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Continue reading →: city life, bright lights
Young and naive, I was when opportunities knocked no more provincial life, my own roots I wanted blocked to meet the glitz and glam the city life would bring skipping to the bright lit streets I’d sing the stores in my fantasies, I finally could see shops for books and…
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Continue reading →: videos of old people make me feel feels
I’ve recently come across a video where a grandchild asked her grandfather “what’s the secret to having long life?”, and straight up he answered, “marry a good woman.” The post continued to show several pictures of when the couple were younger. I don’t know about you but I’m an absolute…
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Continue reading →: Dear Future Me (5 years from now)
Author’s note: I wrote this on April 25, 2020 when I was 23 and reposting this on August 21, 2025. I’m planning to write a response to this soon this year 🙂 A/N part 2: Hey hey, I went back into my blog and guess what, it’s been 5 years…
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Continue reading →: Interview with Tara Sim [FBCYA Timekeeper Blog Tour]
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Howdy y’all! A huge thank you to Tara Sim and Sky Pony Press for giving our book cub the honor to review her debut novel, Timekeeper, and to Bianca for making the club’s dreams and goals take its first step to realization. I am downright ecstatic to have had the…
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Continue reading →: October (+ Birthday) Book Haul
Howdy y’all! October is undeniably my favorite month of the year for several reasons: It’s my birth month; one of my favorite bookstores holds a sale by this time; sooo many of my friends have birthdays this month as well; and this is the month marking an end to yet…
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Continue reading →: Stages of Book Grief: Stage 1 -Denial
Howdy y’all! In my Struggles of a book nerd post, I have mentioned that Sam Hewa and I worked on the stages of [book] grief, and as promised, I’ll be posting about them for the next few days. Here’s what Sam had to say for the first stage of Book…
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Continue reading →: Struggles of a College Booknerd
Howdy y’all! It’s been a while since I posted and I’m more than happy to be back to blogging again! A few weeks ago, I asked the twitterverse what kind of post I shall write next and here’s how it went: Disclaimer: I based the list on my personal experiences…
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Continue reading →: [Book Talk] Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
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Howdy ya’ll! Today we’re reviewing ILLUMINAE BY AMIE KAUFMAN AND JAY KRISTOFF Where do I even start with this review? I couldn’t even make two coherent sentences when I talk about this book, but I shall try my best. I definitely would recommend this to every single person I…
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