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  • Welcome to the Longest Day of the Year

    I absolutely love today because of a few reasons: Today is my mother’s birthday Today is the longest day of the year I sometimes imagine what it must be like to live in the Arctic circle where they have the longest days of any place in the entire world and that’s because it doesn’t get…

  • Bookstore Tour – Hoehyeon Underground Market Bookstore

    While on my travels in Korea, I wanted to spend some time checking out the local bookstores. Sadly, I didn’t check out any (blame it on the jetlag and laziness), but while walking through the city’s underground shopping centers, I came across a little bookstore crammed floor to ceiling with books. I could barely fit…

  • My favorite Brooklyn places to take bookish photos

    My husband and I are moving (definitely moving, not considering moving) to New Jersey in a few weeks and I’ve been thinking about all the different and new places I’ll find in our new neighborhood. Either for me to get coffee or lounge with my book or even to buy groceries or have dinner together.…

  • March 2017 Bookish Wrap Up

    Middle of the month isn’t so bad to post a March recap, right? It’s been a really busy time here at my real job and (surprise!) I’m getting married, so my hobbies have taken a little dip in productivity. I swear I’m coming back! Onto the recap; I read four amazing reads during the month…

  • Caraval by Stephanie Garber

    Remember, it’s only a game… Maybe it’s me or the most recent weeks, but I’ve been watching and reading a lot about warp realities and the mind playing tricks on you. What is real? What’s not real? How can you tell the difference? In a world where you can’t tell what’s real and what’s not…

  • Next Year, For Sure by Zoey Leigh Peterson

    Imagine if you were in a relationship and completely happy. Blissfully happy in the same routines you’re always used to doing. You’re always sure you’ll come home to someone. Then suddenly, your significant other tells you that they’re interested in someone else. How do you react? This book is about the value of a relationship.…

  • A Conjuring of Light by VE Schwab

    If you’re into video games, this book and its series definitely feels like you’re playing one. I think that goes double for A Conjuring of Light in which they have to fight a mega boss; a shadowy creature that inhabits its prey and forces them to do things. What would you do with your rag-tag…

  • New Release: The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon

    OMG I don’t know about you, but I am a huge fan of The Bone Season series. If you’re just as big a fan as I am, then you probably feel the same way I do: why does it take a million years for this author to put out a new book? Seriously, The Bone…

  • New Reads from Scribner’s

    I recently got a package from Scribner’s Books with a couple of great reads publishing right now. Both of these books have already published this March and I’m super excited to get into them. Sadly, I suffer with “too many books in my TBR” syndrome. However, if you have a chance, definitely pick them up…

  • February 2017 Bookish Wrap Up

    Better now than never, that’s what I say! February seemed like such a short month! Then again, it technically is a short month and goes under the radar a lot. However, it is Black History Month and I dedicated it to reading all PoC writers. After looking over all the books I’ve read, I’m surprised…