My Least Favorite Bookish Tropes

Hello friends, it's Vera here today. 👋 Back in the day, some of my favorite posts to write were negative posts, i.e. posts where I could moan about things I dislike. However, as I got more and more into writing recommendation posts and focusing on sharing the books I loved with you all, I fell…

Advertisement

What Does Book Blogging and the Community Mean For Us?

Hello friends! We say this a lot, but this time, we honestly couldn't be more excited to present you with today's post, which is one that we created to celebrate blogging and the book blogging community. Something we have been experiencing recently - and also heard other bloggers mention - is that despite our views…

Small Things That Annoy Me in Books

Hello friends, Vera here! I'm fairly certain I've shared something like this before on here, but I had some new thoughts that I really wanted to talk about today, so here we go (again?). I brought you four things that truly annoy me in (and about) books, and I'm not sure what else to say…

Unpopular Horror Opinions

Hello friends! It's Vera here, here with our final Spooky October post of 2021. All good things must come to an end and all that, but still, I'm always sad to see this event go as I love the spooky season so much. I'm really proud of the posts we put up this year and…

Tips on How to Get Out of a Reading Slump

Hello friends, it's Vera here today. During the first half of 2021, I found myself struggling with multiple reading slumps. Most were easy to control as they only lasted for a week or so, but there was one or two that affected my reading for up to a month. Thankfully, I successfully came out of…

Reading Multiple Books At Once

Hello, it’s Sabrina!  A couple weeks ago, I wrote a post about all the books I was currently reading at the time, complaining that I wasn’t loving many of them.  Well, fast forward a couple weeks and I’m still reading a lot of books at once, but I’m back to enjoying myself again!  So, today…

Growing Indifferent Towards Books I Previously Enjoyed

Hello friends! I'm here with a discussion today, which is going to be about memorable books and their opposites, but most importantly, about books I enjoyed, had positive emotions about... just to then become completely indifferent toward. It's a chunkier post, but I hope you'll enjoy this rambly, messy discussion.. it might not seem like…

Sharing a Few Unpopular Bookish Opinions

Hello friends, Vera here! This post came about in a weird way - basically, I wanted to share a tiny unpopular opinion with you all (#2 in this post) which prompted me to try to come up with other unpopular opinions I haven't yet shared here. Not saying that all of these are unique -…

Why I Give Books Star Ratings

Hi everyone, it’s Sabrina!  Recently, I’ve found myself reflecting on why exactly it is that I give star ratings to (most of) the books I read.  To be honest, because of some events recently, I started feeling bad about sharing when I have a negative opinion - or even just a not totally positive opinion…

How To Get Out of a Blog Burnout

Hello friends! A few months ago, I wrote a post about blog burnouts, in particular about how I have managed to (mostly) avoid them during 6+ years of blogging. I loved working on that post and you all seemed to appreciate my thoughts and tips on how to avoid burnouts. While I am satisfied with…