Still Here || An Update + Book Haul

I’m alive! I’m alive! I’ve survived through a week of not blogging and keeping mostly away (at least as much as I could) from social media. I’m taking everyone’s advice and focusing on what I really need to do for the moment. That said, of course, if I’m able to find time or stay up late […]

The Struggle Is Real

I’m a liar. I lied when I said I’d be back to regular updates this week and going on a comment spree. I didn’t do that. I swear I wanted to but I got busy. I’m so terribly busy- that’s the problem. 

Geek Girl by Holly Smale

Fun is the one perfect word I can think of that sums up Geek Girl. I picked it up on a pretty dull day and it easily put me in a happy mood as I laughed because of the hilarious MC and the delightful events that lead to her from being unpopular geek to becoming a model for […]

I’ve Been Busy Writing || Camp NaNoWriMo 2015

It’s been awhile since I wrote a real blog update and I know you’ve all missed me. (Right, right?) While my blogging time out- if you could call it that, since I still posted once/twice a week last month- has been mostly just me taking a break, I’ve also been busy with other things. Like writing, for one. […]

An Open Letter to My YA Self

Each time I discover a contemporary YA novel, it causes me to reflect back on my own youth and how certain themes played a significant role in my younger years. All of this propelled the idea to write my own letter, and ask others to write a letter to their YA selves as well. Over […]

E. Lockhart in Manila Recap (03/22/2015)

“Be a little kinder than you have to,” said the stamp on my wrist over a week ago- a lovely reminder from E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks among several other bestselling young adult novels, and advocate of kindness. Lockhart visited Manila last March 22, to sign […]