I have been charmed by a romance book based on Wordle. Do y’all remember the word game that took over the internet during the pandemic? That’s what this book is based on: a young woman named Emily, adrift in life, unfocused but convinced she’s destined for greatness, and her love for Wordle. I don’t like […]
The literary urge to buy a finished copy of every book we fall in love with after reading an ARC, audiobook, or eBook… Also known as ‘shelf trophies’. I used to feel like I was letting down my favourite authors if I didn’t add their books to my physical shelf, but I’ve come to realise […]
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The Grace Year was a beautifully brutal book exploring generational trauma coupled with horrific misogyny and utter panic about female sexuality as if every single man was inspired by Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. In this book’s dystopian world, girls are second-class citizens forbidden from engaging in any number of acts – even […]
Have you ever noticed that star ratings for book series can sometimes seem a bit out of whack? Like, the first book might have a solid 3.5 stars, but by book four, we’re looking at a shining 4.8? Let’s chat about what’s going on behind those numbers and how to really get the scoop on […]
I don’t think the majority of readers really care about well-rounded, flawed characters, character development, engaging plots, or really anything of that sort. And hear me out. I recently watched a video of an author advising how not to write a Mary Sue, that Mary Sue characters were bad, that it’s poor writing and all […]
I really enjoyed this book – I listened to it on audio – and it was highly engaging and entertaining for a large part of the narrative. I thoroughly enjoy time loop stories, and I was delighted to see common elements explored in this novel such as the ‘no consequences’ day and several other elements […]
Today I want to talk about when reviewers are downright wrong about the books they review, and accuse a book of certain tropes and plot points that simply don’t exist within the book. I read a review accusing Lauren DeStefano’s The Glass Spare of ‘instalove’. Not only does Will not fall in love, she actively […]
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Today, I want to explore a topic I’ve been thinking about for a while ever since I saw the discourse on social media: Is it possible for authors to overhype their own books? Some people think so, but I’m here to argue that if an author isn’t lying or being deceitful, then no, it’s not […]
