Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag (is this a comeback? probably not)

i guess my new thing is posting every three months and then disappearing. you love to see it. i have been doing the mid-year book freak out tag for AGES and i love doing it, so i figured i should revive the blog to feel something AND to do the tag again, so there's a…

Tier Ranking Every Book I Read This Year Just to Feel Something

yes, hi, hello, my last post was in february and it's now the end of may and we will just gloss over that. due to a recent unhinged endeavor, i remembered that i like writing book blog posts, and i thought why not come back and probably dip out for three months again. you love…

Kidnapping Can Be Something so Personal Actually: Vladimir by Julia May Jones

Goodreads blurb: “When I was a child, I loved old men, and I could tell that they also loved me.”And so we are introduced to our deliciously incisive narrator: a popular English professor whose charismatic husband at the same small liberal arts college is under investigation for his inappropriate relationships with his former students. The…

January Wrap Up: The Month That Lasted a Year

I haven't been doing wrap ups that regularly in the second half of 2021, but I quite enjoy doing them, especially since some books do not really warrant a whole review from me, so it's nice to catalog them in a wrap up at least. So let's talk about what I read in January! 1.…

The Vibe Continues to Deteriorate: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Review

Goodreads blurb: In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a…

12 Book Recs for 2022 TBR

OKAY, so since I did not really set any goals for 2021 (besides a backlist TBR, and I actually read 10 out of 12, LOOK AT ME GO), I have no goals to reflect on, and I don't want to set any goals this year either. HOWEVER, I am losing the usual backlist TBR, because…

Favorite Books of 2021

WOW, 2021 is over and it was a hellish year so good riddance! It's time for the IT post and that's my favorite books of 2021! Like I said in my reading year in review, I had an overall good reading year, with lots of books that I enjoyed, but when I look back, there…

Reading Year in Review: 2021

Welcome to my favorite post to write ever and that’s my reading year in review! I am here to share all the stats for my reading in 2021 and I am always beyond excited to chat about all the different statistics of my reading. I did this post in 2018 and 2019 and 2020 as…

Almost Favorite Books of 2021

I think this is the first time in a while that I feel like I had a good reading year. I had a lot of really enjoyable reads (but very few absolute favorites, not every book can be Brood sadly). So I thought I'd share with you some books I really liked but that did…

Most Disappointing Reads of 2021

As usual, I one of my favorite things to write at the end of the year are worst/most disappointing reads. We love being negative and judgy here. So as per usual, these are most disappointing, so not necessairly bad books, just books that did not do what I was hoping for them to do. Let's…

Best Romance Novels I Read in 2021

As usual, I read quite a few romance novels throughout the year - in fact, 26% of the books I read this year were romance. However, romance rarely makes it to my favorite books of the year, and I like doing a separate post for this genre, to highlight all the great romance I read.…

40+ New 2022 Book Releases to Get Excited About

Hi, hello, long time no see! It's been so sad not being able to make time to put out blog posts as regularly as I used to, but I am just currently juggling too many projects, and the blog just slipped under. I will try and schedule it more into my routine in the coming…