Books With Incredible Families

Hello friends! Recently, I had the idea to share my favorite books that use the found family tropes and as I was working on that post, I realized that there are so many bookish families in general - i.e. books where the characters are related to each other - that I'd love to scream about.…

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Five Star Predictions: Will These Books Live Up To Their Hype?

Hello friends! After loving working on my previous five star predictions posts, I knew I wanted to make another two-part series of my predictions, but I also knew that I wanted to mix it up a bit. So, instead of choosing four books I'm 1000% sure I'll love, I consulted my goodreads to-read list and…

An Intro to Romance With 40 Romance Recommendations

Hello friends! I'm a massive fan of the romance genre.. but that wasn't always the case. There was a time when I was scared to venture into the genre, which can seem pretty intimidating at first glance, as it is massive, with many authors and sub-genres, and can be hard to navigate. I've wanted to…

21 of Vera’s Most Anticipated Book Releases of 2021

Hello friends! Originally, I didn't want to share my most awaited book releases of 2021, as I felt like I didn't have a lot to share. However, when I considered my goodreads to-read list I realized that actually, I have quite a lot of 2021 releases I'm looking forward to. Today, I brought you 21…

Short Reads For the End of the Year

Hello friends! Vera here, and I'm ready to flood your to-read lists with shorter books you can consume extremely quickly. In the past couple of years, I've been known to set my yearly reading goal to a number I can easily reach, however, as someone who used to aim for a challenging number, I know…

Holiday Gift Guide for Book Lovers

Hello friends! Vera here, this time with a holiday gift guide for those of you who would like to spoil your loved ones with books this holiday season. Or yourselves.. it's 2020, we all deserve to spoil ourselves, me thinks. 😊 For those of you who do not celebrate Christmas, this list can also work…

30 Marvelous Mystery-Thriller Book Recommendations

Hello and welcome to the first Spooky October post of 2020! 🎃 Those of you who have been with us for more than a year are likely already familiar with Spooky October, but for everyone else, I think an introduction to this Halloween goodness is in order. Spooky October was created back in 2015 -…

Fantastic Friends to Lovers Book Recommendations

Hello friends! Giving you book recommendations based on some of my favorite tropes has been incredibly fun, so I'm back with another recommendation post. This time, I brought you eight novels that make excellent use of the friends to lovers trope, also known as one of the softest tropes known to man. 🥺 I feel…

Recommending Books Based on Folklore by Taylor Swift

Hello friends! As most of you will probably know by now, Taylor Swift has recently released a surprise album, folklore, also known as one of the most excellent, softest albums I've ever heard. 🥺 With the exception of the final two track, peace and hoax, I adore every single song on that album, and I…

2020 Challenge Check In: A Mixture of Success and Failure

Hi everyone!  Today we’re here to give you an update on how we're doing with the challenges we signed up for this year.  There are some mixed results, but overall I think we're going pretty well and are on track to complete our goals by the time the year is out! VERA The Book Blog…