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December Wrap Up || Finishing Trilogies & Prioritizing 2020 Plans 🌾

30 December, 201929 December, 2019by Sofii @ A Book. A Thought.13 Comments

🌾 Hi guys!! I hope you’re having the best day & you’re enjoying your reading 💞 Today I bring you my beloved Wrap Up of the month of December, where I’ll talk about all the books I’ve read during the month. This is officially the last Wrap Up of 2019, guys! Isn’t that crazy? This year really flew for me, but it has been in summary a great blessing in terms of my blogging life and a great learning and growth journey in my personal life. So I’m super happy to have gone through all these experiences to get where I am today, but also super ready to start a 2020 with renewed energy and many projects. 🥰

Before I start, I can’t say goodbye to this year without thanking you for being there for me, honestly and from the bottom of my heart, you don’t know how much your comments and “likes” mean, all your interactions with me on Twitter, I’ve met wonderful people of generous souls and also bloggers who inspire me every day, so I just grateful and I’m very excited to share another year with you, so I hope you decide to stay because nothing would make me happier and there’s much more I want to share with you. ❤️ 🌟

In terms of reading this month has been a bit crazy, of course and as expected, I ended up reading much less than I planned, but still, I feel satisfied with what I’ve read because I fulfilled my goal that was to end with two trilogies that I’ve really loved, I’m kind of nostalgic about it but it’s also a great experience, so I’ll talk more about it below. I’ve also dedicated myself to start reading my first ARC of 2020 and an author has been kind enough to send me his work also to review and it has been a great experience, so I feel happy about it. 😄 👏🏻
I think that in general, I’ve been much more focused on planning for next year in terms of my life and the blog and things related to my reading and writing, of which I tell you everything in the post of my goals if you want to check it out, and also I’m planning to do a new reading journal again for next year but try new things and I’m quite entertained with it, watching videos and things, I’m obsessed, I cannot lie. I feel like a little girl buying pens and things for my notebook 😂
So I’ve read a very large book, so I’m pleased with myself, and although I had time to read something else before the end of the month, I didn’t want to force myself, I’ve already achieved my Goodreads Challenge, I’ve read 63 books in total this year, which is great, so I don’t feel pressure and I thought it was best to take it easy and use the time to plan things for the next year instead. 😊

So super excited to share with you what I’ve read during the month and also as always, I’ll be sharing my favorite posts and some more detailed statistics. I LOVE YOU and THANK YOU again for always being there, I see you 🌾 Continue reading “December Wrap Up || Finishing Trilogies & Prioritizing 2020 Plans 🌾” →

Book Reviews

Book Review || A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic #3) by V.E. Schwab

22 December, 20193 January, 2020by Sofii @ A Book. A Thought.15 Comments

Title: A Conjuring of Light

By: V.E. Schwab

Series: Shades of Magic #3

Pages: 624

Published: February 21st, 2017

By: Tor Books

Genre: YA | Fantasy | Magic

Buy it: Book Depository

Witness the fate of beloved heroes – and enemies.

THE BALANCE OF POWER HAS FINALLY TIPPED…
The precarious equilibrium among four Londons has reached its breaking point. Once brimming with the red vivacity of magic, darkness casts a shadow over the Maresh Empire, leaving a space for another London to rise.

WHO WILL CRUMBLE?
Kell – once assumed to be the last surviving Antari – begins to waver under the pressure of competing loyalties. And in the wake of tragedy, can Arnes survive?

WHO WILL RISE?
Lila Bard, once a commonplace – but never common – thief, has survived and flourished through a series of magical trials. But now she must learn to control the magic, before it bleeds her dry. Meanwhile, the disgraced Captain Alucard Emery of the Night Spire collects his crew, attempting a race against time to acquire the impossible.

WHO WILL TAKE CONTROL?
And an ancient enemy returns to claim a crown while a fallen hero tries to save a world in decay.

