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 …

Least favourite books of 2020

Hello everyone, happy Monday! To start the week off, we're going to be talking about some of my least favourite books of the year. This is a combination of my least favourite books and the most disappointing books. Also, this isn't meant to spread hate to these authors or anything. I went into all of …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Books on my TBR: translated 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 …

Book review: The Water Dancer

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates From Goodreads Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her — but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with …