Way back when (aka six months ago) we made a post talking about our bookish goals for the wonderful year of our lord, 2019. Now that we are halfway through the year, we’ve decided that it may be a good time to look back, reflect on the goals we set, and laugh about how badly … Continue reading Woaaah, We’re Halfway There! Goals Update
Welcome one, welcome all to our June Debate It! If this is your first time reading one of these, you can find a list of all our Debate Its here! The Debate It's have been a monthly post on our blog for the past 6 months, which is totally crazy to us! We're fast approaching our … Continue reading Debate It: Are You A Distracted Reader?
Whenever I meet new people, the question of, “What do you like to do in your free time?” often comes up. And I obviously answer that with, reading. I like reading. What’s the automatic follow up question to this? “Oh, cool beans, so what’s your favorite book?” Cue panic. My brain stops functioning. There’s a … Continue reading A Few of My Favorite Things
Although we have a whole bunch of other backlisted tags that we'll be getting through in the next few months, when Ellyn @ Allonsythornraxx tagged us to do the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag created by Chami & Ely we figured we'd better do it before the end of the year came around! And so … Continue reading The Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag
In honor of BookCon a week ago we thought we'd discuss the discoveries we made about ourselves, readers, BookCon, and assorted other aspects of attending a convention. We also provide a little recap and haul once we've had our fun. But first, here are our unexpected discoveries we made at BookCon 2019! 1. Your body … Continue reading Unexpected Discoveries: BookCon Edition
A while ago I came across various posts about stats in the book blogging community. And I noticed that several people mentioned that the community was more important to them than stats. And that got me thinking because, on the one hand, I am obsessed with our stats page. But on the other hand, I … Continue reading Why I Care About Stats
When I (Malka) first saw this tag going around, it looked like so much fun! It was created by Sofii @ A Book A Thought, and these questions have you discussing your favorite aspects of different books! We were tagged by Noémie @ Tempest of Books so we got to try our hand at answering these questions. … Continue reading The Perfect Book Tag
SoHo, 1981. Twelve-year-old Olympia is an artist--and in her neighborhood, that's normal. Her dad and his business partner Apollo bring antique paintings back to life, while her mother makes intricate sculptures in a corner of their loft, leaving Ollie to roam the streets of New York with her best friends Richard and Alex, drawing … Continue reading Blog Tour: All the Greys on Greene Street
Welcome to our May wrap up! This was one super busy month for both of us, filled in equal measure with finals and book events! If at times you noticed we were super silent or weren't posting as frequently, that would be the finals. Malka also had to replace her laptop, which made blogging difficult … Continue reading May Reading Wrap Up
Recently a few books have reminded me that I really hate drama. Because I reviewed a few of these books, I wanted to write this post to clarify why I dislike drama, and why that doesn't mean that a book I disliked for the drama is a bad book. Because my opinions about drama are … Continue reading This Drama Queen Hates Drama
