Category: Features

Kindle Unlimited: Let’s Try This Out!

Posted January 18, 2023 in Features / 2 Comments

So as a new year’s treat to myself, I decided to try out Kindle Unlimited (they were running a deal for $4.99 for your first month). Initially I had always ignored KU (aside from signing up for a free trial last year to read a specific book and never reading anything else), but lately I’ve been watching a lot of booktubers who have recommended a lot of indie romance titles and SO MANY of them are on KU. I decided to give it a shot, and figure if I can read 2-3 books off of it per month it will […]

What’s On My Library List [6]: Getting Back Into the Reading Game

Posted January 11, 2023 in Features / 7 Comments

What’s On My Library List is an original feature I started to highlight some of my most anticipated reads I have on hold through my local library that I am eagerly waiting for! With a renewed passion for reading in 2023, I plan on leveraging my digital library access more than ever. It’s really changed the way I collect books and 90% of the physical books I purchase are from books I have already read (via library or ARCs) that I enjoyed and want to add to my library. This has helped me budget more effectively, add less clutter to […]

Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2023 | TTT

Posted January 10, 2023 in Book Recommendations & Lists, Features, Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Features/Memes / 7 Comments

Spare | January 10 | I watched and was enraptured by the Harry & Meghan doc on Netflix, and I’m so intrigued to see what kind of tea is spilled in this book! The Fraud Squad | January 17 | This is giving me Bling Ring meets Crazy Rich Asians meets Inventing Anna vibes. I love the whole trope of average girl infiltrates high society and/or royalty. Begin Again | January 24 | I love Emma Lord and I LOVE YA/NA books set in college (there needs to be more!) College is such a magical, unique time when you get […]

Disney Dream Honeymoon Part 3

Posted January 6, 2023 in Features, Travel / 2 Comments

Day 7- Animal Kingdom Y’all, it’s been 4 years and I am just now getting around to finally finishing my Honeymoon recap (: I wrote the drafts in late 2019 and was waiting to add pictures and then we all know how 2020 went…better late than never, I guess? To start from the beginning, check out part 1 and part 2 here! PSA that things might have changed in Disneyworld since my experiences- everything mentioned in this post took place in 2019! Ok, so I truly feel like Animal Kingdom is the park that everyone sleeps on. It’s sort of […]

Best Books I Read in 2022 | Top Ten Tuesday

Posted January 3, 2023 in Book Recommendations & Lists, Features, Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Features/Memes / 16 Comments

Another year, another best books list. I decided to only do a roundup of my top 5 books this year since I only read ~40 books. The past two years I have definitely read less since I’ve become more involved in other hobbies, but I’ve really missed reading and want to re-prioritize books and blogging in 2023 (while also putting less pressure on myself- but that’s for a separate post). Unsurprisingly, 4 out of the 5 books on my list are the continuation of series that I already enjoy, as I’ve found myself gravitating more toward trusted authors and sequels […]

2022 Releases I Didn’t Get To That I Most Want to Read

Posted December 28, 2022 in Book Recommendations & Lists, Features / 11 Comments

Every year there’s inevitably the titles that we as reader’s don’t get to despite our excitement and best intentions. This year I had more books on my yearly TBR shelf than ever, yet read less books than normal. As you can imagine, this has led to a LOT of books from 2022 that I still really want to get to! I’ve rounded up the top ten releases from 2022 that I want to make a priority to read by the end of 2023, and will do a check in post at the end of next year to see how I […]

Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2022

Posted January 19, 2022 in Book Recommendations & Lists, Features / 3 Comments

I always LOVE making and reading upcoming releases lists at the beginning of each year, and 2022 in particular I’ve found SO MANY titles I’m excited for (my 2022 Releases shelf on Goodreads has 100+ books already!) I definitely see that I’m moving away from YA titles as my “most anticipated” books, and leaning more into romance and women’s fiction. I’m really excited for these titles and honestly a lot more too! Running Wild | January 25th | I am OBSESSED with K.A.Tucker’s The Simple Wild series, and I can’t wait to read this spin-off focusing on one of the […]

Looking Back on My Most Anticipated Reads of 2021 | How Did I Do?

Posted December 30, 2021 in Features / 5 Comments

Some of my favorite types of posts to write are ones where I’m listing my most anticipated books of the upcoming year. I thought it would be fun to look back on the reads that were at the forefront of my radar for 2021 and see how many I read, and overall what I thought of them! January-June 2021 Releases I Was Most Excited For Number of Books Read: 7/8 (All but Luck of the Titanic…not too bad!) Ratings: 5 Stars: Chain of Iron, The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba 4 Stars: The Project, A Court of Silver Flames, Good […]

Top 5 Books of 2021 So Far

Posted July 7, 2021 in Book Recommendations & Lists, Features / 7 Comments

I honestly can’t believe we’re at the halfway point of 2021…while 2020 felt as though it was the never-ending year, this year is FLYING by. I haven’t read quite as much as I hoped too (although I’m not too behind…as of now I’m only 5 books behind on my Goodreads reading goal) I still wanted to round up my top 5 favorite reads of 2021 so far. It will be interesting to revisit this list at the end of the year and see if my choices have changed! Devil in Winter | Read January 2021 | I started off the […]

A Little Life Update

Posted July 2, 2021 in Features / 4 Comments

I’ve thought about writing this post at least a half dozen times. There’s a lot I want to say…but also not that much at the same time? I’ve been a little quiet here this year and I wanted to provide a few life updates that have been taking up some of my time away from this space: I’ve picked up some other hobbies. I’ve really gotten back into makeup and have been spending a lot of time watching beauty Youtube, buying and testing new products, and starting my Youtube channel (which will be a blend of beauty + bookish content). […]