📚- Emma -📚

Yall should go read this, it’s one of my favorite graphic novels and what inspired this cross stitch piece.

Two copies of Emma by Jane Austen sitting side by side. One pink with a ribbon and floral details the other black and more pastel floral details.

My two aesthetics

"Of adults who listen to audiobooks...more than 7 in 10 (72%) felt that audiobooks helped keep their brain stimulated...Over half (55%) said that audiobooks made them feel more connected to the world." —National Literacy Trust

Audiobooks are proven to benefit mental health ❤️

My cross stitch friends, in case you weren’t aware if you are in the states and your local library uses Libby there is a high likelihood that you have access to several cross stitch magazines and their back catalogs full of patterns. #crossstitch #libby

Join @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social to TAKE ACTION FOR LIBRARIES!

The out-of-print #MonsterHighComics come back to unlife!

"It’s so refreshing to see old #MonsterHigh stories getting a new lease on life...It’s perfect for new MH fans!" Nerd Initiative with a 10/10.

#MonsterHighBullsEye is at LCS: ow.ly/6Qqx50Vtlsn

@monsterhigh.bsky.social #IDWComics

Shout out to all the readers who create a TBR for each month and stick with it… meanwhile, I just keep starting book after book after book until I find one that holds my attention. 🙃

#moodreader
#booksky
📚💙

Murderous Lewellyn's Candlelit Dinner Vol. 1 #ARC

This one was very weird, tonally. I don't think i ever grasped what we were going for and now I just feel out of sorts. Vol.2 might ground this more but for now I am just unsure of the whole thing.

#MurderousLewellynsCandlelitDinnerVol1 #NetGalley

Finally got around to reading Otherworldly by FT Lukens and as expected it was great.

With my mother being a librarian, libraries are so deeply ingrained into my thinking that I sometimes forget people don’t know how much cool stuff beyond books you can get at the library.

All the time, so much so that I’m pretty sure it is a me thing, my taste just does not match the popular opinion most of the time.

I want to read, but I have so much schoolwork.

I bought a book on itch.io today, did you know you could do that? Seems like a great way to directly support authors and not be locked into a certain ecosystem, I’d be curious who all is selling books over there.

Emma (littledollreads)'s review of String (1) 3/5: ARC provided by NetGalley and Mad Cave Studios The cover and description of this title really drew me in, they both just seemed so exciting and action filled. And reading the first little bit it...

String ARC REVIEW

For as action packed this graphic novel was I can't help but come away feeling bored with the reading experience.

Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#ARC #arcReview #String #NetGalley

Emma (littledollreads)'s review of Miraculous Ladybug - Chibi 4/5: My relationship with the Miraculous Ladybug franchise is a wild one that I reflect on sometimes because it is just one of those 'I can never truly leave you behind/it always comes back' kind of t...

Miraculous Chibi Vol. 1 Review

This is the absolute cutest. It reminds me so much of RWBY Chibi which was a thing I had honestly forgotten about but was apparently missing.

Full Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#arc #MiraculousChibiVol1 #NetGalley

I watched the Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to be a Magical Girl pilot yesterday and of course I have accompanying book recs:

- HoverGirls
- A Magical Girl Retires
- Magic Mutant Nightmare Girl
- Magical Boy
- Girl Squad Volta

#magicalgirl #bookrecs #booksky

Midterms this semester are hitting me like a truck and I just have not had time to read and I hate it. Hoping to get a bunch of ARCs done over spring break and get back in my groove.

#MonsterHigh Pride 2025 is happening!

Celebrating fangtastic couples, we're back and it's better than ever!

Pre-order at your local comic shops by 4/21: ow.ly/P5YF50V9zW5

More @comicsbeat.bsky.social: ow.ly/gjWL50V9zW6

#pridemonth #LGBTQIA #MonsterHighPride #MonsterHighComics #IDWComics

Oh would you look at that, it’s the last day of the month. That means tomorrow I get to put together some wrap up posts.

