We did it, friends! We made it through 2021. Once again, the year really didn’t go how I thought it would. I really, truly thought we’d be through COVID by now. Meanwhile, we’re steadily logging more cases. At least many of us are vaccinated now, so we probably won’t end up in the hospital if […]
Merry Christmas Eve! I hope all of you are having a wonderful week so far. My brother is visiting and we’ve been watching (not Christmas) movies and eating lots of great food already. I’m so excited for Christmas eve when we’ll go to look at Christmas lights with hot chocolate. I thought I’d do a […]
Title: The Girl Who LivedAuthor: Christopher GreysonPublication Date: November 24, 2017Publisher: Greyson MediaPages: 297Add to Goodreads Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered. One girl lived. No one believes her story.The police think she’s crazy.Her therapist thinks she’s suicidal.Everyone else thinks she’s a dangerous drunk.They’re all right—but did she see the killer? As the […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi, everyone! This has been A WEEK! I spent Sunday through Friday getting Christmas candle orders made and ready to ship, then finally got them all in the mail. It was EXHAUSTING, but it’s finished! It also explains why there’s only one new post this week. Also all week, I’ve been […]
2021 READING STATS Number Of Books You Read: 121 (so far) Number of Re-Reads: 4 Genre You Read The Most From: Romance :/ 1. Best Book You Read In 2021?For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten. I didn’t read much fantasy this year, but this one was my favorite! 2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi, everyone! Yep, still aboard the fanfiction train. It looks like I haven’t read much in the past two weeks, but that’s only because I can’t share most of what I’ve actually been reading. :/ In “real” books, I’m mostly still reading dark romance. Alas. I do have a couple YA […]
I first talked about fanfiction back in 2017. Back then I was discussing whether it should ever count towards reading goals, despite the fact that I really didn’t read it. The post was definitely written with a mocking tone and I can tell from reading it that I didn’t think fanfiction should really be taken […]
Title: At the End of EverythingAuthor: Marieke NijkampPublication Date: January 4, 2022Publisher: Sourcebooks FirePages: 400Add to Goodreads //I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review// From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends comes another heartbreaking, emotional and timely page-turner that will keep you […]
In 2020 and 2021 I used a reading spreadsheet in addition to Goodreads to track all of my reading stats. In addition to the categories shown, I started tracking categories in 2021 to challenge myself to read more diversely. For the purposes of this post, though, I’ll be sharing how my reading habits changed in […]
Title: The Husband’s SecretAuthor: Liane MoriartyPublication Date: July 30, 2013Publisher: BerkleyPages: 396Add to Goodreads My darling Cecilia, if you’re reading this, then I’ve died… Imagine that your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret—something with the potential to destroy not just […]
