I like books and telling people my opinion.
Hello my fellow book lovers, I hope you're all having a lovely day. For today's post, I'm going to be critiquing some of my favourite books. Personally, I think it's important to be conscientious of the issues in your favourite books. I think it's absolutely okay to enjoy a problematic book, as long as you're … Continue reading Critiquing my favourite books
Happy Monday, everyone! Quick update: I have new blog headings! I was feeling depressed and overwhelmed last week, so to further suppress my emotions, I decided to make new headers. I think they're pretty, but let me know what you think! Onto today's post! Even though I participate in giving Monthly Recommendations, I thought I would … Continue reading Recommendations for… books where you’ll learn something
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 … Continue reading Recent non-bookish favourites
Even though I participate in giving Monthly Recommendations, I thought I would start my own where every couple weeks I give recommendations for a specific topic. Today, in honour of Women's History Month, I'm doing recommendations for feminist fiction books. These are books that either directly explore some aspect of feminism or are feminist in their portrayal … Continue reading Recommendations for… feminist fiction books
Even though I participate in giving Monthly Recommendations, I thought I would start my own where every couple weeks I give recommendations for a specific topic. Today I'm doing recommendations of first books in series you could read as a standalone. AKA calling me out for never finishing series. Wither by Lauren DeStefano I actually don't … Continue reading Recommendations for… first books of series you could read as a standalone
Even though I participate in giving Monthly Recommendations, I thought I would start my own where every couple weeks I give recommendations for a specific topic. Today I'm doing recommendations of my favourite books. These are books that I think everyone needs to read. AKA me gushing about my favourite books for 300 words and trying … Continue reading Recommendations for… my favourite books
Happy Tuesday, friends! I hope your first week of 2019 was a gooder! Today I thought I'd go over my favourite books from 2018. I read a ton of good books and wanted to gush about them. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng This was my #1 favourite of the year. It was … Continue reading Favourites from 2018
I cannot believe it's 2019 already. 2018 went by so quickly, and I honestly don't know how that happened. So today we're reviewing the books I read in 2018! I managed to read a total of 28 books, which I'm so happy about! A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab: 3 stars Persepolis by Marjane … Continue reading 2018 reading wrap-up
Find out more about Thursday’s Top 4 here! It’s basically a meme I started mainly for myself, but anyone can participate! Visit this page for the upcoming topics 🙂 This week the topic is books someone recommended to you. I'm sure we all get recommendations from people, and I think it's interesting to see what other … Continue reading Thursday’s Top 4: books someone recommended to you
Find out more about Thursday’s Top 4 here! It’s basically a meme I started mainly for myself, but anyone can participate! Visit this page for the upcoming topics 🙂 This week the topic is favourite or highest-rated books. Like last week, these are both! Some books I considered favourites AND got five stars. Nothing by Janne … Continue reading Thursday’s Top 4: favourite and highest-rated books
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro From Goodreads From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Dayand When We Were Orphans, comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat mystery that is at once heartbreakingly tender and morally courageous about what it means to be human. Hailsham seems like a pleasant English boarding school, far from the influences … Continue reading Book review: Never Let Me Go
So I had this discussion in the back of my mind for a while and finally decided to write my thoughts down. Can a book be a favourite and not a five-star read, and can a five-star read not be a favourite? I feel like, generally, most people rate their favourite books as five stars … Continue reading Discussion: can a book be a favourite and not a five-star read?
