A couple of weeks ago one of my beautiful, beautiful friends texted me and told me the most wonderful news I had ever heard. There was a flash warehouse sale for Half-Price Books near her house going on that was ending that day. After hearing this I, obviously, responded saying that I would be there … Continue reading September Haul|Droppin all these dollah dollah bills yo
Hey hey hey my Hallow-homies! Over the past couple months my reading has gone to absolute shit. If you didn’t see my September Recap, I read one book last month. ONE. What has become of me???? Why am I in such a bad slump? I feel like I can never figure out the reason for … Continue reading October TBR| Making myself read again
Happy Hallow-month!!! Alrighty my bookish friends, I have something to confess. I only read a single book in September. I know. I know. I’m in a slump and I’m pretty upset about it. I mean, Fall is the best reading month! It’s getting colder outside and now we have an excuse to stay inside snuggled … Continue reading September Recap| Anything But Reading…
When I started doing Down the TBR Hole my Goodreads TBR was at over 1200 books. Which is INSANE. I added books left and right without really thinking about whether I would actually like the books I was adding. I had a lot of books that either sounded ok or they were just a genre … Continue reading Down the TBR Hole 8
This Top Ten Tuesday the prompt is favorite food and drinks for reading! If you don’t know what Top Ten Tuesday is then 1. You need to get your life sorted because it’s so fun! 2. It’s a bookish meme hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl where we get a topic each Tuesday … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday | Food and Drinks for Reading
I LOVE Fall. I love Fall. It’s truly the best season with the weather getting colder, the leaves on the trees changing to reds and goldens and browns, and people wearing cozy sweaters and scarves. I genuinely can’t think of anything better. Technically it’s not exactly Fall yet, since it officially starts on September 23, … Continue reading Autumn Tag | Let’s Get Cozy
Heyo everyone! It's Tuesday and you know what that means!!! Do do dooooo. Top Ten Tuesday!!! Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by the lovely Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl in which a topic is chosen and whoever wants to do it can create a list having to do with that topic! … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday | TBR Books I’m Avoiding
Title: Minor Prophets Author: Jimmy Cajoleas Publisher: ABRAMS Kids Rating: ⭐️⭐️.75 Summary: After their mother’s death, two siblings must navigate the strange world of the occult in this thrilling YA mystery Lee has always seen visions: cats that his mother promises aren’t really there, a homeless man who he’s convinced is out to get him, … Continue reading Minor Prophets Review | I’m not angry, just disappointed
Something that I’ve been struggling with a lot recently is motivation. Between doing things that I truly enjoy to things that I need to get done, I sometimes find myself in a rut where I somehow can’t bring myself to do them. During August it was particularly bad. The month started off pretty well, I … Continue reading August Recap | The Struggle is REAL
You know how when you're reading a book and you start really vibing with a character? It doesn't have to be the main character, sometimes it's a side character because they're just as valid. Side 👏 characters 👏 have 👏 feelings 👏 too. But you're sitting there, reading that book, completely immersed in the world, … Continue reading Book Character’s I’d Love to be Besties With | I def. have a type
Now that I'm back I figured I should probably start up my quest to reduce my Goodreads TBR. So here I am, back with another Down the TBR Hole! If you don't know what Down the TBR Hole is then allow me to explain it right quick. It is a meme that was created by … Continue reading Down the TBR Hole 8
If you’ve seen my last post then you’ll know that I just got back from traveling around Asia for a month and a half. It was amazing BUT while I was out exploring the world I left myself out of the book-o-sphere loop and I had absolutely no idea that the NEWTS readathon, created by … Continue reading NEWTS TBR | Why do I do this to myself?
Guess who’s back? Back again. Rach’s back. Tell yo friends! So, I’m guessing most of you didn’t notice that haven’t been posting for the past month and a half. I do have a good reason for that! I mean, I could have been way ahead of the game and written a bunch of posts before … Continue reading Let’s Hit the Books | I’m Back!!!
