Summer Bucket List

My friend Rachel has always shared her summer bucket lists , and it's always been fun to see how much of it she manages to complete at the end of the season (and how many items I was along for the ride for). And my friend Kristin shared her summer bucket list recently to remind me that I wanted …

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Abbreviations #136: Stamped from the Beginning, The Library Book + The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

I’ve been waiting for my library hold to come in for Stamped from the Beginning since last year. It’s one of those non-fiction reads that intimidated the heck out of me when I first thought about picking it up, but I felt so strongly that it was something I had to read. When it finally came in, I i…

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Mabuhay! Filipino Artist Recommendations

I'm so excited to bring you this year's posts for  Mabuhay!  My best friend  Rachel  and I have done this feature almost every year since 2014, both as a celebration of Filipinos in literature and to share a little bit about Filipino culture just in time for Philippine Independence Day on June …

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Friends with ARCs: Arsenic and Adobo (+ Q&A with Mia Manansala)

I'm so excited to bring you this year's posts for Mabuhay! My best friend Rachel  and I have done this feature almost every year since 2014, both as a celebration of Filipinos in literature and to share a little bit about Filipino culture just in time for Philippine Independence Day on June …

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Adventures in Anime #8: Golden Time

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 featured Magic Knight Rayearth last time, it was time for us to find a new-to-…

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