June Reading Wrap Up

Hi everyone. I know it's been a while since I posted. June was an emotional rollercoaster and I had to take time off because I just didn't have the right frame of mind for writing anything. My Gran died last week and had been in hospital for 2 weeks prior to this so I was …

Underrated & Underhyped Books | Books I Love But Don’t Talk About Enough

So I've noticed lately that I seem to talk about the same books a lot when it comes to lists and recommendations. This made me want to shine a light on some books I really enjoyed but recognise I don't talk about very much, and a lot of them are pretty underrated as well. Final …

On Pansexuality & Identity Confusion | Feeling Unsure About Myself and Dealing With It

I think I was around about 18 when I figured out that I don't just like men, despite literally being obsessed with the underwear models in my mum's catalogues growing up and having a crush on the majority of the female celebrities I liked from about the age of 13. This seems to be a …

Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston | Review

Thank you to St Martin's Griffin and netgalley for the copy in exchange for a review. Content warnings: outing on a VERY public scale, homophobia, biphobia, panic attacks, alcohol, past substance abuse (cocaine), mentions of sexual harassment, parental death (prior to book) and grief Alex Claremont-Diaz, first son of the United States, is really not …

Check In: Did I Read What I Hauled 3 Years Ago | June Edition

Hey everyone, welcome back to me checking in on my reading progress 3 years after the fact. This is a series I decided to start last month, and was inspired by Books and Lala's Closet Unhaul. I went on holiday in June 2016 to Orlando so I think that curbed my book buying a little …

Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman | Quick Review

I was in the mood for a quick sweet contemporary and wanted something f/f and remembered I had this on my kindle so it was perfectly suited to my needs. The review will be short as there isn't really much for me to say but I want to get my readers interested so here we …

“Failure” | How Failing Has Impacted My Life and Mental Health for Better and for Worse

I don't know if you've picked up on it from my posts but I've had a fair amount of failure in recent years. I failed my second year of uni and had to repeat it, and then I failed my first placement of secondary teaching and ended up dropping out. Both times have been very …