Top Ten Tuesday June 12: Books that Awaken the Travel Bug in me

Happy Tuesday everyone!! Learn more about Top Ten Tuesday here! This week is Books that Awaken the Travel Bug in me. There was a kinda of similar topics a few weeks ago about books set in other countries, so I tried not to have too much overlap. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke - VeniceThis was …

Top Ten Tuesday May 29: Bookish Worlds I’d Never Want to Live In

Happy Tuesday everyone!! Learn more about Top Ten Tuesday here! This week is Bookish Worlds I’d Want to/Never Want to Live In. I did bookish worlds I'd never want to live in, because I thought that was more interesting. White London, from A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab White London sounds horrible. Maybe after the …

Top Ten Tuesday March 27: books that take place in another country

Happy Tuesday everyone!! Learn more about Top Ten Tuesday here! This week is books that take place in another country. I live in Canada, so most books I've read take place in another country tbh. So I tried not to choose the US or UK for most of these books. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke: Venice …

Books I’m taking on holiday + mini life update

The day this post goes up, I will be leaving for vacation! We're doing a road trip and I'm super excited, so I thought I'd show the books I'm taking on vacation. Most of these can be found on my Read-a-thin TBR; HOWEVER, life happened as it sometimes does so I've had to adjust my …

Travel Diary: CPA National Convention 2017

So a few weeks ago I had the fantastic opportunity of presenting and the Canadian Psychological Association's National Convention!! I presented a poster from my research last summer. The convention was in Toronto and I went all by myself, which was a really cool experience. So I thought I'd do a travel diary of my experience, …

Thursday’s Top 4: books that remind me of a specific place

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's topic is books that remind me of a specific place. Dragonkeeper series by Carole Wilkinson: reminds me of ancient China Memoirs of a Geisha …

Home travels – C Level Cirque Hike

A couple weeks ago, my family did a hike in Banff and I thought I'd share my thoughts and pictures! The hike was called C Level Cirque and is located right near Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park. The weather was great and we got super lucky; it was sunny and hot, but not too …

Tag Tuesday: The Reader’s Questionnaire

First read here! 1. What is your favourite book? Okay, I can never choose. I like too many. Almost all of my 5/5 or 4/5 star reviews would probably have been considered my favourite at some point. 2. What are your goals? For the year? For your life? For the year, I have a list …

#TBT: the Beaches of Crete

As I sit here in the snow and cold, neck-deep in homework and studying (I write the LSAT Saturday, wish me luck!!!!!!!!!!), it's hard to not think back to warmer times on the beach last summer. So here's a bit of a throwback of the beaches of Crete, Greece. Read the rest of my Greece …

Travel diary – Fernie, BC

So my family went to Fernie for the first couple days of January. We went once last year, but my brother had never been and it was our first time going as a family. It was a lot of fun so I thought I'd write a mini travel diary on it. January 1, 2017: we …

2016 Year in Review

Now that it’s 2017, I thought I would do a 2016 year in review. This is mainly just for me for reading back later, so sorry if it’s really long (spoilers: it is).

17 goals for 2017

I cannot believe it's 2017. I turn 21. Australia was 10 years ago. Like what. Anyway, here are my goals for 2017. Some are more personal, some are more tangible, and some are things that I continuously try to work on. Be more independent. Whether this be travel alone or grocery shop for yourself or …