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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • June 2017 Book Haul

    I recently received some lovely book mail and I couldn’t be more excited about them. Two debut novels from two new authors means that the world is filling up with more beautiful words and stories for us to read and enjoy. Flesh and Bone and Water by Luiza Sauma Published by Scriber Books. André is…

  • China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

    What if you found out that your long lost father was just as rich as your friends were? What if you went from nothing to something in a blink of an eye? What if all this news brought some more troubling issues into your life? China Rich Girlfriend is the sequel to the popular Crazy Rich Asians (currently…

  • 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…