Category: đź“– Shelf Life
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A Lazy Reader’s Guide to Reading More
Yes, you can read more without turning it into a productivity project. Let’s be real—reading is fun, but the pressure to read more can ruin it. If you’ve ever thought “I want to read more” and instantly felt guilty about your Netflix habits… same! The good news is that you don’t need 5 a.m. routines,…
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ARC Review: The Dead Husband Cookbook by Danielle Valentine
When Rebecca Charity first saw the coffin in her dorm room, she thought it must be a mistake. But then Aliz Astra stepped into the lamplight — beautiful, deadly, and impossibly alive. Rebecca’s heart didn’t know whether to race from hatred or something far more dangerous.
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Reading as Self-Care (When It’s Actually Kind Of Hard)
When people talk about self-care, the first things that come to mind are face masks, bubble baths, and journaling with lo-fi beats in the background. And while all of that is valid and cute, self-care isn’t always about pampering. Sometimes, it’s about doing something super simple—like reading. But let’s be real: reading as self-care can…
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Mid-Year Reading Recap
I’ve been on the lookout for more bookish tags that I could join in on and I saw that A Book Owls Corner had done the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag and thought I’d join in! It is a tradition in the book community to wrap up the first half of the year and since…
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How to Build a TBR You’ll Actually Stick To
If you’re anything like me, your to-be-read (TBR) list probably started off small and manageable… then quietly snowballed into an a mountain of unread books. I used to add every intriguing title I came across without much thought. But when it came time to choose my next read? Decision fatigue. That’s when I realized: my…
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Review: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Set in the near future, the story takes place in the Republic of Gilead—a theocratic regime built from the ruins of the United States. Reacting to social unrest and a falling birthrate, Gilead enforces extreme, literal interpretations of scripture, with devastating consequences for women and men alike. Told through the eyes of Offred, a Handmaid…
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Review: Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3) by Rebecca Yarros
An honest review of Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros: dragons, romance, messy pacing, and a cliffhanger ending that still hooked me.
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Spoiler Alert: I Read It First
The glamorous world of ARCs — Advanced Reader Copies — is mildly chaotic. These are books that aren’t out yet, but somehow you’re reading it like you’re a VIP! Here’s how you can make that happen! So, What Even Is an ARC? An ARC is an Advanced Reader Copy—basically a sneak peek at a book…
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My Bookish Red Flags (And Why I Won’t Change Them)
Something that doesn’t get talked about enough in the bookish community? The red flags we readers have. I’ll scroll through Booktube or Bookstagram and see people with their perfectly tabbed books, filled with gorgeous notes—and I get jealous. Like, deeply jealous. But then I think… are these people totally innocent? Do they never commit any…
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ARC Review: The Book of Blood & Roses by Annie Summerlee
When Rebecca Charity first saw the coffin in her dorm room, she thought it must be a mistake. But then Aliz Astra stepped into the lamplight — beautiful, deadly, and impossibly alive. Rebecca’s heart didn’t know whether to race from hatred or something far more dangerous.
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