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Review – Out of Her League
Posted June 28, 2026 in review

Review – Out of Her League

Review – Archangel’s Eternity
Posted May 5, 2026 in review

Review – Archangel’s Eternity

Review – Enemies to Lovers by Alisha Rai
Posted April 27, 2026 in review

Review – Enemies to Lovers by Alisha Rai

Review – The Rewind by Allison Winn Scotch
Posted March 24, 2026 in review

Review – The Rewind by Allison Winn Scotch

Reflecting on 2025 & Goals for 2026
Posted January 2, 2026 in wrap up

Reflecting on 2025 & Goals for 2026

Review – The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold
Posted December 19, 2025 in review

Review – The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold

Review – The Blonde Identity
Posted September 14, 2025 in review

Review – The Blonde Identity

Review – Cinder & Glass
Posted May 8, 2025 in review

Review – Cinder & Glass

Reflecting on 2024 & Goals for 2025
Posted January 13, 2025 in wrap up

Reflecting on 2024 & Goals for 2025

Review – Just Some Stupid Love Story
Posted June 3, 2024 in review

Review – Just Some Stupid Love Story

Reflecting on 2023 & Goals for 2024
Posted January 13, 2024 in wrap up

Reflecting on 2023 & Goals for 2024

2023 Q1 Recap
Posted April 11, 2023 in wrap up

2023 Q1 Recap

Reflecting on 2022 & Goals for 2023
Posted January 15, 2023 in wrap up

Reflecting on 2022 & Goals for 2023

Review – These Deadly Games
Posted February 22, 2022 in review

Review – These Deadly Games

January 2022 Recap
Posted February 6, 2022 in wrap up

January 2022 Recap

Review – Echoes & Empires
Posted January 31, 2022 in review

Review – Echoes & Empires

Reflecting on 2021 & Goals for 2022
Posted January 19, 2022 in wrap up

Reflecting on 2021 & Goals for 2022

2020 End of Year Survey
Posted March 4, 2021 in wrap up

2020 End of Year Survey

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QOTD: Book that’s been on your TBR for the longest QOTD: Book that’s been on your TBR for the longest?⁣ ⁣ Not the longest, but I’ve been thinking of The Unexpected Everything lately.⁣ ⁣ I’ve been meaning to read it since it came out nearly 10 years ago - I actually bought this copy at a signing when Morgan Matson was on a book tour to celebrate its release.⁣ ⁣ And I still haven’t gotten around to it.⁣ ⁣ And it doesn’t help that for some reason I feel like it has to be read in the summer…⁣ ⁣ Are you a seasonal reader?⁣ ⁣ —⁣ ⁣ [Image description: The young adult novel, The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson with a cup of coffee and chocolate croissant.]⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ #bookphoto #bookstagrammer #avidreader #ilovereading #yalit⁣ Speaking of TBRs, one of my goals for this year is to tackle mine and clean some of it up. It feels messy in my head and that’s been lowkey weighing on me.⁣ I’ve been lucky enough to collect and buy a lot of physical copies throughout the years, but I’ve been terrible at actually reading them. 😅⁣ ⁣ In my defense, I do tend to prefer digital reading formats for their convivence these days.⁣ ⁣ But that’s no excuse to neglect my shelves.⁣ I’ve actually been decent at keeping up with NetGalley this year - I’m really only one book behind for 2026.⁣ ⁣ Most of the overdue reviews are from overcommitting during my serious blogging days and inability to balance working full time with reading and reviewing.⁣ ⁣ Some of these are also on my physical TBR so I could theoretically kill two birds with one book.⁣ I’m almost maxed out on holds on Libby, even with two library cards (my home library & a reciprocal) so I need to start cleaning up this list.⁣ ⁣ But it’s hard since they’re mostly series with sequels yet to be released (I’m a series binger).
