After the success of the August OwlCrate box, I decided to order the September one. The theme sounded great, and I loved the artwork on the September spoiler card from the last box. This wasn't as big a hit as August's. I am excited to read this month's book (and it is gorgeous), and there… Continue reading September OwlCrate Unboxing: Haunted Hearts
It's that time of year again! I'll be participating in Victober, an event hosted by Kate Howe, Books and Things, and Lucythereader over on Youtube. The goal is to reader Victorian literature in the month of October. I participated last year and had a lovely time. This year, I'll be using it to do some reading for my… Continue reading Victober 2021 TBR
First, Become Ashes by K. M. Szpara - 4 stars A dark read that features cults, sadomasochism, and magic that may or may not be real. I enjoyed it, but it's certainly not the book for everyone. Trigger warning: physical, mental, and sexual abuse, rape, and a lot of other disturbing stuff. None Shall Sleep… Continue reading August Wrap Up
I don't usually get book subscription boxes. I've gotten one before from a company that I'm pretty sure no longer exists, and I've never bought OwlCrate even though I love watching other people's unboxings. But when I saw the theme for August was Dark Academia (a favorite subgenre of mine), I knew I had to… Continue reading August OwlCrate Unboxing: Dark Academia
It's that time of year again. I'm technically done with coursework, but I decided to take Feminist Theory so I can apply for the Women and Gender Studies certificate. It's a heavy reading class, and these aren't even all of the books. There are also ones I already owned, bought on Kindle, or am getting… Continue reading Back to School Book Haul, Fall 2021
Book IV: Three Love Problems (Chapters XXXVIII to XLII) and Book V: The Dead Hand I was not particularly enthralled with these sections. I didn't make any annotations in the second part of Book IV. Book V was slightly better. But honestly, Eliot just goes on for far too long about the small town politics… Continue reading A Season in Middlemarch, Weeks VIII to X
June The Raven King by Nora Sakavic - 5 stars I reread The Foxhole Court last year and decided to reread the rest of the trilogy. It's one of my favorite series, and I had a wonderful time. Luster by Raven Leilani - 4 stars A fantastic contemporary novel dealing with black womanhood in the… Continue reading June & July Wrap Up
Book II: Old and Young, Book III: Waiting for Death, and Book IV: Three Love Problems (Chapters XXXIV to XXXVII) I got a new edition of Middlemarch (as you may have seen in my latest Come Book Shopping with Me post)! I'm quite pleased with it, and it's making the novel much easier to read.… Continue reading A Season in Middlemarch, Weeks III to VII
My 28th birthday was on Monday, which means more books! I've actually now put myself on a book buying ban since I still haven't read all the ones I got from the last few gift-giving occasions. These are all from my parents and were picked from a list I gave them. None Shall Sleep by… Continue reading A Bookish Birthday, 2021
Another trip to my fiancé's lake house means another stop at my favorite bookstore: The Country Bookseller! It was technically out of the way since we didn't go to my family's lake house too, so we had to drive 20 minutes in the wrong direction on the way home. But my birthday is Monday, so… Continue reading Come Book Shopping with Me at The Country Bookseller
