Happy Blogiversary to Us, ft. Things That Have Kept Us Going for the Past Year

Hello friends! Exactly seven years, at the age of seventeen I created the original version of Wordy and Whimsical, which - to be perfectly honest - started off rather weakly. While the blog was very different then and was hosted on blogger, I like to celebrate W&W's blogiversary on the same date, March 15, so…

I’ll Be Reading Soon – A Library TBR

Hey everyone, it’s Sabrina!  Today’s post is a list of all the books I am on the waiting list for from my library.  It’s a TBR of sorts, though I have no idea how long it will take for these books to get to me - one of them I have been waiting for since…

Matching Books With Some Old Kids’ TV Shows

Hey there, it’s Sabrina!  I don’t know about you, but I used to watch a lot of TV growing up.  Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t spend my childhood glued to the screen, but I did watch a variety of shows that I very much enjoyed - some to extreme extents.  I’m hoping that there’s…

Tis the Damn Readathon TBR

Hello friends! We are here today to talk about a Taylor Swift-themed readathon we'll be participating in during the month of March! The readathon is hosted by Drinking By My Shelf, as well as a bunch of other people, all of whom you can find under the video linked above. The readathon is made to…

A Discussion About My Comfort Characters

Hello friends, Vera here. 👋🏻 During the past few months, I've seen many people talk about their comfort characters, i.e. characters that can make you feel happy or safe when you're upset, anxious, or sad. In most cases, people find comfort in these characters either because they are able to relate to them or because…

My Goals and Challenges for the New Year

Hi everyone, it’s Sabrina!  I know the year has well and truly started by this point, but today I want to talk about some goals and challenges I want to complete by the end of it.  I’ll start with my own personal goals (mostly to do with reading, but there’s a few others in there…

Our 2020 Challenges Wrap Up

Hey everyone!  Today, we are talking about 2020 Challenges that we participated in and what we accomplished (and didn’t accomplish 😬 ) as part of those. We’ve made two posts already this year talking about these challenges, first this one at the beginning of the year announcing what we were taking part in and then…

The Best Books We Read In 2020: Adult Edition

Hi all! The year is almost over, and thankfully, we read some really great books throughout it. So many, in fact, that we've split up our posts talking about them into two categories - adult and young adult. Today we're talking about all our favourite adult books that we read this year! We've spit them…

5 Signs You Should Take a Reading Break

Hi, it’s Sabrina and as you may know, I have been experiencing a reading slump for the last few months.  I go through slumps every now and then, which I think is pretty normal, so I thought I could share with you today some of the signs that it’s time to stop forcing yourself to…

Book Inspired Hobbies I Wanted To Try

Hi, it’s Sabrina here!  Today I want to talk to you about six books that inspired me to try and pick up a new hobby - a.k.a. Six Times Sabrina Got Extremely Carried Away Fantasising About Her Future Because of a Book.  What I mean by this, is that the book had me daydreaming and…