Books, Taylor Swift, and other hyperfixations
Today's Top Ten Tuesday covers my favorite trope. Listen. Listen. When it comes to romance, enemies-to-lovers is the way to go. To view someone as a threat, you have to view them as an equal! That's where respect comes from! There's something magic about, "I need to take this person out...because they're too hot to… Continue reading TOP TEN TUESDAY: Books with my favorite trope/theme
Happy Christmas, Harry! Elli created an excellent Christmas-themed book tag complete with MUSIC VIDEOS? You can view them in her post! Anyway, she tagged me in this and I got to work on it right away. Underneath the Tree by Kelly Clarckson A book you want to find under the Christmas tree this year. Katee… Continue reading The Modern-Day Christmas Song Book Tag
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
I have bad news: due to supply chain issues, there is going to be a book shortage. Do I understand it fully? No. Am I afraid? Yes. The shortage is coming, whether we like it or not. You know what that means: It's time to finally read all the backlist books on our TBRs. If… Continue reading Backlist Books to Keep Me Company During the Great Book Shortage
It's the 23nd of Pride Month. I'm doing this tag today in celebration. Theresa, this tag's creator, used well-known mainstream sapphic books for each of the prompts. Since I recced multiple books for most of the prompts, you're getting...four times the recommendations? YOU'RE WELCOME. Crier's War by Nina Varela An enemies-to-lovers book As you may know,… Continue reading Sapphic Book Tag
Good news! Four excellent books are making their debuts today! Consider supporting Black authors by purchasing one of these books! (Alternately, if you have the means, purchase a copy of one of these books for a Black reader.) You Should See Me in a Crown By Leah Johnson You can expect A queer Black protagonist!… Continue reading 2 June 2 Release Day
Jessica tagged me for my second Mystery Blogger Award! Jessica runs a really adorable, unicorn-themed blog and is generally a fun, kind person. Check out her blog now. I'll wait. The Rules: 1 – Put the award logo/image on your blog 2 – List the rules. 3 – Thank whoever nominated you and provide a… Continue reading The Mystery Blogger Award II
The week just started and I'm already ready for the weekend. Mainly because I agreed to do a number of things that WILL be fun...but how am I going to read/watch Star Wars? Emer did this book tag created by Kellys BookSpill and I just gotta gush about the books I've read recently. It's necessary. WHAT BOOK… Continue reading The Bedtime Book Tag
(CW: today's post discusses rape threats and sexual violence at length) GUESS WHO JUST BUDDY-READ A PIRATE NOVEL? 'TWAS ME. WAHOO. Jenna @ Bookmark Your Thoughts and Trisha @ The Tea Reader let me join their December buddy read of Tricia Levenseller's Daughter of the Pirate King. After the craziness of NaNo, I was looking… Continue reading BUDDY READ: Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
I had an epiphany recently about my favorite type of ship. ("Ship" as in "fictional relationship," not as in "boat.") I used to say my favorite was "enemies to lovers." I knew, though, that that description wasn't quite right. Then I watched The Rise of Skywalker and realized, "Duh...I like Hero x Villain ships." What could… Continue reading Favorite Ship Dynamics
Narrative Paradise 