Coffee + Books: Celebrating 7 Years of Literary & Coffee Passion☕️

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Hi, my beloved bookish family! How are you today? I hope you’re having a wonderful day filled with incredible reads.  🥰 I’m thrilled to bring you a very special post because, believe it or not, our cherished blog just celebrated its 7th anniversary a couple of days ago! 🥳🥳🥳 7 YEARS! Can you believe it? It’s mind-boggling, but it’s also the perfect moment to share a recommendation post where I go all out trying to persuade you to read each of my favorite books from over the years. 🎉  Plus, I’ll throw in some fresh titles from my TBR list. Let’s dive in! 🙌🏻

If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ve probably noticed that there’s only one thing I love more than books, and that’s coffee! ☕️So, I came up with the idea of combining them in a fun and unique recommendation post.✨ Plus, we’re celebrating the birthday of my baby blog, who’s actually a fully grown lad at this point—quite the grown-up 😂.

I can’t start this commemorative post for such a significant anniversary without thanking you, dear reader, whether you’ve been with me from the beginning or have recently discovered me online. I deeply appreciate the support and love I receive every day. I’ve always believed in the wonderful community of bloggers and readers, a community that is always there to support and encourage you at every step. However, my conviction has grown even stronger after returning from a long break. Despite my absence, I’ve seen familiar faces leaving comments full of love and excitement towards me and my blog. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I truly couldn’t be happier for deciding to start this blog so long ago. This space provides me with security and the freedom to express my ideas and my passion for reading, thanks to what we’ve built together: a community that is now more than that, it’s a family. I’m excited for those who have been here from the beginning, those who inspired me to start, and also for the new names that have emerged in recent years. What pride to be part of this wonderful world!❤️❤️❤️

You know me, I’m all about the cheesiness, but I had to get it off my chest. 🥹 Now, without further ado, this post will follow the following dynamics…

I’ll be showcasing at least five different types of coffee, naturally choosing the most popular ones. Alongside each coffee, I’ll be bringing you a selection of books that I feel would be the perfect companion for that particular brew. I’ll be categorizing them by genre and/or atmosphere, or depending on the vibes. I think you’ll understand it better as the post unfolds. 💫

With all that said, I’m very excited to bring you a new post on the blog. I genuinely hope you enjoy it! 🤩I aim to provide recommendations not only from books I’ve read but also include some titles with similar vibes that could pair well with specific types of coffee, expanding your range of options. 😊 Thank you for being on the other side reading; you’re amazing. Now, without further ado, let’s get started!❤️

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Project: TBR Organization – Part 1 📚

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Hello, reader family! How’s everyone doing today?❤️ I hope you’re all having a fantastic day. Personally, I’m thrilled to introduce you to this exciting new project on the blog 🥳, where we’ll be diving into the task of tidying up and streamlining my beautiful yet somewhat chaotic Goodreads To-Be-Read list. 👀

I’ve been tossing around this idea for a hot minute, and now that I’m back in the blogging game, it just feels like the universe is yelling, ‘Time to shake things up!’ 🙌🏻 So, guess what? I’m diving headfirst into the jungle that is my reading list. Gotta figure out which books are still rocking my world and which ones are like, ‘Meh, been there, done that.’ Stick with me on this rollercoaster of bookish chaos, ’cause we’re about to spill the tea on my TBR makeover! 🙃✨

Of course, this is meant to be a lighthearted and enjoyable book cleanse, and it’s far from a critical post. You know how much I value respect in our community, so I understand that not everyone will share the same sentiments about these books. However, I still find it enjoyable to swap opinions and share our experiences with these readings and authors. Let’s turn this series of posts into a vibrant space where our TBR is enriched with books that genuinely capture our interest 💫 💫 💫

On the flip side, a little panic set in when I noticed my Goodreads TBR was creeping up to nearly 1000, and in my bookish world, that’s a tad overwhelming. So, folks, this whole adding books for a future me to consider? Yeah, that’s a bit beyond my control. 😅

What do I aim to achieve with this series?