Oh hey. So, at the beginning of May I decided that I wouldn’t force myself to commit to a TBR like I’d been doing for a while. I was hoping that this way I would be more inclined to read and not feel pressure to read books that I’m not interested in reading at that … Continue reading May Recap
In honor of the three-day weekend we just had in America, I decided to have a 24-hour readathon. I’d seen them all over YouTube and I would always think to myself – you know what? I could totally do that! But I never had the time to. But then Memorial Day weekend came up and … Continue reading I Tried My First 24 Hour Readathon
Title: Enchantée Author: Gita Trelease Publisher: Flatiron/Macmillan Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Summary: Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries—and magicians... When smallpox kills her parents, Camille Durbonne must find a way to provide for her frail, naive sister while managing her volatile brother. Relying on petty magic—la magie ordinaire—Camille painstakingly … Continue reading Enchantée Review| Not disappointing, but I wanted MORE
Oh hello. I thought it was about the right time of year to take a look at all the books I’ve read so far this year, different stats about them, and see if they fit into my reading goals for the year. I already know somethings but I think this should be interesting to take … Continue reading Mid-Year Review| I’m Doing Better Than I Expected!
First off, I would like to thank my parents and my sister for supporting me – JUST kidding. I’m not that self-centered, I swear. I do want to thank Meeghan from @meeghanreads for nominating me for the Sunshine Blogger Award! It really means a lot, especially since I’m still getting my bearings with blogging and … Continue reading Sunshine Blogger Award| My First One!!!
Allllllllrighty friends. Here we are. Beltane has happened, and if you don't know what that is because you're not desperately trying to make yourself believe in witchcraft and wicca because I- I mean you- want to be a Real Witch, it's basically the Spring Equinox. Aka the time when people (me, I do this) go … Continue reading “It Feels Like Spring” Reads
Here's the thing. I thought I saw another blogger create a top five or top ten list with this as a prompt. However, when I went to go look for that blog post I couldn't find it! If I end up finding the blogger I will put a link to their blog here:____. If not … Continue reading Five Star Read Predictions
Title: The Iron King Author: Julie Kagawa Publisher: Harlequin Teen Rating: ★★ Goodreads Amazon Summary: Meghan Chase has a secret destiny; one she could never have imagined.Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school … Continue reading The Iron King Review
Title: Stay Sweet Author: Soibhan Vivian Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 Goodreads Amazon Summary: A summer read about first love, feminism, and ice cream.Summer in Sand Lake isn’t complete without a trip to Meade Creamery—the local ice cream stand founded in 1944 by Molly Meade who started making ice cream to … Continue reading Stay Sweet Review
Apparently I got too excited and forgot to write a bit about what Down the TBR Hole is and why I'm doing it. So I'm editing it (like a week later, oops) so that everyone who sees this can know! I'll start with why I'm doing this and how it's going so far. So basically, … Continue reading Down the TBR Hole 7
It’s finally May and you know what that means!!! That’s right, I have officially lost any and all motivation to do anything resembling work. Not that I had much to begin with. But still! The teeny tiny amount that I had before has been washed away with the sun and all the breweries I’ve been … Continue reading May TBR?
Title: Outlander Author: Diana Gabaldon Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Goodreads Amazon Summary: The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the … Continue reading Outlander Review
If I’m being completely honest I didn’t have the best reading month. I essentially completely ignored my TBR, which means that I didn’t complete the majority of the books that I had listed as by OWL books. Which is great. Love that. I literally only finished one of the books I said I would read … Continue reading April Recap: Aka OWLs Readathon Fail
And we're back, with yet another Down the TBR Hole, because I have an extremely long Goodreads TBR and I need to shave it down so I can look at it and feel at least a semblance of peace. Ha. I think I'm doing a pretty good job of whittling it down though. If you … Continue reading Down the TBR Hole 6
The Top Ten Tuesday for this week is very suiting for the past couple days I’ve had. In typical Washington springtime fashion, it’s been on and off rainy where some days it’s ridiculously nice outside and other days it’s raining so much that I don’t want to leave my apartment. If you don’t know, Top … Continue reading Rainy Day Reads
Here we are folks. Another day another look down the rabbit hole that is my TBR to see what I want to keep and want to get rid of. I still have a long way to go but we're getting there. Slowly. Super slowly. But we're getting there anyway. If you don't know how this … Continue reading Down the TBR Hole 5
March was a weird month. It was the month that I had finals for my winter quarter so I had a lot going on there with finishing up my classes and researching and writing essays. I also had a lot going on with the club I’m in so I was pretty damn busy last quarter. … Continue reading March Recap
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