TheBrightSideGirl
Hi there! My name is Maci AKA The Bright Side Girl! I mostly talk about books.
I do throw in some other hobbies and things here and there. I try to read a wide range of books, but mostly read YA. Thank you so much for subscribing!
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📺Happy Randomathon-TV Day One📺
I have been waiting to start this readathon for over a year!! I'm so excited to read all the TV books with all of you!
Swipe to see the physical, reading and photo challenges for the readathon. You can do as little or as many of the challenges as you want.
📺Today's Photo Challenge: TV TBR
I have many more books on my TBR but these are the ones I'm most excited for. Escape game especially I have been saving for this readathon!
Today in my Instagram stories I'll link the download for the Instagram graphics as well as the announcement video for any last minute joiners! Just remember you can read 1 book or 100 and do all the challenges or none to be a part of the readathon ❤️
I'll be sharing everyone's photos/videos today in my stories so be sure and show each other some love and feel free to make new bookish friends.
📺Tomorrow's Photo Challenge: Current Read
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Happy Reading!
#thebrightsidegirl #tvbooks #realitytvbooks #tvshowbooks
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Join us on Storygraph for my next readathon Randomathon-TV. We're going to be reading books with a TV seam or books that have been turned into TV shows! bit.ly/3TgqKR9
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📺New Release TV Show Books📺~Part One
All of these have some sort of TV element to them!
📺A Cute Little Murder by Molly Harper
Two former friends one hosting a hit crime TV show one working in forensics team up to solve a decades old murder.
📺Survival Show by Juno Dawson
American Idol meets The Hunger Games in this “chilling, satirical dystopian adventure” About a teen betting her life that her singing talent can make her a star.
📺Love Galaxy By Sierra Branham
A young woman from a dead-end planet gets cast on a reality TV show to compete for the hand of the prince—or princess. But not everyone is there for the right reasons…
📺The Escape Room by Marissa Meyer
A YA murder mystery set in an escape-room themed game show filled with sabotage, betrayal,& puzzles to die for.
📺Seyoon & Dean Unscripted by Sujin Witherspoon
Two teens compete to win a reality show in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, but the producers frame them as rivals-to-lovers.
📺The Franchise by Tom Elrod86
Game of Thrones meets The Truman Show in this epic tale of a Hollywood-owned fantasy world where nothing is quite as it seems to the people who live & die at the studio’s whim.
📺The Midnight Show By Lee kelly Jenn Marie Thorne
In the 1980's a group of college improv comedians get cast on a new hit late night show when the main female star goes missing.
📺Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian
A witty, emotional, & slow burn enemies-to-lovers romance between two costars on a popular sci-fi television series.
📺Escape By Stephen Fishbach
A faded reality show winner wants a new chance at glory on a new jungle survival show. But the cast and crew quickly spiral and fall apart as the show becomes all too real.
📺 Gingerbread Bones by Lindsay Lovise
16 year-old Georgie & her brother are shipped off to their stepmother’s newest reality show. No phones, + camping in the wilderness. When one morning the counselors all go missing.
📺Reality Bites by Amy Mass
A scientist reluctantly becomes a contestant on a reality TV dating show to save her lab.
📺Dream Home by Jenn Mcmahon
Enemies to lovers filming a TV renovation show!
Stay Tuned for Part Two & A Full YouTube Video on all of these.
#thebrightsidegirl #tvbook
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Join us on Storygraph for Mermaid Marathon my Mermaid and Pirate themed readathon! bit.ly/4fww3oF
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🧜♀️New Release Mermaid Books🧜♀️
Hi friends here are some new release mermaid books coming out this year! I just posted a full YouTube video with all of these plus some pirate books on my channel today : https://youtu.be/BbFSpbk06bY?is=Fio_-...
🧜♀️The Wild Beneath Kelly Anderson (August)
Annie grew up on a sailboat navigated by stars and swimming with sea creatures. When a tsunami hits she is stranded but in the wreckage she rescues a wordless man who emits a hum only she can hear...
🧜♀️Mermaid in Manhattan Jessica Gadziala
Iris is a mermaid, Fin is the mayor of NY he is looking for a magical wife....
