Tag: book blogger

Wrap-Up: Beware The Ides of March | Books, Blogging, and Questioning Life Decisions

Well, if I thought February was bad… March was just another level. I’ve been in this weird sort of limbo for the past couple of weeks, but in any case this led to me reading a lot. And I consider that an absolute win.

Rating All 100+ Books I Read in 2021

It’s (basically) the end of 2021, and that means it’s my very favorite time of the blogging year: the couple weeks where I can make all of my content yearly wrap-ups and talk about my reading stats to my heart’s content.

Book Review: Dreamy Days and Random Naps by Mawson Bear

Looking for an adorable picture book to read to that one toddler in your life who never wants to take a nap? Well, I have just the book for you…

“Don’t Read the Reviews”: Social Conformity, Hype Trains and How Reviews Might Influence Your Bookish Opinions

This might be sacrilegious for me to say as a book blogger, but we all know book reviews are something of a squishy, subjective business.

I Taught An AI To Write My Book Reviews | RNN Text Generation with Tensorflow

A couple weeks ago, I went to my first hackathon with my friend. (A hackathon is a competition where you have to try to code a finished product within a strict time period, so, like, if coding for 24 hours straight is your idea of fun….)

Book Review: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

I waited, rather impatiently, for a LONG time before my hold on this book became available and well, at least I can say those painful 2.5 months weren’t for nothing!

5 Nonfiction Books I Couldn’t Put Down| Science, History Book Recommendations

Nonfiction gets a bad rap. So many people (including past me) automatically dismiss it as “boring”, but lately I’ve come to realize that nonfiction is only boring if you’re not reading the right books.

The Meet the Book Blogger Tag

The saying is “April showers bring May flowers”, but I’ve always said “March showers bring April flowers” is more accurate. Anyway, what better way to spend a rainy Wednesday night than to… write a book tag post? Thank you to Reading by the Moonlight for nominating me for the Meet the Book Blogger tag!

The BEST Books I Read Last Month|June 2020 Wrap-up and July Goals

I’m having a hard time believing it’s already July; since quarantine started, everything has blended together into one long expanse of monotonous social distancing. March feels like it was simultaneously last week and five years ago. I thought writing a monthly wrap-up would help break up the Groundhog Day feeling, so here’s a little overview of what I read and blogged about this month!

The Mystery Blogger Award

Wow! This is my first-ever time being nominated for a tag. A huge thank-you to Sidh Aneja at Just One More Episode for nominating me! He posts really insightful book reviews on his blog. Description: The Mystery Blogger Award is an award for amazing bloggers with ingenious posts. Their blog not only captivates; it inspires

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6 Amazing YA Historical Fiction Books

I love historical fiction; it’s my favorite genre, which a lot of people think is weird but what can I say? History is fascinating, and historical fiction is MASSIVELY underrated. Here are some of my favorite historical fiction books written for YA/older middle grade, in the rough order of their featured time periods.