Month: March 2021

Am I Becoming a Mood Reader?

Am I Becoming a Mood Reader?
Posted March 23, 2021
Books, Discussions

Hi friends 👋🏻 Recently I’ve been thinking about how much my reading has changed not just in my life but in the past year alone. I’ve always been a servant of the mighty TBR but thanks to reading slumps and changes in circumstances I’ve been straying away from the TBR and doing more of what I want instead of sticking to a plan. So the big question for me to answer in my usual rambling way is am I becoming a mood reader? I like having a routine. I have a tradition of setting four TBRs in a year, one for each season. Usually, I do a good job of getting through most of the books that I plan to read, but since I decided to not take part in the Goodreads challenge last year I ended up reading a lot less than I did when I stuck to having those TBRs. Being an autie means that I need a routine in my life, and that has come to include reading. Before I started blogging I would read two chapters a day before I went to sleep, but once I started blogging I amped that up to reading a quarter […]

My Spring 2021 TBR

My Spring 2021 TBR
Posted March 16, 2021
Books, TBR Lists, Top 10 Tuesday

Hi friends 👋🏻 Spring is almost here and we are almost into one of my least favourite times of the year (I am Squidward in the gif below). I don’t try to make it a secret that I don’t enjoy warmer weather because it makes me grumpy and depressed and it makes my eyes sting so the way I can stop myself from feeling too down in the dumps is by reading. Recently I’ve been really into dark things and I’ve been in a total horror mood since October thanks to 31 Days of Horror. I want to pull myself out of that a little but how successfully I’ve planned to do that is up for debate 😅 The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe – I haven’t read any YA mysteries or thrillers in a long time and I want to get back into the genre, so I figured what better way to do that than by reading one that is a recent release? Also, I believe this book is queer so that is also a big plus. The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers – I’ve seen a lot of love for Becky Chambers’ books, […]

The Anti-TBR Tag

The Anti-TBR Tag
Posted March 2, 2021
Books, Tags

Hi friends 👋🏻 I’m easing myself back into blogging by taking part in the Anti-TBR Tag which I first saw from Caro @ The Bookcheshire Cat! I usually try to make this blog as positive as I possibly can, but I am naturally a pessimist so it feels good to sometimes just let it all out and give all of the reasons why I don’t want to read a certain book. Without trashing it, of course, because that’s crossing a line for me. This tag was created by Nicole @ Nicole & Her Books! A popular book everyone loves that you have no interest in reading? I don’t know if the Percy Jackson series is universally loved, but it is quite popular with book bloggers. However, it’s not a series that has ever caught my interest because I’m not into mythology-based stories and there are so many books in the franchise as a whole. I just don’t have the energy for that kind of commitment. A classic book (or author) you don’t have any interest in reading I think at this point Stephen King can be considered a classic author since pretty much every single one of his books has been a bestseller and […]