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  • How do readers become writers?

    As the saying goes "imitation is the highest form of flattery." There's a lot of readers out there. A lot. Not every one of them is posting pics on Instagram or forming lifestyle choices around their reads. Some people just read. And we all know that writers read. Reading for writers is as essential as…

  • Fail All the Marriages – Books not about love

      I love love. I love reading about love and reading about how people get together. I'm a huge fan of romantic comedies and dramas about love and I just love love. But lately, I've been coming across more and more books not about love, but the struggle being in love brings. What's the worst…

  • When did you first fall in love with Jane Austen?

    I recently read this Washington Post article about written by Emma Straub about people who decided to start reading Jane Austen at a time that perhaps took a little too long to get to. As everyone knows, Jane Austen turns a whopping 200 years old this year and has been influencing pop culture and people’s…

  • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

    I remember reading A Wrinkle in Time as a kid and loving every single word. However, I didn’t actually remember the book. After the recent teaser trailer came out for the movie, I decided I would read A Wrinkle in Time again. It’s always been one of those books I want to read but never…

  • The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

    I will admit something; I met my husband at work. I was on my way to the kitchen in the morning to make myself some breakfast when I saw him there already toasting up some bread and a jam jar in the shape of a bear. When I saw the jar, I immediately gravitated towards…

  • Why I love reading YA and how you can love YA too

    I recently read an article about how young adult novels have a huge percentage of its readers being adults. Yes, full grown human beings that don’t get the entire summer off and try to eat healthy. This is a fact that I’m so excited about! I am one of those adults and I’m prouder than…

  • The new trailer for A Wrinkle in Time is out and words can’t express my emotional state

    You guys. You ladies. You all. I have so many feelings about the teaser trailer for the new A Wrinkle in Time. Scratch that, I have so many GREAT feelings about the teaser trailer for the new A Wrinkle in Time. Because I’m not a book tuber, I have to resort to gifs to express…

  • I just want one book that completely understands me

    I’ve been writing a blog post like this for a few years. It’s a topic that comes up every once in a while, but I’ve finally reached a tipping point. It’s a hard truth for me to admit, but I am a quintessential millennial. I love rose gold and fraps and hate cultural appropriation. I…

  • White Fur by Jardine Libaire

    Love love love is such a crazy emotion. It’ll make you happy, sad, angry, violent, giggly, stupendous, and scared for your life. Yet we crave it like a sugar rush and we can’t stop until we have it. Our entire existence revolves around love. Without it, we would be the same people we were yesterday. White…

  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    I’ve been a huge fan of Taylor Jenkins Reid since I read her other novel One True Loves. Just as similarly as I felt about that novel, I feel the same way here. The story is fantastic covering the imaginary screen legend Evelyn Hugo and her tumultuous love life only to reveal one big truth; not…