  • I aim to declutter my TBR, leaving only books that genuinely pique my interest.
  • I want to take you along on this journey so we can have a constructive exchange of ideas, discussing both the books I’ve opted to part with and the ones I’ve chosen to keep.
  • Your opinion holds immense value for me, so I’ll be wrapping up with a brief survey. It’ll play a crucial role in helping me prioritize the books I’ll be diving into in the very near future.

Rather than delving into a detailed explanation here, I’d prefer to show you! 🤩 I genuinely hope you relish the series, and I’m eager to hear your thoughts! So, grab your coffee and a delicious snack—let’s delve into book analysis while we tidy up that TBR! 🌟

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I’m back on Halloween day after more than a year off! – All about my blog future -🎉

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Hello, my sweet literary hearts! OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG, I’M BACK! 😭
I’ve been sitting with the computer in front of me thinking for hours how to start this post in the most “professional” way possible, but, probably, no matter how much I plan it will end up being a mess of emotions all over the place, and at the end that’s what represents me best, so here I am, I’m Sofi and my beloved blog “A Book. A Thought.” will be reborn this year ending already 2023, for what I hope to be countless more years.  🥰
I’m as you can guess, incredibly excited to be back on board, I have SO many things to share with you, which I’ll try to summarize in the best way later in this post, but the most important thing is that I missed a lot to share my ideas here, I missed my readings shared with all of you, creating posts, writing and especially you, guys, I missed you, wonderful reader of my little corner, I hope I still count on you after all this time, because I’m ready for a lot of new content in the future and to give my blog the place it deserves, a very important one.
So HELLO, again! 👋🏻

The funniest part of all this is coming back to blogging on October 31!!!!. If you’ve been following my blog for a while you know that Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year 👻, I’m always excited to create content for it, so I think it’s more than perfect to be coming back on this very day! So, happy Halloween to all of you! I want to know what spooky reading you are planning for this day! 🎃🎃🎃🎃

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May 2022 Book Releases 🔥

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 🔥 Hi, guys! How are you today? I hope very very well, having a wonderful day, full of good reading.❤️ Today I’m super happy to bring you this monthly post that I love to do so much, and that’s my “monthly book releases”, this time obviously we will be focusing on March! As I always say, “Good news for the heart, but bad for the pocket” right? and it was never so true, especially because this 2022 is full of amazing releases that we won’t want to miss. 😍 I always like to take a second to explain to you how these monthly lists work… so, In these posts, I usually add the books that catch my attention personally or that I feel I might enjoy reading, so not all the releases will be in here, but those that resonate with me, and I hope that maybe they’ll also resonate with you, to add them to your TBR and read them someday as well! That’s always my main goal: to make your TBR grow more 😄!

I hope you enjoy the post a lot, that you like the titles I have for you this month, and of course share with me the book releases of this month that excite you the most. 👏🏻 Now without further ado, thanks for being there, and LET’S GET STARTED! 🔥 

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3 Literary Genres I Want to Read More of 🌙

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 🌙 Hi, guys! I hope you’re having an absolutely wonderful day, full of the best reading & having the best time. ❤️ Today I’m back with another post, where we’ll chat a bit about those literary genres that I’m looking forward to reading more especially during 2022, either because they will take me a bit out of my comfort zone, or because I like them and haven’t read enough. 🤓🌟 I think what I’m trying or hoping with this post is to keep up with this goal that I’m proposing to myself, and maybe I’ll get to read a little more within these genres, which I must say, to a greater or lesser extent, have already given me many satisfactions and good surprises in previous years. 🙌🏻 I also think it’s exciting to come back after having read a little more of each one of them to tell you my experience, and maybe you also want to try new genres out of your comfort zone, I think it’s fun to put these little challenges to keep us motivated with our readings. 🥰 

What I’m doing today then is mentioning these 3 literary genres that I want to read more of, but I also want to share with you why I want to read them, and some books that I’ve liked within those genres, as well, as some that I already have on my TBR. I’ll also, obviously, be asking you for your recommendations for me, so I can have a wider variety of books to choose from in these categories below. 📖 

