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  • You don’t have to write diverse books

    The other night, I had an interesting conversation with a friend. She’s an aspiring writer and doing research on books where the story is written by an Asian author but doesn’t have Asian characters. We were meeting for drinks because it’s been a while and she mentioned wanting some recommendations. “I want to write a…

  • The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

    When I was a little girl, I believed I had the gift of magic. I would stare deeply at branches on trees willing them to sway with the power of the wind. Sometimes I would get lucky and other times I wouldn’t be. The days where I couldn’t move the branches was because I wasn’t…

  • OwlCrate October 2017 Unboxing

    I took a little break from OwlCrate and all of my subscription boxes because, frankly, I wasn’t impressed with the books I was receiving. However, for some reason, I decided to go back to OwlCrate and pick up the latest box. This month’s theme was Find Me in the Forest and the entire box is filled…

  • Reading in the Morning

    This post is inspired by The Ardent Biblio who wrote a beautiful little post being an early morning reader. I was inspired to write about my own routine as well! Every weekday morning I wake up at 6AM, which gives me about an hour and a half to get ready for work, make myself some…

  • Artemis by Andy Weir

    I love science fiction/fantasy. I love reading about different worlds and all the struggles of being in space. I mean, space is really scary if you think about it because it’s unknown and you can’t breathe without an apparatus and there’s no sound or direction or anything. It’s just floating stuff. Isn’t that crazy to…

  • Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

    I honestly am so happy that a book like this exists. Shortly after being told I had OCD, I tried to search the book world for fiction stories featuring characters with similar traits. I was a little surprised to find out that the world’s exposure to OCD was only As Good As It Gets with…

  • Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

    Oh brother, this one is a doozy. I’ve read countless reviews from other people who read this book and all I saw was that they cried at the end. So many raves and happy thoughts. about this book and it’s so awesome to see everyone feel so good about it. So many awards that they…

  • Best Day Ever by Kaira Rouda

    I’m not usually into Thriller, but I’ve been trying to read two books at once and I heard that mixing up the genres between the two helps with that. So I decided I would read Best Day Ever by Kaira Rouda to keep the genres different and interesting. I knew that this book would be a psychological…

  • I’m on Booktube now!

    Hey everyone! This is more of a PSA than it is a post about anything. I’m here to tell you that I’m now on Youtube/Booktube! That’s right, you get to hear me rant and rave about authors and books IRL or as IRL as I can be without being in front of you. I don’t…

  • Little Fires Everywhere to Celeste Ng

    I know this review is a long time coming. I’ve been mulling over this book for the past couple of weeks. I don’t know how to describe my feelings for this book, but I know they are good. I just don’t know how to explain it the best way possible. I’m going to at least…