Friday Favourites – Fictional Family

Today's topic is Fictional Families! I'm counting found families in this because that is one of my all-time favourite tropes. Family is important, but not all blood is family. Alright! Here are some of my favourite fictional families: Zayneb's family from Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali - especially, Aunty Nandy. I love …

The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum

Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Love is not about holding people where you want them. It is about doing what's best for them because you need them to be okay." The Weight of the Stars is about the impact that one person can have. It's about loving the people in your life, even when they are not at …

#Pondathon Readathon

I have decided to join the #Pondathon Readathon! This is a narrative-driven readathon hosted by the lovely CW at The Quiet Pond from January 24, 2020 to March 7, 2020 - check out the full schedule here. Make sure you check out the sign-up post here. I love that for this readathon, we get to …

Friday Favourites – Books Set in a Country That is Not Your Own

Today's topic is books set in a country that is not your own! For those of you that don't know, I live in Canada, so here are some books that I've read that are not set in my country (I also decided to mostly stick to contemporary/historical fiction because fantasy/science fiction would be too easy!): …

Books by Asian Authors – YARC2020 TBR

YARC2020 - or Year of the Asian Reading Challenge - is a simple challenge: read any book (new, back list, arc) by an Asian author in the year 2020. It is an excellent challenge started in 2019 by the hosts: Lily - Sprinkle of DreamsShealea - Shut Up ShealeaVicky - Vicky Who ReadsCW - The …

Friday Favourites – Winter Reads

The only thing that has changed with the switch from Kibby to Lorraine is the site that is hosting it, and the spelling of "favourites"! Don't worry, you can still join if you use "favorites". Today is the very first Friday Favourites of 2020! I know I wasn't very reliable in posting these every week …

#YARC2020 – Year of the Asian Reading Challenge

Last year, my goal for YARC was a little (okay, a lot) ambitious. I wanted to read 50 books by Asian authors... and I didn't even read that many books total! Will that stop me from aiming for 50 books again? Nope! YARC was started because there are so many amazing books written by Asian …

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Stars: 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I was lucky enough to buddy read this with some amazing friends, Amy, Justine, and Kibby. They are all fantastic and you should be following them! "Tell the story of Frost, Dunyashka.Tell us of the frost-demon, the winter-king Karachun." This book is honestly so magical. Everyone needs to read it! The writing …

Tabloid Princess by Anna Bloom

Stars: 3.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ Disclaimer: Tabloid Princess was sent to me by the author in exchange for a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Before I start my review, I want to say that this book uses the term "Indian summer" to describe certain weather. I had never actually heard that term before, and …

Kingdom of Ash By Sarah J. Maas – SPOILER FILLED Review

Stars: 3.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ WARNING: This review WILL contain SPOILERS!Please do not read ahead if you do not want to bespoiled on ANY of the Throne of Glass books up toand including Kingdom of Ash (obviously). This is your final warning. Do not continue reading if you do not want to be spoiled. I'm warning you! …