My (somewhat underwhelming) reading year so far

Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you had a lovely week and have great weekend plans! Today I thought I'd do a mid(ish) year wrap-up and talk about what I've read so far this year. Honestly, it's been a bit of a meh year. I haven't read anything bad, but I've only read one five-star book and …

Thursday discussion: books with LGBTQ+ representation I recommend

Happy Thursday, everyone! ICYMI: I've rebranded Thursday's Top 4 to be Thursday Discussion. TBH, I never liked the name TT4 and I didn't like how it was so similar to T5W or T5T, but I could never figure out what to do differently. But recently, I was having issues coming up with four things for each …

WWW Wednesday: May 29

Happy Wednesday, everyone! Today I thought I'd update y'all about my current reading situation by doing WWW Wednesday. WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. All you do is answer the three questions and leave a link to Sam’s post! The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? …

Tag Tuesday: the Spring Cleaning Book Tag

Happy Tuesday, everyone! I'm back with another Tag Tuesday! Today I'm doing the Spring Cleaning Book tag, even though it's essentially summer. I was tagged by Autumn @ Autumn Books. Thank you so much for the tag, Autumn! I'm not sure who created this tag, but if you know, please tell me so I can …

Updated Top TBR

Happy Friday, everyone! On Goodreads, I like to keep a "Top TBR" shelf, which are the books on my TBR I want to read soon. It's partially books that have been on my TBR for ages and I need to read soon, hyped books I want to get to, books I've been trying to read …

Mini review: Pinball, 1973

Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami From Goodreads The plot centers on the narrator's brief but intense obsession with pinball, his life as a freelance translator, and his later efforts to reunite with the old pinball machine that he used to play. He describes living with a pair of identical unnamed female twins, who mysteriously appear …

Top 5 Tuesday: Top 5 “Unputdownable” Reads

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Today I'm back with another Top 5 Tuesday, which 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 “Unputdownable” Reads. The best feeling in the world is when you get sucked into a book …

Recommendations for… easy reads

Happy Monday, everyone! 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 (also Monthly Recommendations has been a bit dead lately so). Today I'm doing recommendations for easy reads! In the summer, it's sometimes nice to just read an easy …

The Sunshine Blogger Award!

Happy Saturday, everyone! I hope you're having a wonderful weekend and have great weekend plans. Today I'm back with another award post! I took a bit of time off from these because I thought I was doing too many. But I'm back! Today, we have the Sunshine Blogger Award, courtesy of the always lovely Eline …

Book review: The Heart’s Invisible Furies

The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne From Goodreads Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that’s what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn’t a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community …

Thursday discussion: favourite titles of books on my TBR

Happy Thursday, everyone! So news: I've rebranded Thursday's Top 4 to be Thursday Discussion. TBH, I never liked the name TT4 and I didn't like how it was so similar to T5W or T5T, but I could never figure out what to do differently. But recently, I was having issues coming up with four things for …

Ten Bookish Confessions

Hello, everyone! I hope you're having a wonderful day. Today I'm confessing ten things I've done regarding books, thanks to the lovely Ruqs. I'm so sorry about how late this is! If y'all don't know their blog, you should definitely check it out! Thank you for getting me to confess about how bad of a …