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My Favorite Books of the Year!, Top 10

Top 10 || Favorite Books of 2019 🌟

18 December, 201928 December, 2019by Sofii @ A Book. A Thought.53 Comments

🌟 Hi guys! I hope you’re having the most wonderful day.❤️ Today I FINALLY bring you the post that excites me most of all the posts at this time of the year and that’s where I show you my absolute favorite books of the year!!! I’m SUPER excited for this post really, I can’t wait to share with you every book that I’ve loved during this 2019. So to make of this post something more entertaining for you and more difficult for me lol, I’ll be doing it in the form of a Top, where I’ll be showing from position number 10 to my absolute undisputed favorite of the year in position number 1. Even so, I’ve enjoyed a lot of each one of these books, so I want to recommend them a lot because each one is worth it 😍
In case you want to know more, I’ll be leaving the links under each book, as well as a mini description of how I feel about them to give you an idea of why I love them so much. Last year, I did this same thing and I really liked how it turned out, so I’m doing it again this year, and I’ll describe each book with just one shot sentence. 😊
I hope you really enjoy it, you know that I would love to know what you think about them in the comments and without more further ado, I’m dying to start so, let’s do it! 🌟 Continue reading “Top 10 || Favorite Books of 2019 🌟” →

TBR

Ambitious December TBR || Trying to Finish & Continue Series + Some ARCs || 2019 💫

4 December, 201915 December, 2019by Sofii @ A Book. A Thought.45 Comments

💫 Hi guys! I hope you’re having a beautiful day! 💞 Today I bring you my TBR for the month of October, where I’ll tell you everything I’ll be reading during the month. I think I’ve already said this like a million times but … OMG, I can’t believe it’s December, it’s crazy for me to think we’ll be going into a new year soon!! Even so, I’m super ready for it, I LOVE new years 🎉. So, here we are! In another TBR, I miss making TBRs so much when I don’t do them, I didn’t have one in November since I knew I couldn’t read much, but now guys, I feel quite ambitious. My only and great plan is to end the year with the most series completed or at least continue reading those in which I’ve only read the first book, so I can start the year more relaxed about it and ready to start new series!, you know? like it feels right to me to do this. 😊
I know that there are several read-a-thons happening this month, they all seem incredible to me, but I’ve decided that I’ll not participate in any until next year where one of my goals is to participate in more, but this month I’m sure that my goal is the right thing to do. In addition to those sequels/endings that I plan to read, I also have a couple of ARCs that I’m so blessed to be able to read, so I’m also very excited about them. 💃🏻

I also plan to take this December to plan several things for next year and organize myself, that’s another of my main goals, to organize everything that is in my mind, my ideas for posts, new challenges that I want to do to myself, all those things. 👏🏻 I want to have things under control to be able to enter to 2020 super ready for everything. I’m really excited you guys!!. Also this month, we all know, it’s THE month for fun posts to do, we’ll have “my favorite readings”, “my least favorite” and that kind of things which are always so fun to do. I’m not just excited to make them myself, but also to see your posts, it will be a great month, I can feel it! 🥰 *sending all my good vibes to you*

I know that November has been super crazy for me in terms of reading, but I’m really super ready to make of December a great closing of the year, I also want to commit to visiting many many posts and blogs this month, I know the great work you put into your blog, so I want to show you all my love in these holidays times. I LOVE you and I hope you have a wonderful month!! ❤️
Now, without further ado, I’m dying to share with you all about my readings, SO much fantasy … so, Let’s Start! 💫 Continue reading “Ambitious December TBR || Trying to Finish & Continue Series + Some ARCs || 2019 💫” →

