August Wrap Up & September TBR | Some Witchy Books, Unexpected Ratings, Polarized Reading & Taking a few Weeks Off 🌺

31 August, 202130 August, 2021 Sofi @ A Book. A Thought.39 Comments

🌺 Hi, guys! I hope you’re having a wonderful day filled with the best readings & obviously, I hope you all had a beautiful past month! Today I’ve returned with one of my favorite posts to share with you my Wrap Up of the month, where I tell you all about what I’ve read during the month of August, plus: What I’m going to read in the month of September!. I think I repeat this every month, so I’m sorry, but OMG, I can’t believe we’re already so close to the end of 2021! it’s crazy! 😲 I hope from the bottom of my heart that you’re all safe and healthy, and have been able to get vaccinated if you wanted to, personally I’ve already had the first dose, so I’m more relaxed now, I’m waiting to be called for the second and luckily I haven’t had any symptoms or anything, so a very good experience. In other news, the month of August has been super quiet for me in my personal life, honestly nothing super amazing has happened but luckily, I did have been feeling very well physically, I’ve returned to be more active and walk which I haven’t done for a while, and that’s very good for me. 🏃🏻‍♀️🌟 I also want to thank everyone deeply because it has been a very good month for the blog and I’ve been seeing a much more active flow of new people joining the family and that makes me very happy and I’m honestly flattered that you subscribe to the blog and check my posts, I love this space and all the wonderful people I’ve met through it. 🥺💕

I’ve embarked this month on a new challenge in terms of reading, where I’ll be reading some favorite books from other book bloggers, which I’m very excited about, and I’ve already made some progress on that TBR specifically so I’m super happy, anyway I’ll share more about it in another post. 👏🏻👏🏻 I’m looking forward to creating weekly posts where I keep you updated with this challenge maybe, or updating it as well, something will come up, but I promise to keep you posted on all of that. In terms of reading in general, you know I’ve already shared with you that this year has been very busy for me, so I haven’t had as much time as I’d like to read as such so I’ve taken this stance of reading what I can, and being patient with myself, and celebrating every little victory, you know? Still with this mentality I managed to read a bit more than I had planned so YAY! 🎉 I’d say it was a very successful month in terms of reading. 😄
As for the quality of these readings, it’s been a month of highs and lows, I have some books that really impressed me, some genres that I’m not usually used to reading that I loved, and others that I expected a lot from and really disappointed me, so there’s a little bit of everything here to talk about and analyze today. We have a bit of romance, a bit of sci-fi, mystery and above all a lot of magic! Would I really be myself if I didn’t read stuff about witches?…it’s literally all I’ve been reading this year 😅.

‼️ Another thing I want to share with you before starting with the post, is that I’ll be taking 2 weeks off in September where I won’t be uploading anything to the blog, I might read a little but I don’t really promise anything, you’ll see that my TBR for the month is very general because I don’t even know how much I’ll actually read, but well, this is something I do every year together with my boyfriend and we take the opportunity to relax, visit our families and really be with each other, so maybe during those two weeks reading won’t be exactly my priority, and that’s perfectly fine. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF & TAKE BREAKS is SO important for your mental health! ❤️❤️
Still, I’ll be back with my reading updates for you, and obviously I’ll share a bit of those books that could be in my stack.

Now without further ado, thank you for being there on the other side supporting me, I LOVE YOU!!! 🥰 I have the best readers and this is by far the best community, so super honored to belong & I hope you obviously enjoy today’s post, and let me know all your thoughts in the comments. Now yes, LET’S GET STARTED! 🌺

July Wrap Up & August TBR | Leaving my Reading Slump Behind, Plus: Exciting & Ambitious Reading Plan (Secret TBR Announcement!) ❄️

2 August, 202130 July, 2021 Sofi @ A Book. A Thought.28 Comments

❄️ Hi, guys! I hope you’re having a wonderful day filled with the best readings & obviously, I hope you all had a beautiful past month!❤️ Today I’ve returned with one of my favorite posts to share with you my Wrap Up of the month, where I tell you all about what I’ve read during the month of July, plus: What I’m going to read in the month of August!. I can’t believe it’s August already, guys! What’s going on? This 2021 is going by too fast, really, but well, we’ll have to take advantage of every moment then and, above all, give it our all with our readings… WE GOT THIS! 💪🏻 This is my first year since I started reading that I’m reading such a small amount of books, so in some way, it’s hard for me because I would love to read more. Still, on the other hand, I understand I’m prioritizing many other things, especially myself, you know? I’m choosing not to put unnecessary pressure on myself, and that also makes me feel proud and is something I recommend, without a doubt, so in summary, I’m okay reading little this year; the important thing is that I’ve found amazing readings so far, high-quality readings I sincerely appreciate, and I hope that continues to be so!!! 😍
Before I start, I wanted to thank you very much for all the love and support; I told you that I was going through a difficult situation, I wasn’t feeling well, and I thank you deeply for the concern and the beautiful words you’ve had for me, thank you SO much; you’ll always have an important place in my heart as my wonderful bookish family. 🥺 I feel much more positive about this month, and I know that everything will be more than fine not only for me but for you too. 🥰

