Books, Reading, and everything in between
Look, something new! No, I'm actually excited today because I get to share my first tea review with you all. Recently, Plum Deluxe reached out to me asking if they could send me some tea. Gratefully, I said "sure" and picked out a couple of their teas to sample. One of my all-time favorite beverages [...]
Over the years, I've encouraged many people to read more books. With my bookstagram, I've even brought people to pick up their reading habits again and that brings such a huge smile to my face. I love helping people rediscover books and how much fun it is to read. But there are a few people [...]
Happy Friday, readers! The weather is finally changing from summer to autumn, so you know what that means. It's time to read fantasy books! I don't know why, but I correlate autumn with fantasy. I think it's because all the Harry Potter books came out in autumn or they just invoke those feelings of autumn [...]
Recently, my friends and I started a new book club focused on reading romance and exploring the genre. So far, we've read one contemporary novel and two historical novels. We wanted to really deep dive into the genre and set aside our pre-existing opinions or notions about it. I feel like we get a lot [...]
If you don't follow me on Instagram, then you might not know that I've been struggling to keep up with the books I've been reading. I want to read faster, but don't know how to approach that when it comes to reading. But after researching and watching videos, what I've learned is that speed reading [...]
There's a huge truth I need to get off my chest: I'm resenting reading. It's the mid-year mark (well, a month late) and I'm starting to not read books. I can tell because I would rather spend my days with the TV on and laid out on the couch. Whenever I feel like I resent [...]
A few months back, I saw this new Netflix movie called Murder Mystery. It's supposed to be an Agatha Christie style comedic thriller movie where a couple goes to Europe on vacation and meets a man on the plane that invites him to spend their vacation with him and his family. Turns out, the family [...]
I've been thinking a lot about romantic comedies. Back when I was a kid, I absolutely loved rom-coms. My mom and I would spend afternoons in front of the TV watching all these amazing actors falling in love, falling out of love, and being in the strangest but funny circumstances. But the world of rom-coms [...]
Hello! My name is Simone and I'm the Mayor of Slumpsville. Earlier this week, I was in a pretty bad reading slump. If you're not aware of what that is, a slump is when you try to read a book but the words are just words and it's tough for you to get to the [...]
Have you ever tried to meditate? Every time I try to meditate, the instructions are usually the same: Take a minute to sit comfortably in a quiet spot Close your eyes Focus on the breath going in and out Empty your mind Do this for five minutes or an hour I can get myself in [...]
