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
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
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
I'm all about discovering new ways to meet my Goodreads challenge, and one such method I've discovered is reading graphic novels. Surprisingly, I did not read very many graphic novels until recently, which is only surprising because of how often I read them now. However, I'm well aware of my reasons I didn't read them … Continue reading A Journey of Self Discovery: Graphic Novel Edition
We book lovers love our shiny pretty books, but what about the other bookish odds and ends out there? Today’s Debate It is about all about bookish merch, so stick around to hear our opinion on bookmarks, book sleeves, bookish candles, jewelry, pins and more! Although to be honest we each just picked our favorite … Continue reading Debate It: Bookish Merch
I am a book blogger and I struggle with reviewing books. I love talking about books. I love discussing them as I read. I love recommending books after I’ve read them. But for me, writing a full blown review of a book is really difficult. Firstly, I don’t always have what to say. If you’d … Continue reading My Struggle with Reviewing
I recently reached 100 books read this year, which was super exciting. And since reaching this milestone I began to reflect a bit, and reevaluate my reading habits. After giving it some thought, I realized that recently before reading any book, I always check how many pages there are. This struck me as a bit … Continue reading I Fear Big Books and I Cannot Lie
