• Wrap-Ups

    January Wrap-Up | i actually stuck to a schedule? shocking

    Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. We are officially a month into 2024, which I find extremely hard to believe. But I say that pretty much every time I do a monthly wrap-up, so what else is new? I am back with my regular wrap-up for the month, minus the goals category. I’m going to stop doing those for a little while; I always set the same goals, and more often than not, I wouldn’t complete them. I may bring them back later, but I’m stopping them for now. BOOKS READ Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley|🎧|★★★★★First book of the year, and it’s a five-star read! I would…

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    I’m Back!! | Life Update/2023 Wrap-Up

    Hey, everyone!! I am back! I know it’s been an extremely long time; I didn’t mean to disappear for ten months but life got busy, and blogging took a seat on the back burner. I was having a bit of blogging burnout in March. I stopped to focus on school, but then I was booked up for nearly the whole summer, then senior year started, which doesn’t really need an explanation, and now we’re here. So, a little life update. Here’s a quick rundown of the major things that have happened since last March and how my life is going now: Last school year:✈️ I went to Chicago for a…

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    March 2023 Wrap-Up | in which i disappear for most the month

    Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. I am so sorry that I disappeared for over two weeks; I had not been planning to do that. It’s been a busy month and blogging has been set aside for a while. And I know I say this every month, but I’m hoping April will be better. But seeing as I’m going to be gone all of spring break, that might not work out so well. BOOKS READ Asian American Histories of the United States by Catherine Cenzia Choy|📖|★★★★I read this for English class for a project I’m doing. I learned so much from this, and it made me realize how…

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    February 2023 Wrap-Up | a short month that feels long

    Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. I have been pretty busy this past week and haven’t been able to work on posts as much. I’m hoping March will be a better month for the blog, so we’ll see. BOOKS READ I read 7 books this month, which I’m really surprised about! I had a busy schedule in February and it was a short month, so I didn’t expect to read almost twice as many books as I did in January. An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan|🎧|★★★.5The Chang’e inspiration is what initially drew me to the book. I liked the interwoven Chinese folklore. I didn’t love…

  • Discussions,  Let's Talk Bookish,  Memes

    Let’s Talk Bookish: Do You Read Reviews and Spoilers Before or After?

    Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. This is my first LTB post of the year and I anticipate many more in the coming months. This was my highest category for posts last year, so I’m curious to find if that happens this year too. Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme created by Rukky @ Eternity Books and hosted by Aria @ Book Nook Bits where we discuss various topics and share our opinions. Today’s topic is Do You Read Reviews and Spoilers Before or After? (suggested by Jillian @ Jillian the Bookish Butterfly). Prompts: Do you like looking at reviews for books before you read them? Is reading reviews important to…

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    January Wrap-Up | a cold and wet start to the year

    Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. Sorry for missing Friday; I didn’t have any posts completed and I had an evening event for school that I had to attend, so I didn’t get to finish anything. Today I have my wrap-up for January. It was a very cold and rainy month, made more unpleasant because my house doesn’t have heat at the moment. We haven’t had heat or AC since May 2022. It was a very cold winter. But, we should finally be getting our heat back sometime next week. Fingers crossed it actually happens. Also, we reached 200 followers!! Thank you to everyone who supports and has…

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    2022 Wrap-Up | recaps, goals, and graphs galore

    Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. I’m here with my wrap-up for 2022. I’ll be recapping my reading, blogging, writing, life, and goals. I put a table of contents below for easier navigation, since this post is going to be longer than normal. Contents★ reading★ blogging★ writing★ life★ goals Books Read: 57 | DNFs: 1 | Rereads: 1 | Pages Read (excluding DNFs): 21,210 Top Three Best Books of the Year: Related Post: My Favorite Reads of 2022 Top Three Worst Books of the Year: My reading was somewhat consistent throughout the year. Better than 2021, but still not great. You can tell that my reading plummeted when…

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    December Wrap-Up | could’ve been better, could’ve been worse

    Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. Welcome to the last monthly wrap-up of the year! December wasn’t the greatest month for my family and I, so I hope that 2023 starts off better than 2022 ended. Let’s move into the wrap-up! BOOKS READ The Dragon’s Promise (Six Crimson Cranes #2) by Elizabeth Lim|📖|★★★★Shiori was amazing as always, in this book. I was glad we got to see more of Seryu, but thought he was going to be in more of the story, considering the title and the cover. Nevertheless, an exciting conclusion! Butterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai|📖|★★★★I loved the mix of English and Vietnamese in this. Hằng and…

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    Let’s Talk Bookish: Books as Gifts

    Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. I have been a bit under the weather the past few days. I tested positive for COVID on Tuesday, but started feeling sick on Sunday, so I’ve been out of school all week. Which is really inconvenient because finals start next week. So I’ve been having to study from home, while trying to get better. COVID was really untimely. But I’m feeling better and hopefully I’ll test negative on Monday so I can get one review day physically in class before finals start on Tuesday. Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme created by Rukky @ Eternity Books and hosted by Aria @ Book Nook…

  • Discussions,  Let's Talk Bookish,  Memes

    Let’s Talk Bookish: Can You Predict Someone’s Genre of Choice?

    Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. I have one more week until finals, which is great, but also not. I’m still learning in a lot of my classes, so we’ll see how much time I’ll for review in class. Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme created by Rukky @ Eternity Books and hosted by Aria @ Book Nook Bits where we discuss various topics and share our opinions. Today’s topic is Can You Predict Someone’s Genre of Choice? (suggested by Fives @ Down the Rabbit Hole). What is your favorite genre and why? Is there a reason why those particular genres speak to you or capture your interest? Fantasy is and always…