Sometimes I feel that with time, when you’ve been reading for years, you can fall into always choosing the same genres because you know they’re the ones that suit you best, or have always worked for you, which isn’t bad, of course, but sometimes I feel that I’m missing out on something for not daring myself to try new genres, as well as there, are some genres that I’ve left aside and I really want to get back to 👌🏻, so I really hope to have a little breakthrough with it this year especially. 😊 
So, I hope that as I always say, hope you enjoy the post, thanks a lot for your support 💞 & of course, share with me everything you think… and now, without further ado, LET’S GET STARTED! 🌙 

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5-Star Book Predictions (2022 Edition) 🌟

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 🌟 Hi, friends, how are you? I hope you’re doing great and having a day full of the best reading. ❤️ Today, I’m super excited because this post has almost become an annual thing for me 🙌🏻, but even happier to see that it has also become a trend among the community, as it’s always super fun to read as well as do. 😍 And this is obviously the 5-star book predictions, where clearly, as the title suggests, I’ll be naming 5 titles that I think will be 5 stars for me once I read them ⭐️, either because the plot sounds exactly like something I love because the vibe is something I feel will resonate with me or because I’ve heard good things about them already, also another big factor may be that I’ve read the author in the past and have clearly enjoyed them.

This is a post that allows me to play around a bit with my predictions about some books throughout the year which is always fun, but I also feel like it allows me to get more excited about my readings and is a great excuse to pick up these books right away to see how I feel about them. 📚  Also, I hope it will be something entertaining for you as my idea as always is to dump all this excitement here on the blog, where I hope to come back with my results and there we’ll see if, in fact, they’ve been 5 stars or not. 🤔 Here below at the end, I’ll give you some related posts and the last updated one I’ve done. I must say that I’m very lucky with this kind of prediction because even when they’re not all 5 stars they are usually 4 or 4.5 which for me is already a success! 🥳 I’ve also clearly come across some books that have been disappointments up to 1.5 stars, so really, in the end, anything can happen. 😅 

Finally, in this post, I’ll be adding 5 2022′ releases that I think will be 5 stars for me, but I also want to mention other titles that I have left from previous years, and I haven’t read yet, to see if I can catch up with them.⚡️ I hope you enjoy the post, I hope you share all your thoughts with me, and that you decide to give it a chance and make your own list cause is always a fun experience to do and also to share, I highly recommend it! Thank you SO much for all the love & support in every post, you’re wonderful 💞, and now yes… without further ado, LET’S GET STARTED! 🌟 

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Book Review | Gallant by V.E. Schwab 🥀

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Title: Gallant

By: V.E. Schwab

Series: NO

Pages: 334

By: Greenwillow Books

Published: March 1st, 2022

Genre: Young Adult – Fantasy – Horror

Purchase Links: Book Depository | Amazon

Everything casts a shadow. Even the world we live in. And as with every shadow, there is a place where it must touch. A seam, where the shadow meets its source.

Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for girls, and all she has of her past is her mother’s journal—which seems to unravel into madness. Then, a letter invites Olivia to come home—to Gallant. Yet when Olivia arrives, no one is expecting her. But Olivia is not about to leave the first place that feels like home, it doesn’t matter if her cousin Matthew is hostile or if she sees half-formed ghouls haunting the hallways.

Olivia knows that Gallant is hiding secrets, and she is determined to uncover them. When she crosses a ruined wall at just the right moment, Olivia finds herself in a place that is Gallant—but not. The manor is crumbling, the ghouls are solid, and a mysterious figure rules over all. Now Olivia sees what has unraveled generations of her family, and where her father may have come from.

Olivia has always wanted to belong somewhere, but will she take her place as a Prior, protecting our world against the Master of the House? Or will she take her place beside him? 

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Recommendation Post | Cry-Worthy & Heart-Touching Young Adult Contemporary Books – Part #1 💧

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 💧 Hi, friends! How are you? I hope you’re doing great and having a day full of good reading & precious moments. ❤️ Today I’ve decided to do again a kind of mini-series here on the blog, after a while of doing one, where we’ll focus on those Contemporary YA books that have touched my heart, have made me reflect, have provoked me to think, have taken me through paths of many feelings and above all, are those stories that move something inside of you which makes them almost unforgettable. 🥺🌟 
Honestly, I was going to bring you a top 5, but in the end, I would have to leave many excellent books out of the list, so that’s why I decided to make it a 3 part series, which I’ll spread over three months from now, this way we’ll have one of these posts every month from April to June. 🙌🏻 

