Hello friends! This has been on my mind for a while & it's a really important topic we don't often acknowledge (or act on). The information in this post is honestly super easy to access by just Googling, but I thought it was important enough that I share it directly coming from me, rather than… Continue reading How to Make Your Blog & Social Media More Accessible
Fairytales & Subversion: Interview with Kalynn Bayron (Cinderella Is Dead) & Retellings You’ll Love
Fairytales and stories have always played a role in culture--passed down orally or transcribed in books. They morph and are rewritten and take on different meaning with the passing of time. Today I'm first talking with Kalynn Bayron, author of Cinderella Is Dead, about her fantasy debut, fairytales, and rebellion. For context, Cinderella Is Dead… Continue reading Fairytales & Subversion: Interview with Kalynn Bayron (Cinderella Is Dead) & Retellings You’ll Love
Bringing Stories to Life: The Rebel Army & Other Immersive Graphic Novels
Recently, I've been getting more and more into sequential art in its many forms. Whether that's in cute comics on my Instagram (I love bobblejot & doodleforfood's feeds especially!), stories on Webtoon (Gourmet Hound is amazing), or in book form, it's a medium I haven't had a lot of experience in, but have loved getting… Continue reading Bringing Stories to Life: The Rebel Army & Other Immersive Graphic Novels
Eyes Open: June 2020 Reading + Other Updates
Wrap-ups aren't super common for me, but I have had a very prolific reading month, and I thought it would be a good time to just chat about what I've been up to. A lot of the time, especially when someone asks directly, it feels like I haven't been up to much since coming home… Continue reading Eyes Open: June 2020 Reading + Other Updates
In a Blink: What I’ve Been Reading in 2020
My reading has not been as prolific this year as it has in the past, but this is letting me make the most out of each of my reads. When I only have time to read one book--in a week or a month--it means I have to choose carefully something I'll hopefully enjoy and that… Continue reading In a Blink: What I’ve Been Reading in 2020
Queer Book Recommendations with Colorful Spines
In preparation for Pride Month next month, and to help ward off any foolery, I've curated a list of 28 already published fiction LGBTQ+ books with colorful spines to use in your book rainbow stack photographs! I've read a lot of these & enjoyed them or I have them on my TBR! And just to… Continue reading Queer Book Recommendations with Colorful Spines
Book Ratings, Countability, and . . . Languages? (3 of 3)
Before we get into it, fun aside for how the 5-stars-or-nothing switch is going: I didn't realize how long it would take to edit ratings and reviews for 800+ books on Goodreads but it is admittedly taking a while. Part of it is that the Goodreads system is clunky and hasn't changed in a long… Continue reading Book Ratings, Countability, and . . . Languages? (3 of 3)
What I Like About You: Romance, Cupcakes, & Fake Book Blogs
You might have seen this teased on my Twitter, but today, the book birthday of Marisa Kanter's bookish romance, What I Like About You, I'm so excited to share a project I've been working on for a while. What I Like About You is a sweet YA contemporary romance about Halle, a Jewish teen book… Continue reading What I Like About You: Romance, Cupcakes, & Fake Book Blogs
Book Ratings, Countability, and . . . Languages? (2 of 3)
I've begun to struggle with the concept of tracking books. There's a strong desire to count books within the book community. To track what you've read, to track what genre the book is, whether it's diverse, whether the author is diverse, and so on. And it makes a lot of sense. It's useful to analyze… Continue reading Book Ratings, Countability, and . . . Languages? (2 of 3)
Book Ratings, Countability, and . . . Languages? (1 of 3)
To start: I'm switching to an all or nothing rating system. Five stars, or none. In the past six months, I've done a lot of thinking on how I approach blogging, book promotion, and where these intersect. I've thought on what things I've done for myself, what things I've done for others (blog readers, authors,… Continue reading Book Ratings, Countability, and . . . Languages? (1 of 3)
Vicky Again 