2019 goals: check-up

Happy Wednesday, everyone! Today I'm doing a check-up on my 2019 goals. This is mainly to keep myself accountable and so I can remember what my goals were, see how I've been doing, and make any changes as necessary. ✅ = on track ❓ = idk how to evaluate my progress on this ❌ = did not or …

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 …

The Sunshine Blogger Award!

Happy Saturday, everyone! I hope you're having a wonderful weekend and have great weekend plans. Today I'm back with another award post! I took a bit of time off from these because I thought I was doing too many. But I'm back! Today, we have the Sunshine Blogger Award, courtesy of the always lovely Eline …

Book review: Every Heart a Doorway

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire From Goodreads Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else. …

April wrap-up

I still can't get over the fact that it is now MAY. WTF. Books Read The Secret History by Donna Tartt: 4 stars The 7 and 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton: 3 stars The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney: 3 stars Reviews posted Review: Women Talking: 3.5 stars, …

1,000 follower Q&A

Happy Saturday, everyone!! If you missed it, a few weeks ago, I reached 1,000 followers on this blog! To celebrate, I decided to do a Q&A, and today is the day I'm answering all the questions. Thank you to everyone who asked questions! There were so many good ones and I had so much fun …

My favourite spam comments

Hi friends! Normally on Tuesdays, I do either TTT or T5T or Tag Tuesday. But I'm in the middle of finals right now (when I'm typing this, I should be studying for my contracts final, and when you're reading this, I'll be studying for my final final of first year!), so I don't have a …

Tag Tuesday: the behind the blogger tag!

Happy Tuesday, everyone!! Today I'm back with another tag, today the tag by our fave, Ellyn! She created the Behind the Blogger tag, and it's a lot of fun. So, thanks Ellyn for creating the tag and tagging me to do it! The rules: Thank the person who nominated you Answer all the questions down …

Thank you!

Happy Saturday, everyone! Yesterday, I hit 1,000 followers on this blog. And I just wanted to hop on here to say thank you all so so much. When I started this blog almost three years ago, I never knew how much fun it would be. But I've found a wonderful and supportive community, and I …

March wrap-up

HOW is March over? To me, it felt like it dragged but also went by so quickly, you know? Books Read None 😦 I haven't made any headway on The Secret History, and I was too busy to read this month. Reviews posted Book review: the Power: 3.5 stars, rounded to 4 Book reviews: Shanghai Girls …

Looking at my blog’s search terms

Hi everyone! I wasn't going to post today, but I recently was given the idea to look at my blog's search terms by Kaleena, and it was too funny not to share. This isn't my usual content, but it's my blog so I choose what we talk about. SO today we're going to be looking …

Recent non-bookish favourites

Hi everyone! Today I thought I'd do a post on some of my recent non-bookish favourites! I like doing these every so often to talk about the things I've been enjoying lately because I like talking about things that are not books every once in a while too. TV shows and movies Russian Doll This …