QOTD: Do you take notes while reading?⁣ ⁣ I probab QOTD: Do you take notes while reading?⁣ ⁣ I probably should so I have more than just the generic “I liked it” to when adding books to my reading journal a month late. 😅⁣ ⁣ —⁣ ⁣ [Video description: Spending 30 minutes to update my reading journal when I’m 8 books behind. Let’s see how far I can get.]⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ #bookgram #bookishlife #instabooks #readingjournal #journalwithme
QOTD: What are some of your favorite summer reads? QOTD: What are some of your favorite summer reads?⁣ ⁣ One of mine is The Unhoneymooners, even though iirc it takes place in the winter? 😅⁣ ⁣ It just has a lot of vacation vibes, which always makes me think of summer, no matter the time of year.⁣ ⁣ Do you have any vacation plans?⁣ ⁣ —⁣ ⁣ [Image description: The romance novel, The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren with a postcard from Hawaii.]⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ #booklove #booksarelife #bookishgirl #reader #bookdragons
QOTD: What kind of bookish stats do you like to tr QOTD: What kind of bookish stats do you like to track?⁣ ⁣ Or would like to track?⁣ ⁣ For my reading journal, the hardest tracker to fill out every month is probably the pages per day. At least I’m not the most consistent reader so there are always days where I don’t read and therefore don’t need to color in.⁣ ⁣ The calendar tracker varies every month. Sometimes it’s easy and straightforward. But it can get hard if I bounced between different books instead of reading them one at a time or if I read a lot of them.⁣ ⁣ The goals tracker and books & pages tracker are pretty simple and self explanatory.⁣ ⁣ —⁣ ⁣ [Video description: Going over how difficult it is to update the various trackers in my reading journal every month.]⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ #bookdragon #booksofinstagram #reading #readingjournal #journalwithme
QOTD: How was your June?⁣ ⁣ In terms of my persona QOTD: How was your June?⁣ ⁣ In terms of my personal life, it was a decent bounce back month. I got back into somewhat of a routine and got to spend time with friends and family.⁣ ⁣ Reading wise, it was a little… erratic.⁣ ⁣ I didn’t read too much in the beginning and then went on a bit of a reading bender (7 books in 6 days), didn’t read at all the week after while I nursed my reading hangover, and then ended the month by starting and finishing The Traitor Queen in one sitting.⁣ ⁣ So much for reading “consistently”.⁣ ⁣ What are you looking forward to in July?⁣ ⁣ —⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ #booklife #instareads #allthebooks #bookishcommunity #lightread
QOTD: What’ll be your last read of June?⁣ ⁣ I’m ho QOTD: What’ll be your last read of June?⁣ ⁣ I’m hoping mine will be Lover Overboard, but I’m running out of time to finish it since I have less than 12 hours until July and still have a half day of work left.⁣ ⁣ It’s also making me want to spend more of my (limited) time watching Below Deck. 😅⁣ ⁣ What are some of your favorite TV shows?⁣ ⁣ —⁣ ⁣ [Image description: A paperback copy of the romance novel, Love Overboard by Kandi Steiner.]⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ #bookish #bookstagram #bookpics #instaread #bookaesthetics
QOTD: What kind of book reviewer are you?⁣ ⁣ Hones QOTD: What kind of book reviewer are you?⁣ ⁣ Honestly, depending on what I’m reading, how often I’m reading, and just general mood, I can be anywhere from star rating only and/or just a few words, to writing 60 full paragraphs.⁣ ⁣ My reading journal is usually just a rough draft of my thoughts, mainly just vibes and a bunch of spelling mistakes. 😅⁣ ⁣ And if I don’t want to read my chicken scratch, I’ll polish it up in Notion or my blog, like my review for Out of Her League.⁣ ⁣ Do you post your reviews?⁣ ⁣ —⁣ ⁣ [Video description: The process of adding a review of a newly finished book to my reading journal.]⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ #booknerd #booksofig #avidreader #readingjournal #journalwithme
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