Books on my TBR: diverse short story collections

Hello, friends! Time to talk about some more books on my TBR! This is a series where I talk about a specific subset of books on my TBR. I've done a few posts of really long lists of books on my TBR, so for these posts I'm going to try to keep the list fairly …

Three reviews of three star books

Happy Friday, pals! Today, I'm reviewing three books I rated three stars! Usually, three-star reviews are fairly long, because I have a lot to say about the books to justify the three stars. But for these books, I honestly don't have that much to say. My rating for each of these can really be summed …

Recommending books based on your poor descriptions of your favourite books

Hello friends and fellow book lovers! It's time for another recommendations post based on some weird things. On twitter recently, I asked y'all for poor descriptions of your favourite books. Thank you to everyone who gave me bad descriptions! I am now going to attempt to give recommendations based on those poor descriptions! Hopefully I …

Scientifically determining whether I like nonfiction better as audio or physical books

Hello, friends! I'm back with another blog post (obviously), and you can probably guess what it's going to be based on the title of this post. Today, I am going to be attempting to determine whether I enjoy nonfiction books better when I listen to them as an audiobook versus reading the physical book. And, …

Books on my TBR: ultra-specific non-fiction

Hello, friends! It's time for my second instalment of books on my TBR, which is a series on my blog where I talk about a very specific subset of books on my TBR. I've done a few posts of really long lists of books on my TBR, so for these posts I'm going to try …

Second third reviews

Hello, pals and gals! This year, I have been writing mini reviews for all the books I read to force myself to write something about each book I read. At the end of four months, I've been doing these round-ups of reviews. I've been really enjoying this and feel like it's really helped me write …

Books on my TBR: disaster women

Hello, friends! I'm very excited for today's post. I've decided to start a new series on my blog (and it's been ages since I was excited about a series) where I talk about very specific genres or types of books on my TBR (to be read)! I thought it would be a fun way to …

Non-fiction mini reviews

Hello, everyone, and happy Friday! Today I'm posting some mini reviews of non-fiction books I've read recently. I believe I listened to all of these on audiobook, which is my preferred way of consuming non-fiction. I just find it easier to get through if I'm feeling bored, and it's great to do on my commutes. …

WWW Wednesday: August 19

Happy Wednesday, everyone! I thought today, I'd do a last minute WWW Wednesday. post to update you on my reading (which is more or less non-existent currently) WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. All you do is answer the three questions: What are you currently reading?What did …

Some glowing mini reviews of books I’ve loved recently

Happy Friday, gals and pals! Today, I'm posting some mini reviews of books I've loved lately. My reviews for books I love often up being me saying "I loved this" several times, which is what this post is. I manage to say "I loved [aspect of the book]" 23 times. Apologies that my reviews aren't …

Most original book covers pt. 2

Hello, gals and gays! I hope all is well. Today, I wanted to do a follow-up to a fun post I did a little while ago. A few months ago now, I did a blog post where I talked about some trends in book covers. It was a kind of dumb post where I poked …

Book review: The Belles

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton From Goodreads Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orléans, the people are born gray, they are born damned, and only with the help of a Belle and her …