15 Queer Reads I’ve Been Loving Recently

Hi all! I tend to read a lot of queer books but my most recent reads have been on fire! So I wanted to share 15 of the best queer books I've been reading lately. I hope you find a new favourite among these books. Upright Women Wanted by Sarah GaileyEsther hides herself in the Librarian's …

ARC Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned …

8 Books To Help Ease Anxiety

Hi all! So we're living in pretty tumultuous times right now and I don't know about you, but all this negativity is really affecting me. It's gotten to the point where I no longer want to watch the news ... but if that happens, I won't know what's happening. It's basically a catch-22. But books …

My Favourite Fantasy Standalones

Hi all! You all know I love fantasy books -- it's my favourite genre. But I do understand why not a lot of people enjoy fantasy books: most of these genre books are in a series; the worldbuilding can be confusing (especially when it develops over multiple books); and sometimes people just don't like following …

January Wrap Up: The Month That Lasted Six Months

Hi all! Can you believe January is finally over? It felt so long, I actually can't believe it's finally over! I didn't do much this month. Just worked a lot, slept a lot and read a lot of books -- as per usual. But I'm still so tired from Christmas because I haven't had any …

2020 Reading Goals

Hi all! It's a new year and that means it's time for some new reading goals! I didn't succeed nearly as much as I wanted to with my 2019 reading goals, which is why I haven't wrapped them up, but I think it was because I was being too ambitious. I'm going to be more …

My 2019 in Books and Blogging

Hi all! Happy New Year! It's 2020 and we're at the beginning of a new decade: it's the Roaring twenties all over again so let's get drunk, riot, and bring back flapper dresses. My plan for 2020 is to get a job that relates to my degrees in some way, so please wish me luck …

Best Books of 2019

Hi all! Oh my gosh, this was an incredibly hard post to write! I struggled so hard to cut this list down to 10 books -- and it didn't work. Then I tried to cut it down to 20 books -- and it kinda worked? I originally had about 30 books on this list, decided …

My Best Books of the Decade Part 3 – Adult Fiction

Hi all! The long-awaited (by two days) part 3 of my best books of the decade -- adult fiction! This year especially I noticed that my reading tastes have changed and skewed towards adult fiction, which is hard for me being a YA book blogger, but the heart wants what the heart wants. Which is …

Complete a Series or Two Challenge

Hi all! I found this awesome original idea over on Sakhile @ Sakhile Whispers' blog and knew I had to join in ASAP! Thanks to Sakhile for hosting this challenge! I can't wait to finally be forced to finish this series! I don't know how well I'm going to achieve this challenge as I'm very …