So… 2020 is nearly halfway over. It feels like it’s been five years crammed into six months. And it’s not done yet! Of course, being the middle of the year, it’s time once again to do the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag. This is my fourth year doing this tag. It’s fascinating to see my [...]
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Trope Talk: Strong Female Characters
For those of you who weren’t readers of YA back then, the early 2000s were filled with female protagonists who were bland and defenseless. I’d call them damsels in distress, but damsels usually have more personality. These girls were blank slates. You know, the Bella Swans of the world. An empty void for the reader [...]
Trope Talk: Morally Gray Characters & Antiheroes
Despite my track record of starting series for this blog and then barely keeping up with them, I’ve decided to start a new one. In this new series, I’m discussing the basis of every story: tropes. A trope, for anyone unfamiliar, is a commonly used theme or device in literature, film, and television. This includes [...]
Top 5 Wednesday: 2017 Honorable Mentions
Hosted by the Top 5 Wednesday Goodreads Group Hola, gang! So, I’m doing something a little different for this week’s Top 5 Wednesday. Today’s topic is your top five books for the year. Well, I already have another post planned for that coming (if I can keep to my schedule) on Saturday. Initially, I [...]
Top 5 Wednesday: Genre Benders
Hosted by the Top 5 Wednesday Goodreads Group Well guys, it’s November. 2017 is almost over. And it’s been one hell tornado of a year. Who knows what else will happen before the year’s out? Well, we know one thing for sure: there are eight Wednesdays left, which means there’s eight Top 5 Wednesday topics [...]
June 2017 Wrap-Up
Hello, Strangers! 'Tis the end of the month, so it's time for another wrap-up. I don't really know how to qualify this reading month. I don't feel like it was bad, but it wasn't good either. I read some good books and I read some that didn't leave and impression (or left a weird [...]
Top 5 Wednesday: Books that Represent My Hogwarts House
Hosted by the Top 5 Wednesday Goodreads Group Strangers, when I saw this week’s topic for Top 5 Wednesday, I gasped with excitement. As you know, there are only three things that give me a reaction that powerful: Demi Lovato, Harry Potter, and Star Wars. This time it’s Harry Potter. This week’s topic is five [...]
