July 2020

Since I generally do these monthly recaps to capture a snapshot of what my life currently happens to be like, I have to be honest and say that nothing much has changed. I'm still working from home, and only really go out for essentials. I played a lot of Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the fi…

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Abbreviations #107: Beach Read, Eighty Days to Elsewhere + The Roommate

Beach Read  has an excellent premise: romance author January Andrews and literary fiction author Augustus Everett are beach house neighbors for the summer and, upon discovering that they are both in writing ruts, they make a deal to write in each other's genres and see who gets published first. …

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Adventures in Anime #5: Sailor Moon, Part 2

It's time for more Adventures in Anime ! My best friend Rachel & I team up for this collaboration where we pick out an anime, watch it together and then answer a series of questions about it for the blog. Since we've been alternating between anime shows that are new-to-us and shows we&#…

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Adventures in Anime #5: Sailor Moon, Part 1

It's time for more Adventures in Anime ! My best friend  Rachel & I team up for this collaboration where we pick out an anime, watch it together and then answer a series of questions about it for the blog. Since we've been alternating between anime shows that are new-to-us and shows we&#…

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Friends with ARCs: Paris is Always a Good Idea + Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Teashop

It's been seven years since her mother died, and Chelsea Martin still has parts of her life on pause as she grapples with her grief. When her father announces he's getting remarried, it throws her for a loop and pokes at parts of her life and heart that she'd been avoiding. Chelsea impu…

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My 2020 Reading Journal | Mid-Year Update

Since we're halfway through 2020, I thought it'd be fun to share a quick 2020 reading journal update. I'm proud of the fact that I've been consistent about using it every month! It took me a little while to figure out what really worked for me in terms of layouts, and what informat…

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Series Review: The Illuminae Files

I did it, friends. I finally listened to/read The Illuminae Files, and it was a brilliant series binge. (Kudos go to Hannah for talking me into reading the series by going the double format route, and kudos to Macky & Kelly for being my moral support as I experienced the first two books.) The I…

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May + June 2020

I've been trying and failing to start this blog post for nearly half an hour, so let's get the elephant out of the room: I feel really rusty when it comes to blogging. I haven't flexed my writing or blogging muscles in some time for two reasons. First, there is a lot going on in the Un…

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