The Feelings Book Tag

I am often overwhelmed by feeling when reading a book, which is probably my favourite part of the reading experience, so thank you Rania @ Rania's Rambling Reads for tagging me on this! Some books were hard to choose from each of the prompts, but I tried my best. Rules Thank the blogger who nominated…

Dark Academia Books I Want to Read

It is fair to say that I was hooked on dark academia way before I knew what it was called. My fascination probably kick-started when I decided to watch Kill Your Darlings back in 2014, or arguably a few months before that when I read A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. The truth…

Mini Reviews: The Pronoun Book and True Loaf

I wasn't originally planning on posting about these books on my blog. Mainly because they're so short and to the point that I didn't have much to say about them. However, since I've enjoyed them both, I'm writing mini reviews for them! The Pronoun Book by Cassandra Jules Corrigan Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for…

Talking about Dark Reads

Through my life as a reader I've realised that I really enjoy what I would call "dark reads". By that I don't necessarily mean horror stories, but rather books dealing with topics that are a bit more difficult to read about: rape, grooming, etc. to name a few. Decadence, in general, is something that has…

Themed Book Recommendations

Today we're talking about some recommendations! Thank you Ritz @ Living, Loving and Reading for tagging me. It took me a while, but I'm finally doing it and I'm very excited about it, it's always great to gush about some of my favourites! Rules Tag Ally @ Ally Writes ThingsGive at least one recommendation for each…

ARC Review: Call Me Athena by Colby Cedar Smith

I received this book from NetGalley as an eARC in exchange for an honest review. Rating: ★★★.5 Genre: Young adult, historical fiction Representation: Immigrant main characters Content warning: Death, war Release date: August 17th, 2021 Summary: This enchanting novel in verse captures one young woman’s struggle for independence, equality, and identity as the daughter of Greek and French immigrants in tumultuous 1930s Detroit. Call Me Athena:…

Books and Songs

Music, alongside books, is another one of my passions. I'm constantly listening to it and trying to find new artists I enjoy. In my—admittedly short—time in the blogging community, I've come across a few blog posts linking books and songs; whether it was matching books with songs like Amy @ My Book Throne did, dedicating…

ARC Review: Nightmare in Savannah by Lela Gwenn and Rowan MacColl

I received this book from NetGalley as an eARC in exchange for an honest review. Rating: ★★.5 Genre: Young adult, LGBT+, horror Representation: Bisexual main character, lesbian main character, asexual main character, various people of colour as main and secondary characters Content warning: Bullying, death, trauma, grief, trichotillomania Release date: November 9th, 2021 Summary: Alexa moves to Savannah to get…