(Disclaimer: this post contains spoilers for the Illumicrate Magic+Mayhem box.) I picked up a lot of books at YALC in the last weekend of July, so I was on something of a book buying ban in August. I still ended up with two new books in August, but I was sent them, rather than buying… Continue reading August + September 2018 book haul // Book buying bans and V. E. Schwab
Despite my hopes and wishes for the hot weather remain here forever, things definitely cooled down in September as summer inevitably turned into autumn. Unpopular opinion, but summer is my favourite season and I really enjoyed the hot weather we had in June and July. So I was a little disheartened when the weather cooled… Continue reading September 2018 Wrap Up // Great poetry, a sweet web comic, and a diverse gay romance
The Friday 56 is a weekly blog meme hosted by Freda’s Voice. The idea is to share an excerpt from a book you’ve been reading every Friday, to promote the book or simply just to showcase your current read! Rules: *Grab a book, any book. *Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader (If you… Continue reading The Friday 56: The Caged Queen
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s theme is: August 21: Books to Pull You Out of a Reading… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books to help you slay that reading slump
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s theme is: June 12: Books That Awaken the Travel Bug In Me… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Fantasy books with the best modes of travel
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s theme is: May 29: Bookish Worlds I’d Want to/Never Want to Live… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Literary worlds I’d love to live in
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s theme is: March 13: Books That Surprised Me (in a good or… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Surprisingly good (and bad) books
If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll know that fantasy is my favourite genre and I get so much joy out of picking up new books with magic, dragons, and mystical worlds. Of all the books I’ve read this year, these were my five favourites. A Conjuring of Light I could easily have… Continue reading Blogmas Day 17: Five favourite fantasies I’ve read this year
You might have noticed that my October wrap up was suspiciously absent last month. That’s because I started NaNoWriMo and suddenly any time for blogging, reading, and watching my beloved k-dramas completely evapourated. As a result, I’m doing my October and November wrap up all rolled into one. Since I only read one book in… Continue reading October and November 2017 Wrap Up
Happy Halloween everyone! Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature created by Jamie over at The Broke and The Bookish. The feature was created because Jamie is loves lists, and this weeks theme is: October 31: Halloween Freebie! Jamie said we could go wild with this week’s freebie, so I’ve decided to go with bookish weapons and abilities… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Weapons and abilities I’d use to fight off Halloween monsters
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