Books

TOP TEN TUESDAY: Bookish Things That Scare Me

Today's Top Ten Tuesday is a Halloween freebie. I settled on bookish things that scare me for this week's theme. Readers be warned. Unsatisfying endings Don't you hate when you're reading a book that you're CERTAIN will be a five-star read only to be betrayed at the end? My rating for The Intimacy Experiment fell… Continue reading TOP TEN TUESDAY: Bookish Things That Scare Me

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TOP TEN TUESDAY: Online Resources for Book Lovers

It's Top Ten Tuesday! I have more opinions on this topic than I was previously aware of! These are the bookish online resources I use most often. You probably know about a lot of them. If not...you're welcome, I guess. Bookshop I order most of my books from Bookshop. Proceeds from the site benefit local… Continue reading TOP TEN TUESDAY: Online Resources for Book Lovers

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TOP TEN TUESDAY: Favorite Book Settings

It's that time again! Today's Top Ten Tuesday is about favorite book settings! I surprised myself by coming up with a long list of beloved settings. Here's what I narrowed that list down to. Once Upon a Marigold In fourth grade, I tried to crawl inside this book. It has the perfect fantasy world, one… Continue reading TOP TEN TUESDAY: Favorite Book Settings

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TOP TEN TUESDAY: Bookish Pet Peeves

Looove doing last minute Top Ten Tuesday posts. (No, honestly, I love doing this.) (Can you tell I'm a pantser?) Today's topic is bookish pet peeves! I thought I wouldn't have much to say today. I WAS WRONG. Price stickers on books Price stickers infuriate me. When my friends lend me books, I have to… Continue reading TOP TEN TUESDAY: Bookish Pet Peeves

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Witchy October Reads

So far, it has rained every day in October. Safeway has Halloween candy out and ready to buy. My coworkers are trading skeleton memes. I've restarted The Magnus Archives. This is my favorite time of year. I'm not really feeling scary books this year. Witchy books, though? I'm all about those. I fully intend to… Continue reading Witchy October Reads

Books, Real Life

September Wrap-Up: Third quarter slump

I am exhausted. Between medication issues, difficult assignments, and work pressure, I hit a low point last month. As such, I'm in a reading slump. Behold my DNF-heavy reading stats. Reading Stats In September, I completed 15 books and DNFed 10 books for a total of 25 books. Turns out I DNFed 7 books in August. School has been weighing… Continue reading September Wrap-Up: Third quarter slump