Book Review: Happily Ever Afters

Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Tessa has never been the hero of her own story, even though she's written plenty of heroes and happily ever afters in her writing. But she's about to start a new school at a prestigious academy dedicated to cultivating fine minds and she's really nervous. Because she's never … Continue reading Book Review: Happily Ever Afters →

Tackle That TBR

Since it's 2021 and we're all trying to get a handle on our towering, wobbling TBRs, I wanted to share this challenge I host on Goodreads with the Procrastinators Book Club. It's the fourth time we've hosted TTT, and the second time I've run it! This year we have 52 prompts, inspired by suggestions from … Continue reading Tackle That TBR →

Top 10 Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2021

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Wooo hoooo it's the first Top 10 Tuesday of 2021! … Continue reading Top 10 Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2021 →

Two Mini Fantasy Novella Reviews

Because I'm feeling entirely too lazy to post a long review for each, here are two mini reviews on two novellas! There are a couple things that unite these stories: queer main characters and the idea of history subverted and shaped by the teller. When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 … Continue reading Two Mini Fantasy Novella Reviews →

My 2021 Reading and Writing Goals

2020 was horrible, but instead of lingering on the past I'm going to set goals for myself for 2021. Goal number 1 is obviously survival with my mental health mostly intact, or at least better than it was throughout 2020. I usually set fairly lowball goals for myself, but the first half of 2020 is … Continue reading My 2021 Reading and Writing Goals →

January 2021 TBR

It's 2021! New year, same me, new(ish) look! I like to try to keep my graphics semi-consistent throughout the year, but after twelve months of using the same kind of format, I wanted to switch things up! So here're my new templates, where I said hello to Josefin Sans and put Playlist Script in a … Continue reading January 2021 TBR →

December 2020 Wrap-Up

The hellyear has ended! But wait—we're not out of the woods yet. A new year unfortunately doesn't reset the past. Anywho, this was another rough month, mainly because I dropped my notice at the beginning of the month after a long contemplation (looooong story there). The time is right to become a writer for a … Continue reading December 2020 Wrap-Up →

My 50 Favorite Books of 2020

2020 is almost over! This has been a hell of a year for many reasons. While I published two things, I had horrific writer's block for TDD's sequel, work was a constant struggle and of course the entire situation with the pandemic and the country. I am so grateful that I had books (and my … Continue reading My 50 Favorite Books of 2020 →

Book Review: How to Catch a Queen

How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Shanti has always had one dream in life: become a queen. So when she finally achieves this goal by marrying the king of the isolated kingdom of Njaza, she should be elated. But Njaza is a kingdom where queens last only four-months, and her king is … Continue reading Book Review: How to Catch a Queen →

Two Mini Romance Reviews

I have read a lot of romance books this year, and one of the things I've noticed is that there is a distinct difference between white protagonists and BIPOC protagonists. Where the white heroines tend to be twenty-to-young-thirty-somethings having a mid-life crisis and trying to find themselves in their mediocrity (and tend to spend the … Continue reading Two Mini Romance Reviews →