Hello, everyone! How has your February been? The days have been such a blur lately. I think February has been mostly a month of tempering/moderating for me. The new year typically doesn't mean too much to me but, for whatever reason, this year filled me with such a huge burst of energy and and inspiration.… Continue reading February ’24 Wrap-Up: Finding Balance, Good Films, and The Bear
Hello, everyone! If you've followed my last several posts, then you may recall how frequently I've lamented the lack of snow in my area. Well, we finally got some! I made my "Mr. Tumnus's Sugar-Topped Cake" in celebration this morning. 🙂 I meant to do a Top Ten Tuesday post this week but when I… Continue reading Mid-January Update: My “Currently Reading” Pile Runneth Over
Hello, everyone, and happy new year! I hope everyone's end of year was lovely. Most times, I come into the new year with a bit of malaise/melancholy (foreseeing failed resolutions, the imminence of aging and passing of time, etc., etc., you understand) but I feel a little better about it this year! I'm hoping for… Continue reading My 2023 Year in Books Ranked
Hello, everyone! I can't believe it's already coming up on the end of the year -- where have the months gone? Whatever the case, I'm glad for the impending reset. It feels about time for one of those. Since I think fresh starts are best primed with some time spent tying things up and getting… Continue reading The End of the Year Book Tag 2023
Hello, everyone! How have your autumnal months been of late? I know fall technically bleeds a good deal into December but I tend to peg the beginning of the season at the start of the month -- meaning I'm pretty much bidding farewell to fall. At the end of the summer, I'd hoped to read… Continue reading October-November ’23 Reading Wrap-Up: Middle-Grade Fantasy, A New Favorite, and Rare Books Uncovered
At the end of 2021, I made it my mission to read more and review every book I consumed in the new year of 2022. In some regard, I filled this resolution as I actually completed most of the many books I tend to pick up in a year, and though I reviewed quite a… Continue reading My 2022 Year in Books Ranked (An Excessively Long, Detailed Wrap-Up)
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
If it weren't for lovely (tiny) middle-grade reads like some of the ones on this list, I absolutely would not have read as many books as I did this month (though the number may still be minuscule to some, which is fair). This month featured a slumpy few weeks for me, and I didn't finish… Continue reading March ’22 Wrap-Up: Unsettling Middle-Grade, Fun/Existential Magical Realism, and Dragging Fantasy
I'm a pretty terrible reader, but I'd like to show representation for others like myself! The fact that I read five books is a wonder and something I've rarely accomplished since the middle-grade slivers I consumed as a child. Regardless, it was a decent reading month and I've been trying to determine if I'm too nice to books or if I'm just reading things I like. Perhaps I'm too much of a contrarian. Alas. These are my reads of this month.
Little Bit of All That 