The Greatest Showman (2017) (Review)

February 7, 2018

Title: The Greatest Showman Type: Fiction Genres: Musical, Romance, Biographical, Drama Rating: Rated PG for thematic elements including a brawl. Release Date: December 20, 2017 Running Time: 105 minutes Directed by: Michael Gracey Screenplay: Jenny Bicks, and Bill Condon Music: John Debney, and Joseph Trapanese Cinematography: Seamus McGarvey Edited by: Tom Cross, Robert Duffy, Joe Hutshing, Michael McCusker, Jon Poll,… Read More The Greatest Showman (2017) (Review)

— indigo teen staff pick —

Indigo Teen Staff Pick of the Month: February 2018

February 6, 2018

Welcome to my Indigo Teen Staff Pick of the Month blog post for February 2018! If you’ve been following my Instagram, you might have noticed that I’ve been posting about the Indigo Teen Staff Picks since November of last year. But I never talked about them on the blog before January. Well, this was originally Milana’s… Read More Indigo Teen Staff Pick of the Month: February 2018

— book review, nonfiction —

Tanya Bakes by Tanya Burr (Mini Review)

February 5, 2018

Title: Tanya Bakes Author: Tanya Burr Type: Nonfiction Genre: Food and Drink, Cookbook, Baking Publisher: Penguin Random House Date published: September 7, 2017 A physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. Following the phenomenally successful Love, Tanya, Tanya Burr is back with her very first cookbook. In Tanya Bakes,… Read More Tanya Bakes by Tanya Burr (Mini Review)

— arcstravaganza, weekly meme —

#ARCstravaganza (#29): American Panda by Gloria Chao

February 5, 2018

Happy Monday everyone! And also happy #ARCstravaganza day! This week’s feature is a book that many of us have been very excited for. I heard about this book last year, and knew that due to the hype, it would be difficult to get an ARC. I was lucky enough to receive one however, and I’m… Read More #ARCstravaganza (#29): American Panda by Gloria Chao

— monthly wrap-up —

Monthly Wrap-Up (January 2018)

February 2, 2018

New year, new me! And yes, I’m one of the people who says that, and tries to become better and better every year. Haha. I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with that! If you’re curious about some of my reading goals, I talked about them in my December 2017 wrap up, and as for… Read More Monthly Wrap-Up (January 2018)

— arcstravaganza, weekly meme —

#ARCstravaganza (#28): Twisted Fate by S. Jessi Elliott

January 29, 2018

Happy Monday everyone! And also happy #ARCstravaganza day! This week’s feature is a book that I’m so happy to have been approached about because I’m obsessed with reading about the Fae right now, and I’ve been wanting to read more new adult fiction this year! It must have been meant to be, because the book that I… Read More #ARCstravaganza (#28): Twisted Fate by S. Jessi Elliott

— Adult, book review —

Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire (Review)

January 29, 2018

Title: Rosemary and Rue Author: Seanan McGuire Type: Fiction Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Fae, Mystery Publisher: DAW BOOKS Inc (Penguin Random House) Date published: September 1, 2009 Page Count: 368 October “Toby” Daye, a changeling who is half human and half fae, has been an outsider from birth. After getting burned by both sides of… Read More Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire (Review)

— japan & korea 2017, travel —

Japan and Korea 2017 Day 7 (Part 2): Nijo Castle, the Golden Pavilion, and the Geisha District

January 28, 2018

Welcome to part 2 of Day 7 of my 2017 Japan and South Korea trip! If you read my blog post about Day 7 part 1, you’ll know that we had quite a busy start to our first day in Kyoto (to the point where I had to slice what would normally have been one blog post… Read More Japan and Korea 2017 Day 7 (Part 2): Nijo Castle, the Golden Pavilion, and the Geisha District

— TBR post —

February 2018 TBR

January 27, 2018

I’ve been toying with the idea of making one of these posts in a while (because I don’t have enough going on this blog already, haha). But anyway, I thought it would be fun to put one of these together, and to kind of let you all know what I’m planning to read in a… Read More February 2018 TBR

— Down the TBR Hole, weekly meme —

Down the TBR Hole #7

January 25, 2018

Seven weeks of Down the TBR Hole?! How?! Where did the time go?! Haha. This week was more successful than last week in regard to purging, although not by much. I still feel successful though. But anyway, while participating in this weekly meme, I’ve been able to remove some books from my TBR list, and while I’ve… Read More Down the TBR Hole #7