Ally Bakes Things: Chocolate chip cookies

You may have noticed that I really like muffins. They’re just really good snacks and they’re better for you if you make them at home. So I found this recipe a while ago and it’s really great. Not even adapted, just straight up used from: http://cookieandkate.com/2016/healthy-apple-muffins-recipe/ (thank you for the delicious recipe!!!!) Ingredients 1¾ cups […]

4 books I want to re-read but haven’t

These are four books I want to re-read soon but haven't yet, for various reasons. Forgive me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick I read this in either grade 12 or first year (I think grade 12) and loved it. I highly recommend it. However, it does deal with suicide, so if that's something that's sensitive …

T5W – Authors You Want to Read More From

From here! Patrick Ness. I've read Chaos Walking, but I need to read his other ones. Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale is brilliant so I need to read her other stuff. Matthew Quick. I loved the one book I've read from him. Anita Diamant. I've heard really good things about her other books. George R.R. …

Makeup Monday: 5 eyeshadow palettes I really want

I have a problem. I'm obsessed with eyeshadow. It's just so pretty. Specifically, I'm obsessed with rose-y/raspberry tones. I love them. Here are my top five wants. tarte Tartiest Pro Amazonian Clay Palette: it's just so beautiful!!! tarte Tartelette in Bloom Clay Eyeshadow Palette: also just beautiful. Everything I love about eyeshadows. Too Faced Sweet Peach Palette: it …

5 Things on Sunday – Things to do When You’re Stressed

Started here! Due to school and work and life, I have a lot of things I do when I'm stressed lol prioritize you to-do list. I always make a massive to-do list and then get stressed about it. So when I'm overwhelmed, I organize everything into these categories: must get done for tomorrow, would be …

Unpopular opinion Friday

  So I was going to do a whole post listing 5 of my unpopular book opinions, but I ended up writing practically an essay for each, so I thought instead I'd split it up into a few posts. Hopefully you like them! Unpopular opinion #1. Cliffhangers as book endings tbh, I really like a …

Top 5 Wednesday: LGBTQ+ Reads

Started here and now hosted here and can also be found here! This is my first T5W post and idk if it'll be a regular thing, but we'll see! This week, it was LGBTQ+ reads, and I really liked that idea. So here are my top ones! Everyday by David Levithan Shocking, I know. But this …

Monthly Recommendations: Big Books

Even though April is almost over, I still wanted to do it. This month it's big books, books with 500+ pages. These are some of my favourites! Let me know if you read any of them 🙂

Easter Book Tag

Happy Easter!!! Or happy Sunday if you don't celebrate Easter!!! Here's a bonus book tag that I'm sure you've already seen 9000 times 🙂 Rabbits – A book you wish would multiply, or have a sequel. This is hard because I like stand-alone books and don't like unnecessary sequels. But a book I never wanted …

My favourite book covers

These are some of my favourite book covers, in no real order! The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. This is possibly one of my favourite book covers I've ever seen. I just love the simplicity of it. Looking for Alaska by John Green. Again it's very pretty and simple, which is the theme here really. …

Makeup Monday – Burt’s Bees Rose Water toner

So I’m pretty new to the toner world. I didn’t use it at all throughout high school and only started in first year. So I’ve just been trying new ones to see what I like. I recently (ish) finished using the Burt’s Bees Rose Water toner and thought I’d do a review compared to my …

Alphabet Bookish Tag

Original creator here! I tried to do books that I haven't talked about 900 times, but that didn't always work because I love those books. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (review soon!) Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (review here) Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling Divine Madness by Robert Muchamore Everyday …