Review: How to Ruin Everything by George Watsky

Published: Plume, 2016 Genre: Nonfiction, essays My rating: 2/5 stars "In this brutally honest and humorous debut, musician and artist George Watsky chronicles the small triumphs over humiliation that make life bearable and how he has come to accept defeat as necessary to personal progress. The essays in How to Ruin Everything range from the …

Review: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Published: St. Martin’s Press, 2013 Genre: YA Romance My rating: 4/5 stars “Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan...But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they …

Top 5 Most Anticipated Summer 2017 YA Releases

Hi all, It was a busy semester, but I'm back from hiatus with some new content for you all! I'm going to try to spend the summer getting ahead on posts so I don't have to take a break again. For now, here are the YA summer releases I'm most looking forward to this year! …

Spring 2017 Wrap-up and Faves

Hi all, As my first post back, I wanted to do a wrap-up of what I've been enjoying this spring before we transition into summer. Here, I talk about the music, movies, video games, and books I've enjoyed within the last few months. Music New All Time Low! I’ve been a fan of ATL since …

Life Update #6: Hiatus

Hi all, There won’t be a new bookish post this week. This semester has been my busiest one yet, and I’m struggling to keep up with writing full posts for this blog along with all of my schoolwork. To be honest, I don’t know if it’s something I really want to do. I know this …

Top 5 Literary Ships

Hi all, So I've been quite busy with school this month, and it turns out I must have forgotten to write a post last week! Either way, I'm going to try to make sure I stay on task now that I'm more or less caught up on my work. Valentine's Day is coming up, so …

Review: Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) – Leigh Bardugo

Published: Henry Holt, 2016 Genre:  Young adult, fantasy My rating: 4/5 stars Description: "Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and left crippled by the kidnapping …