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, …

2020 reading wrap-up

Hello, friends! Today is my 2020 reading wrap-up, which will be fairly long and statistics-filled, because I'm a nerd and like these things. So without further ado, here are the books I read in 2020! Key (📚) = owned prior to 2020(🇨🇦) = Canadian author(🌾) = Indigenous author(📖) = on TBR prior to 2020(🎶) = …

Last third reviews

Hello, friends and foe! I hope you had a great and SAFE New Year's Eve! This year, I decided to write mini reviews of all the books I read throughout the year, and this is my last collection of those reviews! For the rest of the month, I'll basically be talking about all the books …

December wrap-up!

Hello friends, welcome to the last day of December and 2020, and my December wrap-up! This month's wrap-up is fairly short because I was mainly writing finals all month, and we're in lockdown here so I didn't get up to much. I did draft a ton of 2020 reading wrap-up posts though, which I am …

Mini review: I Killed Zoe Spanos

I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick From Goodreads What happened to Zoe won't stay buried... When Anna Cicconi arrives to the small Hamptons village of Herron Mills for a summer nanny gig, she has high hopes for a fresh start. What she finds instead is a community on edge after the disappearance of Zoe …

Duology review: Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom

Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo Six of Crows synopsis from Goodreads Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich …

Some underrated books you should give as gifts this year

Hello, friends and fellow book lovers! I hope your week has been going well. The day this post is going live is the day after my Tax Law final, so let's all hope it went well. Today I thought I would talk about some underrated books you should give as gifts! Most of these are …

Christmas wishlist!

Happy Friday, friends! And happy December! It's almost Christmas (and finals, but we're ignoring that), so today I thought I'd talk about some of the books on my Christmas wishlist. Before we get into it, I wanted to say that I'm very blessed and fortunate that I'm able to ask for and receive many books …

November wrap-up!

Hello friends! Happy December! November, once again, felt so fast and so slow at the same time. School has been insanely busy this month, so I haven't posted a ton. I'm also getting to the point in the year where I don't want to blog a ton, so that likely won't change any time soon …

2021 releases I’m excited for

Hello friends and fellow book lovers! Today I'm doing a post I don't normally do, an anticipated releases post! I never know which books are being released and generally just wait for them to get hype in the community. But, I actually have some books on my TBR that aren't out yet (according to Goodreads). …

1,600 follower international giveaway!

Hello everyone! Two of my goals for 2020 were reach 1,600 followers and host a giveaway. I recently reached 1,600 followers on this blog (thank you all so much 💕💕), so today I'm hosting a giveaway to celebrate! This giveaway will also be partially to support the Philippines, so please read the entry rules below. …

Mini review: She Would Be King

She Would Be King by Wayetu Moore From Goodreads Wayétu Moore’s powerful debut novel, She Would Be King, reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia’s early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond. Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still …