Beautiful Bibliophile

What’s your current read or what do you plan on reading next read? Do you have a TBR set for the next couple of months? Since autumn and cozy days are fast approaching, a good book that sets a fall mood is essential. Which is why I recommend picking up #TheEnglishPatient by Canadian author Michael Ondaatje #ad — it is a story of love and war in the final moments of the Second World War. It’s a favourite modern classic for many people and I am excited to start reading it asap, thank you @penguinrandomhouseca for sending it my way. #PRHCPartner (at Ottawa, Ontario)

The best trio— books, tea and cheesecake. What your favourite dessert 🍮? What did you do for the long weekend? I had such a great time in #hamiltonontario yesterday with my family. Favourite part of the trip was the amazing culinary experience & delicious food we had throughout our visit. One of my favourites was @thefrenchhamont which is cosmopolitan styled restaurant with a focus on French cuisine located in the heart of downtown Hamilton. (at The French)

The best trio— books, tea and cheesecake. What your favourite dessert 🍮? What did you do for the long weekend? I had such a great time in #hamiltonontario yesterday with my family. Favourite part of the trip was the amazing culinary experience & delicious food we had throughout our visit. One of my favourites was @thefrenchhamont which is cosmopolitan styled restaurant with a focus on French cuisine located in the heart of downtown Hamilton. (at The French)

The best trio— books, tea and cheesecake. What your favourite dessert 🍮? What did you do for the long weekend? I had such a great time in #hamiltonontario yesterday with my family. Favourite part of the trip was the amazing culinary experience & delicious food we had throughout our visit. One of my favourites was @thefrenchhamont which is cosmopolitan styled restaurant with a focus on French cuisine located in the heart of downtown Hamilton. (at The French)

The best trio— books, tea and cheesecake. What your favourite dessert 🍮? What did you do for the long weekend? I had such a great time in #hamiltonontario yesterday with my family. Favourite part of the trip was the amazing culinary experience & delicious food we had throughout our visit. One of my favourites was @thefrenchhamont which is cosmopolitan styled restaurant with a focus on French cuisine located in the heart of downtown Hamilton. (at The French)

The best trio— books, tea and cheesecake. What your favourite dessert 🍮? What did you do for the long weekend? I had such a great time in #hamiltonontario yesterday with my family. Favourite part of the trip was the amazing culinary experience & delicious food we had throughout our visit. One of my favourites was @thefrenchhamont which is cosmopolitan styled restaurant with a focus on French cuisine located in the heart of downtown Hamilton. (at The French)

The best trio— books, tea and cheesecake. What your favourite dessert 🍮? What did you do for the long weekend? I had such a great time in #hamiltonontario yesterday with my family. Favourite part of the trip was the amazing culinary experience & delicious food we had throughout our visit. One of my favourites was @thefrenchhamont which is cosmopolitan styled restaurant with a focus on French cuisine located in the heart of downtown Hamilton. (at The French)

She loves the smell of coffee, reading old books and new beginnings 🌻 Do you go out for brunch often? What are some of your favourite local cafes & brunch spots? I stopped by @_detourcafe for coffee and brunch while I was in #hamiltonontario over the weekend and I’ve found my newest favourite place to eat. If you are ever in town, I’d highly recommend this cute little cafe which had great food, yummy baked goods & delicious coffee! (at Detour Cafe)

She loves the smell of coffee, reading old books and new beginnings 🌻 Do you go out for brunch often? What are some of your favourite local cafes & brunch spots? I stopped by @_detourcafe for coffee and brunch while I was in #hamiltonontario over the weekend and I’ve found my newest favourite place to eat. If you are ever in town, I’d highly recommend this cute little cafe which had great food, yummy baked goods & delicious coffee! (at Detour Cafe)

She loves the smell of coffee, reading old books and new beginnings 🌻 Do you go out for brunch often? What are some of your favourite local cafes & brunch spots? I stopped by @_detourcafe for coffee and brunch while I was in #hamiltonontario over the weekend and I’ve found my newest favourite place to eat. If you are ever in town, I’d highly recommend this cute little cafe which had great food, yummy baked goods & delicious coffee! (at Detour Cafe)

“Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” — Rumi What do you think about poetry? Do you read poems often or rarely? Who’s your favourite poet? (at Pickering, Ontario)

“Sometimes books are the only thing that get your mind off of everything unpleasant.” — It’s @thebookcon this weekend in NYC, who’s excited and who’s going? To those who will be attending, I hope you have the best time ever!! I hadn’t gotten tickets for BookCon but I was still planning on going so that I could meet up with everyone! Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make it for this year but hopefully for the next. (at Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto)

“I hope I never get tired of the night sky, of thunderstorms, or watching cream make galaxies in my coffee. I hope I never grow to be someone who can no longer see the small beautiful things.” — I know sometimes everything seems perfect in pictures, but it’s not and that’s okay. I’ve learned to accept that there are days when you don’t feel like doing anything, and that’s okay. I’ve been having a rough couple of weeks in life it seems, and I feel like I’ve hit a creativity slump. It’s probably the reason I’ve been posting photos from my trip and haven’t gotten to take any new photos. I just don’t feel inspired at the moment but I guess that’s okay. — Does this happen to you? What do you do to get your inspiration & creativity flowing? I’ve tags some accounts that I love. Do you have any favourite accounts (tag them in the comments) that you look to for inspiration? (at Prague, Czech Republic)

Books & Blooms 🌸 Tried to get a photo of this stunning @penguinclassics edition of #senseandsensibility but I didn’t know I was in the photo as well — leave it to me to mess up a good photo op haha. Is your weekend #booked? What are you reading? Finished any great books? I (finally) finished ‘The Princess Bride’ it just took me like a million years —my fault since I wasn’t reading much, but I’m done! (at Pickering, Ontario)

“The world belongs to those who read.” – No truer words have been said, don’t you agree? I just want to ‘talk’ about one of the reasons I started a bookstagram. First it was a place to share my love of reading, books, and caffeinated drinks, but soon after I wanted use my account to educate, to challenge and bring to light the current / political events of the world through my writing and photography. So, I am very honoured to be working alongside political fashion blogger @hodakatebi on her project @becauseweveread – which is an online radical reading club to challenge the way we see the world. ___ INTENTIONS & GOALS 1. To raise our collective awareness and understanding of politics, history, race, gender, religion, culture, history, colonialism, class etc, in ways that disrupt normative narratives. 2. To uplift and celebrate stories of those whose identities are marginalized and whose voices are traditionally systematically silenced. 3. To make us all think differently about ourselves and the world, from a viewpoint that will not be taught in your classes; some of us will realize we are in chains and others that they are holding them. ___ 1. ANNOUNCEMENT | The first week of every month, we will announce the book that we will be collectively reading. 2. ACCESSIBILITY | We will also be hosting a giveaway on social media for several copies of the book, sending copies to community organizations with financial need, and also save copies for those who request a free copy due to financial need. 3. LOGISTICS | At the end of each month, we will have a discussion on Instagram live with a different guest and invite you to join the conversation! 4. IN-PERSON DISCUSSION GROUPS | I’ll be hosting the in-person group for the Toronto & GTA region that will be taking place at the end of every month. We want to encourage you and your friends to meet-up and discuss the book together! It would be amazing to have your support in this project, whether it‘s sharing this post with a friend or on your insta story, anything to spread the word about #becauseweveread. ___ APRIL 2018: ASSATA SHAKUR: AUTOBIOGRAPHY Giving away 3 copies, just follow & tag 3 friend in the comments! (at Read.)

Sunsets & rooftop views of Prague are magical ✨ (at Prague, Czech Republic)

“Travel sparks our imagination, feeds our curiosity & reminds us how much we all have in common.” Do you have any site-seeing, cafe or restaurant recommendations for the city of Amsterdam? We left Paris today via train to Amsterdam, but we’re staying in an @airbnb so it was a bit farther away from the city & we had to take another intercity train; I think I’m getting used to the metro and railway systems of Europe. That’s a big think since we only have buses, one train and 3 subway lines where I live. (at Paris, France)