Thanks Katie for the nomination and prompt! Sorry this took me forever to get to, it was harder to find books that deal with grief than I thought. RULES: Create your own listicle tag, using the prompt from the person who tagged you. Tag the creator of the post (not-so-modern-girl!) so that she can read all your … Continue reading The Listicle Tag
Tag: a tale for the time being
Summer reading wrap-up
I managed to read a lot of wonderful books this summer and I'm so happy! I've been in a reading slump for the past couple years (yes, years. university does that to you), where all I wanted to read were the same YA romances over and over again. But this summer I found some great … Continue reading Summer reading wrap-up
Book review: A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki Paraphrased from Goodreads In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there’s only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates’ bullying, but before she ends it all, Nao plans to document the life of her great-grandmother, a Buddhist nun who’s lived more than a century. A … Continue reading Book review: A Tale for the Time Being
WWW Wednesday: July 26
Normally I participate in T5W, but this week's prompt (series that got better) wasn't working for me. I just couldn't think of anything more than Red Rising and Harry Potter. So instead I thought I'd do WWW Wednesday! WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. It’s very simple: answer … Continue reading WWW Wednesday: July 26
2017 Book Goals
I wrote on my 2017 goals post that I wanted to read five new books, but I never really said what those five were. So I thought I’d write them down so I can refer back at the end of the year and see if I stuck to it. New reads: the Red Rising Trilogy by … Continue reading 2017 Book Goals