I do not live by the philosophy that holiday books can only be read during the holidays.

Read that Christmas book in May. Scream at that Halloween title in January.

Seasonal titles are in low demand outside of the holidays and the chance of it being available at the library are high.

IT'S HERE 💜🌲📻
A Lonely Broadcast: Book Two is now available in paperback and E-book on Amazon and B&N!
Everything in the world tried to stop me from writing this book, from car accidents to job losses to hospital stays. But it's done.
And our crew has one more story to tell.

Emma (littledollreads)'s review of Men of the Harem, Vol. 1 4/5: ARC provided by NetGalley This was so interesting. The concept of this book is a phenominal flip on the expected story of a monarch and I am so eager to see how it plays out. This first volume i...

Men of the Harem Vol.1 - #ARCReview

4/5 Stars

This was so interesting. A solid plot hook was put in there at the end, but it will depend on if you are intrigued by the characters whether you choose to stick around for more.

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#MenoftheHaremVol1 #NetGalley

Currently reading a book that is making me consider writing up a chart to keep track of characters relations, identities, and fake identities. It’s a little confusing but I love it. #booksky

3 Stars
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- Firefly Wedding Vol.1
- As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World Vol. 1
- The Ruthless Commander and his Reincarnated Warhorse

1 Star
- This Reincarnated Countess Is Trying to Escape From Her Prince Vol.1 & 2

(4/4)

4 Stars Cont.
-Legends & Lattes
-Assassination Classroom Vol.1-5
-Veil Vol.1&2
-Spy x Family Vol.11-13

(3/4)

4 Stars
- Akane-banashi Vol.1-9
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Crimson Climb
- Horror for Weenies
- I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup Vol. 2
- Pupposites Attract Vol.1&2
- Falling in Love with a Traveling Cat
- Tamon’s B-Side Vol.6
- Curtsies and Conspiracies
- Otaku Vampire's Love Bite Vol.1

(2/4)

#JanuaryWrapUp

5 Stars
- Return to the Pit
- Etiquette & Espionage
- Waistcoats & Weaponry
- The Apothecary Diaries Vol.1

(1/4)

#5starreads #5stars

I read something weird today and let me tell you I always love a story that is willing to be a little weird.

Emma (littledollreads)'s review of Veil Volume 1 4/5: Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC The experience of reading this was like thumbing through old vogue patterns while Frank Sinatra sings My Way and there is an Audry Hepburn film on. It feels Vinta...

Veil Vol.1&2 - #ARCReview

4 Stars

The experience of reading this was like thumbing through old vogue patterns while Frank Sinatra sings My Way and there is an Audry Hepburn film on. It feels Vintage, in the most aesthetic of ways.

full review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#netgalley #arc

An image collage with the text “The Vibes I bring to the function “ apologies in advance if this is unhelpful alt text. The collage is made up of starting from the top right: a Halloween themed pumpkin garland, Pomni from the Amazing Digital Circus who is a jester in red and blue, a screenshot of the unicorn from The Last Unicorn, a close up photo of a Boris the Wolf stuffed animal, an image of Robecca Steam a monster high steampunk character, a bingo card, a parental advisory notice, the 1980s My Little pony logo, The Cover for the Magnus Archives podcast which is of a broken green cassette tape and that same text, loaf the cat looking at the power button of Spiffs computer, a lino cut block and print of the Chimera symbol from Star Wars, some photos of myself, the gravity falls logo, Melanie Martinez as The Creature, a G3 Draculaura doll, a drawing of a witch, a pastel colored old fashioned PC drawing, The Welcome to Nightvale cover, Sir Pentious a giant black yellow and red snake, Niffty a small demon dressed like a 50s house wife, another photo of me but in this one I am reading in a ballgown, a cassette tape, a purple raccoon statue, a cross stitched piece of toast.