Second third reviews: 4+ stars

Happy Friday! Today is the second instalment of my thirdly reviews, where I'll be giving mini reviews of all the books I read in the last four months! Last week, I did all the books I rated 3 and 3.5 stars, and today are all the 4, 4.5 and 5 stars! Gender Queer by Maia …

Recommending some standalones

Hello, friends and book lovers! It has been a while since I did a good, old fashioned book recommendations post, so that's what we're doing today. Today I'm recommending some standalones, which are personally my favourite type of book. I feel like series are more loved and recommended, but standalones deserve love too. I tried …

What to read if you don’t like reading

Happy Monday, friends! Today we're going to be talking about some books I'd recommend you read if you don't like reading. The idea for this post was inspired by an upcoming Top Ten Tuesday theme, so thanks to Jana for the idea! When picking these books, I tried to pick things that were fun and …

Reviews of my recent favourites

Hello everyone, happy Friday! Today, I'm doing some reviews of my recent favourite books. I've been in a bit of a reading slump the past few weeks, and read only three books in July, my worst month of the year. I've also been having bad luck with the books, and have been giving out a …

Mini review: Unwind

Unwind by Neal Shusterman From Goodreads Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives. The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of …

Top Five Wednesday: spring reads

Happy Wednesday! I'm back with another Top Five Wednesday, which you can find more about here! This week is spring reads, which I think is a fun topic! Educated by Tara Westover This book is all about overcoming your past and new beginnings, which I thought was perfect for fall. Even though I feel like …

Books with the best (in my opinion) writing

If a book has good writing, I will 100% be tricked into loving it. It’s the fastest and easiest way to my heart. These are some books that have, in my opinion, some of the best writing Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro: this book just has such a great flow. It's told as …

Top Five Wednesday: top TBR

Two Top Five Wednesdays in a row!!! Go me! This week is top TBR. I occasionally do posts where I talk about my Top TBR list on Goodreads, which you can see here! So today we're talking about the top books I want to read soon. These are all either on my Top TBR list or …

Top Five Wednesday: most disappointing reads of 2018

It's been a hot minute and a half since I did a Top 5 Wednesday, which you can find more about here. Apparently, the last time I did one was SEPTEMBER ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ This week is most disappointing reads of 2018. I was lucky in that I had a great reading year, but there were still a …

2018 reading wrap-up

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 …

Monthly recommendations: relatable characters

Find out more about the Goodreads group here! This month is relatable characters, which I think is such a fun topic! Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman The protagonist of this book, Kiko, has social anxiety. And parts of it were painfully relatable. Like holy shit, I'd never read something that I related to more. Especially the part …

Book review: Strange the Dreamer

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor From Goodreads The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder …