I have been working on growing my Instagram account and looking for some great bookstagrammers to connect with. There are so many out there that it is hard to choose which ones to feature. In my search, I found some really cool accounts that have to do with bookish items and I figured I would share them!
She posts a lot of new books she is reading and talks about book events she is going to. I believe she also has a booktube you could check out on her profile.
This bookstagrammer posts a lot of photos of their bookshelves and they make me super jealous :P.
I started following her when I saw that we read a bunch of the same books and then just really liked her book photography!
This is a fellow Canadian bookstagrammer! She is all the way over in Vancouver though 😛 A lot of her posts usually have a coffee/latte/tea in them and they always make me want to be in a nice warm place reading a book with a cup of some warm beverage. She seems to know a lot of nice reading nooks!
Another fellow book reviewer that has read many of the books I have and had similar opinions on them. I also love that they state they are a Ravenclaw in their profile. Anyone in their right mind would be so proud to be a Ravenclaw 🙂
Those are my bookstagram highlights for this week! I will be sharing more next week about bookish accounts that host subscription boxes, design creative bookmarks (they are handmade) and sell literary scented candles!
Talk to you soon bookworms and if you want to nominate someone to get a shoutout, tell me who in the comments and I will include them in future posts!
Instagram has been an awesome tool for sharing and connecting with the different book bloggers out there in the world. So I decided to give some of those book blogger accounts a shoutout so that you can check their accounts out and connect with them too. Sharing our content with each other is the whole point right 😛 I will be doing this every so often so if you don’t see your bookstagram account listed, it may well be in the future.
Here is a list of some great bookstagrammers (give these accounts a follow for some awesome content):
I have also started writing for Buzzfeed Community and am going to be making some book quizzes which I will be sharing on my blog so make sure to check those out!
Still currently reading The Mark of Wu: Hidden Paths and should have a review for you bookworms soon.
I have been talking with many authors and receiving so many requests to review books lately and it has been a blast. There will be a lot of interesting reviews coming down the line! But for now, I am hosting a giveaway. You may have remembered me doing a book highlight for Star City by Edwin Peng. Well, they sent me an extra copy of the book to host a giveaway 🙂
All you have to do is like this post and share it on social media! Don’t forget to tag @BreakevenBooks in your post so I know that it was posted and to add your entry into the draw.
I also linked up with thisiswriting.com to promote some books. They have The Ultimate List of Fiction Books You Should Read At Least Once in Your Life and it has some good ones on it. Make sure to check them out if you get a chance!
Also excited to share some reviews from others that are helping me out with the blog. I will be posting their reviews once they are done the books I assigned to them.
Alright well, make sure to enter the giveaway and good luck bookworms!
Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda was a breath of fresh air. I read this book in 2 days and found it very entertaining and a genuine reminder of how much you feel when you are so young and in love.
This book was about a young boy named Simon who is in love with another boy from his school. He has never met this guy, they have just exchanged emails back and forth and have been very secretive about their real identities. Until a boy at school see’s Simon’s email before he logs out on a computer. He then blackmails him to help him out with a girl at school.
This book brought up a lot of thoughts of how people perceive each other. I for one have gay friends and wouldn’t ever think to treat them any differently then I would my straight friends. But the book was from the perspective of a gay teenager that hadn’t come out yet, and it’s not that he was afraid to but that he just didn’t want it to be a big deal because everything he ever did was a big deal. But for a lot of people, it is a big deal and a very scary thing to do. There are so many different reactions that could come from someone coming out and that is kind of sad. No one should be afraid to be who they are.
I come from a religious background and that made me think a lot about how that could go if I was in Simon’s position. My parents are amazing and I love them with everything I have in me. They have prepared/taught me everything I know and I don’t know what I would do without them. I would hope to never lose them over anything like this but that is a possibility for a lot of people. I am not in this position, but this book made me think about if I was and what would happen.
It would be terrifying because you wouldn’t know how the people that are supposed to love you the most would react. Your parents are your rock. They are your foundation; they build you up and prepare you for life and help you become who you are. To lose this would be world shattering and it gave me an insight into how scary it would be.
Love is love and everyone should be accepted for who they are.
The book was really great. The way his parents and everyone react when they finally find out is so supportive and uplifting. Simon has an amazing family. I would 100% be the dad if I was part of this family because every line he had in the book is something I would probably say. And everything he said made me laugh:P
Book Rating: 4.5/5
Disclaimer: I read this book because I wanted to and purchased it myself. This review is for me because I wanted to write it and that is that.
Let me know what your thoughts are on this book if you have read it and if not, what are your thoughts on having to come out. If you are straight, then just try and put yourself in Simon’s shoes like I did to get an idea of what it would be like.
Talk to you later bookworms.
Hey bookworms!! So I liked the last giveaway so much that I wanted to do another one and what better thing to win than stickers. I received this huge assortment of decal stickers which are perfect for notebooks, laptops etc.
The rules to enter the giveaway are simple:
The winner will be posted on November 30th so there is lots of time to enter and share the contest with others! I will also be adding a little treat to the package for the winner 🙂
I am really excited and hope everyone gets involved with the giveaway. There are some really cool stickers to choose from so make sure to try it out. OK talk to you later bookworms.