Abbreviations #120: Atomic Habits, Cobble Hill + White Ivy

I don’t read a ton of non-fiction (although I can foresee that slowly changing, as I’ve come across more non-fiction that’s really interested me lately), but I was interested in checking out Atomic Habits after my sister Rachel picked it for our family book club. It seems like a great choice for th…

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Abbreviations #119: The Girl in the Tower, Archangel's Sun + Darkfever

I’m not sure why I put off reading The Girl in the Tower for so long, but I thoroughly regret that now because it was such a great sequel! Where its predecessor The Bear and the Nightingale was a slow building atmospheric story that crescendos at its end, The Girl in the Tower felt like a well-pace…

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Book Review: Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch

In case this is your first time coming across my blog, hi, hello, my name is Alexa and my favorite Studio Ghibli film of all time is Kiki's Delivery Service. I never tire of the charming story of a young witch determined to make a life for herself after settling into a new small town. And I'…

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Abbreviations #118: My Calamity Jane, The Lives of Saints + Unlocked

I'm glad I managed to read My Calamity Jane , the latest and last novel in the Jane series written by the Lady Janies (Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows) before 2020 ended. Much like its predecessors, this novel is the "real" tale of a famous Jane. In this case, readers wil…

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Abbreviations #117: The Ex Talk, Shipped + The Twelve Dates of Christmas

Friends, I’m so excited to be sharing my thoughts on The Ex Talk ! This upcoming adult contemporary romance debut from author Rachel Lynn Solomon is essentially about two rival coworkers at a public radio station – producer Shay Goldstein and journalist Dominic Yun. The radio station needs a fresh i…

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Friends with ARCs: You Have a Match

I adored Emma Lord's debut novel Tweet Cute so much, and with her sophomore novel, she's further cemented herself as an author whose work I'm bound to enjoy. You Have a Match  is about Abby, who ends up signing up for a DNA service with her best friend. With the results comes a surprisin…

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Book Review: The Mask Falling (+ Novella Review: The Dawn Chorus)

(Please note that I will be talking about books 3.5 and 4 in The Bone Season series . At this point, spoilers for previous books will be unavoidable. If you’ve never read the series, check out my review of The Bone Season instead.) In the novella The Dawn Chorus , Samantha Shannon invites readers to j…

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My 2021 Reading Journal

It's time to finally share my 2021 reading journal set-up! I'll admit that I wasn't entirely confident I'd be able to keep up with the journal I started last year, but I surprised myself when I surpassed my limits (bonus points if you know the reference) and really went all in on it…

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2021

It's become an annual tradition (fourth year running now!) for my sister Rachel & I to pick out a word that we want to be our focus as we start a brand new year. After the year that was 2020 (and it was truly a doozy of a year), I struggled a little bit with my choice for 2021. But I've…

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Alexa & Macky's Best Reads of 2020

A new year has started! This is the second of two posts where Macky & I highlight some favorites from the past year. The shoutouts we're doing today are just as special as the ones in the previous post, since these were more fictional words (and illustrations) we escaped into. Without furth…

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