Books Recommendations, Read-A-Thon

N.E.W.T.s 2019 || Hufflepuff Study Guide Recommendations || 💫

16 July, 201930 August, 2019by Sofii @ A Book. A Thought.35 Comments

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💫 Hi guys, I hope you’re having a WONDERFUL day, today I’m super excited because I bring you a special post since I’ll be part of a series recommendations post/videos for what will be the long-awaited second part of the O.W.Ls., this is a Magical Read-A-Thon called N.E.W.Ts. 😍 If you have already participated in the first part then you know kind of what it’s about, but if you haven’t participated yet, like me lol, and you want to do this second part anyway, that’s AMAZING!, you can do it, no problems. I’m going to leave all the information in a link to the official video of the N.E.W.Ts. announcement on the Book Roast channel 💞, she’s INCREDIBLE, she has created a fantastic system for this read-a-thon, it’s full of interesting things, she has even created several documents explaining everything perfectly where you can get rid of all your doubts, and also you can go to the document where ALL the subjects and promps are, those you should follow according to the career you’ve already chosen. 😊
I’m so bad explaining things, I swear,it’s like a chip in my head turn off every time I try lol, that’s why I don’t want to even try to, it’s a very complex read-a-thon and it’s really well thought out, so please check the link that I leave for you above to get all the information 😅

I’m so excited and happy to participate in something so big in the community, which I feel blessed to belong to, I know that many people will participate and I can’t wait to share some recommendations with you. 💕
As there are many grades and promps, the created has thought that it would be a good idea to separate ourselves by groups according to our Hogwarts Houses, to bring you some recommendations. In my pot, as everyone knows, I’m Hufflepuff 💛, so I’ve had to bring some recs for Care of Magical Creatures, Herbology & Muggles Studies.👏🏻 Each of them has three different promps that you must fulfill in order to achieve your goal. So if you plan or want to take any of those grades, then this is the right place for you!
I’ll be recommending 18 books, I ‘ve decided to do 2 for each promp, so it will be more fun and you’ll also have more options to choose from 👍🏻
I’m SO EXCITED, so without more further ado, let’s start!
I hope you enjoy and can find a book to add to your TBR for this wonderful Read-A-Thon💫

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Book Tag

Marvel Avengers || Book Tag || 💥

7 June, 20197 June, 2019by Sofii @ A Book. A Thought.22 Comments

💫 Hi guys, I hope you’re having an INCREDIBLE day. Today I bring you a Book Tag that I’ve seen in the blog of the wonderful Jenna ❤️|| Bookmark Your Thoughts ||, and since then I’ve wanted to find a moment to do it myself. I’m not sure who was the creator, but if you know, let me know to give her/him the recognition it deserves. 💫

🌸 Before starting the tag wanted to clarify something, as you see by now, I haven’t posted on Wednesday, which I’ve never done before, but everything is GREAT!, it just has been my boyfriend’s birthday 🎊 and I’ve been very committed with the read-a-thon, so I haven’t had time to post, and being honest I didn’t want to do something just for post, you know?, because I knew then I wouldn’t be giving 100% of me. But it’s just that, and I wanted to share it with you.
I’ve been really having a great time with the Smutathon, I’ve read 2 of the 5 books in my TBR, so I think I’m doing pretty well, I’ve read The Unhoneymooners and Vicious, but I’ll tell you my thoughts next week, in my Wrap Up, and I possibly also have a series of short reviews so you can check out if you’re interested in knowing more about them.😊
Finally, you’ll notice that I’ll be testing new headers, I tend to get bored quickly from what I have and from time to time I like to change, so don’t worry anyway is a small change but it feels refreshing for me. Of course, let me know what you think, I don’t have a lot of design skills, actually, I don’t really have any, 😂 but I do what I can so I hope it’s pleasant to the eyes, at least 🌸

💫 So now, without further ado, let’s start with the tag and I hope you enjoy it and decide to do it yourself! 💫 Continue reading “Marvel Avengers || Book Tag || 💥” →

Wrap Up

May Wrap Up || ARCs, Huge Books & Loving a Sci-Fi? || 2019 🍂

31 May, 201929 May, 2019by Sofii @ A Book. A Thought.28 Comments

🍂 Hi guys, I hope you’re having a beautiful day, today I bring you my Wrap Up of the month of May, where I’ll tell you all about my reading of the month. OMG, you GUYS, I can’t believe we’re almost in June, I honestly feel that May flew by. I know that in my last Wrap Up I said that I would push myself a little to read more, but it ends up being a pretty average month in terms of readings and I’m completely fine with it. 😊

