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Happy Friday, friends and bookworms! I hope you all got safely through this week 🖤
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It's time for a #meetthebookstagrammer post since #starsinthedark is making me do one today 😆 It wasn't easy to pair with the other tag and things I wanted to show, but I think I pulled it off 🤔
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So, a few things about me:
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✒️ My name is Sarina, and I'm 30 years old.
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✒️ My favourite genre to read and write is epic fantasy, but I've also been reading more horror over the past year or so!
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✒️ You can't beat a cup of tea with a good book on a stormy night 🖤
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✒️ Empress by Karen Miller holds a special place in my heart, because it's the book that made me realise I wanted to be an author. I don't see enough love for it on here, so go read it if you love dark epic fantasy 🙌
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✒️ You can read my first book for free! Link in my bio 😘
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✒️ I just started therapy for misophonia. If you don't know, that's a strong aversion to certain sounds, which vary from person to person. For me, it's chewing and swallowing.
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✒️ I work in the library of the university where I studied and graduated in Photography from, so I'm surrounded by books A LOT 🥰
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✒️ My new favourite way to relax is to listen to an audiobook while working my way through colouring books. Current audiobook: Becoming by Michelle Obama. . ✒️ The best book I've read this year so far is Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.
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Yikes, this got kinda long 😬 I'm gonna stop now 😅
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#hereandqueerinjune - Orange Books
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Okay, so, *ahem* I don't own many orange books. The Shadow of the Wind is kinda the only one where I don't have to pretend that red is actually orange 😶 BUT I seem to remember there's a queer shop keeper in this, which can't have been easy in 2WW Barcelona. Most of his neighbours are supportive, but the police... He's not a main character, but as I said, I don't own much orange 😅
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ALSO FEATURED:
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My physical book haul this week!! I treated myself to How Long 'til Black Future Month by my favourite author NK Jemisin, Red Rising by Pierce Brown, and Uzumaki by Junji Ito.
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QOTD:
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Let's get to know each other! Tell me something about yourself 🤗
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This month, I'll be hopping in and out of #hereandqueerinjune by @spoopyhol and #starsinthedark by @twinklesandstars and @thedarklingone 🖤 I only post three days a week these days, but I'll participate on those! 🙌
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It's been a while since I've done a challenge, so I'm kinda excited for this 😁
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(I don't want to repeat the hashtags, so -)
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Here and queer in June - 'Why not both?' Bi representation
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This is double effective, because Livingston Girls has bi and gay characters AND the author herself is bi! Plus the book is awesome - it's Sabrina meets Dead Poets Society 😍 Who wouldn't want that??
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Stars in the dark - #bookishcandles
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I have one bookish candle, and it burned out a long time ago 🥺 (yes, I know it's my fault) I'm amazed it burned long enough for me to take this photo 😅
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I love candles, I just don't have many bookish ones 🤷‍♀️
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The one featured here was a present from @danafraedrich, and it complemented her Broken Gears series perfectly! 🖤
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Wonder Woman is there because every woman mentioned in this caption *is* a Wonder Woman.
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What's your favourite book with bi characters and/or by a bi author? What's your favourite bookish candle and what does it smell of? This one is lavender and vanilla 🥰
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Happy Monday, friends, and happy June! 🙌 I hope you all had a good weekend and are staying safe with the virus, the riots, and the general end-of-world mood 😬🖤
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This will be a negativity free zone if you need to just relax and not think about all *those* things for a bit. There's plenty of bad shit in the world right now. Let's focus on the good in the world, because that still exists somewhere too. This is a safe space no matter who you are or where you're from or what you believe 🙌
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Unless you're a racist or an asshole in some other capacity - those will be blocked and reported.
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ANYWAY, before this post turns into a rant--
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I'm hoping this'll be an exciting week for me (sorry - this WILL be an exciting week for me, no hope required) because I've got my first therapy session today, I've got a new morning routine that allows for a gentler start to my day, and I want to declutter my home office, which has got somewhat messy.
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As for this month, I will:
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✒️ Be kinder to myself
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✒️ Finish a proofread
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✒️ Get Brightened Shadows to my editor
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✒️ Sort Blood Wisp into its new structure and start adding to it.
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✒️ Buy birthday presents for two special people in my life.
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✒️ and book my narrator for Rise of the Sparrows.
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QOTD:
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What are you up to this week and this month? 🙌