Today’s post is going to be a little bit different than usual, this time I’ve chosen not to show you entirely my whole plan for this month, as I’ll be doing another post about it, which I’ll tell you a little bit more about at the end of this post, I hope you’re as excited as I am because this will involve you in some way. I think that’s super fun; I can’t wait. 🙌🏻 🙌🏻 I wanted to do something different, too, because I just came off a reading slump, and we all know they’re the worst, so I wanted to keep myself motivated to continue my reading enthusiasm, which has been coming back quite a bit during the month of July and that’s definitely the best news! 🌟
So, this month I’ve read 3 whole books, almost 4; I would say I’m actually reading something right now, I’m about to finish it, though, but I’ll still be counting it for this mont ☺️; I hope that’s not cheating 😅. Anyway, I’ll be telling you more about it next. I’ve been re-reading, which I think is the best remedy for when you feel slumpy; I highly recommend it; it always works wonders with me, so obviously this time it worked too, and I’m back to that state I love so much when I’m really excited to pick up a book and read it, you know? I’ve also been reading new releases this past month, which I’m excited to tell you about, and another book I finished in July as well, and although I already share with you my thoughts, we’ll also go over it again in this post.

I hope you’re super comfortable sitting with your favorite drink and, of course, that you enjoy the post that I made with lots of love as always. As I mentioned before, I’ll be telling you a bit of what I’ve read in the month of July. Although I do plan to share some of my “possible reads,” I choose this time to mostly keep the little secret of what I’ll be reading in its entirety but still stay tuned because I’ll be announcing it with more details at the end of this post. 😊 Thank you so much for always being there for me, and without further ado, LET’S GET STARTED! ❄️

November TBR | Catching up on ARCs, Re-reading some faves & Participating in NaNoWriMo for the first time! 🌻

2 November, 202030 October, 2020 Sofi @ A Book. A Thought.53 Comments

🌻 Hi, my beautiful bookish friends! I hope you’re having the most incredible day with the best readings.❤️ Today I bring you a new Monthly TBR, where I’m sharing with you my reading plans for the month of November. I can already tell you and surely you yourself will have realized it: this month is an ambitious month, where I’ll be doing many different things, so OMG, it will be a busy month, but I feel super prepared to give my best in each of my activities, so whatever the end result is, I’ll be super proud of myself & I’m already super excited to share everything with you. 🥰
First, I want to tell you that in the month of November the blog is turning 4 years old 🎊, more precisely on November 14, so of course, I’ll be doing something very special that will include a post to share with you celebrating this moment & a Giveaway on Twitter 🌟, so please if you still don’t follow me there, do it, I don’t want anyone to miss the opportunity to participate, but actuality, all this is a simple gesture of love towards you and a way of saying THANK YOU to the support you gave me throughout the years, I’m so grateful for you. 🥺 🥺 🥺

As the title says, I’ll be part of NaNoWriMo for the first time ever this year and I feel super excited about it, I think it will be fun, and I hope it will help me and be an incentive to develop my WIP as much as possible. 👏🏻 What I’m most excited about being part of this event, is being able to share a little of what I write with the world and with you especially, and being able to feel inspired by all the projects that others will be writing, I’m also excited to be able to meet other ideas and share and give them my support, I think it’s a very good time to work on my ideas and finally be able to move forward and give them a better shape. 🌲
Of course, I plan to share the process with you, for that every Sunday of the month I’ll have an update on my writing here on the blog and obviously, if you’re interested, I’ll share a little about what I’m writing, what it’s about, and all that, there are simply many things I would love to discuss with you. 😍
Besides all this, I feel that sharing a little of my project with you could be a lot of learning for me, knowing your thoughts will be fun and I hope that all this experience will help me improve my writing and have new ideas, I’m open to all kinds of respectful criticizing, I want to grow and learn, so I’m ready! I hope you’re interested in sharing this month of writing with me every Sunday & of course, I can’t wait to find out what you’re working on if you’ll participate as well. 🥳

Pin by Alley Marie on me in 2020 | Vintage cards handmade, Vintage valentines decorations, Vintage valentine cards

My reading month will be super focused on reading all the ARCs I haven’t read yet, above all, I want to prioritize those that will be released or have already been released during 2020 & And I’ll also be participating in a Blog Tour this month, of which I must say, I’m beyond excited! 🙌🏻 so that will be all my focus on the reading area lol, if I get to read them all then, something that makes me very excited is to start re-reading one of my favorite fantasy series because there’s very little left for the release of the next book in the series. So although this is not really my priority as such in the month, it’s something I want to add just in case, if I can’t with that, though, it’s fine, I don’t feel any kind of pressure, is something I just would like to do. 😊

