April 20, 2020

Adventures in Anime #4: Kamisama Kiss

Adventures in Anime #4: Kamisama Kiss
It's always exciting when Rachel & I come up with a blog series to collaborate on, but I'm especially thrilled about Adventures in Anime (formerly known as Friends with Anime )! We share a mutual love for anime (with our tastes particularly aligning over shōjo shows) and decided that it…

April 15, 2020

Friends with ARCs | The Empire of Dreams + Don't Call the Wolf

Friends with ARCs | The Empire of Dreams + Don't Call the Wolf
It's been years since I read the original Fire and Thorns trilogy , but I still feel a wave of warm fuzzies whenever their spines catch my eye on my bookshelf. I was looking forward to revisiting the world and the characters when  The Empire of Dreams  was first announced, and can happily report t…

April 8, 2020

Series Review: Shades of Magic

Series Review: Shades of Magic
I actually started reading the Shades of Magic  series last year, as A Darker Shade of Magic  was the book my friend Lili chose for me to read . I was a little nervous going into it because there had been so much hype, but I ended up really enjoying the book. It did work really well as a standalone s…

April 6, 2020

A Year of Book Picks #1: 2019

A Year of Book Picks #1: 2019
I decided to embark on a 'side quest' reading journey last year just for fun where I read books chosen by some of my favorite people. It ended up being a lot of fun! I got to cross (some) books off my TBR list, and get some of my loved ones (particularly the irregular readers) involved in …

April 3, 2020

Abbreviations #102: Naked in Death, The Magpie Lord + Half-Blood

Abbreviations #102: Naked in Death, The Magpie Lord + Half-Blood
I still can’t fully believe I read Naked in Death because this novel is so far out of my comfort zone, being a romantic suspense read. I’ve never been one for romantic suspense (or mysteries or thrillers), and to have read one and have it be about a serial killer (which generally tends to freak me …

April 1, 2020

March 2020

March 2020
March has been an odd month. It honestly feels like it's lasted forever , instead of the usual thirty-one days. With the arrival of COVID-19 in full force on US shores, and a mandatory shelter-in-place/work-from-home situation (19 days and counting), it's been very overwhelming. (My regard …