Reading Goals & Challenges for 2023

I've learned over the last couple years, especially in 2022 that I love setting goals for myself (especially with my reading) and while they may not always be completed, I've found it often gives me the motivation & opportunity to be experimental as a reader! Creating a list of reading goals for 2023 is something …

Cozy Fantasy BOOK TAG ― (Original)

Cozy Fantasy books (or slice of life fantasy, as I prefer to describe them) have become such a comfort during the year of 2022 and its not too difficult to see why! With a pandemic still going on, stressors in life, etc. sometimes all we want in the stories we consume (especially fantasy) will be …

Most Anticipated YA Books of 2023!

As the final page on 2022 arrives to a close, what better way to celebrate the new year than sharing a list of my most anticipated YA Books releasing in 2023, that I'm eager to share with you! There's truly something special in the excitement in awaiting all the wonderful books, full of possibility and …

Salt And Sugar by Rebecca Carvalho ARC Review

Salt And Sugar by Rebecca Carvalho Publisher: Inkyard Press Release Date: November 1, 2022 Available through Bookshop Pages: 368 Cover Artist: Andressa Meissner Summary: The grandchildren of two rival Brazilian bakeries fall in love despite their families’ feud. Trust neither thin-bottomed frying pans nor Molinas. Lari Ramires has always known this to be true. In …

Top Ten Tuesday: Cozy Reads Writing Guide

Its been so long since I've shared a weekly book meme on the blog, so after seeing the prompt for this week's Top Ten Tuesday, its no surprise I had to participate! As always, Top 10 Tuesday has moved to ThatArtsyReaderGirl, but was originally created by The Broke And The Bookish Cozy, especially when it …

November & December TBR: Prioritizing Backlist Releases & YA Books

Hello everyone, the year is slowly coming to an end and the last couple months of 2022 are finally here! It's still the perfect weather for cozying up with a great book and catching up on that TBR before the year concludes. I'm glad to be chatting with you about the books that I've been …

Lightfall: The Girl & The Galdurian by Tim Probert Review {Graphic Novel}

Lightfall: The Girl & The Galdurian by Tim Probert Publisher: HarperAlley (HarperCollins) Release Date: September 1, 2020 Pages: 248 Available through Bookshop & The Book Depository Summary: Deep in the heart of the planet Irpa stands the Salty Pig’s House of Tonics & Tinctures, home of the wise Pig Wizard and his adopted granddaughter, Bea. …

A couple months of Cozy Reading, Annotating & Productivity │Reading Diary pt. 4

The summer flew by so quickly and its difficult to believe the fall season is here once again! As I've been busy with work (my job is in bookselling), I'll admit some days can be quite draining which sadly doesn't give me much time to read, which means...waves of slumps. However, I think the Autumn …

The Springtime Of My Life Began With You Vol. 1 by Nikki Asada {Manga Review}

The Springtime Of My Life Began With You Vol. 1 by Nikki Asada Publisher: Kodansha Release Date: May 11, 2021 Pages: 175 Summary: Suehiro is a quiet girl, who prefers the excitement of her books to the real-life anxieties of friends. She'd been perfectly happy in her own little world until ultra-popular guy Takasago asked …

Give A Book {Book Tag}

It's been a while since I've done a book tag, so after some digging around the book internet to find one I hadn't heard of before, I discovered the Give A Book Tag from the Booktuber duo over at The Roomies' Digest channel. The tag was originally created by Katherine Zofrea! This tag looked like …