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Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag (is this a comeback? probably not)

Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag (is this a comeback? probably not)

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Tier Ranking Every Book I Read This Year Just to Feel Something

can you believe it, i wrote a post! and i ranked all the books i read according to unhinged categories

yes, hi, hello, my last post was in february and it’s now the end of may and we will just gloss over that. due to a recent unhinged endeavor, i remembered that i like writing book blog posts, and i thought why not come back and probably dip out for three months again. you love to see it. so today, we are ranking all of the books I read this year. i know these are probably more fun in a video…

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Kidnapping Can Be Something so Personal Actually: Vladimir by Julia May Jones

Kidnapping Can Be Something so Personal Actually: Vladimir by Julia May Jones

Goodreads blurb: “When I was a child, I loved old men, and I could tell that they also loved me.”And so we are introduced to our deliciously incisive narrator: a popular English professor whose charismatic husband at the same small liberal arts college is under investigation for his inappropriate relationships with his former students. The couple have long had a mutual understanding when it comes…

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January Wrap Up: The Month That Lasted a Year

January Wrap Up: The Month That Lasted a Year

I haven’t been doing wrap ups that regularly in the second half of 2021, but I quite enjoy doing them, especially since some books do not really warrant a whole review from me, so it’s nice to catalogue them in a wrap up at least. So let’s talk about what I read in January! 1. In the Jaws of Life by Dubravka Ugrešić This is the first book I read this year and it was quite enjoyable. The story is…

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The Vibe Continues to Deteriorate: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Review

a one star review to contribute to the already unbearable discourse, we love to see it

Goodreads blurb: In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older,…

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12 Book Recs for 2022 TBR

12 Book Recs for 2022 TBR

OKAY, so since I did not really set any goals for 2021 (besides a backlist TBR, and I actually read 10 out of 12, LOOK AT ME GO), I have no goals to reflect on, and I don’t want to set any goals this year either. HOWEVER, I am losing the usual backlist TBR, because they always end up SUCKING, so this year, we’re doing recommendations instead. I chose 12 books that were at some point recommended…

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Favorite Books of 2021

quick, guess what's number one, it's so hard

WOW, 2021 is over and it was a hellish year so good riddance! It’s time for the IT post and that’s my favorite books of 2021! Like I said in my reading year in review, I had an overall good reading year, with lots of books that I enjoyed, but when I look back, there weren’t that many that I LOVED passionately this year. I did make a separate post for romance novels, check it out here. But…

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Reading Year in Review: 2021

Reading Year in Review: 2021

Welcome to my favorite post to write ever and that’s my reading year in review! I am here to share all the stats for my reading in 2021 and I am always beyond excited to chat about all the different statistics of my reading. I did this post in 2018 and 2019 and 2020 as well, so you can contrast and compare!  Housekeeping: I track my reading using Goodreads and also a spreadsheet created by Brock…

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Almost Favorite Books of 2021

Almost Favorite Books of 2021

I think this is the first time in a while that I feel like I had a good reading year. I had a lot of really enjoyable reads (but very few absolute favorites, not every book can be Brood sadly). So I thought I’d share with you some books I really liked but that did not quite make my list of favorites this year. All of these I HIGHLY recommend. Let’s get into it. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka…

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Most Disappointing Reads of 2021

Most Disappointing Reads of 2021

As usual, I one of my favorite things to write at the end of the year are worst/most disappointing reads. We love being negative and judgy here. So as per usual, these are most disappointing, so not necessairly bad books, just books that did not do what I was hoping for them to do. Let’s jump into it. Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi This is the only one star read for me this year, and…

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Best Romance Novels I Read in 2021

Best Romance Novels I Read in 2021

As usual, I read quite a few romance novels throughout the year – in fact, 26% of the books I read this year were romance. However, romance rarely makes it to my favorite books of the year, and I like doing a separate post for this genre, to highlight all the great romance I read. I am getting quite good at picking up romance that I end up loving, so most of the stuff I read, I really enjoyed. In…

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40+ New 2022 Book Releases to Get Excited About

40+ New 2022 Book Releases to Get Excited About

Hi, hello, long time no see! It’s been so sad not being able to make time to put out blog posts as regularly as I used to, but I am just currently juggling too many projects, and the blog just slipped under. I will try and schedule it more into my routine in the coming months and the end of the year posts ARE my favorite, so I had to come back to do them. As with last year’s list, it’s gonna be a…

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the caught the vibe vs could never be me tag (or the in or out book tag)

the caught the vibe vs could never be me tag (or the in or out book tag)

it’s been so long since i’ve done any post that isn’t a review and i really wanted to write something today to distract myself from actual work, SO a book tag seemed appropriate. The In or Out book tag was created by Rick MacDonnell of Booktube fame, and it’s basically just discussing a bunch of book tropes/features etc. and discussing whether you like them or not. BASICALLY it’s just giving your…

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No Discourse, Just a Review of Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

Goodreads blurb: Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a distribution warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend Eileen is getting over a break-up, and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are still young-but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude…

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New Releases for the Rest of 2021 to Get Excited about

New Releases for the Rest of 2021 to Get Excited about

Thought I’d put together a little list of upcoming releases for the rest of the year – there’s only a bit of 2021 left, but still lots of exciting books are still to come. I am not allowed to buy any new books SO I AM LIVING VICARIOUSLY through this list. As per usual, I read Literary Fiction, Fantasy and Romance, so this list might be heavier on those BECAUSE THIS IS ALL ABOUT ME.  At the…

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WITMonth 2021: Magma by Thora Hjörleifsdóttir Review

WITMonth 2021: Magma by Thora Hjörleifsdóttir Review

translated from the Icelandic by Meg Matich Goodreads blurb: Twenty-year-old Lilja is in love. As a young university student, she is quickly smitten with the intelligent, beautiful young man from school who quotes Derrida and reads Latin and cooks balanced vegetarian meals. Before she even realizes, she’s moved in with him, living in his cramped apartment, surrounded by sour towels and flat Diet…

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Cusk Hive Assemble: Outline by Rachel Cusk Review

Cusk Hive Assemble: Outline by Rachel Cusk Review

Goodreads blurb: A woman writer goes to Athens in the height of summer to teach a writing course. Though her own circumstances remain indistinct, she becomes the audience to a chain of narratives, as the people she meets tell her one after another the stories of their lives.Beginning with the neighbouring passenger on the flight out and his tales of fast boats and failed marriages, the…