November Wrap-Up

December 4, 2020.Reading time 48 minutes.

This month just felt like constant chaos. I was tired more than I was not, and I know a lot of that had to do with NaNoWriMo, but I’m so looking forward to Christmas when I can just take a week off and not do anything. I didn’t get to read as much as I’d […]

Book Tag: End of Year

December 3, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

I saw this floating around a few weeks ago and kept thinking that there was no way the end of the year had already arrived, but alas, here we are. I recently saw this on Lisa @ Way Too Fantasy, and it seemed like a fun, quick little callout for myself! Are there any books […]

How I Book Shop

December 2, 2020.Reading time 17 minutes.

Even though I came up with the idea for this post and I’m sitting here writing it, I still feel like it’s silly. I mean, who cares how I book shop? It feels like such an indulgent thing to talk about and expect people to actually read. But I’ve noticed that there’s a very specific […]

TTT: Top 20 Favorite Covers of 2020

December 1, 2020.Reading time 14 minutes.

I know this is hella unorthodox, a top twenty, and I could have easily solved this problem by just dropping all the non-2020 releases, but the way we roll is by doing whatever the hell I want, and I picked twenty covers right off the bat that I absolutely adored out of the books I […]

#marywrites: Foreshadowing

November 30, 2020.Reading time 14 minutes.

I am never, ever going to get over Noah Czerny introducing himself by way of I’ve been dead for seven years AND NO ONE BELIEVING HIM. Maggie Stiefvater often has some of my favorite foreshadowing because, much like Noah, she’ll be frank with us. I mean, the opening chapter of The Raven Boys literally shows […]

Bookshelf Tour: High Fantasy, Part V

November 25, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

A Case for New Adult

November 23, 2020.Reading time 15 minutes.

A children’s book is generally marketed for readers around the age of 5-8, though it depends on when the child starts reading. Around 8, they’re probably ready for some light chapter books, which start to teeter toward the middle grade age range of 8-12. Eventually, and this is where it gets sticky, young adult comes […]

Tag: Dark Academia

November 19, 2020.Reading time 21 minutes.

I saw this tag over on Kim @ Traveling Books, and I was hooked right from the idea of a whole tag about dark academia, but then the questions were fantastic and got me gushing, so here we are. This was originally created by Youtubers *emmie* & CarolynMarieReads! What is your favorite “academia” or “dark” book + […]

TTT: Characters I’d Name a Pet After

November 17, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

Well, I’ve already got two bookish cats, so I’m definitely going to cheat on two of these, but I’ve thought of so many different characters for my future cats, so this is also going to be a ton of fun. This week’s That Artsy Reader Girl topic is definitely something I think about a lot, […]

Bookshelf Tour: High Fantasy, Part IV

November 11, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Mary and the Words

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