Fourth Wing

Hello, everybody! I’m back, briefly! I now work two part-time jobs in addition to balancing scholarship applications, studying, and schoolwork, and though I long to write, the time to do so has simply not been available to me. I only have tonight to get this post up before I lose my next free time window …

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

Hello, and welcome back to my blog! It’s been a busy summer, but now that things have calmed down a tiny bit, I can finally get back to reading the books that have been piling up on my desk. One of those books (which I’ve just finished) was The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches …

The Coronation

Recently, the world witnessed the coronation of King Charles III. It was an event steeped in pageantry at a time when the existence of the monarchy has been increasingly thrown into question. One can’t help comparing the public’s perception of the monarchy today to what it was during Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953. While …

The Ultimate Reading Challenge: The Greatest Comeback

I have never liked hockey. In my opinion, it’s too boring. There’s no variety in the players’ actions (they just skate back and forth the entire time), so I lose interest pretty quickly. With baseball, for example, there’s a greater chance for variety and excitement. Will the batter hit a home run, fly ball, or …

Duke, Actually

Exam season is finally over, so I have time to write again! In honour of Valentine’s Day, I have decided to write today’s post about a romance novel. I couldn’t fit this book into an Ultimate Reading Challenge category, but that’s no reason not to post about books I enjoyed. Before you get confused or …

Ultimate Reading Challenge: Tales of King Arthur

In September, I wrote a post about the R.M.S. Titanic because I was going through a disasters-at-sea reading phase. In October, I wrote a post about The Three Musketeers and proceeded to ask for two YA adaptations of the classic story as Christmas presents because I was going through a Musketeers phase. Therefore it’s no …

Ultimate Reading Challenge: 100 Days That Changed Canada

Maybe this is just a me thing, but I’m definitely a book procrastinator. I get distracted by shiny things at the bookstore, buy more books than I anticipated, and end up piling the ones I haven’t read yet wherever I can find room. Since I can’t read all of my new purchases simultaneously, I pick …

The Ultimate Reading Challenge: The Three Musketeers

I don’t think it’s much of an exaggeration to say that one of the biggest influences on my early development was the Barbie film series. My first-ever (and by default favourite) Barbie movie was Barbie and the Three Musketeers, which I discovered when I was about 3-and-a-half. Watching a scene from Barbie and the Three …

The Ultimate Reading Challenge: Ghost Liners

Have you ever gone through reading phases where you end up reading the same type of book over and over until you’ve gotten your fill for the rest of the year? Well, I’ve been reading a lot of books about disasters at sea lately. First it was A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice by …

The Ultimate Reading Challenge: Billy Boyle

When brainstorming ideas for upcoming Ultimate Reading Challenge tasks, one of the toughest to figure out was “Read a never-before-read genre”. I like to think that I’m pretty adventurous with my reading choices, which is normally a good thing. But when I have to figure out a new genre to test drive? There aren’t too …