Category: thoughts

All Four Stars: A Deliciously Sweet Novel About Pursuing Your Passion [Review]

19 August 2018 / review, thoughts / 0 Comments
All Four Stars: A Deliciously Sweet Novel About Pursuing Your Passion [Review]

All Four Stars by Tara Dairman Format/Source: Hardcover/ library Published: July 2014 Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Length: 288 pages Genre: Middle grade fiction ★★★★         Gladys Gatsby has been cooking gourmet dishes since the age of seven, only her fast-food-loving parents […]

2018 Mid-Year Check In (incl. Mid-Year Freakout Book Tag)

3 July 2018 / meme, thoughts / 0 Comments
2018 Mid-Year Check In (incl. Mid-Year Freakout Book Tag)

Time for my 2018 mid-year check in! Before I get started…What’s up with ya’ll posting mid-year stuff throughout June? I accept only one date as ‘mid-year’ and refuse to post any recaps before then. 🤣 Anyway, in this post I’ll take […]

How I Fell in Love with Middle Grade Fiction

23 June 2018 / thoughts / 3 Comments
How I Fell in Love with Middle Grade Fiction

My earliest memories contain books. Trips to the public library began when I was two. By the time I turned 12, I was devouring fantastical novels that would stay close to my heart for years to come. High school proved […]

A Week Around Vancouver + Birthday Books 🎉📚

25 February 2018 / thoughts / 0 Comments
A Week Around Vancouver + Birthday Books 🎉📚

This past week was Reading Week, ‘spring break’ for us university students. Luckily, my courses are structured so that I didn’t have a ton of work to do over the break. This provided the perfect opportunity for my sister to […]

January 2018 Month in Review

3 February 2018 / month in review, thoughts / 4 Comments
January 2018 Month in Review

The first month of 2018 is behind us! I did a lot of excellent reading in January, thanks in part to having to read the Cybils middle grade speculative fiction shortlist 😛 I returned to university on January 3 after […]