I started listening to podcasts because of the blog ModernMrs.Darcy by Anne Bogel. For most of the week, the posts are all about reading and life, but every Tuesday, new episodes of her podcast, What Should I Read Next?, are dropped. When I first started reading her blog, I would check every Tuesday knowing there would be… Continue reading Three podcast recommendations
Tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday(!!!) As it always is for me, it's exciting and strange to be turning another age. This time, with all the created hype around this specific number, it's a little more crazy. I've always somewhat subconsciously and somewhat jokingly kept a list of rites of passage in my head, and turning… Continue reading Sweet sixteens and other rites of passage
The description "backlist" for these movies isn't completely accurate, but it is somewhat. About half of them came out before 2000, and the rest except for two came out before 2010. It's a lot of famous movies along with a few titles that were recommended to me. The plan is to either do mini-reviews of… Continue reading Backlist movies I want to watch in 2019
Once and for All by Sarah Dessen Keywords: contemporary YA, weddings, funny, sad, sweetFirst sentence: Well, this was a first.Last sentence: And this time, I’d say yes. Once and For All would be shelved as "fluffy contemporary," but that doesn't get across what I want to say about it. What I want to say is… Continue reading Good books I read in 2018
(This list was inspired by ModernMrs.Darcy's.) These are the ten most popular posts I've written since the beginning of this blog. As for as I can tell, it's a pretty random assortment. I guess it's kind of like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get. 10. The Liebster Award (AKA the… Continue reading The 10 most popular posts of (2017 and) 2018
To my friend,The other day, she told in an amused way how her twin brother had been driving them to school and nearly got into an accident when she thought to herself, "Yes! Now I'll be the better driver!" She probably hasn't thought about it since, but the frankness of her words has stuck with… Continue reading An odd collection of thank you’s
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett (Founders #1) A general idea of what it's about: fantasy, a thief, a heist, magical technology Why I want to read it: Robert Jackson Bennett's other books, The Divine Cities, is on my short list of series that I've finished. They're also on my list of favorite fantasy books and favorite books… Continue reading The next five books I think I will be reading
