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40, she/her, married. SFF & Comics reader. I chat about books on YouTube and Goodreads. Also KPOP (GOT7), Formula 1 (Ferrari), and the internet at large, I guess. ๐Ÿ“–: The King Must Die; The Apothecary Diaries https://linktr.ee/chantaal

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OMGGGGG IF YOU HAVENโ€™T READ HENCH, GET ON THAT NOW!!

I must re-read immediately in preparation for this!!

08.10.2025 03:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pagebound | Welcome home, reader ๐Ÿ“š Pagebound is your community to chat books, make friends, and discover new reads โœจ

I re-made my @pagebound.bsky.social account and now that I'm taking more time to interact, I'm LOVING how easy it is to chat and discuss books.

My account: pagebound.co/users/chanta...

08.10.2025 00:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I knew who would come out on top in mine and I was right LOL

Otherwise, mostly comic book authors, urban/paranormal fantasy authors with long series, and I guess it's counting all the re-reads of LOTR before I stopped logging them.

05.10.2025 05:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chantaal's review of Extremity 4/5: Look. I picked this up at Barnes & Noble last night when I saw it out on the shelves early. I usually try to sit with a few books, read a chapter or two to see what I like, then buy it. I was HOO...

It's been a while since i picked up a book and devoured it in one sitting...Extremity by Nicholas Binge is a fun sci-fi mystery romp that I enjoyed last night. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’™ ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿช #booksky #bookreview #scifi #sff

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

04.10.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

SCREAMINNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

03.10.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!!

28.09.2025 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not too late! Their bingo actually runs April through April so weโ€™re only halfway through!

28.09.2025 20:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
rFantasy Bingo 2025 check in! | What I've read & my TBR
YouTube video by Chantaal rFantasy Bingo 2025 check in! | What I've read & my TBR

Latest video: catching up on my r/Fantasy bingo board! The track to a bingo blackout is slow...but I have PLANS.

๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿช #booksky #booktube #sff

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zSU...

28.09.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

If you see this skeet, skeet a pic from your device with no explanation.

28.09.2025 18:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this has been on my radar all year, putting it in my library holds!

28.09.2025 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ”ฎ www.neonhemlock.com/books โœจ

27.09.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 114    ๐Ÿ” 84    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Oh yes, if you think you might like it, it's SO gonna work! Hope it does!

20.09.2025 02:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chantaal's review of Red City After many years of reading Marie Lu's YA work on and off, I found it exciting to read an adult debut from her, especially because I've always at a minimum enjoyed her work. I don't always love it, bu...

Despite how much I was looking forward to Red City by Marie Lu, it ended up being a bit of a let down and I DNF'd it. For the proper audience, though...this is going to be a hit.

#bookreview #booksky ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‘€

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

20.09.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
All the Books I Read In August! (and my husband too!) | Monthly Wrap Up
YouTube video by Chantaal All the Books I Read In August! (and my husband too!) | Monthly Wrap Up

Latest video: my August wrap up, also featuring what @jordypoo.bsky.social read! Spoiler alert: it was a great reading month. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’™ #booktube

youtu.be/7wgPMRFkr1k?...

17.09.2025 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My local store is taking part ๐Ÿ’™

17.09.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Want to join the fight against book bans? ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“ฃ

We've teamed up with Silent Book Club and nearly 450 indie bookshops and libraries to host Banned Books Read-Ins on October 5-7.

Attendees will take action against book bans and receive a free audio copy of Lula Deanโ€™s Little Library of Banned Books โฌ

17.09.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 135    ๐Ÿ” 63    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
The cover for the anthology We Will Rise Again.

The cover for the anthology We Will Rise Again.

