Abbreviations #106: The Guest List, Yearbook + The Lost Carnival

The Guest List is a mystery/thriller read, and it is also very much outside of the usual genres I gravitate towards. There are two reasons that I picked this book up: 1) I have been seeing it everywhere on Instagram (and a little bit on YouTube as well) and 2) the premise reminded me of my favorite…

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Abbreviations #105: Surprise Me, The Simple Wild + Cover (Story) Girl

Sylvie and Dan are caught off guard when they are told they will be living extraordinarily long lives and thus will be married far longer than either imagined. To keep things exciting and fresh in their relationship, they make the decision to go about surprising each other. But when Sylvie discover…

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Self-Isolation Projects

Today's post is mostly for me, though I'll be glad if it inspires or encourages anyone who happens to read it. I've only recently found myself surfacing from a nearly three week long slump where I had no motivation to do anything other than actual tasks for my job, reading fan fiction …

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Abbreviations #104: The Duchess Deal, Romancing the Duke + The Princess Plan

The Duchess Deal is a historical rom-com written by Tessa Dare, that centers around a marriage arrangement between vicar’s daughter turned seamstress Emma Gladstone and the Duke of Ashbury. This arrangement is meant to be beneficial to both parties, as Ash will have the wife he needs to beget an he…

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Paranormal Book Club: Sweet Evil

The Paranormal Book Club is a casual book club I'm in with my friends Rachel , Kristin & DJ , and it came into being because we decided we wanted to revisit (or experience for the first time) a few older YA paranormal books and series together. We read our first book together in 2019 (it was…

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Mini Series Review: The Sweet Series

I honestly would never have picked up this series were it not for 1) the knowledge that my friends DJ & Rachel love it and 2) the fact it was an option for our Paranormal Book Club (look out for that official post next week!). The Sweet Trilogy - Sweet Evil, Sweet Peril, Sweet Reckoning  - is a…

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Tunes & Tales: Electric Light

If you’ve been a long-time blog reader or you simply follow me on Instagram, then you likely already know that I am a huuuuuuuge James Bay fan. I was so excited for the release of his sophomore album Electric Light ! It’s definitely a departure from his debut in terms of sound, as there’s heavier i…

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Friends with ARCs: Four Days of You and Me + The Paper Girl of Paris

Four Days of You and Me  is all about Lulu and Alex, highlighting the ups and downs and ins and outs of their relationships and life circumstances with their annual class trips as the backdrop. There were a number of elements that I really enjoyed! There is the narrative framework of the class trips…

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Abbreviations #103: Incendiary, Wicked As You Wish + Vengeful

Incendiary has a typical YA fantasy plot: a girl gifted with magic, formerly a weapon for a conquering kingdom and now a part of the rebels fighting against the corruption, is determined to complete a rebel plot that will help take down the conquerors once and for all… only to discover that there m…

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April 2020

April was the first full month we spent in social isolation. Honestly? It was weird . The first half of the month was productive, as I juggled actual work tasks, chores at home and all my hobbies. But in the middle of the month, I hit a weird funk that was a combination of restlessness, exhaustion …

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