The Spring Cleaning Book Tag 🌸 New Releases, Unhauling & Series

Hello fellow bookworms 🌸 Spring is slowly arriving here and the days are getting warmer. It was perfect timing that Dini @ dinipandareads tagged me for the Spring Cleaning Book Tag! You should definitely check out her blog, I love reading her posts 🥰 The Tag was originally created by Amanda @ Between the Shelves 🌸

I’m Tagging 🌸

• Malliumpkin @ Chapter Malliumpkin
• Marie & Nyx @ drizzleandhurricanebooks
• Ruby @ rubyraereads
• & anyone else who wants to do the Tag!

1. Getting started: A book series you’ve been wanting to read

➽ I have SO many series that I’ve been wanting to read! In the end, I choose Chilling Effect, an Adult Sci-Fi series about a ship captain who gets into trouble, and apparently, lots of chaos ensues. The reason I picked this series is that it features psychic cats and I only recently realized that the cats are actually on the cover 😂 No idea why I didn’t see them sooner, but I love that ALL covers for the series have the cats 🐈

I’m this cat!

2. Cleaning/organising the closet: The best way to organise books

➽ Despite being a planner at heart, my bookshelves don’t have an intricate organization system 😂 I usually keep my favorite books at the very top shelf, have a TBR shelf in the middle, and then organize them according to the genre. I also take into account the height of the books, I hate when series have height differences 😭

3. Getting rid of unnecessary things: Books/series you no longer need

➽ I included some books for this that I’ll likely unhaul in the future! Unhauling physical books is always a bit tricky here, as I get almost nothing for them and most libraries prefer to receive German books. The Pearl Thief is part of the Code Name Verity series and while I loved the other books, this prequel was a huge disappointment! An unpopular opinion is that I likely won’t keep my copies of the Shades of Magic Trilogy. I really liked the first book when I read it a couple of years ago, but the sequels were so underwhelming for me 😕

4. Get some air: Your favourite light-hearted read

➽ I have many comfort books, but more people need to read Cat’s Café! It’s a graphic novel about a coffee shop and the animals that frequent it. The collection of stories is super wholesome and yet also talks about mental health, insecurity and friendships! It’s almost impossible not to find the characters endearing 🥺

5. Clean out the kitchen cupboards: Favourite food-themed read

➽ I do love when books include food as a central theme!! One of the more memorable books are Legends and Lattes (about a coffee shop that includes descriptions of delicious pastries) and Crumbs (a bakery that offers pastries with magical properties) ☕ So I guess the theme is pastries and coffee for this question 😄

6. Dust the shelves: What’s the fifth book on your bookshelf?

➽ I started at the very top shelf and the fifth book is The Sword of Summer! I keep all my favorites on this shelf, including all the Rick Riordan books 😄 The Magnus Chase series is one of my favorite series by him – I really need to reread it someday!

7. Wishing for the end: A 2023 release you’re really excited about

• Where Echoes Die (Courtney Gould) 📖 June 20th
• New Adult (Timothy Janovsky) 📖
• Bookshops & Bonedust (Travis Baldree) 📖

8. Long but satisfying: The longest book series you’ve read.

📖 8 Books 📖

➽ It was super interesting to see what my longest series was! I only looked for series that were completed/that I’m caught up on at the moment. The really long series were 6 books at max (e.g. Vampire Academy, Miss Peregrine’s) or old childhood favorites. But there’s one long series and that is the Wayward Children series!! The 8th book came out this year and I’m caught up at the moment – there will be more books coming in the future. I really like these portal fantasy novellas 🥰

How do you organize your books? What is the longest book series you’ve read? 🌸

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