So my loves, this is all I have for you today, this will be a month with many things, I want you to know that I’ll be very focused on my writing which is fine for me, but still, I will continue to update in the blog as always, only that I probably have to get some posts scheduled, you’ll still have a lot of content. I adore you, I hope you have the best month & I hope you enjoy this TBR, let me know everything you will be reading or doing this month in the comments 😍, and without further ado, let’s get started! 🌻

Top 10 || Favorite Books of 2019 🌟

18 December, 201928 December, 2019 Sofi @ 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! 🌟Read More »

A To Z || Book Tag 🌟

17 May, 201915 May, 2019 Sofi @ A Book. A Thought.32 Comments

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🌟 Hi guys!, I hope you’re having an amazing day, today I bring you a Book Tag and this time is an intimidating one since it consists of a lot of questions, but today I feel like to sitting here, relaxing and answer things, so it’s time to go for it!! This is the “A to Z Book Tag“ and I was tagged by the wonderful Jenna|| Bookmark Your Thoughts, she’s a light in the bookish community so please check her blog out!, I love her and I know you’ll not regret it 💞
So, I’m very excited to start, I think it will be fun and I hope it’s entertaining for you as well, I think it’s always interesting to get to know each other a bit more and spend a great time, which is the important thing, right?
So, Let’s Start!! 🌟

January Wrap Up || 2019

31 January, 201930 January, 2019 Sofi @ A Book. A Thought.25 Comments

Hi guys, I hope you’re having a beautiful day, today I bring you my Wrap Up of the month of January, where I’ll tell you all about my reading of the month. I’m super excited to start a new year on the blog, I feel that things are going super good and are very positive, with the blog itself, but also with the community that’s made of all of you: wonderful people that always inspire me and support me. Simply HAPPY to continue another year sharing what I love with you and you with me, so I wanted to start this new year thanking you, and wishing you the best on this year with your new projects and with your lives in general 💕 Read More »

WWW Wednesday & Thank YOU 💛

23 January, 201923 January, 2019 Sofi @ A Book. A Thought.24 Comments

🌻 WOW, since September of last year that don’t do one of these post!, how is that even possible?, time really flies by. As I love and I miss doing this kind of post, 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.🌻

BUT!!!, as I always love to interrupt in the middle of my post to talk about something else lol, today I want to do it for: say THANKS, you guys are really amazing, I CAN’T BELIEVE it. The blog has reached numbers that show how much you’re supporting me and that makes me the happiest and most grateful person in the world. Honestly I don’t know what I would do without you and without this beautiful place that has given me the opportunity to meet you. I really hope you all are having beautiful moments this year and if you feel discouraged you know that you can always send me an e-mail or talk to me via Twitter or wherever you want, I’m open to speak in the best English version that I can lol and support you ALWAYS. I LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU, from my proud hufflepuff heart 💛 🌟

Book Review: A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes #2) by Sabaa Tahir

21 January, 201920 January, 2019 Sofi @ A Book. A Thought.23 Comments

Title: A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes #2)

By: Sabaa Tahir

Pages: 452

Published: August 30th 2016

By: Razorbill

Genre: YA|Fantasy

You can buy it HERE: Book Depository

Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire.

Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars’ survival. And Elias is determined to help Laia succeed, even if it means giving up his last chance at freedom.

But dark forces, human and otherworldly, work against Laia and Elias. The pair must fight every step of the way to outsmart their enemies: the bloodthirsty Emperor Marcus, the merciless Commandant, the sadistic Warden of Kauf, and, most heartbreaking of all, Helene—Elias’s former friend and the Empire’s newest Blood Shrike.

Bound to Marcus’s will, Helene faces a torturous mission of her own—one that might destroy her: find the traitor Elias Veturius and the Scholar slave who helped him escape…and kill them both.

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January TBR || 2019

2 January, 20192 January, 2019 Sofi @ A Book. A Thought.31 Comments

🌸 Hi guys, I hope you’re having an incredible day. I’m so excited to be sharing another year with you on the blog, it really makes me happy, I feel that we have all grown up and learned a lot in 2018 together and I’m so honestly excited to start 2019 and continue sharing our love for books (I love you guys, I get all emotional lol).
Well so, here we are, a new year and a new month where I’ll show you all the books I plan to read during January.
As you know I’ve established, for the first time, a series of goals that I want to accomplish this year, one of them is to prioritize my ARCs so there will be a lot of them here in my TBR for this month, but I also have a super exciting sequel and a re -read that needed to happen!.
I plan to read 6 books, I’m very satisfied with my list, I think if I can read them all, then be a wonderful way to start my year in terms of readings. So without further ado, I’m super excited to tell you what I’ll be reading, so let’s START! 🌸 Read More »

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