June 2021 wrap up & hiatus announcement

June was...an okay month? A meh month? It was certainly very unproductive. On the upside, I read some great books I all rated four stars or higher (right now, that doesn't count as productivity). Anyways, on with the wrap up! Books read ★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar | young adult, …

Sunshine blogger award

Hello people! I was nominated for the Sunshine blogger award a while back - a long time back in fact. Big thanks to Brooke @ The Reader's Game, M @ Inking and Thinking and Lotus @ Pages of Starlight for nominating me for this award, it means a lot to me! On with the tag, …

Trends in YA fiction | a discussion & many recommendations

Hello friends! Today's topic is inspired by an old Let's Talk Bookish prompt (which is hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books and Dani @ Literary Lion - go check out their blogs as well). I saw the prompt 'predicting trends in ya fiction' but I didn't have the time to write a post on it …

Medieval queens book tag

Hello, lovely people of the blogosphere! I'm doing the Medieval Queens book tag today, and many thanks to M.T. Wilson @ The Last Book on the Left and Jessica @ The Awkward Book Blogger for tagging me! Jess @ Jessticulates created this very unique tag. My knowledge of European queens is not the best (I …

Loveless by Alice Oseman // messy teens, Shakespeare and shenanigans – aka the book currently owning my heart

This is my first Alice Oseman book, peeps, and I'm so happy to say it won't be the last. Read on if you want to know my thoughts! Disclaimer: this review is spoiler free. Synopsis It was all sinking in. I’d never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a single person …

Never Have I Ever tag – writers’ edition!

And I am back with another tag! This is the Never Have I Ever tag's writer's version - I did the bookish tag too, you can see it here if you like. I had seen this tag on several blogs and while blog hopping I found that this was created by Bree @ The Long …

May 2021 wrap up // windy days & great books

Hi guys! May flew past as a month in lockdown and nothing actually happened at all. On the bright side, I read some awesome books, so I'll dive into them right away! Books read These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong | You know that feeling you get when a hyped book lives up to the …

Book review: Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

Maybe I shouldn't keep monthly TBRs because, as it turned out, I am awfully bad at following them through. So instead of Red Queen and The Hate U Give I went on and read the King of Scars duology. I initially wanted to review King of Scars as well, given how much I liked it, …

The Mystery Blogger Award

I just went through a mini blogging slump but I finally brought myself to write a post, and do a tag I've been tagged for last month. I was nominated for this by Quinley at Adventure Awaits and Samantha and Amber over at Bibliomavens, thank you for tagging me! About the Mystery Blogger Award It’s …

Book review: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong // Romeo and Juliet with gangs, guns and a monster

If I were to tell the premise of this book in one sentence, it would be : a retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliette set in 1920's Shanghai. How cool is that? Disclaimer: this review is spoiler free. Synopsis The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery.A blood feud between two …