announcing ‘study positive april’

If you are unawares, I am a second year University student, studying English with Creative Writing. It's long, and draining, and as someone in the middle of exam and revision stress, I kind of wanted to do a month just dedicated to making people feel better about studying. Give some motivation, as well as do some posts …

book review | neverworld wake by marisha pessl

Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl Edition Purchased: June 7th by Scholastic, 324 pages [not the edition pictured; I just think this cover is pretty!] Links: Goodreads, Amazon, Wordery, Book Depository Bee hasn't spoken to her best friends since her boyfriend's mysterious death. Now a year later, she needs to face them. They're beautiful, rich and deadly. She is …

weekend reading | getting through to april

So it's the final weekend before April begins- and the #UnsolvedAThon starts! Which means I'm in the middle of hopefully finishing all the books I've started, so I can dedicate the month to new releases and anticipated books for the Unsolved challenges. My top priority is to finish the Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. I've been listening to …

top ten tuesday | books that would make amazing podcasts

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature created by That Artsy Reader Girl (originally The Broke and the Bookish). For information on how to participate and the topics of each week, click the link! This weeks TTT prompt was 'audio freebie', so I decided to combine books and podcasts to pick Ten books I think would …

three manga reviews | after the rain, RWBY, and sweet blue flowers

In recent months, I've bought a lot of manga. Generally when I buy manga, I only go for series I've already started, but I've found myself buying a lot more first volumes now I'm approaching the end of Fullmetal Alchemist [only two more volumes!] and am caught up with the volumes of My Hero Academia …

top ten tuesday | my roommate picks my spring tbr

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature created by That Artsy Reader Girl (originally The Broke and the Bookish). For information on how to participate and the topics of each week, click the link! Another week, another Top Ten Tuesday. Picking a TBR always goes the same way for me: I pick the books. I …

netflix reviews | you, safe, and madeleine mccann

One of my favourite genres to watch with my roommate is true crime and thrillers. The TV/Films are always intriguing and strike debate around what's going to happen, and true crime sparks up conversation. Since coming back for second semester, we've taken to sitting in front of the TV and only really watching these shows. …

film (review) friday | the village, stardust, 13 going on 30, holes

[Past Film Fridays: The Goonies, Coming-of-Age, Horror, Witches, Christmas, Favourites of 2018, Disaster, Romance, 4 Film Reviews] I thought I would spice this series up a bit and do a BIG post talking about some of the films I've watched recently. It's a bit of a wild mix, I jump between genres a lot, so I'm hoping there's …

tbr | #UnsolvedAThon

#UnsolvedAThon is a read-a-thon being run by Laura at thebookcorps from April 1st to April 30th. It's based off the YouTube series Buzzfeed Unsolved, where Ryan Bergara talks to his friend Shane Madej about unsolved supernatural or true crime cases. You can find the announcement and sign up here! I am... so excited for this …

top ten tuesday | ten standalones that need a sequel

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature created by That Artsy Reader Girl (originally The Broke and the Bookish). For information on how to participate and the topics of each week, click the link! As someone very into contemporary stories, a lot of what I read pans out to be a standalone. I have a lot of …