## indie book unboxing!

so many handmade trinkets! i’m in awe. so happy to have copies of both of these amazing books!

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### fantasy books without spice (and minimal romance overall)!

but i know people will still ask if there’s spice every darn time. 😭

📚 books mentioned:
- To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
- The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings
- May a Divine Awaken by Michael Tinsley
- The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
- The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth
- Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
- The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan
- Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
- The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
- The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson
- When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
- Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier
- Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi
- Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
- The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

#fantasybooks #fantasybookrecs #favoritefantasybooks #noromancebooks #nospicebooks #isitspicy #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram #nycbookstagram

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### underhyped books

help me give these books some love!

📚 books mentioned:
- May A Divine Awaken by Michael Tinsley
- This Land is Our Land: A Blue Beetle Story by Julio Anta, Jacoby Salcedo, and Francesco Segala
- Solis by Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher

#underhypedbooks #fantasybooks #dystopianbooks #scifibooks #indiebooks #SimonTeenInfluencer #bookrecommendations #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @dcofficial @simonteen

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### books for outcasts

books for all my fellow outcasts! because sometimes we read to feel less alone.

📚 books mentioned:
- The Grimmer by Naben Ruthnum
- May a Divine Awaken by Michael Tinsley
- Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

#fantasybooks #horrorbooks #literaryfiction #bookrecommendations #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @ecwpress @fsgbooks

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### bonus priority reads!

5 more picks from my TBR cart just for you, Bindery friends - an extension to my latest YouTube video. :)

what are you looking forward to reading?

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[10 books from my priority TBR!!](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/jAnn029N01YrbxvskGoG/)

here are 10 of my most anticipated reads for the rest of 2024 👀 . what are you looking forward to reading soon?