I’ve been experiencing a bit of anxiety this month so I’ve been trying to take care of myself and not push myself too much to read if I’m not feeling like, you know, so I did that, I hope next month is better, and taking advantage of what we’re talking about, I want to remind you how important it’s to take care and take time for ourselves, because our mental health is first, and sometimes having a blog, read and be in social networks, you know, staying “relevant” can be too much, and it’s okay to take a couple of days for yourself, it’s healthy. 💕

So, in other news, I’m hosting Twitter Giveaway, 🎊 so if you haven’t joined yet, DO IT!, I’d love for everyone to have the chance to win a book of your choice, ends tomorrow so come and participate!. I do this as a thank you for all the love that each one of you gives me, I’ll be forever in debt, and I love you ALWAYS! 😍

Going back to my reading month, which is why we are here for, I read a well-known and well-loved sci-fi, and actually, I LOVED IT, which makes me wonder many things, now I know that I should give more opportunities to this genre and that makes me happy. On the other hand, I’ve read a couple of ARCs, which this month have honestly disappointed me, in fact, I took the decision of DNF one of them, but I’ll talk more about that later & finally but no less important I’ve read a fantasy sequel that I HIGHLY enjoyed! who says sequels are bad?!! 👏🏻
I’ll jump immediately to tell you a little more about my monthly statistics, Top 5 Favorite Posts on the Blog and to tell you about each of the books I’ve read. Probably a rather strange month, but considering that I read quite huge books, I’m fine with it, so… Let’s start! ❤️ Continue reading “May Wrap Up || ARCs, Huge Books & Loving a Sci-Fi? || 2019 🍂” →

Book Reviews

Book Review || A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic #2) by V.E. Schwab

27 May, 201926 May, 2019by Sofii @ A Book. A Thought.25 Comments

Title: A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic #2)

By: V.E. Schwab

Pages: 512

Published: February 23rd, 2016

By: Tor Books

Genre: Adult|Magic|Fantasy

You can buy it HERE: Book Depository

It has been four months since a mysterious obsidian stone fell into Kell’s possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Prince Rhy was wounded, and since the nefarious Dane twins of White London fell, and four months since the stone was cast with Holland’s dying body through the rift–back into Black London.

Now, restless after having given up his smuggling habit, Kell is visited by dreams of ominous magical events, waking only to think of Lila, who disappeared from the docks as she always meant to do. As Red London finalizes preparations for the Element Games–an extravagant international competition of magic meant to entertain and keep healthy the ties between neighboring countries–a certain pirate ship draws closer, carrying old friends back into port.

And while Red London is caught up in the pageantry and thrills of the Games, another London is coming back to life. After all, a shadow that was gone in the night will reappear in the morning. But the balance of magic is ever perilous, and for one city to flourish, another London must fall.

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Book Memes

WWW Wednesday ||#21 & Hosting a Twitter Giveaway || 🍂

22 May, 201919 May, 2019by Sofii @ A Book. A Thought.22 Comments

🍂 Hi guys, I hope you’re having a wonderful day!. here I am with a new WWW Wednesday (originally hosted by A Daily Rhythm, and revived by Taking on a World of Words, where we’ll share the books that I’ve finished, my current and upcoming readings 🍂 Continue reading “WWW Wednesday ||#21 & Hosting a Twitter Giveaway || 🍂” →

Book Reviews

Book Review || A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab

8 May, 20194 May, 2019by Sofii @ A Book. A Thought.35 Comments

Title: A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1)

By: V.E. Schwab

Pages: 400

Published: February 24th, 2015

By: Tor Books

Genre: YA|Fantasy|Magic

You can buy it HERE: Book Depository

Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black.

Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.

Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they’ll never see. It’s a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.

After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.

Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they’ll first need to stay alive.

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