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Books for my trad WIP

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#tradpub #lemon8bookclub #bookrecommendations #reading📖 #writingcommunity

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Books with: Unreliable Narrators❓

An unreliable narrator can be defined as any narrator who misleads readers, either deliberately or unwittingly. 🧼Fight Club: an estranged narrator leaves his lackluster job when he comes under the thrall of Tyler Durden, an enigmatic young man who holds secret boxing matches in the basement of

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Books With Royalty Theme 👑

#fairytale #romantasy #royalty #kingsandqueens #fantasybooks

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Horror Books of 2026 👻

New year: New horror books. Which are you most excited for? #lemon8bookclub #lemon8bookworm #horrorbooks #horrorbookrecommendations #horrorbooktok

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urban environmental history books

Fun fact about me is that when I'm not making bookish content I'm working on getting my PhD in US History. That's technically my day job and its one I feel so blessed to have. I've learned through this degree that there are so many amazing history books that we content creators don&

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The book 'ANXIOUSLY ATTACHED: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love' by Jessica Baum, LMHC, features a blue cover with purple and gold heart designs.

The book 'THE FIFTH AGREEMENT: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery' by Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz, with Janet Mills, has an earthy cover with stylized leaves.

Books make me happy 📚💕

Books that help me grow are my favorite 💭✨ #happyreader #books #booktok #growingreader #bookwormsoflemon8

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An open cookbook displays the 'Howl's Moving Castle Calcifer's Breakfast' recipe. The page shows a skillet with fried eggs and bacon, alongside toast and a drink. The text 'Currently Reading' is overlaid on the image.

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Things I wanted at booksamillion!!!

So many cute cookbooks! Maybe I’ll actually cook if I get them 😵‍💫😂 ugh but they’re on my wish list for sure. The studio ghibli had me sold 😭! #booksoflemon8 #booktok #cookbook #booksamillion #bookaholic #bookasthetic #bookwormsoflemon8 #BookReview #bookclub #bookstagram

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Faith books that will drastically change the way you see your relationship with Jesus

Sometimes I struggle with hearing God’s voice.. and this helped me so much 🥹 #christiantiktok #bookrecommendations

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As a book editor, I have a lot of editing tools available to me, but I didn’t have much that would help me draft. Of course, I had to fix that if I was gonna write fantasy. ✨scroll to view my writing tools! A lot of the writing craft books shown are recommendations I give to clients all the t

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👀 MORE books that caught my eye at Walmart 📚

I am once again presenting the books that caught my eye in Walmart 🫡 My local bookstore doesn’t open for another few weeks, unfortunately, so I’m still browsing Walmart for now! As always, let me know if you’ve read any of these and if they were good!! - #lemon8bookclub #walmartbookhaul

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High-protein gyro sandwich made entirely with Trad

A quick and satisfying gyro sandwich with over 30g of protein, all made from Trader Joe’s staples. Pita, sliced gyro meat, Persian cucumbers, tomatoes, tzatziki, and feta.

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BOOKS I READ in JANUARY

fable, goodreads, storygraph: punkcryptids my favorite book of the month was Best Offer Wins !! my least favorite book was My Sister, the Serial Killer. I want to read more science fiction in the next few months :3 #bookwormsoflemon8 #booksofthemonth #book of the month #januaryreads #jan

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Sapphic wips from a sapphic author!

#sapphicbooks #author #writer #books #booktok

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✨childhood books that shaped me & my writing✨

I was skimming through The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo, and I realized something. That poor bunny thinks the same way the MC of my WIP does. It made me emotional to recognize that 8 year old Kali felt so moved by a story that, almost a decade later, she’d pull from

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books to read if you loved THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY Paris episodes 🇫🇷🐚❤️

(& all of season 3) 🤭 • these books are full of coming of age vibes, second chance romance, college love, yearning, drama & a sprinkle of Americans in Europe 💅 I love all of these books & feel like they are the perfect follow up if you’re wanting more Belly & Conrad in Paris energ

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Gullah Geechee Books

Hey cuzzo dem, I got mo book fa we today—ona go check um out. I hope fa see all a we at de Gullah festival dis year, May 22nd–24th. #gullahheritage #gullahgeechee #southcarolina #african #gullahheritage

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Books for the Socially Conscious 🫶🏼

I genuinely believe this is a great starting point if you want to learn more about our social-political climate in the United States ⭐️ #reading #politics #nonfiction #books #education

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Rare trad art?!

