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Fairyloot Adult #46: December 2025
The very last book box of 2025 was a bit of a let down for me. Not so much because I was disappointed with the book itself, but mainly because of the carelessness in packing it. Unfortunately, that immediately sets a tone that’s hard to completely ignore. Anyway: FairyLoot does have the honor of closing out the 2025 blogging year,…
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Illumicrate #39: December 2025
The last Illumicrate of 2025 was another one I seriously hesitated about, but ultimately gave in to my FOMO. I knew beforehand that the book of the month would be by an author I’d already seriously burned myself with, which significantly reduced the chance that I’d ever spontaneously feel the urge to pick up another one of hers. Anyway, the…
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The Broken Binding Fantasy Sub #10: November-December 2025
Those Broken Binding Fantasy series are really coming in fast, I think, haha. Two months have already passed, and voila, another one has been completed. Indeed: this time it was a duology, although I think there are plans to continue writing in this world. But I’m getting ahead of myself. First, let’s get back to basics and show which series…
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Illumicrate #38: November 2025
After two Illumicrate boxes that disappointed rather than convinced me, my enthusiasm for the November edition was, frankly, rather low. I hesitated for a long time about whether to pick up this box, especially since this month’s book would be a YA title, a genre I’ve been burning myself with more often than I’ve truly enjoyed lately. But there was…
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Fairyloot Adult #45: November 2025
Despite the fact that I’ve been trying to be more intentional with my reading lately — focusing on my reading goals and actively picking up books from past book boxes that I was genuinely excited about at the time — I’ve noticed that I’ve been far less disciplined when it comes to my subscriptions. One of my goals for 2025…
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The Broken Binding SF&F Sub #1: November 2025
I can already hear you thinking: “Uh, Charlotte??! Is that another new book subscription?” Uh… haha… err… a little bit, yes. 🤫 But let me explain. I’ve been a subscriber to both The Broken Binding’s Fantasy and Sci-Fi subscriptions for a while now. Both focus on older titles that they give a beautiful new look, often with extra attention to…
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Illumicrate #37: October 2025
After the somewhat disappointing September box, Illumicrate got a second chance in October. The theme promised those medieval vibes I’d hoped for last month. The title might not immediately sound “chivalric,” but the book it predicted certainly did. So yes, secretly I was hoping for something a bit more knightcore than what we got before. The October theme is In…
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The Broken Binding Fantasy Sub #9: August-October 2025
It’s wild to think that another three months have flown by, and I’ve once again completed a full trilogy from my The Broken Binding Fantasy subscription! When I first joined this subscription, I think I underestimated just how quickly these series would start piling up on my TBR shelf. But because The Broken Binding is so consistently brilliant at creating…
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Fairyloot Adult #44: October 2025
When the theme for the October FairyLoot Adult box was announced in early September, I was instantly obsessed with the artwork. The theme was Deal with the Devil, and the accompanying illustration was entirely in an art deco style! I absolutely adore art deco — I used to use it for my yearly spreads in my reading journal when I…
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The Broken Binding Sci-Fi Sub #5: August & October 2025
After two boxes featuring standalone novels in the The Broken Binding Sci-Fi subscription, it was announced that the next science fiction release would be a duology, and it just so happened to be one that’s been sitting on my TBR for five years! The duology in question is The Sparrow Duology by Mary Doria Russell. In 2019, humanity finally finds…
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