An Interview with Arushi Achavat, Author of “Arya Khanna’s Bollywood Moment”

Huge thanks to Netgalley, St. Martin's Press, Wednesday Books, and the author for sending me an ARC of Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment in exchange for an honest, unbiased review! You can find my review on Goodreads here. Thank you to the author, Arushi, for allowing me to interview her. I absolutely loved reading her book, and her…

Discussion: My Unpopular Literary Opinions

Today's post's inspiration was actually from this Reddit, so shout out to them! I absolutely love hearing hot takes and unpopular opinions, so that's what we're doing today. Honestly, I'm not sure if these actually are considered unpopular opinions, so let me know your thoughts as well! https://livinglovingandreading.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/image.png 1. Male/female friendships are great, but they…

A Book Blogger’s Guide to Author Interviews

One of the things I was most excited to do as a newbie book blogger was interviewing authors. I did a good amount of googling but didn't find anything that actually gave me good information that applied to a new blogger such as myself. I ended up asking a blogger on Goodreads (Goodreads group for…

ARC Review: Foul Heart Huntsman (Foul Lady Fortune #2) by Chloe Gong

Huge thanks to Netgalley, Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing and the author Chloe Gong for sending me an ARC of Foul Heart Huntsman (Foul Lady Fortune #2) in exchange for an honest, unbiased review! All quotes in this review are subject to change upon release date. This review does not contain spoilers for Foul Lady Fortune…

Recommending Books Based On Songs Pt.2

Welcome back, everyone! This is a continuation of my previous post recommending books based on my favorite songs. You can find part 1 of this "series" here. My Spotify account is linked here, where you can find dozens of playlist that I don't listen to, yet continue to make (they're fun, okay?). "War of Hearts"…

Webtoon Review: “Purple Hyacinth” by Sophism & Ephemerys | Thrilling, Alluring & Bingeworthy

Purple Hyacinth is my favorite Webtoon series of all time. It is incredible in every way, and hopefully you'll enjoy it too! For those who don't know, Webtoon is an app where you can access thousands of comic and graphic novel-style stories that are either fully completed or updated weekly with new episodes. If the…

July 2023 Wrap-Up

This is the first monthly wrap-up I've made in over a year, which is exciting. July was insanely fun and exhausting at the same time. I traveled a ton and reconnected with old friends, but somehow I still have things to be stressed about. I didn't read as many books as I was hoping to…

Discussion: What Counts As A “Diverse” Book? The Problems With Superficiality & Filling Quotas

I was recently reading a Goodreads review on a book that was labeled racist for only having white characters. The reviewer said something along the lines of "It's not that hard for the author to just make [Character A] black, or [Character B] bisexual". My immediate reaction was: "That feels so superficial". Representation is important,…