7 Ways to Fall in Love with your Local Library + GIFs

Something that I have regretted since graduating from high school was how I never managed to take advantage of all the books that the school library had to offer. I've been constantly borrowing books from my city library these few months. Heck, I'm beginning to worry about missing deadlines. But nevertheless, I'm finally glad I…

Top Ten Tuesday #25 | Books I’ve Read That I’d Like In My Personal Library

Hey guys! Here are some books that I've read that I would like to have in my personal library. Most of these are recent reads that I've borrowed from the library and fallen in love with 🙂 Top Ten Tuesday, originally created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is a…

Review: The Tea Dragon Festival by Katie O’Neill

Title: The Tea Dragon Festival Author: Katie O'Neill Genre: Graphic Novel, Fantasy Publisher: Oni Press Date published: September 17, 2019 Format: Paperback Page Count: 347 Rating: 4/5 Rinn has grown up with the Tea Dragons that inhabit their village, but stumbling across a real dragon turns out to be a different matter entirely! Aedhan is a young…

Review: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Title: Long Way Down Author: Jason Reynolds Genre: Poetry, Contemporary Publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Date published: October 24th 2017 Format: Audiobook Page Count: 1 hour 46 minutes Rating: 3.5/5 An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is New York Times bestseller Jason Reynolds’s fiercely stunning novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds—the time it takes…

Down the TBR Hole #11

This meme was started by Lia @ Lost in a Story so don’t forget to check her blog out! How it works: Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf. Order on ascending date added. Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books Read the synopses of the books Decide: keep it or let it go? That…

Top Ten Tuesday #24 | Favorite Tropes

Hey guys, here are some of my favourite tropes when reading books (or even watching movies) I also decided to be extra, and introduce a book with each trope. Top Ten Tuesday, originally created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is a weekly meme. Thank you for the prompts! Hate-to-love…

Review: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Title: Illuminae (Illuminae Files #1) Author: Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff Genre: YA Fiction, Sci-fi Publisher: Knopf Books Date published: October 20th 2015 Format: Hardcover Page Count: 602 Rating: 4.5/5 This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and…

Top Ten Tuesday #23| Book Characters I’d Love to Be Besties With

Ok, so I realized that for my earlier character freebie back in July, I wrote about book characters I'd love to be friends with. Oops. But then again, this is asking about book characters I'd love to be besties with. There's a difference, right? So here is a different list of friends that I think…

Review: Albert Einstein: The Poetry of Real by Marwan Kahil

Title: Albert Einstein: The Poetry of Real Author: Marwan Kahil, Manuel Garcia Iglesias (Illustrations) Genre: Graphic Novel, Biography Publisher: NBM Publishing Date published: August 15th 2019 Format: Paperback Page Count: 128 Rating: 4/5 A father offered his son, a five-year-old Albert Einstein, a compass that triggered an irrepressible need to understand the laws of the universe…

Review: Mindfulness for Students by Natasha Kaufman

Title: Mindfulness for Students Author: Natasha Kaufman Genre: Nonfiction, Self Help Publisher: Leaping Hare Press Date published: July 2nd 2019 Format: Hardcover Page Count: 144 Rating: 5/5 Life can be tough. With so many decisions to make at such a critical time, it’s easy to feel weighed down. What’s more, there is the pressure to…