels

I had the best time rereading and annotating the Serpent & Dove trilogy by @shelbymahurin ❤️&zwj;🔥 I am SO looking forward to getting back into this world following Celie’s next adventure.

Sometimes, you just need to go with what your gu

🌥️ august 🍂

August has come and gone, and with it the final month of winter. Bring on the warmth and new growth of spring 🌷

Here is my wrap up for this month! (Credit to @georgiasreadings for the idea of using books pages-out for ebook/audioboo

A massive THANKYOU for 100,00 subscribers on @whencyclopedia’s YouTube channel!! 🎉

I have had the honour to run and host the WHE @youtube channel for the past 5 years and to work with the incredible team at WHE throughout that time. The YouTu

Looking for under-the-radar book recs! What’s a book you’ve read that doesn’t get enough air-time on insta?

my TBR pile of lesser known books — of course most of these have certainly been read and posed about, some are newly

obsessed with this copy of pride and prejudice I couldn’t go past it 🥹 is this not the most lovely cover? I immediately fell in love when I saw it

please tell me I’m not the only one to collect different versions of books I love !!

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some of my favourite pieces from the incredible Pharoah exhibit at the National Gallery of Victoria @ngvmelbourne

i will absolutely be returning to the exhibit for a second look around so I can read all of the info plaques that I missed ✨

are you

it’s a little monthly wrap time — how was your July? I hope you got to read some good books and spend time in good company ❤️&zwj;🔥

my month was another busy one, but I managed to finish 7 books 🤌🏼

Queen Macbeth 5⭐️
Book of Night 3

book shopping with my bff in the Yarra Valley this weekend was a wholesome experience

— do you also take photos of books that look interesting in bookshops so you don’t forget to add them to your never ending tbr? Or is that just me?

About

Archaeologist
Lover of travelling, coffee, and history
Happily surrounded by unread books - they are all just waiting for the right moment to be opened
Always running out of space to house books, like a dragon and their hoards of treasure
Favourite authors include, but not limited to; VE Schwab, Elodie Harper, Jennifer Saint, Rick Riordan, Samantha Shannon, Sarah J Maas, and Lynette Noni.
My genres of choice are fantasy, historical fiction, mythology, science fiction, and history non-fiction.