Coffee and a Book Chat: A Refreshing summer Iced Coffee

Happy Wednesday, beautiful bookish people. What are you getting up to today? I’ve got a few chores to do around the house and a hair appointment this afternoon. Right now, though, I’m taking a second to make my new favorite summer iced coffee (recipe below) and I’m going to read a chunk of Memorials by […]

Book Chat: Should I Reread a Song of Ice and Fire?

I’m about halfway through The Devils by Joe Abercrombie and it made me remember how much I love grimdark fantasy. And it’s making me miss A Song of Ice and Fire. It’s the series that really got me into fantasy. I sort of jumped off the deep end with that one, but it worked. I’ve […]

The Unread Book Tag

My life, book room, and tbr are currently in a chaotic state and I want to get it back under control. When I saw The Unread Book Tag over at Once Upon An Ordinary, I knew it would help me take an inventory of my physical tbr and I really need that right now. So, […]

WWW Wednesday!

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s: What are you currently reading? What have you just finished reading? What are you going to read next? Currently Reading I’m really loving The […]

My Bookish Wishlist

Today a few of my friends and I were talking about bookish wishlists. We’re talking about the off the wall anything you can imagine wishlists that live in the back of your mind. Some are more realistic, and some are just my personal fantasies. So, here’s my bookish wishlist. The Completion of A Song of […]

Fantasy Trends I’m Tired Of

We all know that marketing is a big part of the book business, especially now that the bookish internet is so popular. Book Tok, Bookstagram, and book blogs have a big influence on what books make it and what don’t. So, it makes sense that authors and publishers tend to follow trends. But sometimes the […]

Why I Read

Obviously, I love to read. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t be here in my little corner of the bookish internet. But let’s talk about why I read. There’s several reasons and I just wanted to take a minute to share them. Escape Sometimes life gets crazy, and I just need a second to let my […]

A Weird Reading Weekend

Hi. Happy Monday. My brain has been offline all weekend, and it seems to have carried over to today. It doesn’t help that I fell asleep on the couch last night and woke up at about 3:00 this morning. I wake up for work at 5:00. So today is Monday indeed. April has become unexpectedly […]

Starting Malazan Book of the Fallen

A while back, I put Gardens of the Moon on the top of my list in my Books that Intimidate Me post. This series absolutely intimidates me but the hype around it is crazy. I’ve heard numerous people say that it’s their favorite fantasy series of all times and, honestly, I don’t want to miss […]