i can't believe it's been a year- to the month!- since i've posted on the blog! lots has happened in between! but a quick run down: i've officially finished two semesters of college (lost my mind in the fall and then had a pretty chill spring), took ceramics and had tons of fun but also …
Continue reading a belated ‘small things in life’ readathon tbr
i had so much fun blogging about my current reads recently that i’ve been on a sort of blogging high haha. ideas have been brewing, that’s for sure! i thought i’d write about the kdramas i’ve been watching. i’ve been able to make some progress on some due to me being sick with covid recently …
today is definitely a blogging day. i’m sitting in a barnes & noble starbucks with my brother, sipping on a caramel macchiato and inspecting the oreo brownie i bought, thinking i definitely should have asked if it had nuts. wondering if it’s worth it to take a bite and risking me ruining my time at …
Continue reading fantasy, rom-coms, and poetry // current reads
*rolls up sleeves* hi, hello. longtime no see! it’s been five months since i’ve been on this site, and i’m coming to you from the corner of my bed, freshly showered after work, sipping an iced matcha i made for myself, and ready to write. of course, it would be percy jackson! oF COURSE IT …
Continue reading in this essay i will scream about percy jackson….. because of course i must
as we near the end of the year and i realize that my blog has been inactive for the better part of the latter half of the year, i realize my priorities have shifted. this blog has blended into the background of my life, become something i return to when the feeling strikes, rather than …
book clubs are magical things to be apart of, a group reading a book together and having fun discussing it. drawing different opinions and perspectives on the same book, together. i've always loved the concept of community reading. when i was younger i used to read books with my brothers, like big nate and diary …
hola, lovelies!! i'm back!!! it is the fabled returnnn, and now i shall cry! i've missed blogging so so much and i'm glad i'm back from my unplanned hiatus T.T i had to take some time off because school was getting hectic and intense and required all my time and brain power but!! i'm on …
Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Leakan Zea Kemp // ★★★★★ trigger warnings: mention of self-harm, anxiety, depression, an instance of arson, mentions of ICE and deportation As an aspiring pastry chef, Penelope Prado has always dreamed of opening her own pastelería next to her father's restaurant, Nacho's Tacos. But her mom and dad have different plans …
Continue reading [blog tour] somewhere between bitter and sweet by laekan zeakemp // book review
Dominicana by Angie Cruz // ★★★ trigger warnings: child marriage, domestic abuse, rape, racism, colorism, ethnocentrism, cheating, use of the ‘r’ slur, and death of a loved one Fifteen-year-old Ana Cancion never dreamed of moving to America, the way the girls she grew up with in the Dominican countryside did. But when Juan Ruiz proposes …
Continue reading dominicana by angie cruz // we read latine book club
heyo, lovelies! and welcome to a new series on the blog where i talk about books i've recently read! as i mentioned in my 2021 goals blog post, i'm going to be doing this as an alternative to wrap-ups. because wrap-ups and i just don't seem to get along. i'll be typing one of these …
Continue reading fantasies, cute romances, and a nonfiction! // recent reads #1
the moonchild pages 