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Review: Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. This week has been loooooong. We have this weird schedule at school for testing, so we have extra long block period sessions, where classes are two hours long. It makes the days go by so slowly. And we have it again next week! Anyways, enough complaining from me. I’m here to talk about a new favorite book of mine! Have you ever read a book where you just felt completely and totally happy when it ended? And you couldn’t keep that smile off your face? Well, I have found that book. Counting Down with You is now one of my favorite contemporaries.…
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The Benefits of Reading | Why I Love to Read and What I Learn From It
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. Today’s post was inspired by another post I wrote, an LTB post about book addicts vs. book lovers. One of the questions was “what are the merits of being one or the other?” and it got me thinking about all the merits of reading. In this post, I’ll be talking about why I love to read and what the benefits of reading are–what I get out of it and why it’s helpful. It’s fun Wow, what an obvious way to start. Yeah, I know. Hear me out. I feel like one of the reasons a lot of people–especially teenagers–don’t like to read…
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The Blogger Recommendations Tag
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. I am slowly getting through the tags I was tagged for, with varying success. Today I am doing The Blogger Recommendations Tag. Thank you to Prashana @ Readers’ Alcove for tagging me! The Blogger Recommendations Tag is essentially a way for bloggers to share some of their favorite bloggers with their readers. It helps the readers discover more blogs and also brings appreciation to the bloggers mentioned. – Nehal @ Quirky Pages Rules: Thank and link back to the person who tagged you. Mention the creator of the tag: Nehal @ Quirky Pages List the rules. Share one or more bloggers you think…
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Review: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
I have found a favorite mystery book–series, to be exact. Thank you very much, Holly Jackson. Seriously though, this book was amazing. (I’m really running out of words to describe books I love.) The hype it has is truly deserved. Title: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Author: Holly Jackson Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Young Adult Series: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder #1 Page Count: 387 (paperback) The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the murder,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books With my Favorite Tropes
In my year and two months of blogging, I have come to discover some tropes that I absolutely love. And that is what we will be looking at today. I broke this list off into a few different tropes and gave some recommendations for each. 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 Books With Your Favorite Trope/Theme. FOUND FAMILY “Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.” – Trenton Lee Stewart, The…
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Let’s Talk Bookish: Maintaining a Blog Aesthetic
Hey, everyone, happy Friday! I hope you’re all doing well. There was a crazy thunderstorm yesterday. One of the thunderclaps was literally right next to my house. On top of that, there was also hail and lightning. I’m glad it happened though because we desperately need the rain. Anyways, I’m back with another discussion post. I had a fun time writing this one, as I love the design aspect of blogging. Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme created by Rukky @ Eternity Books and is hosted by Rukky and Dani @ Literary Lion where we discuss various topics and share our opinions. Today’s topic is Maintaining a Blog Aesthetic (suggested…
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February Wrap-Up | Mysteries, Confusing Weather, and a Lack of Free Time
I considered talking about how fast time has gone by, like I usually do, but for now, I’m not going to. Instead, we’ll focus on something else. This month was full of mysteries! I read mystery novels and watched a mystery TV show; there’s just a whole lot of mystery. BOOKS READ The Burning God (The Poppy War #3) by R.F. Kuang|📖|★★★★.5Wow, what a way to end a series. I can not believe how good this whole trilogy was. The Burning God was a thrilling and heartbreaking conclusion. The relationships were everything in this story. Rin and Kitay have my heart, the love they have for each other strengthening their…
