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my cozy fall TBR

My favorite season is unofficially here, and according to my internal reading calendar, it’s time to pull out the autumn reads I’ve been saving. 🧡 Here’s a glimpse at my cozy fall TBR… I’m so excited for cooler days and my cozy reads. 🧡

Floral Grows Up // a short story

I’m ready to share the story that grew from my list of favorite things and some inspiration from what I was reading. I absolutely love the names I picked for my characters, especially the last one (spoilers) which J suggested. I hope you enjoy! It was still dark out when Grammy and Grampa came to […]

i enjoyed the seasons with the Heartwood Hotel

Instead of sharing regular reviews here (that will stay on my Goodreads), I’ve decided to highlight my most favoritest of favorite books this year. 😉 I’ve already covered a few, which you can find by clicking the “Favorites” tag. Found in time for autumn As I mentioned before, I found the Heartwood Hotel series by Kallie George through […]

The Great British Bake-Off fills me with such joy

Yesterday, I reentered the world of pastries and tents and accents and cute people who genuinely seem to care about each other even though they’re competing, and I am so happy to be back! GBBO season 16 has been lovely so far! Starting off, of course, with Cake Week, I loved seeing what everyone made […]

where do all my unwanted books go?

During my summer challenge of reading through my owned TBR, I ran into quite a few books I wanted to pass on, whether DNFs or otherwise. I realize I’ve never talked before about what I do with books I unhaul, so I thought that might be an interesting post for today. Here are the places […]

a reflection on my summer reading goals

My summer reading goals were: I’m here to report back on how that went… Between books I read, removed, or DNFed, I reduced my owned TBR by 38 books. I’m so happy with the progress I made! This book-buying ban was tough, but the focus shift to books I own ended up being so rewarding. […]

Kate’s unofficial guide to a book shopping spree

So, it’s finally September, and, if you’re me, you’ve been on a book-buying ban for three months and your wishlist has grown ENORMOUSLY and its time to buy some books. Oh, no. What a conundrum. 🙈 If you haven’t already bought all the books in existence, you’re going to need to have a plan. Here’s […]

August: TBR, health, and vacation

August slipped away like a moment in time… 🎶 I realized during one of my slumpier reading slumps this past month that I had a lot of books on my TBR I was simply not going to read. Even in a good moment with lots of motivation, they were books I’d grown out of/away from […]

three times I broke my book-buying ban

Or did I? I realized after a few weeks into my book-buying ban that my best friend’s birthday was coming up. I tried to steer clear of buying books for her, but after my first attempt at her present was a #majorfail, I decided to take the plunge and buy her one of my favorite […]

Summer Vibes Book Tag

As much as I wish it weren’t true (though we have been getting some rain!), summer is still here, and I thought a themed tag was in order. 😉 Enter the Summer Vibes Book Tag! I spotted it on Gem’s Book Nook, and it was originally created by The Comfy Reader. Thank you, fellow bloggers! […]