Books I’m Hoarding But Haven’t Actually Read (or finished!!) Yet / Being A Bad Reader. You’ve Been Warned: This Is A Horror.

come shout at me about all the books I'm just not reading.  this ought to be fun!! (ALSO CAN WE APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS MY SECOND POST OF THE MONTH? I've actually sceduled this in advance??? I'm actually getting my sh*t together??? can we all just.. scream (chill tho) for a mo???) so yes, there's…

A QUICK CATCH UP: GCSE Results, Coming Out, All The Slumps & Mental Health (be being a prickly cactus).

Can we quickly shout at me about how it's been so long since I posted? I totally needed this break. I've only not blogged for maybe 2 weeks?? but??? I needed it?? Blogging was totally starting to feel like an obligation again so I feel so much more ready to blog and to do it…

ARC Discussion: Pressure To Read And Pressure To Like // Why I’m No Longer Reading ARCs (Controversial??).

Welcome to my controversial post. ARCs are just so much pressure & stress and I hate both.   So I think that for me this post has been a long time coming. (also!! let us scream about the PANIC! album!!!!!! bdjrgjrdfgjh SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS) I've always felt this "need" to read arcs and to apply…

The 20 Questions Book Tag: Look Who Has No Inspiration For A Post ft. Snarky Responses, Salt, Pretty Covers + Screaming.

I have decided to reveal my face... dun. dun. duuuunnnnnnn: oh no, wait, sorry. that's just salt. one in the same, you know???????? "Why are you salty???" I hear you wail. Well: I've had 9/24 exams. I STILL have exams left. I've got a week off but I'm spending that revising for the next exams.…

Coming-Out-Series (P1): 4 LGBT+ Things I Want To Be Represented In YA And General LGBT+ Rep Rant Ft. Internalised LGBT+phobia.

[Enters, graciously flailing] I've decided that I'm going to be doing a series of posts about LGBTQIA+ rep now that I have come out as queer on my blog because why the hell not, we need more talk about LGBTQIA+ rep and I WANT TO DO THAT BC I WANT TO HAVE A VOICE OK. And…

March Wrap-Up: Breaks, Books(!!) and Hardly Any Posts?? Sorry Not Sorry???

Urgh, this month though. I cannot. My brain is fried from all the chemistry today I cannot deal.  So you know last month I was happy when I read like 3 books?? GUESS WHAT YOUR GIRL WENT AND DID. GUESS. I read... like MORE and it made me really happy. I read this amazing series…

Bookish Discussion: The Importance Of Negative Reviews & Why We Should Cherish Them Ft. Protecting Books With All Our Being(??)

I adore negative reviews and I cherish them with nearly all my heart. . . . . . the other portion goes towards cherishing cake. . . like that's even a surprise tho. (also go me for not blogging in like a... week? year? month? I think it’s been a week??) I think that negative…

Blogging Discussion: The YA Genre | Who Is It “For”, Who “Should” Be Book Blogging? Basically: Everyone’s Equal

Oh, look! Here I am, tackling another topic that terrifies me!!  Just wanna say real quick: a person can read whatever book they’d like, these are my opinions, I’m not looking to offend or attack anyone with this, I am NOT portraying adult book bloggers as terrible people (I actually think they’re great!!) and TBH…

HUGE RANT: Romance Tropes That Need To Burn In A Firey Pit ft. Picky Book Blogger Pettiness.

Watch me as I trash one of my favourite things in bitterness... I GET IT. IT'S NOT VALENTINES DAY ANYMORE. BUT I'M STILL BITTER. If I’m honest, romance right now can just burn. Literally. Set it on bonfire fire -- right in the middle. Throw it into a forest fire. Add it to a firework then…

Month in Review // January wrap up: Oh I Read More Than One Book, Poetry & WIP(s)

January was bad... and I mean bad... like, sob-in-a-cave-forever-type-of-bad bad. ...Okay, it wasn't that bad. It wasn't Magnus-Level-Throw-Glitter-Everywhere-Awesome, but it wasn't SO terrible (at least for a little bit. I think that books are trying to make me suffer (more than usual). I just wish that books WOULD LET ME LOVE THEM. Okay? And words. I just…