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Here's a little treat for my Royal Fae Court members: a never-before-seen Claire Fraser cosplay Reel draft that I'm not sure I will ever actually post! I am debuting the red gown this weekend at the ApollyCon Book Character Bash, so I figured this would be such a fun teaser for you all!

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Unseen Cosplay Draft: 2 Claire Fraser Season 2 Cosplay Looks!

Hang out with me while I do my makeup and talk through my bookish cosplay process!

Ella Enchanted Cosplay BTS + GRWM

✨ELLA ENCHANTED 20TH ANNIVERSARY✨

💬What’s a movie you loved as a kid that was adapted from a book?

✍️Ella Enchanted released this week 20 years ago—feel old?! My 30 year old 🍑 sure does lol.

💖Anne Hathaway was my number 1 role model as a kid and continues to be my favorite actress of all time. So of course this spectacularly corny and iconic film was a staple of my adolescence. It’s actually one of the only times in my life I’ve read a book because I loved the movie first!

⬇️Drop a “✨” if you’d like to know more about how I put together my Ella of Free cosplay look—I’ll send you the link to my Bindery where I’m posting a full behind-the-scenes for those who join my “Royal Fae Court!!”

#ellaenchanted #annehathaway #bookcosplay #ellaenchantedcosplay #fantasybooks #yafantasy #fantasyromance #fairytaleretelling

I recently shared this Ella Enchanted 20th Anniversary cosplay post, and I even filmed my first ever BTS/GRWM video. For access to this video introducing my full cosplay process, join the High Fae or Royal Fae Court memberships!

✨ELLA ENCHANTED 20TH ANNIVERSARY✨

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These are my guidelines, parameters, rules, etc. when it comes to members requesting a cosplay from me!

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NOW GO BUILD YOUR OWN IN THE COMMENTS😍👇

👉But I can’t promise you I won’t throw hands if you come for any of my mans 😤🤣

📚Happy #whychoose Wednesday, my literary faeries!!

✍️One of my Bookstagram goals this year is to use my voice, create original audio, and talk about books I love directly to the camera more, so you’ll be seeing a lot more of this style from me—so far I’ve gotten such lovely feedback from so many of you! Love y’all so much!

#fantasyromance #fantasybooks #romantasy #throneofglass #frombloodandash #dorianhavilliard #casteeldaneer #ravenkennedy #platedprisonerseries #booktok #booktokbooks #bookreelsofinstagram #bookstagramreels

Why Choose is arguably my favorite romance subgenre and I think about this a LOT—like what if I could imagine myself into MMMF situation with my fave romantasy MMCs?! WHAT IF🤯

Building My Own Why Choose Romance 👀

LEG WARMERS: WHO KNEW, RIGHT?! 👇

👉If you read that in Flynn Rider’s voice, we need to be friends 🍳

🫶SHARE this to spread the word about this absolute gamechanger!

💬COMMENT “Booksta” and I’ll send you the Amazon link to the pack of 24 leg warmers I use to create content!

📚So I was telling someone about this hack recently and they were absolutely shocked! I had always assumed everyone did this, but I guess not, and so I accidentally gate kept it from all of you and I am so freaking sorry 😂 Truly makes creating content that much quicker and easier!!

🏷️TAG a Bookstagrammer friend and blow their mind with this tip!

💾SAVE this tip so you don’t forget!

#bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramcommunity #newbookstagram #bookcommunity #bookstagramtips

Filming content in sweaters is NOT for me, especially as a Florida resident. So a long time ago, I started using leg warmers on my forearms when unboxing and shooting aesthetic bookish photos and reels to create the illusion of a cozy sweater! That way, I’m not sweating profusely while I am content batching and I don’t have to throw on a bunch of different sweaters when I have a dozen colors of leg warmers 😂


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✨AUREN AT APOLLYCON 2024 ANNOUNCEMENT✨

🌟About a year ago, @ravenkennedybooks made my dreams come true by inviting me to attend ApollyCon 2024 with her as Auren for all of the Plated Prisoner events happening throughout the weekend!!

—Meet me as Auren at the Friday evening Plated Prisoner Party in the Lower Atrium from 7:30-9:30pm!!

—On Saturday, stop by the signing session to meet Auren at Raven Kennedy’s booth from 8am-6pm!!

💬Who’s going to @ApollyCon?! Let us know in the comments!!

🌟When I tell y’all that the magnitude of my joy and excitement cannot be understated—I mean that I am still in shock that this is actually happening. Enormous thanks to Raven for this opportunity and @rachelskyereads of @thenerdfam who was also instrumental in making this happen. I cannot WAIT for you all to meet Auren—ribbons and all!!

🫶SHARE this if you’re excited to celebrate your love of the Plated Prisoner series at ApollyCon 2024!

#apollycon #apollycon2024 #aurencosplay #ravenkennedy #auren #platedprisonerseries #bookstagram #booktok #fantasybooks #romantasy #bookreel #bookcosplay

🌟About a year ago, Raven Kennedy made my dreams come true by inviting me to attend ApollyCon 2024 with her as Auren for all of the Plated Prisoner events happening throughout the weekend!!

—Meet me as Auren at the Friday evening Plated Prisoner Party in the Lower Atrium from 7:30-9:30pm!!

—On Saturday, stop by the signing session to meet Auren at Raven Kennedy’s booth from 8am-6pm!!

💬Who’s going to @ApollyCon?! Let me know in the comment thread!

🌟When I tell y’all that the magnitude of my joy and excitement cannot be understated—I mean that I am still in shock that this is actually happening. Enormous thanks to Raven for this opportunity and @rachelskyereads of @thenerdfam who was also instrumental in making this happen. I cannot WAIT for you all to meet Auren—ribbons and all!!

✨AUREN AT APOLLYCON 2024 ANNOUNCEMENT✨

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As you enter the Literary Faery Realm, imagine you’ve stumbled upon an enchanted garden; suddenly, you glimpse a cozy cottage nestled against an ancient tree. You slowly open the ivy-covered door to find a wall-to-wall library full of books, each spine displaying a title more intriguing than the last. You look over to see me, there to help you select your next perfect read!

Hi! I’m Shelby, and I’ve been a bookish content creator in addition to my full-time AP English teaching career for nearly 6 years. Fueled by my passion for romance books of all subgenres, I have dedicated my platform to helping readers discover their new favorite books, and authors find their readership through character cosplays, relatable reels, and more! I love empowering book bloggers to become book influencers by sharing my tried-and-true best practices and innovative content creation techniques.


✨Shelby✨

Greetings, literary faeries, & welcome to the reading realm of your wildest, most romantic dreams!

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