A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood: Book Review

📖 Genre Classic, Fiction, Literary Fiction 📃 Number of Pages 186 pages 🪴 Average Goodreads Rating 4.07 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 5 ⭐ What is A Single Man About? A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood is a short novel showing a day in the life of George, a gay university professor whose partner has recently … Read more

Best Books Under 300 Pages (Short & Sweet)

If you’re looking for a short and sweet read under 300 pages, look no further. Plus, I have a list of romance books under 300 pages in here for you.

Marketing Books Through Tropes and How It Affects the Publishing Industry

Marketing Books Through Tropes: Tropification of Book Marketing and How it Affects the Publishing Industry

If you’re a part of any bookish community, whether it’s on YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram, you’ve probably noticed a (not-so-recent) trend marketing books through tropes. Instead of getting a full synopsis or a book review, you will usually see videos that mention various tropes used in a certain book. Alternatively, you’ll see a list of … Read more

Best Easy to Read Classics

classics for beginners

If you don’t normally enjoy classics, here are some that are easy to read and great for beginners.

Should FanFiction Get Published as Original Work?

should fanfiction get published as original work

Whether you wanted to or not, at some point in your life you’ve either read fanfic, written it, or laughed about some of the more ridiculous examples (like My Immortal, the infamous Harry Potter fic; if you haven’t, here’s the link, thank me later). And if you think you haven’t, you’re likely wrong; just wait.  … Read more

Negative Book Reviews: Are They Necessary and Why?

negative book reviews

Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen a growing discussion on whether or not negative book reviews are okay, or even necessary. It may just be the algorithm feeding me these types of posts, but either way, it got me thinking. If you’ve spent any sort of time on my blog, then you’ll know that … Read more

Divine Rivals Review: Boring and Disappointing

📖 Genre Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult 📃 Number of Pages 357 pages 🪴 Average Goodreads Rating 4.26 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 2 ⭐ What is Divine Rivals About? Divine Rivals follows Iris, a young woman whose brother went off to war (between gods), and whose mother turned to drinking. To get money, she leaves school … Read more

The Most Beautiful Quotes About Writing to Get You Inspired

the most beautiful quotes about writing

It’s time: National Novel Writing Month is finally here! And whether you’ve already started writing (and did Preptober like a responsible person) or you’re more like me and about a week late to the game, you could probably use some inspiration to get you going. And we all love quotes about writing from the great … Read more

How to Build Your Fantasy World Without Info-dumping

Fantasy World Without Info-dumping

Building a fantasy world is probably one of the best parts of writing fantasy. You get to play around, set up rules, and think up settings (also, ~dread~ name locations and things). It all resembles an elaborate game you play with yourself. Until it’s time to start weaving your world into your story. That’s when … Read more