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July 2021: Monthly Wrap-Up

I can’t believe that we’re already more than halfway through the year. In Toronto, we entered stage 3 of reopening this month, which meant being able to browse in bookstores again! (Honestly, this was the highlight of my month.) READING PROGRESS I read 8 books this month, and all but 2 were new releases. I only have 6...

Mid-Year Check-In

Since it’s just over halfway through 2021 already (how?!), I thought I’d check-in and see how I’m doing in terms of reading challenges and bookish resolutions for the year. It’s a good way to keep myself accountable and make any necessary adjustments to hit these priorities! Reading Read 50 books. I’m already at 44, so I’m getting there!...

Review | This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

There’s no such thing as safe in a city at war, a city overrun with monsters. In this dark urban fantasy from author Victoria Schwab, a young woman and a young man must choose whether to become heroes or villains—and friends or enemies—with the future of their home at stake. The first of two books. Kate Harker and August...

Review | We Are Inevitable by Gayle Forman

‘I got this whole-body feeling… it was like a message from future me to present me, telling me that in some way we weren’t just bound to happen, that we had, in some sense, already happened. It felt… inevitable.’ So far, the inevitable hasn’t worked out so well for Aaron Stein. While his friends have gone to college...

Top Ten Book Titles That Are A Question

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week, she posts an idea relating to books and encourages other book bloggers to respond with their own top ten lists. This week’s topic is “top ten book titles that are a question.” I could only think of two off the top of my...

Top Ten Reasons Why I Love Reading

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week, she posts an idea relating to books and encourages other book bloggers to respond with their own top ten lists. This week’s topic is “top ten reasons why I love reading.” Thanks to my mom, I’ve been an avid reader since childhood, so...

Review | She’s Too Pretty To Burn by Wendy Heard

The summer is winding down in San Diego. Veronica is bored, caustically charismatic, and uninspired in her photography. Nico is insatiable, subversive, and obsessed with chaotic performance art. They’re artists first, best friends second. But that was before Mick. Delicate, lonely, magnetic Mick: the perfect subject, and Veronica’s dream girl. The days are long and hot―full of adventure―and...