Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly book discussion with a new topic every Tuesday hosted by Shanah of Bionic Book Worm. It’s each blogger’s job to pick five book-related things (though you’re welcome to pick things from other media, if necessary) that fit the topic. Today’s topic is books that didn’t meet my expectations. I’m [...]
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The Most Disappointing Music, Books, & Movies of 2018
I’ve been pretty lucky this year to not have been disappointed by too much media. I’ve gotten a lot better at choosing things I know I’m going to enjoy or recognizing tropes I don’t like in plot summaries and avoiding said media. In fact, I’d argue that I’ve had an overall good year for music, [...]
November 2018 Wrap-Up
After the jam-packed reading month that was October, it was almost a guarantee this month would be a backslide. The good news is, it wasn’t terrible. I read five books and the content was decent overall. I even managed to read two books from my TBR for the rest of the year. I also got [...]
Virtually Imperfect: A Dual Review of “The Poppy War” by R.F. Kuang and “Wildcard” by Marie Lu
Hey gang! Sorry for being MIA the past week. I actually wrote out an entire post about my first relationship on Saturday, but never got around to editing it. Drunk Me decided that was Sober Me’s job, and Sober Me decreed it was Later Me’s responsibility. Then I repeated the cycle. And then yesterday I [...]
Top 5 Wednesday: Books I Want to Read Before 2019
It seems like every time I make a TBR for the year (however large or small), I fall short of that goal. After all, I made one of these posts in January and failed miserably in following through. I’ve read a total of one (1) book on that list. Whoops. Hopefully I can do better [...]
Strange Storyteller 