Hello, everyone! 2025 was an interesting year for me involving moving, starting a new job (at a library!), and a whole lot of life changes overall. Unfortunately, my reading pace suffered because of it. I spent much of the early year rereading childhood favorites, and the rest has been a little hodgepodge since. There aren't… Continue reading My 2025 Year in Books Ranked
Hello, everyone! Long time, no chat. It seems like it might wind up being a little tradition of mine to become a little less active on this blog in the latter half of the year, just to come slinking back in the new year -- at least I'm hoping to post more again! Before I… Continue reading My 2024 Year in Books Ranked
Hello, everyone! As we move into the final quarter of the year, I thought it'd be a good time to reflect on some of my New Year's bookish resolutions to see what I've fulfilled and what I can still work on. My reading's been sort of rocky this year--I think in part due to all… Continue reading 2024 Reading Goals Review and Check-In
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! How's your spring been going so far? It's a good balance of April showers and bright, sunny days here, so I'm quite pleased! I think it's going to be pretty hot next week, actually, so maybe I'll wind up lamenting that... I'm very slowly getting a handle on my reading but I've not… Continue reading Quarter Year Crisis Book Tag
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! How's everyone's March going? So, I pretty much always consider myself on a "book-buying ban". In a way, I guess this could be good as it seems like I'd be fairly strict and/or principled about the whole thing. Instead, it makes my slip-ups all the more normalized. And, honestly, I'm not really complaining!… Continue reading All the Books I’ve Bought Since the New Year | Book Haul
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
Hello, everyone! The snow that I was so excited about a few weeks ago has gone and left a miserable chill in its wake (we did, though, have a surprisingly warm pocket which was much appreciated). January always feels like such a long month but I can't believe we're already a month into the year… Continue reading Top 10 New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2023 | TTT
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