August wrap up

So, phew, August went by fast. I did a lot of reading in the beginning of the month, expanded my yearly reading goal to 60 books (was I perhaps too overconfident? Because I hardly read anything after I changed my reading goal). It was a good reading month, though, and I discovered some of my…

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | a review

When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard…

2 year blogiversary Q & A

Hello there, guys! Here's the monster post with my answers to all your questions, and thank you for everybody who sent them! Q & A Why did you start blogging? I started reading book blogs casually around 2017/2018, and I started a blog of my own on blogspot (although it wasn't about books). Gradually I…

It’s my second blogiversary!

One day in the past I opened a new blog on WordPress and decided that I would write about books. Back then it used to have a different URL and had a weird pink and green theme many of you wouldn't remember. It's a lot different now than how it started out, but now my…

July 2022 wrap up | yet another month bites the dust

Hey hi hello! It was as if I blinked and July was gone. Seriously, this month went by so fast I didn't have time to even catch my breath. I have read more books than I thought I did, and discovered some gems of movies and TV shows. Read on! what I read Delilah Green…

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim | a review

Shiori, the only princess of Kiata, has a secret. Forbidden magic runs through her veins. Normally she conceals it well, but on the morning of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori loses control. At first, her mistake seems like a stroke of luck, forestalling the wedding she never wanted, but it also catches the attention of Raikama,…

Get to know the fantasy reader tag

Hello, friends! It's a week and a half into July and my brain was juggling with what my next post will be about, when I remembered that the lovely Pippin @ The Pigeon tagged me for this. Here we go! The rules: 🔸Give credit to the original creators of the tag. This tag was first…

June wrap up 2022

Hello friends! Turns out it is five days into July and we're well past the mid-year point. Seriously. Half the year's over, and I'm still processing that. Nothing big happened in June except for the fact that my work life severely messed up my sleep schedule, and that I'm maybe falling into a reading slump…

Things I’d like to see more in books // a discussion

Hello friends! It's been quite a while since my last discussion post. This idea has been fermenting at the back of my blogging notebook for over a year, and finally I'm putting it into words. Here's a list of things I don't see in books as nearly as often as I'd love to. Friends drifting…

May wrap up // how is this month already over

Hello, friends! May was a weird month. It went by in a blink, and to be honest I can't seem to recall a thing that happened. Just a month more passed and I haven't started to think about the next big step of my life just yet. I was stuck in a reading slump for…