Recommendations for… books if you liked the Handmaid’s Tale

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 books if you liked The Handmaid’s Tale. With the TV series being back …

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How to: make a DNF shelf on Goodreads!

Welcome to my how to blogging advice series! Today, I'm answering the age-old question of how to make an exclusive DNF shelf on Goodreads! Goodreads automatically gives you three shelves that are mutually exclusive: Read, Currently Reading, and Want to Read. Being mutually exclusive means that a book can only be on one of the shelves. …

Books that take place over a long period of time

Happy Friday, everyone! I’ve recently discovered that I really enjoy books that take place over a long period of time. I guess I like being able to see how the characters develop and how everything is connected and related. I also think it’s cool when you know something is going to happen and you’re just …

Thursday discussion: books with LGBTQ+ representation on my TBR

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 …

Tag Tuesday: My Name in Blogs Tag

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Today I'm doing a super fun tag, the May Name in Blogs Tag! I was tagged for this tag (19 years ago) by the lovely Kelly, who is one of the loveliest bloggers ever. Recently, I've been wanting to express my gratitude for the blogging community in some way, and this is a …

How to: introduction

Happy Saturday, everyone! The end of this month will mark three years since I started this blog! I started it summer, 2016, but didn't do a whole lot until summer, 2017. Since then, I've been fairly active and involved in the community, and it has been the best. To commemorate, I thought I'd do a …

Book review: Sawkill Girls

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand From Goodreads Who are the Sawkill Girls? Marion: the new girl. Awkward and plain, steady and dependable. Weighed down by tragedy and hungry for love she’s sure she’ll never find. Zoey: the pariah. Luckless and lonely, hurting but hiding it. Aching with grief and dreaming of vanished girls. Maybe she’s …

Revisiting my 5-star predictions

Happy Wednesday, everyone! A while ago, I did a post where I predicted some books I thought would be 5-star reads, which you can read here and here! So today I thought I'd go over those and see how accurate I was. Five stars Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - ★★★★★ This book!!! I totally understand …

Best debut novels

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Today I'm back with another post inspired by 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 five debut novels. Tbh, I never know whether a book is a debut or not. …

Recommendations for… slower-paced books

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 slower-paced books. Sometimes, I want to be immersed in a book that …

May wrap-up

May is over and once again I am amazed at the ending of the month! Books Read The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne: 3 stars Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo: 5 (million) stars A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard: 4 stars A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith: 4 stars Slide by …

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 …