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I recently mentioned in my update post how I’ve reread Jane Austen’s 6 major novels this year. Being on Tumblr, I see a lot of Austen-related posts and I thought it’d be fun to do my own little ranking of the heroes and villains in her novels. (I’m excluding Lady Susan because I have justContinue reading "Ranking Austen Heroes & Villains"

Welcome to the next stop in your tour of the Shattered Lands!  From your position on the mountain flank, you can see the Highlands sprawl out before you. Pines rise tall and proud all along the sides of the cliffs, but taper off in the valley, where grass and wildflowers spreads thick. A herd ofContinue reading "Tour the Shattered Lands // The Highlands"

It’s time for the 6th yearly instalment of this delightful tag, so let’s get right to it. If you’re interested, you can find my past posts here, here, here, here, and here. (Also, in the interest of crediting creators, I believe the origins of this tag appears to be Ely @ EarlGreyBooks over on YouTube.)Continue reading "Mid-Year Book Freak-Out Tag // 2025 Edition"

It’s been a hot minute, I know. And you’re not obligated to read this update. But I want to do it to remember things—and somehow a lot of y’all seem interested in this weird little life of mine, so… shall we? || Highlights & Lowlights Fair warning, this might not be in order. Because 6Continue reading "December 2024-May 2025 Wrap-Up"

Hey guys! Popping in real quick with news of another giveaway I’m in… Finally, I’d like to share about an exciting Kickstarter project with you. If you’ve been on my Goodreads or reviews blog last year, you saw all the fangirling I did over the Secrets of Ormdale series by indie author Christina Baehr. IfContinue reading "Summer Multi-Author Giveaway + Kickstarter"

Hey guys! Popping in real quick with news of another giveaway I’m in… Also, the kickstarter for epic, special edition copies of Christina Baehr’s debut, Wormwood Abbey, is finally live! This is one of my all time favourite series ever!!! 🤩 Wholeheartedly recommend it. Even my mother absolutely loves it and has already reread someContinue reading "Summer Multi-Author Giveaway on Instagram!"

Hey everyone! Just a quick note to say I was interviewed over on the lovely Phoebe’s blog! You can check out the post below. 🙂

Hey guys! Two very quick notes: 1. I’m participating in the 2025 Clean Fairytale Summer, and naturally we have to share about that! It takes place this June and July, and it’s all about no-spice fairytale retellings. If I’m being entirely honest I’m… not sure how it all works, but it appears you just join the FacebookContinue reading "Two Quick Notes"

I know I have done nothing but tags recently, but I promise, I have 2 posts in the works that aren’t tags! So bear with me a little longer, please. ❤ I was tagged for this by the creator herself, and I’m quite eager to do it, so let’s go. The Rules– Link back toContinue reading "The Rescue Tag"

Yes, I’m doing a tag again. Because I absolutely love doing them, and that’s all I have the mental energy for. Sorry. This tag was left open by Marian H. @ Classics Considered (thanks, Marian!). The (very simple) Rules:– Answer the questions ✓– Make up new ones ✓– Tag people ✓ 1.  If you hadContinue reading "The Bookworm Tag"