Quick Take: The End of Year Book Tag includes six questions that unpack the books I still need and want to read in 2022 and my bookish plans for 2021.
(more…)11 Holiday Romances to Read this Winter
Quick Take: Eleven books to read this winter, including four new holiday romances I’ve hauled and some old favourites featuring a few grumpy Heroes.
(more…)It’s Finally Fall Book Tag: 2022
Quick Take: My It’s Finally Fall Book Tag includes eight autumnal books I recommend reading in the fall season and six books I plan to read this fall, including a feminist retelling of The Ramayana.
(more…)The Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag: 2022
Quick Take: My Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag explores twelve books including my favourite 2022 read so far, a book that made me cry, and anticipated new releases. I also have a TBR list to read before 2023!
(more…)Goodreads Book Tag: February Catch-Up
Quick Take: The Goodreads Book Tag, inspired by Stephen Writes, explores my current reads and February TBR, making up for the lack of February Weekly Wraps.
(more…)End of Year Book Survey: 2021
Overview: Through the End of Year Book Survey – created by Jamie at Perpetual Page-Turner – I’ve conducted a thorough reflection on the 387 books I’ve read throughout 2021.
(more…)The End of Year Book Tag: 2021
Quick Take: The End of Year Book Tag includes six questions that unpack the books I still need and want to read in 2021 and my bookish plans for 2022.
(more…)33 Books About Love for Every Trope
For Valentine’s Day, I dedicated my Instagram stories to a feature of a few of my favourite romances in each trope. However, I realized in COVID a new genre discovery also is an essential component to books on love: self-love. Therefore, I’ve expanded my list of romances to focus more on the theme of love, especially self-love!
(more…)10 Books Similar to The Favor by Suzanne Wright
Readalike | The Favor by Suzanne Wright
Ten books similar to the steamy, angst-driven THE FAVOR by Suzanne Wright, all featuring strong Heroines and swoon-worthy Heroes!
(more…)A Vindication of Twilight?: Re-read 10 years later
First Impressions
The last time I read Twilight I was 12 years old and loved it. Now, currently in the midst of finishing my feminism dissertation on patriarchal norms in popular culture, and currently self-isolating, my curiosity was peaked: is the Twilight I remember one that was read through naive rose-tinted glasses? Does it actually have an anti-feminist rhetoric? Over the past two days, I have read Twilight (note only the first book in the series) and have taken notes of my thoughts while reading.
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