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Happy Fri-yay, friends! 🖤
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I don't know about you, but I need this weekend. I realised this week just how badly I've burned myself out this month, so I've been taking it extra easy this week and I still have barely any energy 😑
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Progress across my WIPs has been slow to non-existent as a result, BUT I do have some news on the audiobook:
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I've requested auditions from five narrators this week, so keep your fingers crossed that one or two will be interested 🤞 If not, I'll just start again, which is fine too 🤷‍♀️ (no sarcasm there - the process has been very easy so far!) .
If you want to follow along my audiobook creation experience, hop on over to my author blog: sarinalanger.com/news This week's update will go live shortly. Keep an eye on my stories for it 🙌
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QOTD:
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What have you been up to this week? Also, have a friendly reminder to look after yourselves 🖤
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You're getting a double post today before I get carried away with other things again and the month is over 🙈
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Do you know that May is mental health awareness month?🙌 .
I saw this amazing initiative on @bookocraze's grid - @nerd_in_a_bookish_world donates $1 for every green bookstack to the National Alliance on Mental Health, and I believe she's even increased that to $2 now!
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So show us your #greenstackformentalhealth to support this amazing cause. You're tagged 🙌💚
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Mental health is SO important. I've been screaming from the rooftops to look after yourselves, that self care is a necessity, but apparently, I haven't been heeding my own advice enough - last week, I talked to my doctor and she recommend I refer myself to Steps2Wellbeing, my local mental health professionals. I had my assessment yesterday and am currently waiting to be assigned a therapist 🙌
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Don't overwork yourselves, friends. If you need a break, take the damn break - and if you think that anything at all might be wrong, talk. to. someone!
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No QOTD on this, just a reminder that you're tagged 😘
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I started a new audiobook this week!! Loving it so far 😍
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I coloured in a cake from the Bake Off colouring book for the first hour of listening to this wonderful woman, and it's a great combination 😁
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QOTD:
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What are you reading this week? 🖤
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Happy Friday, friends and bookworms! ☺️
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Guys, I've finished reading TWO books this week 😮 Granted, one was super short, but still... RESULTS
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I've also accepted this week that some genres just don't work as well in audio format for me. I finished colouring in this picture while listening to Big Magic - which worked well - and then tried to move on to Red Rising, which did not. I guess I just prefer epic fantasy and sci-fi in physical formats 🤷‍♀️
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Meanwhile, in author land, I've officially started the casting process for my audiobook's narrator 😱 Scary, exciting times.
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I've also received my critique partners' feedback for Brightened Shadows this week and have started to make changes in my draft. Soon, it'll be with my editor 🙌
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QOTD:
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Tell me something you've done this week that you're happy with or even proud of! Let's celebrate our successes, friends and bookworms 🙌
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Look what landed in my inbox over night!! 😍😍😍
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I can't wait to devour this play this week 🥰
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Thank you for letting me have an ARC, @brianamorganbooks! 🖤🖤🖤 I'm so hyped for this 😁
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Have you read many plays? This is this author's second play, and I strongly recommend her first one (called Touch) if you'd like to try one or already love them.
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Good morning, friends and bookworms! I hope you had a lovely weekend ☺️ Our heatwave was delayed a tiny bit, but we still went for a nice walk yesterday 🖤
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This promises to be a busy but exciting week over here! I will:
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✒️ Start applying my critique partners' feedback to Darkened Light and discuss a few points with them where their opinions strongly differ to one another.
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✒️ Finish taking notes on Blood Wisp, hopefully 🤞
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✒️ Proofread 100 pages
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✒️ Open auditions for my audiobook! 😱😍
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✒️ Finish reading a few books! Somehow, my list of current reads got a little out of hand 😬 I want to cut it down a bit before I start anything new!
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It doesn't look like much, but those are big tasks and I'm excited about all of them 😁
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QOTD:
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What are you up to this week? 🖤
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Dark Epic Fantasy Author (RELICS OF AR’ZAC & DARKENED LIGHT). Gimme a fantasy book & tea & chocolate. Human to one cat. WIP: BLOOD WISP

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I’m about to turn off all social media notifications for the weekend again. See you on Monday! Stay safe, friends and bookworms 🖤

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Time for my colouring book, peppermint tea, and Becoming by Michelle Obama 🥰

#happyplace #BookWorm

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This week’s update on my audiobook production journey is live! And let me tell you, a LOT has happened this week 🥰

https://sarinalanger.com/2020/06/05/audiobook-diaries-week-4/

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