Category: books
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2024 reading goals: 3-month progress
I keep track of my reading progress using the Storygraph App, and I thought I’d check in and see how I’m doing so far with my goal this year, which is to read 50 books. I’m definitely reading a lot more than I have in years past, which makes me happy, so I want to…
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the start of a manga collection
One thing about me is that I’m an Anime Enjoyer. I’m especially a slice-of-life, sports anime, “the power of friendship!!” Anime Enjoyer, and this has lead me to go so far as to start reading manga to keep up with some of my favorite franchises. I’m (digitally) caught up on Black Clover and Jujutsu Kaisen…
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Comparing and Contrasting “The Dead Romantics” and “Book Lovers”
Ashley Poston’s The Dead Romantics and Emily Henry’s Book Lovers are contemporary romance novels, both released in 2022. I happened upon The Dead Romantics at Barnes and Noble just after it was released. Poston’s novel hooked me with a quick, couldn’t-be-more-than-500 words prologue, where the narrator talks about hiding their fan fiction in the baseboards…
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“Winter’s Orbit” by Everina Maxwell
🪐 In Everina Maxell’s 2021 debut novel, Winter’s Orbit, Prince Kiem, the black sheep of the Empire’s royal family, is married off to Count Jainan, a widower and political representative of his planet, in order to stabilize interplanetary treaties. As they navigate the ups and downs of their forced together-ness and unpeel the layers of…
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My 2022 Reading Awards
📚 It’s the last week of 2022, so I thought I’d share a few superlatives and thoughts about some of my favorite reads this year. The Critically Acclaimed Fave: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin I feel like everyone has talked about this book, and by everyone, I specifically mean John Green on…
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