Chit Chat: Mood Reading, Choosing Your Next Read and DECISIONS

Do you have commitment issues? I do.  So for today's posts, I wanted to finally do another Chit Chat. If you did not know, Chit Chats are the more light-hearted version of my discussion posts where I discuss some bookish topics that aren't that serious, but are still fun to talk about. For this post…

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Discussion: How Marketing Makes or Breaks a Book

Here's a mildly relevant topic that has been plaguing me recently.  Okay, so I have been thinking for the past few days how marketing can be so important for the way the book is perceived and then also, how well it does because of that. So I thought it'd be a fun thing to chat…

Chit Chat: The Idiosyncrasies of My Reading

Let's talk about our specific reading quirks.  I thought it would be fun to make a post that could also be a tag but not really (I know, that's so not confusing). Anyways, I thought that today I could talk about some specific things that relate to my reading. For example, rereading books is fairly…

Discussion: What Makes Me Fall in Love With a Book?

What makes you fall in love with a book?  Recently, someone mentioned how I've got a really unique reading taste, because I rarely stick to genres and read and enjoy a bunch of different stuff. And it's true, I have a pretty versatile reading taste. So that got me thinking - what makes me love…

The 5 Star Rating System: Why It Does (Not) Work and How I Rate Books

Let's see if I have forgotten how to write discussions. Well, hi everyone. Sorry that February has been slow with posts - I am having a hell of a month and to be honest, things are only going to get worse from here. I haven't been reading that much, even with cramming every bit of…

Discussion: How Has My Reading Changed in 2018

We are getting to all of those end of the year posts and I am excited.  I truly am excited for all of the reading stats, wrap-ups, gift guides, reading plans for next year - I want it all. Anyways, it's time to reflect on how my reading has changed this year. I have written…

Discussion: Is Bookstagram Really Just Looks Over Substance?

Let's chat. I find that recently there have been a lot of hot takes on the bookstagram community, mostly from people who aren't part of the community and feel like they should have an opinion on everything. There's one from the Vulture (a really long, overtly flowery piece that has no substance) and one from…

Discussion: Thank you, Internet (Author Interactions and the Way We Engage With Books Today)

Discussion time, since we all love it.  I have previously written a lot about the internet in general and how it affects our reading. I've spoken about hype, I've spoken about how the community has changed my reading and most recently, how fandom affected the way I experience books. So today we are expanding on…

Discussion: The Eternal Frustration of an International Book Blogger

To All the ARCs I Could Have Gotten If I Wasn't an International Blogger So I tweeted this out yesterday, and it's one of my most popular tweets ever, meaning a lot of people have felt my frustration and can sadly, relate. And while this particular topic has been explored previously, in a lot of…

Discussion: The Myths of Trashy Books and Women’s Fiction

I have thoughts I need to share.  Recently, I've been reading a lot of Romance novels and I've always been a reader of the so-called Women's Fiction and there's a lot of stuff that gets attached to these genres. When it comes to romance books, people tend to deem them trashy or of less value than…

Chit Chat: Book Collecting, the Unread Shelf and the Eternal TBR

Let's talk first world bookworm problems. I've decided to do another Chit Chat post - it's like a discussion, but with less serious and important topics. And today I was looking at my unread books shelf (by now it's a pile on the floor next to my shelf but shhh) and I saw that I…

Discussion: How Fandom and Online Communities Changed the Way I Experience Books

It feels like I haven't written a discussion in a while, so here's one. I was talking about a book with my dad a couple of days ago, and it got me thinking. While he and I are both huge readers (and he probably reads more than me, and has read more, obviously), we experience…