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Chinese New Year Book Tag
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. As some of you know, the Chinese/Lunar New Year began on Sunday. Lunar New Year is one of the most important celebrations of the year for many Asian countries. It usually begins on a new moon in January or February, and the festivities last 15 days, up until the first full moon of the lunar calendar. The zodiac cycle for Lunar New Year is different than that of Western culture. In Asian countries, there is a twelve-year cycle of zodiac animals. Your zodiac animal depends on the year you were born. For 2023, it will be the Year of the Rabbit. Previous…
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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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Review: The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
Break my heart, why don’t you, Aiden Thomas? I am floored. I thought Cemetery Boys was good; this was next level. I am in love with this book. And I have to wait a whole year until the next one?! Title: The Sunbearer TrialsAuthor: Aiden ThomasGenre: YA FantasySeries: The Sunbearer Duology #1Page Count: 401 (hardcover) Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes, in this electric new Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys. “Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. I’m just a Jade. I’m not a real hero.”…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases for the 2nd Half of 2022
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. Today’s post is later than when I normally post, but I didn’t have time yesterday, so I finished it this morning. It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. The last time I did a TTT was in March. But I always like doing anticipated releases posts, so I thought I’d participate in this one. I have a lot of books I’m looking forward to releasing in the next few months. 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…
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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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Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. Can you believe it’s already mid-2021?! Cause I can’t. I swear 2021 only started a little while ago. I’ve seen a few variations of this tag and I couldn’t possibly answer all the prompts, so I did the ones that I wanted to talk about. General Books read: 28Reading goal: 28/75Average rating: 4.2Most read genre: Contemporary I am pretty behind on my reading goal, as you can see. I’ve never tracked my reading before, but now that I am, it’s actually a lot of fun. Making spreadsheets is very satisfying and it suits my liking of perfection. I’m kind of surprised that…
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Review: Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re doing well. I’ve heard a lot of good things about this book, so I was really excited to read this book. And. . . I don’t have a lot else to say, so I’m just going to get into the review. Title: Lost in the Never WoodsAuthor: Aiden ThomasGenre: Fantasy, Young AdultSeries: NonePage Count: 371 Synopsis: “When children go missing in the small coastal town of Astoria, people look to Wendy for answers. It’s been five years since Wendy and her two brothers went missing in the woods, but when the town’s children start to disappear, the questions surrounding her brothers’ mysterious circumstances are brought…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Nature on the Cover
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re doing well. I haven’t done one of these in a little bit, but I liked this week’s topic, so I decided to participate in 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 Books with Nature on the Cover. The Valley of Secrets by Charmian HusseyEcho by Pam Muñoz RyanTuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittPax by Sara PennypackerMy Side of the Mountain (Mountain #1) by Jean Craighead GeorgeLost in the Never Woods by Aiden ThomasFive Feet Apart by Rachael LippincottBridge to Terabithia…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Spring 2021 TBR
Hello, everyone! I’m you’re doing well. It’s been about a month since I’ve done a Top Ten Tuesday, so I thought I’d do one today. You Have a Match by Emma Lord I’ve been seeing this book mentioned on a lot of people’s blogs, and the comments have been positive, so I thought I’d give it a try as well. The summary sounds really interesting. “A new love, a secret sister, and a summer she’ll never forget. When Abby signs up for a DNA service, it’s mainly to give her friend and secret love interest, Leo, a nudge. After all, she knows who she is already: Avid photographer. Injury-prone tree…
