🎧 Between Breaks & Bookmarks: Weekly Recap

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🎧 Between Breaks & Bookmarks: Weekly Recap

✨ This week was fueled by study sessions, coffee refills, and comfort reads between exams. From cozy playlists to campus romances, it’s been all about finding balance — a little chaos, a little calm, and a lot of caffeine. ☕📖

📚 Posts This Week

📝 Mini Review Monday
Love Across the Pond 💕
– A sweet long-distance romance with travel vibes and heart-tugging moments — the perfect distraction from study notes.

📖 TBR Tuesday
Peppermint Pages & Cozy Cups ☕💋
– My next reading lineup is officially all warm drinks, soft lighting, and happily-ever-afters.

🌟 What’s the Hype? Wednesday
Sidelined – The QB and Me 🏈💛
– A movie spotlight on this heartfelt sports romance that’s full of chemistry, charm, and all the right kind of drama.

🎧 Trope Playlist Thursday
– A cozy mix of songs inspired by my favorite tropes this week: friends to lovers, fake dating, and a hint of dark academia. 🎶✨

☕ Coffee-Date Friday
– Catching up over caramel lattes and campus stories — the kind of cozy chaos that keeps the week warm. 💗

🌸 Saturday First Impressions
Bad Bishop ♟️🔥
– My first impressions of L.J. Shen’s magnetic antihero — morally gray, dangerously charming, and impossible to put down.

✔️ Finished Reads

None this week — exams took center stage! 🎓 But I made progress in:
– Mile High by Liz Tomforde (almost done!) ✈️
– How I Learned to Swim by Somebody Jones (for class) 🌊

💌 What’s Brewing Next Week
📝 Mini Review Monday
📖 Two-for-Tuesday
🔍 What’s the Hype? Wednesday
💘 Trope Thursday
🌟 Coffee-Date Friday
💕 Swoon Saturday

To everyone surviving midterms: here’s your reminder that coffee counts as self-care, and reading even one chapter is still progress. 💛☕📚

— E 💛

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