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The Aesthete Blogger Award ~ My Very First Award!
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. I got nominated for my first award! Thank you to Rania @ Rania’s Rambling Reads and Jenna W. @ Embers of Eleanor for nominating me! Rules: Use the official logo/graphic of the award and display it on your blog. List the rules. Show some love to the one who nominated you! Mention the creator (Asmita@ the Fictional Journal) and link it back to the original post. Tell me a something about this world that you admire. What is your favourite form of creativity? Nominate 7 lovely people and notify them by commenting on their posts; spread some love! Ask your nominees 4…
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Review: A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
I wasn’t planning to do two reviews back-to-back, but I have a few that I’d like to get posted, so here’s another review. I started reading this book with high hopes and expectations. I loved A Curse So Dark and Lonely, and I was really excited to read the second one. Sadly, A Heart So Fierce and Broken didn’t quite live up to what I had expected it to. Title: A Heart So Fierce and BrokenAuthor: Brigid KemmererGenre: Fantasy, Romance, Young AdultSeries: Cursebreakers #2Page Count: 450 Synopsis: (spoilers for previous book!) “Find the heir, win the crown. The curse is finally broken, but Prince Rhen of Emberfall faces darker troubles…
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Review: The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
Okay, so maybe I do read more historical fiction than I thought. So far in the month of April, all the books I’ve read have been in that genre. Well, I mean, it’s only three books, but still. Anyways. . . Today, I have a review of The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee, a wonderful historical fiction novel, set in 1890. Title: The Downstairs Girl Author: Stacey Lee Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Series: None Page Count: 366 Synopsis: “From the founding member of We Need Diverse Books comes a powerful novel about identity, betrayal, and the meaning of family. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady’s maid…
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What Makes a 5 Star Read? ~ What I Look For in a Good Book
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. I’ve seen this discussion topic floating around for a while and I decided to do it as well with my own thoughts on it. Rating books is hard to do. I spend a lot of time figuring out what I should rate a book. 3 or 3.5? 4 or 4.5? 3.5 or–okay, I think you get my point. So, today, I’m going to talk about the main factors that I look at for rating books I’ve read. What makes a 5 star read? Enjoyment Ignoring everything else in this post, how much I enjoyed a book probably influences my ratings the most.…
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8 Overlooked Books I Think Everyone Should Read
Hello, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. Today I have a list of books I think everyone should read. Some of these books are aimed at younger kids, around middle grade (or even younger), but they have strong and powerful meanings behind them. They’re good lessons for anyone, regardless of age. Now, these books aren’t necessarily underrated or not popular (though some of them are) but I think they’re not as appreciated for the lessons they can teach people. They’re overlooked in that aspect. So without further ado, let’s get started! The Missing Piece of Charlie O’Reilly ~ Rebecca K.S. Ansari For a book published nearly two years ago,…
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My Trip to Death Valley
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re doing well. Today I have another photography post. I recently went camping in Death Valley and I got some really cool pictures that I thought I’d share with you. Let me tell you, camping in Death Valley is so hot! It got to 100 degrees Fahrenheit at one point. But I still had a good time. This first series of photos is the view we had from our campsite. Some of these were taken at sunrise, most of them actually. During the day, we tried to hike when it was least hot, but it was hard; it started getting really hot at about 8 o’clock…
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Review: The Secret of Nightingale Wood by Lucy Strange
For someone who has historical fiction labeled as one of her favorite genres, I don’t read a lot of it. I’m just never able to find ones that seem interesting. Or maybe I just don’t look for them. I started this book without much knowledge of what it would be about and I liked it, but there were a few things that annoyed me. So, here is my review! Title: The Secret of Nightingale WoodAuthor: Lucy StrangeGenre: Historical Fiction, Middle GradeSeries: NonePage Count: 289 Synopsis: “1919. Mama is ill. Father has taken a job abroad. Nanny Jane is too busy to pay any attention to Henrietta and the things she…
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The Bookworm’s Tag
Hello, everyone! I’m hope you’re all doing well. I was tagged by Maith M. @ Jovial Pages for the Bookworm’s Tag, so thank you Maith! The Rules: Thank and link to the blogger who nominated you. Include the tag graphic in your post. Answer the ten questions the blogger asked. Nominate between five and ten bloggers. Ask your nominees ten book-related questions! Don’t feel bound to these rules. (Most importantly) Have fun! Now, let’s get started! Which book made you a bibliophile? Ooh, that’s a hard question. There are so many books that got me into reading, I don’t know if I can just choose one. But, for right now,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Book Titles That Sound Like Crayola Crayon Colors
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re doing well. I haven’t posted in a week, but that’s because I was camping with my family in a place without Wi-Fi, so I couldn’t do anything. Anyways, I’m excited for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, so let’s get into it. Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl where there is a topic and you make a list that best fits it. Today’s topic is Book Titles That Sound Like They Could be Crayola Crayon Colors. The Starless Sea ~ Erin Morgenstern I wouldn’t use ‘the’ in the color name, but I envision the color ‘Starless Sea’…
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The (Very Late) Book Blog Newbie Tag
Hello, everyone! I probably should’ve done this as my first tag, but my organization of posts is not that great. I’ve been blogging for a little over three months, so this is very late, but I still thought I should do it. I’ve seen a variety of people do this, and it looks like a lot of fun. So, without further ado, the questions. Why did you want to start a book blog? I started thinking about beginning a book blog sometime last year. On the NaNoWriMo YWP, there was a thread where you could share your blogs. I was looking at it and clicked through some other people’s blogs.…
