Hello, everyone! Wow, it's been a while since I've last written on here. I hope everyone in the book blogging community (and beyond, of course) has been doing well! It's been a rather hectic past few months for me -- so much so that I haven't gotten much reading in (I've strangely found myself pivoting… Continue reading Summer ’24 Wrap-Up: Long Time, No Talk & Happy Fall!
Hello, everyone! I've been fairly inconsistent on this blog the last month or so, but for good reason. With the redirected energy, I've been getting more reading in (finally!) and--for better or for worse--have been doing a fair bit of book shopping. I now have stacks of books laying around because I do not have… Continue reading A Cumulative Book Haul from Thrift Stores, Used Bookshops, & Yard Sales
Hello, everyone! I'm so glad to finally have finished this book after talking about it for so many months -- and I'm even happier to report that it was just what I've been craving all this time. That being said, I have a few things to comment on, hence this review! When I first heard… Continue reading Together We Rot by Skyla Arndt: Just What I’ve Been Looking For | Book Review
Hello, everyone! Happy March. 🙂 I'm elated to see warmer days lately where I'm at. Spring is slowly springing! I've been waking every morning to birds chirping and singing (a bit like the ones on this cover, actually -- especially since cardinals are actually Virginia's state bird). How is March treating you so far? Whenever… Continue reading This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone: Red and Blue Make Purple (Prose) | Book Review
I had a creeping suspicion during the gradient transition from the sweltering, miserable (in my humble opinion) summer to the delightful, richly vibrant, mildly brisk months of autumn that I was going to end the reading plateau that occurred in this year's middle. Unfortunately, though, that was not entirely the case. It did start off… Continue reading September-November ’22 Wrap-Up: A Farewell to Youth, A Hello to Horror, and Overhyped Novels
Well, well, well, what do we have here? Two measly months wrapped up in one post yet again? I'm afraid so. I have a hunch that as autumn settles, I'll start reading more consistently again, but for now, please take this minute nibble I can offer. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh… Continue reading July-August ’22 Wrap-Up: Unrated Books, Iffy Sci-Fi, and the Osemanverse
Well, it's certainly been a bit since I've kept up posting on here, but I return from the dead at least for this little wrap-up. A big contributor to my absence is that I just haven't been reading as much and haven't had as much to say, but here is a little morsel I can… Continue reading May/June ’22 Wrap-Up: Reading Slumps, Fake Dating, and Poetry Collections
Convenience Store Woman has the insight and oddity of a satirical piece while still not making a joking of itself -- and eliciting a few chuckles at the dire truth in that, though not uproariously funny or even intrinsically comedic like the blurbs and reviews suggest. Started Reading - May 2, 2022 Finished Reading -… Continue reading Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata: A Perceptive Satire, But Not | Book Review
Hello friends! Am I the only one who found April to be a surprisingly long month? I hadn't thought as much until drafting this post and seeing books that I felt like I read eons ago. Regardless, I read about half of the picks I had put on a tentative TBR for April (and temporarily… Continue reading April ’22 Wrap-Up: First 5-Star and 2-Star of the Year, Pleasant Novellas, & Heartstopper
In all honesty, I wasn't sure it was ever going to happen. Since reading the Six of Crows duology last fall, I wasn't convinced that there'd ever be another book for me. Dramatic, of course, but what can I say? It's hard to say that this book took me by surprise when all I knew… Continue reading The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune: Something More Nuanced Than Separating the Art from the Artist | Book Review
Little Bit of All That 