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✨ 📚 Today’s books 📚 ✨

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Books that caught my attention

I love checking the book section when I go out. Check out the ones that caught my attention while I was out today.☺️ #book #walmartbooks #bookfinds #bookrecommendations #bookish

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Finish Your WIP

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Books I want 🤍

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Mari × Declan or Mari × Kenneth? Or maybe Declan × Mari × Kenneth?? #booksoflemon8 #wipwednesday #authorlife

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BOOKS MY LIBRARY GAVE MEFOR FREE

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I'm rewriting my WIP 📖

I've been using Google Docs to write my current WIP. My debut novel!! 🥳 It's nice, but it's a bit hard to keep thoughts and ideas organized. I've currently written ~20,000 words with a goal of 90,000 or very close to it. 📑 Deciding I need to get my chapters in order, I started look

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Makeup I Use For My Trad Goth looks

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He requested a trad wife

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What research books do you use?

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My Dark Fantasy WIP

I love the world I’m currently conjuring, take a peek! Dark castles, death curses, blood, and violence in a far medieval realm. Get ready for a new dark fantasy story that will keep you up at night.💀 #darkfantasy #workinprogress #authorlife #bookstagram #romantasy

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A selection of unfinished WIPs

In between my main stories, and my daily life as full time homemaker and mother, I try to outline some of the many (many, many 💀) plot ideas have. None of these are finished- but you could change that 👀 Also I’m terrible with titles so I’m taking recommendations‼️ For now they have working title

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✨Books I almost bought at Walmart ✨

Books I considered buying at Walmart but didn’t because I’m on a book buying ban right now. Well, not a ban for my kids- they always need new books. But I’m on one for myself. Should I go back for any of these? #lemon8bookclub #lemon8bookchallenge #walmartbooks #book shopping 🛒 #bookfi

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New fantasy WIP

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A dark, moody image featuring a quote from the 'Fire & Brimstone' WIP: 'She was the spring that begot life— and I was the winter that begot death.' The text is overlaid on a somber, snow-dusted forest path, conveying a dark fantasy romance theme.

Dark Fantasy Romance Quote from a WIP

A micro sneak peek of the ache and yearning in my Fire & Brimstone WIP, aiming to be released June-September 2026. #darkfantasyromance #darkparanormalromance #indiebooks #booktok #supernaturalbooks

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Moon goddess Wip

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Jewelry for your books 🌸 📚

Made some new bookmarks last night! #booklover #pressedflowers #accessories #vintage #booktok

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Non Trad Wedding

Stepping away from your traditional French is always the best option 🥰😍 #weddingnails #blingnails #stilettonails #weddingideas #glitternails

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Books I Can’t Stop Thinking About

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Oh Mary Don't You Weep (trad)

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Ollie's Books! ✨

#lemon8christmas #lemon8contest Ollie's has the funnest stuff to find for such a great price as well. Went in, and I always get lost in their book section! Love that they have packs for kids. Plus, they had a bunch of other finds, too! #lemon8challenge #lemon8bookclub #ollies

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A hand holds a light purple 'CENTRAL PERK' mug filled with a beverage, featuring a guitar and a cat. Overlayed is a 'Things to do' list: Work on writing WIP, Post content for books, siblings birthday Shopping, Eldest to silk class, and Read, against a purple textured background.

Work on writing WIP

Todays Sunday to do list #lemon8diarychallenge #todolist #writingeveryday #writingabook #momwithkids #weekendshoping

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A bookstore scene featuring the book "Children of Blood and Bone" by Tomi Adeyemi. Text indicates the reader took a break from usual reads for world-building.

A bookstore setting with three covers from the "Married to a Brownsville Bully" series by Jahquel J. Text recommends the series, stating it was preferred over "Staten Island Love Letter."

Books I read in May!

Dabbled in a few different genres in May! Fantasy YA , Urban, Contemporary Romance, Mafia 😄 Have you read any of these?! #booksireadinmay #blackgirlsread📚 #blackgirlslemon8 #blackgirlsreadtoo

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I’ve been waiting ALL YEAR for today!!🤭📚new books!

I’ve been looking forward to this new release tuesday ALL YEAR! Running to pick up Her Many Faces! What are you looking forward to?😩🤩 #newbooks #newreleasetuesday #newreleasethriller #newthrillerbooks #bookrecommendations *book cover pictures are pulled from Amazon.com or Goodre

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❄️January WIP Update!!❄️

It has been a *moment* since I’ve posted a work in progress update, and I do apologize for that! I know so many of you are waiting for book 2 after the cliffhanger at the end of book 1. Personally, I had to step away from writing for a while, which made it hard to want to post updates, since there

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Dark Academia WIP Novel

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