🧜♀️The Wicked Sea by Jordan Stephanie Gray
A dark and sultry romance a mermaid battles hatred & lust for the wretched warlock who saved her life.
🧜♀️Until We Drown by Ava Morwood
Ellie's new home harbours dark secrets, where ancient legends of mermaids intertwine with chilling realities.....
🧜♀️A Cry for the Deep by Amanda Linsmeier
Selie finds herself face to face with a mermaid who claims she must repay her late mother's debt to a sea witch.
🧜♀️Trident and the Pearl by Sarah kl Wilson
A Desperate Queen makes a deal with the gods to save her land.
🧜♀️Year of The Mer by L.D.Lewis
A dark & bloody reimagining of the little mermaid.
🧜♀️ There's Something Fishy About My Boyfriend by Gloria Duke
Gym. Tan. Merman. Welcome to Jersey Shore where the men are hot & the sun is sizzling!
🧜♀️The Palace Beneath The Sea by Lauren Wiesebron (September)
A sweeping lyrical novel inspired by mermaid folklore filled with love, adventure and magic.
🧜♀️A Mermaid in Middle School by AM Luzzander
A cute new mermaid MG series!
🧜♀️Endless Blue Beneath Shannon K English
A hauntingly romantic queer fantasy where a young mermaid is forced to choose between a life above the waves or a life below them.
🧜♀️Devil of the Deep by Falencia Jean Francois
Lu watched the love of his life walk the plant and sink into the only black depths of the sea. Nnenna was dead....or so he thought.
These are all great for #mermaidmarathonreads my upcoming mermaid/pirate themed readathon. See my phone's pos
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Hi friends check out my Treasure Hunting Book recommendation video from a couple years ago for more ideas for your M ermaid Marathon TBR! https://youtu.be/iJpGYoT9xnU
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Alright friends! Help me decide. For Mermaid Marathon should we do mermaids vs pirates still or switch it up!
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☀️📖 June Book Releases📖☀️
2026 is filled with epic new releases and there are just SO many that have caught my eye 😍.
These are the top five I'm most excited for:
📖The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston
📖Botanists Guide to Tradition & Treachery by Kate Khavari
📖 Wildflower by Becky Jenkinson
📖The Great Outdoors by Kayla Olson
📖The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham
Which of these are you most excited for? Any that I missed that you're anticipating?
#thebrightsidegirl #junenewreleases #junebooks #junereads
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🌲New Release Books Set in The Forest🌲
Hi friends here are some 2026 NEW releases some out , some coming soon that are set or partially set in the forest/woods.
These are all perfect for my upcoming readathon #hikeathonreads which is a readathon all about nature, camping, survival and wilderness reads! See my announcement video for all the details🌲🥾
🌲The Girls Trip by Ally Condie
🌲The Great Outdoors Kayla Olson June)
🌲The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer
🌲The Verdant Cage by Jess Lourey
🌲Gravewood by Kelly Andrew
🌲The Redwood Bargain by Markelle Grabo
🌲May The Dead Keep You by Jill Baguchinsky
🌲Wolfworm by T. kingfisher
🌲Honeysuckle by Bar Fridman Tell
🌲Three Sisters by David Macinnis Gill
🌲When I Was Death by Alexis Henderson
🌲A Forest Darkly by A.G. Slatter
🌲Strange Animals by Jarod K. Anderson
🌲Lost Girls of Hollow Lake by Rebekah Faubion
🌲Gingerbread Bones by Lindsay Lovise
🌲The Forest Kingdom by Jamie Thomas
🌲Seyoon and Dean Unscripted by Sujin Witherspoon
🌲How To Survive The Woods by Kat Rosenfield
🌲A Dark Wild Wood by Sarah Nichole Lemon
🌲Hemlock by Melissa Faliveno
🌲The Butcher of The Forest by Premier Mohamed
🌲Strange Lights by Mira Gonzalez
🌲 Morsel by Carter Keane
🌲The Briars by Sarah Crouch
Which one these awesome reads caught your eye most?
#thebrightsidegirl #intothewoods #forestreads #newreleases
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Hi Friends! For Hikeathon I usually post a vlog every 2-3 days of the readathon. But since we are doing three weeks I wasn't sure if that would be too many short vlogs? So vote and let me know what you think!
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