Well, the disc horse has struck Book Twitter yet again. Yes, if you haven’t seen or heard already, we are debating…leaving negative reviews! Actually, what’s being debated isn’t even leaving negative reviews–it’s leaving 3-star reviews (which in my experience as a book reviewer is widely regarded as a mid-to-positive review). So let’s dive in, shall […]
Category: Discussion Posts
Categories
Reading is a radical act
Today, I want to talk about the reasons I love reading–and writing about reading, and talking about reading. In the past few months, I’ve rekindled a lot of my creativity and my desire to work creatively. This also means I’ve been doing a lot more thinking, reflecting, and writing down my thoughts. Since this is […]
So I had a real “kick myself” moment today. I was applying for jobs and, in doing so, applied to a few positions I figured I wasn’t qualified for and likely wouldn’t get responses from. Surprise! I was offered an interview. I like to do my research before an interview, so I dove into the […]
Categories
Bridgerton Season Two Slaps
Okay y’all, I have talked about Bridgerton on this blog before but in general I don’t gush about it too much because I never really found it worthy of gushing. I liked the first season of the show and then started reading the books, but it’s not like they’re one of the top series I […]
2021 was a tough year for a lot of us. For me, it was also a year of distance from reading and blogging. I hit a rough patch towards the end of 2020 with my blogging and I never really got out of that head space for most of 2021. But now, I’m getting to […]
Content Warning & Disclaimer: In this post I will be talking candidly about sex, sexuality, and sexual attraction–specifically as it relates to teenagers. This means I will be discussing fictional characters in their teen years, and possibly classified as minors, who engage in fictional sexual activity of varying levels of consent and understanding. I will […]
What is YA? This one is pretty easy for most of us: YA is Young Adult fiction. These are books that primarily target a demographic in their teens. Due to Middle Grade and NA, YA age ranges can vary by genre and author. Most YA books are meant to appeal to the ages 13-18, though […]
Disclaimer: This post is not a comprehensive look at the whole Bridgertons series, as I have not finished the series. Additionally, this post is focusing on the books so I won’t be bringing up issues in the Netflix show aside from using comparisons between the two stories. Issue No. 1: The men want to be […]
All right folks, buckle in. I’m going to try to get through the long history of the feminist theory of “the male gaze” in a relatively short and sweet way–if you’re interested in all the nuance you should check out some of the theorists I mention along the way. What is the male gaze? The […]
Have you ever read a book and thought “Wow, this author does not remember what being X age is like?” I get that feeling a lot, especially when reading a YA/NA book in which a teenage romance is more dramatic than the average soap opera. I am willing to suspend my reality in cases of […]
Cups and Cards and Books 