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…

Four Books, Four Conflicts: Mini Reviews and Musings

Hi all, it’s Sabrina!  I was in a massive reading slump at the beginning of April, but I’m happy to say I’ve since overcome it and finished reading four books.  This post is me chatting a bit about those four books and the conflicts they caused in me - though I suppose “musings” or “contemplations”…

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…

Things That Can Make Me Dislike a Character

Hello friends! Vera here and today, I brought you a discussion about characters, in particular about what things can make me dislike a character. Characters can make or break a book for me; as such, my most favorite books have gained their status because I love their characters so much, while the biggest issue with…

How I Avoid Blog Burn Outs

I have been blogging since March, 2014 and while I’ve gone on a few hiatuses since starting my original blog, I don’t think I was ever really burnt out of blogging. There have been times when I was close to a blog burn out, but I have managed to work through these periods and I…

What Makes a Character Strong?

Hello friends! This post started out as something completely different - a version of which I'm still most likely going to post one of these days - but it turned into a discussion about strong characters. More particularly, I'm going to be talking about what makes a character strong in my eyes. By strong, I'm…