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My Top 10 Summer Reads of 2024
Ever since I was a child, I always saw summer as this time of endless possibilities—mostly endless reads. It seemed inevitable at the time: no school, hours on end either at my grandma’s or silently following my mom around a work….what better way to pass the time than with a good book? One of my…
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Book Review: Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong
It’s been a long time since I’ve written a book review and what better way to get back into doing so than by starting off with one of my favorite authors: Chloe Gong. Spoiler alert: I don’t have many negative things to say here. I’m back with a new review structure and I’ve got quite…
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A Day at the New York Renaissance Faire
After years of begging my family and friends to attend with me, I finally got to go to the New York Renaissance Faire for the first time on Labor Day. Never heard of a Renaissance Faire before? Well, buckle in because I’m about to give you a crash course on what made this day one…
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My First Ever Boudoir Shoot Experience
2022 was a big year for me filled with a lot of firsts, self discovery, and moments of necessary reflection. It was a year that made me push myself out of my comfort zone and give all sorts of new things a try, even if they made me nervous or uncomfortable. For my birthday, I…
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My Top 10 Most Anticipated Books of 2023
One of my goals of the year is to make some changes to my reading. Normally I’m a mood buyer with a tendency to only get books in the same Genre – fantasy. But not this year! Besides diversifying my reading, I will also make a better effort of not buying books impulsively. Although this…
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Reading slumps and why you don’t need to “overcome” them
I’ve been a bookworm for as long as I can remember and, if you’re like me, you’ll know what it’s like to experience a reading slump every now and then. Time spent at home reignited my love of reading and I was a woman on a mission: if there was a book I found interesting,…
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My Most Anticipated Books of August 2022
Here are the books I’m looking forward to in August 2022: 1. Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution (Hardcover) by R.F Kuang If you’re a fan of The Poppy War, you’re going to love this one brought to you by the same author Traduttore, traditore: An act…
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Self Care for Caretakers
I think one of my biggest takeaways from the pandemic – outside of The United States’ inability to effectively handle a major public health crisis – is the importance of self care. I was stretched far too thin trying to navigate the new landscape of remote learning on top of guiding my family through hours…
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Book Review: Red, White, and Royal Blue
Introduction “Thinking about history makes me wonder how I’ll fit into it one day, I guess. And you too. I kinda wish people still wrote like that. History, huh? Bet we could make some.” First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. With his intrepid sister and…
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Book Review: Honey Girl
Introduction “It’s okay to admit that something can be best just because it makes you happy, and not because you had to tear yourself apart to get there.” With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls’ trip to Vegas to celebrate. She’s a straight A, work-through-the-summer certified…
Aliyah and Words
A journey through reading with minimal papercuts
Aliyah and Words 