I love a NetGalley approval!! Super excited for this anthology edited @older.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social & @drkarenlord.bsky.social. Thanks @sagapressbooks.bsky.social! Iโ€™ll be happily digging into this soon.
๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿช๐Ÿ“š

17.09.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

!!!! i've always been vaguely interested in the Bobiverse and I am soooo tempted by this

10.09.2025 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ferrari means PAIN

02.09.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A stack of four books, pages side facing the camera

A stack of four books, pages side facing the camera

Set up at my fave tea shop, time to start my Read or Unhaul project!

And I sure do have a lot of books for this project ๐Ÿซฃ

30.08.2025 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO #F1

27.08.2025 02:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chantaal's review of On Starlit Shores 4/5: What a lovely, soft, slow musing on grief and memories of our loved ones. On Starlit Shores follows Alex and her best friend and she goes back to the seaside town of Indigo Harbor to clean up he...

I just finished up an eARC of ON STARLIT SHORES by Bex Glendining, a lovely YA graphic novel that muses on grief and memory with a dash of magical realism. It will be available everyone on Sept 30th. ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‘€ #booksky

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

27.08.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's it so far! I'm currently into book 4 of Dungeon Crawler Carl, and I'm not sure what else I'll pick up next.

25.08.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chantaal's review of The Wall of Storms (The Dandelion Dynasty, #2) 5/5: good goddamn this was epic.

8. The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu - 5โญ๏ธ epic fantasy

Finally picked this up after years since reading book 1 and it was just as epic, gripping, sweeping and emotional as I could have hoped for. Cannot WAIT to get into book 3.

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

25.08.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chantaal's review of The Inheritance (Breach Wars, #1) 5/5: Yes, I did indeed finish this in one day. Their writing just WORKS for my brain. (Also was that an easter egg link to Innkeeper Chronicles???) There's a good content warning page in the book i...

7. The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews - 5โญ๏ธ sci-fi urban fantasy

It's like the Andrews' write exactly for my brain. I bought this when it came out and read it ALL literally the next day.

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

25.08.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chantaal's review of Delta-v (Delta-v, #1) 3/5: A techno thriller sci-fi where all the emphasis in on the TECHNOOOOOO. Which I usually don't mind, but all the technical writing and info dumping has to be a bit more balanced out by good charact...

6. Delta-V by Daniel Suarez - 3โญ๏ธ sci-fi techno thriller

The lowest rated of the month so far and it's still 3 stars. A decent read that could have shifted focus a bit more to make it more thrilling, but I don't regret the read.

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

25.08.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chantaal's review of Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1) 5/5: I knew I was going to love this, and Iโ€™m so glad to be right. (For what itโ€™s worth: yes, I know the audio is amazing but itโ€™s Audible exclusive, so. Boo.)

3, 4, 5. Dungeon Crawler Carl books 1-3 - 5โญ๏ธ, 4โญ๏ธ, 3.5โญ๏ธ LitRPG

Okay the star ratings may not look great, but I am totally enjoying every entry in this series as much as I did the first! This series is loads of fun and easy to stay up way too late reading.

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

25.08.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chantaal's review of Hell Followed With Us 3/5: solid 3.5 stars, i wish i liked it more but it's pretty strong for a YA debut. i had some issues with how the background and characters around benji and nick didn't feel fleshed out. i never real...

2. Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White - 3.5โญ๏ธ YA horror

A solid YA debut that tackles religion and body horror with equal amounts of horror.

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

25.08.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chantaal's review of Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1) 3/5: A solid 3.5, mostly because I'm reading this nearly 20 years after it was released. I'm sure if I'd read this back in 2006 or even 2016, I would have given it 4 to 5 stars. This has all the hal...

1. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs - 3.5โญ๏ธ Urban Fantasy

I somehow missed this one back in the day, and I can see why it stuck around as one of the better long running UF series. While I did have some issues, it gave everything I love in UF.

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

25.08.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿงต while i wait to board my flight, let me do a quick thread on what i've ready so far in August because it's probably the BEST reading month i've had all year! #booksky ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’™ ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿช

25.08.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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