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
The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel is, in my book, a nice adaptation of the source material. It definitely feels like the people who've worked on it (based on Maggie Stiefvater's novel, adapted by Stephanie Williams, and illustrated by Sas Milledge) understood the story they were working with. They've done a beautiful job translating it… Continue reading The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel | The Strengths and Weaknesses of Adaptations | Book Review
Hello, everyone! I've had this post sitting in my drafts for quite some time, anticipating my typical mid-year interest in returning to blogging after an unannounced hiatus (I think I can officially call it a trend after 2023 and 2024). I haven't quite met my blogging/social media goals for the year so I'm looking to… Continue reading 2025 Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag (+ Mid-Year Wrap-Up)
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! Long time, no talk. I seem to be saying that a lot, I'm sorry about that! Based on the way the rest of my life is balancing out at the moment, I think I'll be popping in and out on this blog for a little while before getting a more precise schedule going… Continue reading 2024 Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag (+ Mid-Year Wrap-Up)
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 just finished reading Greywaren (Dreamer Trilogy, #3), and was planning to sit with my feelings towards it for a while before trying to compose them into a review of sorts but it's all a muddled mess that I think can only be unraveled in writing. I'll be discussing both The Raven Cycle… Continue reading The Dreamer Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater: How Much is a Spin-Off Permitted? | An In-Depth but Spoiler-Free Series Review
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
I knew this book was going to be a five-star read as soon as I was describing it to people with a pounding heart and words tripping over themselves, rushing to get out -- something I've truly not experienced in years. Before the Devil Knows You're Here has some of the most phenomenal prose I've… Continue reading Before the Devil Knows You’re Here by Autumn Krause | 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
Little Bit of All That 