The Reading Diaries: My Latest Reads (#3)

A weekly catch-up from my reading life โ€” what Iโ€™m reading, buying, obsessing over, abandoning, annotating, and generally spiralling about. Think of it as part reading journal, part life update, part chaotic book club chat. This Weekโ€™s Goal: Get Back into Fantasy ๐Ÿ“– Current Read: Thorn Bird by E. Kennedy ๐ŸŽง Currently Listening: Kingdom of … Continue reading The Reading Diaries: My Latest Reads (#3)

[Book Review]Where I Should’ve Been by Max Monroe

Small town. Big secrets. And one ridiculously hot mistake she doesnโ€™t regret. Everyone in the smalltown of Red Bridge, Vermont, knows Tad Hanson, the hot sheep farmer who canโ€™t control his flock. He doesnโ€™t believe in forever, but heโ€™ll be the best time youโ€™ve ever hadโ€”right now. What they donโ€™t know is why. Heโ€™s too … Continue reading [Book Review]Where I Should’ve Been by Max Monroe

[Book Review] She’s Worth the Risk by Jen Morris

Zinnia Falling for a stranger over coffee? Fine. Learning heโ€™s your art history professor? Problem. Nick is guarded, intense, and so tightly wound I ache to unravel him. I know itโ€™s wrong to pursue my professor, but he keeps showing up anywayโ€”at the coffee shop, outside of classโ€”as if he canโ€™t stay away any more … Continue reading [Book Review] She’s Worth the Risk by Jen Morris

The Reading Diaries: My Latest Reads (#2)

A weekly catch-up from my reading life โ€” what Iโ€™m reading, buying, obsessing over, abandoning, annotating, and generally spiralling about. Think of it as part reading journal, part life update, part chaotic book club chat. This Weekโ€™s Goal: Finish off all my book reviews!  ๐Ÿ“– Current Read: This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune … Continue reading The Reading Diaries: My Latest Reads (#2)

Romantasy Is More Than “Fairy Porn”: A Response to The Telegraph

After reading Laura Brown's recent Telegraph article, "Gen Z's taste for fairy porn lays bare the MeToo generation's hypocrisy", I have thoughts. Quite a few, actually. Lets get into it. The Telegraph recently described romantasy as "fairy porn", reducing an entire genre to a lazy stereotype. Here's why that argument misses the point. I've been … Continue reading Romantasy Is More Than “Fairy Porn”: A Response to The Telegraph