In 2021, I have but one reading goal: I want to prioritize my backlist. I have so many unread books on my shelves and on my Kindle and a bad habit of buying books faster than I can read them. This year I plan on doing something about that. Instead of focusing on new releases [...]
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Anti-TBR: Books I No Longer Plan to Read
So, I have a series on my blog called Most Anticipated Books. I’m sure you’ve seen it— I make a new post for it every month. The series is, as you know, about new releases I’m excited for each month. However, my desires are as fickle as a summer breeze. While there are still plenty [...]
Book Discussion: Intentionally Unlikeable Female Protagonists
If there’s one thing I love, it’s an unlikeable character. Bonus points if that character is a girl/woman. There’s something so refreshing and freeing about seeing fictional women get to just be kind of sucky people. But there’s a balancing act to getting it right, especially when writing an unlikeable female protagonist is your goal. [...]
I’m Leaving Harry Potter Behind
Before I get into this, I just wanted to let you all know that I may be posting less frequently over the next couple of weeks because I’m starting a new job on Monday and want to prioritize settling into that. Of course, I also haven’t been working the past few weeks and have hardly [...]
Bookending Spring: Fairytale Fever
Bookending Spring is an event hosted by Sam of Fictionally Sam and Clo of Cuppa Clo in which book bloggers from all over get together to discuss books using spring themes. There are lots of great prompts I’m excited to respond to. Today’s prompt is brought to you by Megan of Ginger Mom Company and [...]
Authors I *Probably* Won’t Read Again
I saw that Angelica of The Book Cover Girl did a post about this recently and thought it was a cool discussion post. We often talk about the authors we love, but what about the ones we’ve given up on? There are several authors I’m pretty sure I’m throwing in the towel on. I don’t [...]
Bookending Spring: Judging Books by Their Covers
Bookending Spring is an event hosted by Sam of Fictionally Sam and Clo of Cuppa Clo in which book bloggers from all over get together to discuss books using spring themes. There are lots of great prompts I’m excited to respond to. Today’s prompt is brought to you by Sam of Fictionally Sam. Don’t judge [...]
Book Discussion: Does Mental Health Rep Have to Be Positive?
In discussions about diversity in books, mental health rep isn’t often brough up. If it is, it’s only in reference to books about mental health. That’s because mental health is often difficult to incorporate in a way more obvious aspects of diversity aren’t. Oftentimes, if a book is going to address mental health, it is [...]
Ranking My Favorite and Least Favorite Books
Hello everyone! I’m back from my unplanned hiatus! What happened? Well, I’ve been sick and also just brain tired. But now I’m better and feeling more motivated. In fact, I’m planning on reviving my feature where I discuss authors’ writing styles, The Words That Built the Story. But first, I’m going to do something just [...]
Bookending Winter: A Very Potter Christmas!
Bookending Winter is an event hosted by Sam of Fictionally Sam and Clo of Cuppa Clo in which book bloggers from all over get together to discuss books using summer themes. There are lots of great prompts I’m excited to respond to. Today’s prompt is brought to you by Tabatha of Broken Soul Reviews. If [...]
Strange Storyteller 