July wrap-up

July has ended and we are officially halfway through the year (I think, I'm bad at math). In July, I did both nothing and a lot but I mainly just cried. Books Read The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neil: 4 stars The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir: 4 stars The Boy in …

Top 5 Tuesday: UVWXYZ

Happy Tuesday, gals and pals! Today is another Top 5 Tuesday. 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 month, the topics are the alphabet! Essentially, I'm going to be giving you one book for each letter of the …

Last minute Read-a-thin TBR

Happy Monday, friends! I cannot believe that it is practically August, where has the summer gone. I decided very last minute that I would participate in this month's Read-a-thin. Read-a-thin is a read-a-thon based around reading books on your TBR. You can find more about it on their Twitter page here! My reading has been …

The Sunshine Blogger Award!

Happy Sunday, friends! Today, I'm doing the Sunshine Blogger Award, which I was nominated for by the lovely Siobhan and Sofii! If you don't follow them, you really should. Siobhan has some of the best discussion posts, and Sofii is one of the sweetest people ever. Thank you both so much for the nominations! 💖💖 I'm …

How to: write a *readable* book review

Happy Saturday, everyone! Today we're talking about how to write a readable book review! Reviews are great and most bloggers post them at least sometimes. But as a reader of a lot of reviews, I know what types of reviews I'm likely to read and which I'm likely to skip over (or not read as …

Woman of the Month: Jean Lumb

Happy Friday, everyone! I'm back with Woman of the Month! I took a bit of a break from these posts because I just wasn't inspired anymore. But recently, I've become re-inspired, and I wanted to start it up again. So we back! Woman of the Month is a feature on my blog where each month …

Thursday discussion: books or series that would make good TV shows

Happy Thursday, everyone! Welcome to this week's Thursday Discussion. Essentially, this is a biweekly meme where you write a post based on the prompt for that week. The post can be as long or as short as you want, and you can talk about as much or as little as you want. Visit this page …

Bookish things I have and have not changed my mind about

Happy Wednesday! It has been a minute and a half since I did Top Five Wednesday, which you can find more about here! Over the summer, Sam (the host) is taking a break, so all the topics are throwback topics, which I'm really excited about tbh! This week I decided to do a topic from …

Top 5 Tuesday: PQRST

It has been a little while since I participate in Top 5 Tuesday, and I honestly wasn't sure I was going to be able to do this topic. 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 month, the …

How to: get ideas for blog posts (+ blog post ideas!)

Happy Saturday, everyone! Today we're talking about getting ideas for blog posts! Finding ideas for posts can be hard. It’s something that I think all bloggers struggle with and is definitely one of the hardest parts of blogging. I’m (obviously) by no means an expert, but these are some of the things I do to get …

Book review: The Seven (and 1/2) Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

(Before we get to the review, I just wanted to say (again) that my comments are 100% being labelled as spam, so please check your spam folders!) The Seven (& 1/2) Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton ★★★★☆ 3.5 stars, rounded to 4 I’m not going to put the official Goodreads blurb because I …

Graphic novels on my TBR

Happy Wednesday, everyone! Today I thought I'd talk about some graphic novels on my TBR. I don't read a ton of graphic novels, but I really enjoy them. I think they can be fantastic, if done well, and I like supporting it as a genuine form of literature. Also just a reminder from yesterday that …