Many of these books have, of course, already been mentioned in other of my posts over the years 😊, and I even think most of them are on my massive list of 5-star Worthy Contemporaries (I’ll leave that post HERE in case you want to check it out!) and, in other posts related to books that touch on serious and sensitive topics, but I still wanted to come back after a long time with this kind of appreciation posts where I highlight these AMAZING, HEART-TOUCHING works, as I think they’re all really worth it. 🥰 Plus, obviously, it’s an updated list with new books I’ve read recently and I think they also deserve their place on this kind of list. 🔥 
The books will not be placed in any particular order, guys, they’re randomly placed, they’re all really amazing and are more than recommended by me. As you will notice in the title, I’ve decided to go for the word “Cry-Worthy” 😭 as they’re mostly books that have moved me on a deeper level, and as I’m very sensitive they have honestly made me cry, which isn’t to say that they’re particularly super sad or anything like that, but they’ll undoubtedly touch a part of you due to their sensitive themes of all kinds, from family issues, personal growth, strength, loss, faith, love, and much more. So basically if you want to feel touched by a book this is the right place for you! 😍 

I’ve decided to do this mini-series focusing on contemporary stories, and even if some of them have some magical aspect, they’re all stories focused on the contemporary subject as such. I’ve decided to talk about contemporaries now, as I plan to maybe do another post where we can talk a bit more about those books that are deeply significant for me within the fantasy genre, as well. 👍🏻 Obviously, I hope this is something you enjoy a lot, and you can hopefully find many books to add to your TBR.⚡️ You know I love to know what you think so feel free to leave me your comments 💞 & now yes, without further ado LET’S GET STARTED! 💧 

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My Favorite Book Cover Features 📸  

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 📸 Hi, guys! How are you today? I hope you’re having a wonderful day and enjoying your readings. ❤️ Today, I’m super excited, as always, to bring you a new post, this time all about my favorite book cover features! A topic that although I don’t see much of, I think it’s a lot of fun to chat a bit about. 😍 Obviously, we know not to judge a book by its cover, but let’s be honest, sometimes we do and many of those times it’s because it has some feature on it that really catches our attention based on our personal preferences. When I refer to features, I could be talking about any factor that is part of the cover, as well as any detail it has, such as objects, letters, images, colors, and so on. 🙌🏻 
In my case, this time I’ll be sharing with you the 5 fave characteristics that I love to find in the covers every time one is revealed, and they’re those details that make me fall in love with the covers, even before I know what the book is about. 🌟 In this post, we’re going to judge a little bit some of our favorite covers, and we can even go a little deeper and think about what it is that makes us even buy a book just based on the cover, and what it is about it that makes us love it so much. 😊 
I hope this will be an entertaining post to also admire some of the book covers I’ll be using as examples today, and I also hope you’ll share with me your own cover preferences, as I’m really curious to know! 👀 
So without further ado, get comfortable, find your favorite drink ☕️ & let’s get started! 📸 

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Book Review | Lock Every Door by Riley Sager 🚪

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Title: Lock Every Door

By: Riley Sager

Series: NO

Pages: 381

By: Dutton

Published: July 2nd, 2019

Genre: Adult – Mystery/Thriller – Horror

Purchase Links: Book Depository | Amazon

No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen’s new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan’s most high-profile and mysterious buildings. Recently heartbroken and just plain broke, Jules is taken in by the splendor of her surroundings and accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind.

As she gets to know the residents and staff of the Bartholomew, Jules finds herself drawn to fellow apartment sitter Ingrid, who comfortingly, disturbingly reminds her of the sister she lost eight years ago. When Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems and the dark history hidden beneath its gleaming facade is starting to frighten her, Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story—until the next day, when Ingrid disappears.

Searching for the truth about Ingrid’s disappearance, Jules digs deeper into the Bartholomew’s dark past and into the secrets kept within its walls. Her discovery that Ingrid is not the first apartment sitter to go missing at the Bartholomew pits Jules against the clock as she races to unmask a killer, expose the building’s hidden past, and escape the Bartholomew before her temporary status becomes permanent. 

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