May wrap-up!

Hi friends and fellow book lovers! May is over in the blink of an eye, which means it's time for another wrap-up! Usually, I start these wrap-ups off with the books I've read, and I keep commentary to the end of the post. But it seemed disingenuous to put this at the end, so it's …

Book review: My Dark Vanessa

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell From Goodreads 2000. Bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye becomes entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and guileful forty-two-year-old English teacher. 2017. Amid the rising wave of allegations against powerful men, a reckoning is coming due. Strane has been accused of sexual …

My first one star review: The Midnight Dance

The Midnight Dance by Nikki Katz From Goodreads Seventeen-year-old Penny is a lead dancer at the Grande Teatro, a finishing school where she and eleven other young women are training to become the finest ballerinas in Italy. Tucked deep into the woods, the school is overseen by the mysterious and handsome young Master who keeps …

First third mini reviews

Hello, everyone! Because I suck at reviewing, have barely written a full review in what feels like months, and have a backlog of reviews dozens of books long, I thought I’d start doing periodic mini reviews of the books I have yet to review. If, while writing these reviews, I have a lot to say, …

If you didn’t like this book, you might like this book

Happy Monday, friends, I hope all is well! Today I thought I'd do a different twist on the "if you liked this book, you might like this book" thing and instead do "if you DIDN'T like this book, you might like this book instead". A few weeks ago, I asked y'all for books you wanted …

March + April wrap-up!

Hi, friends and fellow book lovers. I never wrote a March wrap-up because I took a mini, unannounced hiatus at the end of March. Some things happened near the end of March, and it seemed weird to discuss them at that time, so I figured I'd put my March and April wrap-ups together. I'll get …

Top 5 Tuesday: series I want to start

Happy Tuesday, gals and pals! Two weeks in a row that I've done Top 5 Tuesday! 🎉 🎉  Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme created by the lovely Shanah at the Bionic Bookworm. You can visit here for the upcoming topics! Today the topic is series I want to start. This topic was kind …

Tier ranking all of the series I’ve read

Hello, friends and book lovers! Today I thought I'd hop on the tier ranking trend and tier rank all of the series I've read. I'm not much of a series reader, if you hadn't noticed by now. I tend to enjoy standalones more. Because of that, I haven't read a ton of series, and I've …

Top 5 Tuesday: popular books I haven’t read yet

Happy Tuesday, gals and pals! I've been missing blogging (yay!) and thought I'd participate in Top 5 Tuesday for the first time in forever. Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme created by the lovely Shanah at the Bionic Bookworm. You can visit here for the upcoming topics! Today the topic is popular books I …

Book review: The Moment of Lift

The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates From Goodreads For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission. Her goal, as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this …

Books I have on hold from the library

Hello, gals and pals! How is everyone holding up? Today, I thought I'd talk a bit about the books I have on hold from the library. I've been using my library a ton in the past year, and am so glad I am. I've saved so much money and read so many books from my …

Some low-stress books to read if you’re feeling stressed

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you are all staying safe and healthy in these trying times. Today, I thought I would give some recommendations for some low-stress, entertaining books to help keep you mind off things. These are all books that will hopefully keep your mind off things if you've been stressed about the news and …