Lists & Recommendations
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My Favorite Reads of 2023
Hey, everyone! It’s that time of the year again, where I get to obsess over my favorite books from the last twelve months. I only read 39 books last year, which is much less than the amount I read in 2022, but we’re just going to go with it. I usually do my top ten favorite reads, but I don’t think I have enough books that I truly enjoyed to make up ten. My average rating was 3.94, dropping from the 4.16 average rating I had in 2022. So, this post will consist of only seven books. #7: The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys “Truth breaks the chains of…
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My Favorite Reads of 2022
With the start of a new year comes my favorite reads from the previous year. This has come to be one of my favorite annual post, where I get to gush about the books I loved. I read 57 books last year, which was so close to reaching my goal, but I didn’t quite make it. I’m listing my top 10 favorites, starting with ten and working my way to the book that gets the number one spot for the year. #10: The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver “Grief is a complicated, ugly, messy thing. And it makes you do complicated, ugly, messy things.” I read this book as…
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My Favorite Books as a Child | Part 2
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. My winter break has been pretty mellow so far, I haven’t been doing much besides working on the blog, my WIP, and sleeping in. The extra sleep is so nice. Today I have part two of my favorite books as a child! I did part 1 back in November, you can read it here. Eat Your Peas, Ivy Louise! by Leo Landry I don’t remember this book a whole lot, but I remember hearing the phrase “eat your peas, Ivy Louise” a lot in the house. Welcome to the world’s smallest circus—starring the Tender Tiny Peas—in this charming, one-of-a-kind fantasy that reveals…
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My Favorite Books as a Child | Part 1
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. In my 16 Books for my 16th Birthday post, I said I was going to do a post on books I read when I was really young, before I started elementary school. Well, here it is! These are all picture books that I repeatedly loved reading when I was around the ages of 3-5. They were all read to me, but I eventually learned to read them myself. The Seven Chinese Sisters by Kathy Tucker This was a book that was on repeat all the time. I loved how each sister had a different talent and they all worked together to save…
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16 Books for my 16th Birthday
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. I have a very exciting post today! At some point this week (I’m not revealing my actual birthday), I turned 16! That’s scary, to be honest 😨 I thought it would be fun to talk about some books that got me into reading and ones that are important to me. I’m going in chronological order, as best I can, to see how I’ve grown as a reader. I’ll also be talking a bit about how my favorite genres came to be what they are. This list is starting when I was in elementary school. I didn’t add books I read when I…
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My Favorite Book-to-Film Adaptations (And Books I Would Love to See Adapted)
There are a lot of book-to-film adaptations out there in the film industry. A lot. And some of them are. . . well, to put it nicely, not the best. In a Let’s Talk Bookish post I did a little while ago on book-to-film adaptations, I listed some of the ones I enjoyed, and then realized that there are a lot more than I thought. So, I am telling you all my favorites! Most of the list will be movies but there are some TV shows sprinkled in there. So, let’s get started! Something to note: I’ve seen a lot more book-to-film adaptations that I loved than are on this…
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2022 Pride Month TBR
Happy almost Pride Month, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. Like last year, I am planning on reading books with LGBTQ+ rep in June. As a person with a family member who is transgender, support for the LGBTQ+ community is important to me. I’m setting my TBR lower this year, so hopefully I can get through all of them. Heartstopper: Volume Three and Volume Four by Alice Oseman I finished the second volume a little while ago and I can’t wait to read the rest of them. Charlie and Nick are so perfect together. I am an adamant “book before movie/TV show” person, so I had to read the…
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16 Middle Grade Books for AAPI Month
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. Canva is acting a bit strange for me at the moment, and downloading my featured images smaller than they’re supposed to. It’s quite obvious on my homepage, where a few of them are smaller than the others, and I’m not sure how exactly I’m supposed to fix it. The smaller ones also look slightly blurry. Anyways, enough of me babbling about technology problems. As I’m sure you all know, May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. I did a recommendations post like this last year, but I noticed most of them were YA books. I’ve read even more YA books…
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My Favorite Opening Lines in Books
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. Today I am sharing some of my favorite opening lines from books I’ve read. Well, more like opening paragraphs. Most of the books I’m listing have the first two or so paragraphs. Still, they have the same role. First lines (and paragraphs) are one of the most important parts of writing a book. They’re the first things readers see and can influence a person’s interest. There are a lot of first lines that I’ve read but these stick out more than the rest. They’re very memorable. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan Look, I didn’t want…
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13 Books By Black Authors | Honoring Black History Month
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. I’m a bit late with this post, seeing that it’s already over halfway through February, but I still thought it was a good topic to bring up. In the US, February is Black History Month! It is celebrated to commemorate the legacies and the struggles of African Americans throughout US history. So, I present to you 13 books written by black authors. I’ve read about half of these, the other half are on my TBR. You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson Ahh, this book was so entertaining. Liz was an amazing protagonist, with a well-written character arc. She…
