Whimzical Whit

12/10/2025

They say never judge a book by its cover... But when the covers are this delicious how can we not!

Happy Monday everyone! Whatcha reading today?

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.

10/10/2025

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Do you own all the books, with the rest on pre-order, of an author you haven't read yet??

Cos... I do!

But everyone in book club who HAS read these, have strongly recommended them. So I know I'll enjoy them... whenever my TBR pile catches up 😂 Or rather, when I catch up with my TBR!!

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The Lightlark Saga by

**The Centennial was many things. A game. A chance at breaking the many curses that plagued the six realms. An opportunity to win unmatched power. A meeting of the six rulers. A hundred days on an island cursed to only appear once every hundred years. And for Isla— Almost certain death.**

09/10/2025

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Several months ago I shared the journey of building my bookshelves! Well, here we are, with LOTS OF BOOKS on them 😅

I annotated areas that highlight that chaos that is my brain in trying to make order out of disorder which inevitably results in little slices of chaos 😂

Hope you enjoy! Spot any books you love??

09/10/2025

05/10/2025

Sunday ! My 3D printer has gotten a good workout since arriving a couple of weeks ago - time to add more cute decor to my bookshelves! What do you think? Would these cute genre signs make good Christmas gifts for book club?

04/10/2025

Review for Promised in Fire by Jasmine Walt
Book one in Of Dragons and Fae series.

What I loved:
- Unique world
- Grumpy dragon
- Lots of history and lore to unpack
- An easy read - good flow, mostly good pacing, loads of action
- A plot hook I didn't totally figure out myself in the first few chapters

The rest:
- FMC is a bit too perfect
- I want more building of the various friendships and loyalties that are touched on. We get instant loyalty from people we just meet... just because?
- There are some chapters/scenes that feel too short, and some that feel too long

3.5 stars - great introduction to a world with a unique premise, keen to read the rest of the series!

03/10/2025

When hobbies overlap 👀👀👀

I am a nerd through and through...

So when my friends got me a kindle clicker for my birthday I knew what I needed to do next...

Link to model: https://makerworld.com/models/1164849

Do any of your hobbies overlap in wonderful ways??

03/10/2025

Aight booksta I need to know if I am the only one juggling multiple books at the moment??

Usually I am very much a
ONE BOOK AT A TIME OR CANNOT HANDLE LIFE
kinda reader...

But I just seem to be going between multiple at the moment, and kinda enjoying myself??
But also feeling like I’m not getting anywhere through any of the books??
Oh well here’s to chaos reading~

Currently reading:
Physical paperback book: Crescent City 1 [Sarah J Maas]
Audiobook: Assistant to the Villain 1 [Hannah Nicole Maehrer]
Kindle: Of Dragons and Fae 2 [Jasmine Walt]
ARC: Threads of Chaos 3 [Aubrey Winters]

What are you reading at the moment??

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02/10/2025

What is Whit doing?

Hey all! I originally created this account to be a sort of business page for my photography side hustle, which then morphed into a bookish profile.

I have since learned a BUNCH about Insta, and also my spicy brain likes to compartmentalise things, so:
- I created a new photography-targeted insta profile:
- I will crosspost/share my favourite photography content on this ( ) profile occasionally!
- whimzical_whit will now mostly be focussed on bookish/booksta content however 😊
- My page [ Whit] will largely be a hybrid of all content - it just kinda exists attached to my insta, and I don't have the brainpower to do whatever needs to be done to make it anything more than what it is

If you like photos of Australian landscapes, flora, fauna and zoo escapades, then feel free to check out - if you're here for the books, then please hang around!

I promise more bookish content is coming, I am just a slow asf reader!! 😂😅🥲

09/09/2025

Series: Moonfall [ #1]
Book: When the Moon Hatched
Author: Sarah A Parker .a.parker.author

I have mixed feelings about this book.

The first half of the book was a bit of a slog. There was almost too much "show, not tell" world-building going on, it was hard to keep up. Additionally, everything was written in deeply descriptive, colourful, flowery language - reminiscent to Lord of the Rings author Tolkien taking 12 pages to describe a tree. In this first half I found myself getting lost, having to flick back 2-3 pages to remember what scene I was in, what point were we trying to get to?!

By the second half of the book, either I had gotten used to this writing style, or the book itself had improved - hard to know. I think the introduction of more POVs and getting out of the FMC's head definitely helped.

Now all this may seem harsh (I am nothing if not honest in my book reviews!) - but I did actually enjoy the book. It has a lovely premise, a unique world and a compelling enough plot to keep me interested. Did I find the plot rather obvious? Yes - but I am a very suspicious reader, having been burned by missed clues in all previous reads and so my brain now clings to inane details on every page and connects the dots seemingly faster than the average booktok/booksta reviewer. In every detail, I question: "Why would the author use up precious word count real estate to give me this information?" So, the plot was obvious to me, especially by the halfway mark - but it was interesting enough that I kept reading anyway (gotta confirm that what I think the plot twist is actually is accurate!)

I will definitely read the second book, and hope that the series progresses more like the more-enjoyable second half of this instalment!

3.8 stars - I cannot get past the first half of the book sending me in circles.

27/08/2025

Series: Threads of Chaos ( #2)
Book: The Chaos Ruined
Author: Aubrey Winters -

Overall, I think the world of the Threads of Chaos has a great premise and solid worldbuilding, with a natural progression from hints dropped in Chaos Weaver, to more revelations in Chaos Ruined. The FMC has a bit of a training montage in this book (this is said with love, I so enjoy a good training montage), culminating in expanding her abilities and learning her true place in this new and terrifying world.

Does she still make decisions that have the reader going "WHY?!" Sometimes. I will grant Aubrey (our wonderful author) grace because when our FMC opens her eyes to what's going on around her more, it is all the more satisfying (even if her coming to those realisations sometimes occur in the most horrific ways possible).

My feedback on the previous instalment of this book had me wanting plot holes filled and "friends" better defined - and this instalment certainly delivered that.

AND THAT FINAL LINE!! You're a bit cruel, Aubrey.

4.5 stars - keep them coming Aubrey!

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