Friends, I'm so freaking happy to finally share this post with y'all. In February I had the (not so bright) idea to read the lowest rated books on my TBR. I saw Kayla @ BooksandLala do this on her channel last year so I thought it would be fun to give it a try. I'm…
Hey everyone! I'm here with a follow-up to my 5 star predictions post that I published way back in March. I honestly can't believe it took seven months to read the five books on this list. Actually, I can believe that it took that long because I suck at TBRs. Even though it took longer…
Hi friends! I can't believe October is over and we're only two months away from the end of 2019. I've already started making reading plans for 2020 last month, but it still feels strange. October was a good month. I had some car trouble the beginning of the month and I almost lost my shit…
Continue reading ➞ First Stephen King Novel, First Reading Vlog & More – October Wrap Up
Hey everyone! Today, I'm here to do a wrap up for spookathon 2019, which was hosted by Lala @ booksandlala. I didn't announce that I was participating in this readathon on here or post a TBR because it was a last minute decision. The readathon was from October 14-20th. https://twitter.com/merlinereads/status/1181393484705669120?s=21 The challenges Read a thrillerRead…
Hey everyone! September was a mixed bag for me. I returned from my blogging hiatus (YAY!), but spent the first week panicked and uncertain about Hurricane Dorian. I live in Orlando so hurricane preparation was kind of wild. Stores were out of water or limiting the amount you could purchase within hours of the forecast…
Continue reading ➞ Failed TBR and Mystery/Thriller Binge | September Wrap Up
Hey everyone! I haven’t done a wrap up since April because wrap ups just weren’t working for me, but I’ve decided to write one for August because I’ve been away for a while. August was a busy month at work, but I managed to read eight books and DNF’d one book. My average rating was…
Hey y'all! At the end of March, I announced in this post that I would be participating in the O.W.L.s. magical readathon in April. I chose a career, made a TBR and had a really great first week and then...I quit the readathon all together. I abandoned the readathon because I felt like I was…
Hey y'all! One of the features I discontinued from my blog last year were weekly wrap ups. But since I'm a reading machine who can't keep up with reviews and whatnot, I've decided the best way to resolve my "I'm-tired-of-monthly-wrap-ups" is to just do reading updates in a way that's kind of similar to those…
Continue reading ➞ Reading Update #1 // I’m Drowning in Library Books
Hey everyone! How are you? Have you ever had a month where you read a lot of books, but it feels like you didn't read anything because nothing really stood out? I read seven books in March, but it feels like I read three because most of the books I read weren't very memorable. On…
Hey everyone! I can't believe it's time for another wrap up. February was kind of a struggle. I didn't post much on here (boo work) and I couldn't quite figure out what I was in the mood to read (boo me for being a mood reader). All things considered, I managed to read six books (kind of)…
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