Author: Simone

  • Pub Day Picks // November 24, 2020

    Happy Pub Day! I can’t believe we’ve reached the end of another month of great releases. Of course, November isn’t going out with a bang. Here’s the three books I’m excited are being published today. What else is publishing today that you’re excited about? The Princess Knight by GA Aiken For a while, I’ve been…

  • Six Comforting Non-Holiday Movies to Watch this Holiday Season

    While we’re approaching one of the biggest holidays in the United States, reports of COVID are also on the rise. For most of us, that means we’re staying home, staying six feet apart, and celebrating a family holiday without the family. Perhaps this is a good thing since your family voted for the other guy…

  • Seven Dark Academia-style Books To Take You Back to School

    If you’re not sure what Dark Academia is, it’s basically an Internet trend. At the beginning of the pandemic and quarantine, some TikTok folks were creating new aesthetics with the items they have in their house. There’s many different aesthetics from cottagecore (people who were baking bread and doing handcrafts) to dark academia (academic types,…

  • Pub Day Picks // November 17, 2020

    This is probably the most exciting publishing Tuesday of the year. So many great books have been published today and some by my favorite authors. It’s the gift that keeps on giving! Let’s check out what’s being published: Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson I think Brandon Sanderson has sorta ruined fantasy novels for me,…

  • Happy middle of November! I can’t believe that we’re already in the middle of November, which means Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Do you celebrate Thanksgiving? What are you doing this year? I’m already thinking about ours and planning a super low key Thanksgiving with me and my husband. Instead of the traditional meal,…

  • How I Make the Time to Read

    If you’re a huge fan of reading like I am, then you want to spend as much time as you can possibly muster into reading your book. You carry it with you everywhere you go. You open your e-reader app on your phone whenever you’re forced to wait anywhere. You might even create a space…

  • Reading and Knitting: Oversized cardigans, epic worlds, and werewolf girls

    Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working on the Effortless Cardigan from Lionbrand. Since this was my very first cardigan, I wanted to try something easy, but not too easy. I wanted the challenge of making a piece of clothing from a ball of yarn and this one definitely challenged me in healthy ways…

  • It’s finally starting to cool down in Southern California which makes me want to reach for something fun and light-hearted to read while I’m bundled up in blankets and a pumpkin spiced rooibos tea. It’s also great because today’s another publishing day and the choices this week are phenomenal. I can’t wait to check these…

  • What I Did Last Week

    Happy Monday! Last week, I decided to take some time off to recharge. I was trying to decide if I should post something about it, but I decided to just go ahead and take the time off. Let me tell you, it was time so well spent. I feel like I’ve been taking more mental…

  • October 2020 Bookish Wrap Up

    It might be a week late, but I’m finally done writing about the books I read in October. While my brain is still a little mushy from the events happening in the United States, I was able to accomplish many of the goals I set up for myself. I read my fantasy books. I doubled…