Though I think books are (thankfully) becoming much more inclusive, there are still tons of things I'd like to see represented more. Most of them seem to be little things, but they can actually be really important. Books shape the way we see the world and what we see as normal, so perpetuating certain ideas …
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Find out more about Thursday’s Top 4 here! It’s basically a meme I started mainly for myself, but anyone can participate! Visit this page for the upcoming topics 🙂 This week is books that feature a beach, which is honestly such a random topic and idk why I chose it. I could barely think of …
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The Measure of My Power: A Memoir of Food, Misery and Paris by Jackie Kai Ellis Paraphrased from GoodreadsA story about one woman's search for self-love, experienced through food and travel. On the surface, Jackie Kai Ellis's life was the one that every woman, herself included, wanted: she was in her late twenties and married to …
It's another Tag Tuesday! Thank you very much to the Orangutan Librarian for the tag! I'm sure you all know her by now, but if not, check out her blog! I'm really behind on tags, but it makes sense to do this one now, at the mid year. BEST BOOK YOU’VE READ YET IN 2018 …
Even though I participate in giving Monthly Recommendations, I thought I would start my own where every couple weeks I give recommendations for a specific topic. Today I'm doing books for teenagers and young adults who want to try adult fiction. As a youth (lmao I sound so old), I found adult fiction hard to get …
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In which I respond to all the awards the wonderful Rebecca has nominated me for! I shamelessly stole this idea from Rebecca, so thank you for the idea and thank you so much for all the nominations (and I'm sorry these are so late). If y'all don't know who Rebecca is, definitely go check her …
So this is two posts combined in one! Joe from Storeys of Stories hosts First Impression Friday every Friday, and I've wanted to participate but my reading doesn't time well with it. And I saw the Try a Chapter Tag going around and wanted to do it as well. So I thought I'd combine the …
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Occasionally I share what's on my Top TBR list on Goodreads, the books I want to get to soon. I thought it would be fun to go back over those and see how many I've actually read. You can read part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here, if you want! Top TBR #1 Columbine …
Happy Tuesday everyone!! Learn more about Top Ten Tuesday here! This week is Books that Awaken the Travel Bug in me. There was a kinda of similar topics a few weeks ago about books set in other countries, so I tried not to have too much overlap. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke - VeniceThis was …
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I recently realised that I've gotten really bad with my reviews in that I've just not been writing or posting them. So sorry about that! One of my goals for this year was to post at least two reviews a month, which I think I've been doing. But they weren't always for books I wanted …
Find out more about Thursday’s Top 4 here! It’s basically a meme I started mainly for myself, but anyone can participate! Visit this page for the upcoming topics 🙂 This week is books you read because of something superficial, such as the cover or general topic. Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi The cover is …
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Happy Wednesday everyone! I recently finished The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, which I completely adored, and have now fallen into a reading slump/book hangover. So I thought I'd get your help in choosing my next read! The contenders: The Leavers by Lisa Ko Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Power by Naomi Alderman Artemis by …
