January Wrap-up

I feel like the first month of the year just flew by! But 2019 has been pretty good so far, so hopefully we keep up this energy for the rest of the year! Books Read The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman: 4 stars Women Talking by Mirian Toews: 3 stars …

TBR Round-up

Hi friends! Today I thought I'd do a round-up of all the TBRs I've posted. I'm a big mood reader, but I also like to set TBRs to kind of keep me on track. So I thought it'd be fun to go back and see how many of the books I put on my TBRs …

Top Ten Tuesday January 29: Most Recent Additions to My To-Read List

Happy Tuesday everyone!! It has been a minute and a half since I did a Top Ten Tuesday, which you can learn more about here! Today the topic is Most Recent Additions to My To-Read List, which is such a fun topic! Night Film by Marisha Pessl I was watching some booktube the other day (which I …

Recommendations for… my favourite books

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 recommendations of my favourite books. These are books that I think everyone needs to read. AKA me gushing about my favourite books for 300 words and trying …

Woman of the Month: Asma Jahangir

Woman of the Month is a feature on my blog where each month I highlight a woman in the world who I think garners recognition. I started this mainly to increase Girl Power and empowerment, and because there's a lot of women I feel are overlooked and I wanted to bring attention to them. This …

Thursday’s Top 4: series you need to finish

This has just been a week of lists, I guess! 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 the topic is series you need to finish. I'm a serial series unfinisher. I …

Top Five Wednesday: top TBR

Two Top Five Wednesdays in a row!!! Go me! This week is top TBR. I occasionally do posts where I talk about my Top TBR list on Goodreads, which you can see here! So today we're talking about the top books I want to read soon. These are all either on my Top TBR list or …

Top 5 Tuesday: books that need to be a movie

It has been a hot minute since I participate in Top 5 Tuesday, and I've missed it! Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme created by the lovely Shanah at the Bionic Bookworm. You can visit here for the upcoming topics! This week, the topic is Top 5 books that need to be a movie, which …

Book review: The Translation of Love

The Translation of Love by Lynne Kutsukake From Goodreads Thirteen-year-old Aya Shimamura is released from a Canadian internment camp in 1946, still grieving the recent death of her mother, and repatriated to Japan with her embittered father. They arrive in a devastated Tokyo occupied by the Americans under the command of General Douglas MacArthur. Aya's …

Top Five Wednesday: most disappointing reads of 2018

It's been a hot minute and a half since I did a Top 5 Wednesday, which you can find more about here. Apparently, the last time I did one was SEPTEMBER ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ This week is most disappointing reads of 2018. I was lucky in that I had a great reading year, but there were still a …

Top Ten Tuesday January 15: New-to-Me Authors I Read In 2018

Happy Tuesday everyone!! It has been a minute and a half since I did a Top Ten Tuesday, which you can learn more about here! Today the topic is New-to-Me Authors I Read In 2018. I think almost every author I read in 2018 was new, and I found some new favourites honestly. Celeste Ng: I read …

Recommendations for… diverse historical fiction

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 recommendations for diverse historical fiction. There has been some discussion in the twitter book community about diversity in historical fiction lately, and I wanted to highlight some …