Books, Writing, and Content for your Reading life
I'm such a nerd. I'm the kind of nerd who loves to buy pens and pencils and paper that'll take me my entire life to use. But it makes me happy and I thought I'd share of that on here under my Writing category. I mean, it technically is writing since you use them to [...]
This is a little bit different from what I normally do, but I was perusing Twitter when I saw this: In my head, I was hyperventilating. I had heard Tahereh Mafi was going to move away from her high fantasy books to write something that felt much more autobiographical. I knew that it would be [...]
As a book reviewer, I read a lot of books before they’re released. It’s more than just getting books before they’re released. It’s about reading some great reads, sharing your thoughts, and hopefully helping the rest of the community pick that book as a favorite. Recently there has been some controversy over the number of [...]
I kind of went into this book without knowing what it was going to be about. The whole time, I couldn't stop thinking about the title and how there's this famous line from the comedy Step Brothers. It goes: And maybe this gif can explain exactly how I feel about this book and the events that took [...]
November seemed to go quickly, but also jam packed with news, articles, and great reads. I had a blast this November and here are some of the highlights. Thanksgiving at my in lawsI've never had Thanksgiving at anyone else's house before. I've always had it with my family with the same meal and the same [...]
The other night, I had an interesting conversation with a friend. She’s an aspiring writer and doing research on books where the story is written by an Asian author but doesn’t have Asian characters. We were meeting for drinks because it’s been a while and she mentioned wanting some recommendations. “I want to write a [...]
I picked up Joan from the bookstore the day before it was supposed to appear on the shelves of every bookstore in the country. I searched through Strand because it wasn't something displayed just yet on the mounds of book tables in front of the store. No, Joan was a little secret left to those [...]
