February having only 28 days always seems to throw me off; it doesn’t feel like it should be March quite yet! In those 4 weeks, I did a few exciting and fun things: I turned 28 (although I still think of myself as younger than that), I visited a lot of outdoor patios (which thankfully had heaters because...
I can’t believe it’s already February! 2022 feels like it’s just flown by so far, even with Ontario’s semi-lockdown in place. My birthday is exactly one week from tomorrow and I am not prepared to get any older, although I am looking forward to picking up birthday cupcakes — and maybe myself getting a few new books! READING...
2021 was a surprisingly good reading year for me! I managed to hit my Goodreads and Beat the Backlist reading goals, while reading more books than I did in 2020. I also started using StoryGraph more consistently throughout 2021, so I thought it would be fun to share some of the reading stats they generated for me, along...
Happy New Year! I can’t believe it’s 2022 already, but I’m really looking forward to the fresh start this year provides. One of my January traditions, like many others, is to draft New Years Resolutions. I don’t often stick to my personal ones, so I decided to keep it simple this year and just resolve to “drink more...
I don’t know about you, but September seems to have flown by: I feel like I blinked and, all of a sudden, Halloween is only 4 weeks away. Though that could also be because my September wasn’t the most eventful, with all my concerts being cancelled and rainy days that had me napping throughout the afternoon. As always,...
Dark academia seems to be everywhere this year, from fashion to books. Dark academia is defined as being “centered around higher education, writing/poetry, the arts, and classic Greek and Gothic architecture,” and its aesthetic is made for autumn: tweed blazers and Oxford shoes, old libraries with cloth-bound books, and Gothic mansions. I own far too many black turtlenecks and Doc Martens shoes, love reading...
Happy September! In my heart, fall starts today, but in reality, fall is still a few weeks away. That isn’t going to stop me from wearing long pants instead of shorts, though! I wasn’t as present here as I would have liked to be this month, but I had a really busy August! I was finally able to...
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!...
I can’t believe it’s already May! Here in Ontario, the cherry blossom trees have already blossomed, and it’s slowly starting to look like spring (even if that does mean the occasional mid-week snowstorm). I kind of fell off of my regular posting rhythm in April — the 3rd wave has hit the city I live in hard, so...
Happy April! I still can’t believe how quickly March flew by, but I’m so glad that it’s finally starting to warm up enough that I don’t need to wear a parka and boots whenever I leave the house. I spent a few evenings reading on my patio, but mostly spent my free time biking around the waterfront or...