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  • Being a book blogger and being authentic

    I’ve been thinking a lot about authenticity lately. I think it might be because my Instagram following is getting bigger and I’m getting asked to read books and try new things and promote new products that aren’t related to books. I’m what people consider an “influencer” and while I’m super grateful for the point that…

  • Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo

    TRIGGER WARNING: This book contains themes related to childlessness and child loss. Please proceed with caution if you are sensitive to this type of material. This is most definitely the year of diverse reads. I’ve read so many great novels in the past eight months about other cultures, other people, other gender identities, and everything…

  • Things that Happened Before the Earthquake by Chiara Barzini

    “California girls, we’re undeniable. Fun, fresh, fierce, we’ve got it on lock.” – Katy Perry When you think of California, you think of that easy breezy place where everyone surfs and eats vegan and worries more about how they’re composting than how people in the middle of the country are starving. However, California has its…

  • The importance of sharing diverse novels

    This world is huge. Massive. There are so many cultures of people represented on this speck in the sky and all of them have their traditions and heritages and lifestyle. They also struggle. They all struggle. And struggle for some reason brings us a host of stories. There’s this famous quote that writers all around…

  • Five justifications for buying two of the same book

        I found myself at the bookstore the other day fawning over a copy of Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson. The paperback cover of the novel looked completely different from the hardcover (which feels to me like the latest trend nowadays). It was shiny and silvery from the foil and the title of the novel…

  • #BADASSBOOKBABES – @bookish.harpy

    Every month, I feature a young person who loves to read. It could be about diversity, gender identity, being a human, being a reader. It’s to highlight some people who love to hug a book and imagine a better world for everyone. Why call yourself a reader when you can be a #badassbookbabe? This month,…

  • Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

    My grandparents were married during the Japanese occupation of Korea. There’s only two remaining photos of my grandparents from that time both taken on their wedding day. The whole family was out in front of their house standing to take the picture while a massive Japanese flag waved in the background. My family background is…

  • I’m making an earnest TBR for August because I can’t be trusted

    I bought way too many books this month and it’s only day 9! At this rate I’ll be building a fort and living in my books. Also I’ve been pretty lazy with reading and instead have been watching The Bachelorette. I’m still sore about the ending! In an effort to keep myself in check and…

  • Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka

    I’ve been hearing a lot of things about this book, so when Simon and Schuster sent over a copy for me to read, I figured why not give it a chance. Disclaimer: This review is my honest thoughts and not in any way shaped by Simon and Schuster. I’m not a fan of thriller novels.…

  • Happy Anniversary to Simone and Her Books

    Yay! Happy Anniversary to me and my blog and writing posts for a year. This year has been really trying with experimentation and lags in posts, but I’ve been around for a year and I want to stick around for a few more years! I’m hosting a giveaway on my Instagram account, so go check…