What to read if you don’t know what to read

Hi friends! Today I'm giving some recommendations for what books to read if you don't know what to read. Sometimes it can be hard to find a book you're in the mood for, and you don't want to read a ton of synopses. So today, I'm going to try to pitch these books in a …

Mini review: The Poppy War

The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang Paraphrased from Goodreads When Rin aced the Keju, the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies, it was a shock to everyone. That she got into Sinegard, the most elite military school in Nikan, was even more surprising. But surprises aren’t always …

Book review: Stay Gold

Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith From Goodreads Pony just wants to fly under the radar during senior year. Tired from all the attention he got at his old school after coming out as transgender, he’s looking for a fresh start at Hillcrest High. But it’s hard to live your best life when the threat of …

Books on my TBR: books about disability

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 …

Books I have on hold at the library

Happy Monday, friends! Today I'm doing a post about my library! Almost a year ago, I did one of these posts where I talked about the books I had on hold at the library, and thought I'd do another one. I love my library; most of the books I read last year were from the …

Books with fewer than 5,000 ratings on Goodreads you should read

Hello friends, happy Monday! I feel like I haven't done a recommendations post in ages, even though they're my favourite types of posts to do. So today, we're rectifying that. I'm going to be talking about some books with fewer than 5,000 ratings on Goodreads that you should read! I am always trying to read …

Books on my TBR: pink books

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 …

Past anticipated releases: have I read them?

Hello friends, I hope all is well! Today is a kind of fun post (I think it's fun at least). I'm really bad at keeping up-to-date with new releases, and as we saw recently in my 2020 reading wrap-up post, I'm always a couple of years behind. So I thought for today, it would be …

Tag Tuesday: the Could Do Better Book Tag

Hello, friends and fellow book lovers! It has been a hot minute and a half since I did a book tag. I stopped doing them for a while because they felt repetitive and I was talking about the same 20 books in every tag. BUT Marija tagged me to do the most perfect book tag, …

Backlist books I want to read in 2021

Hello, everyone! I hope your week has been going well. Today I'm going to be talking about the backlist books I want to read in 2021. Typically, every year, I make a TBR of ten-ish books I want to read that year. I very rarely actually read all ten (I read six in 2020), so …

2021 reading plans

Hello, friends! Happy Monday! Usually, I make a list of goals for the year. But, this year will likely be highly unpredictable, like 2020 was, so I've decided not to set specific goals. I have very general, high-level goals, but nothing specific. But, I still wanted to talk about my reading goals for this year, …

New-to-me authors I read in 2020

Hello friends, I hope your week has been going well! Today we're still continuing to talk about books I read in 2020. I had such a great reading year this year and read so many new authors, so today we're going to be talking about some new-to-me authors I read in 2020 and am planning …