Bookish Ramblings

  We all have a different routine that we follow when we want to curl up with a good book. For me, I have a few different routines. Reading in the sunshine, reading at night, reading during a storm – they all call for a different reading experience.   Keeping My Mind Busy Recently, I have been watching all of OliviaReadsALatte’s videos. They are a perfect mix of calming music to read to and book recommendations. If I want to focus solely on my reading, she also has ‘read with me’ videos and she recommends some amazing reading sprint videos from other channels. Listening to other people who are invested in reading makes it easier for me to focus on my own book. I have been known in the past to lose interest in reading even if I am really enjoying the book so having the background motivation of others reading really motivates me to keep reading rather than wondering if there is something else I would rather be doing. Another way I stay engrossed in my book is by using au...

 Leigh Bardugo's novels following various characters in the Grisha Verse was picked up to be a netflix show in April 2021. There are currently 8 episodes out however we have been promised that there will be more coming! This show is titled Shadow and Bone, the same title as the first book of Bardugo's original trilogy.  The show does not only focus on events from this book but instead uses the duology Six of Crows and changes the story slightly. At first, I thought this would annoy me as the crows never meet Alina in the novels but now they are in the same situations with each other. It did not annoy me at all, I loved how they took both books and gave us a new story. In my opinion, making a book into a screen adaptation and trying to get it as close to the book as possible is inevitably going to annoy some readers and cries of 'the book was better' and 'that didn't happen in the book' will rise. With this show, readers don't really have the grounds to s...

Hello hello hello! June, as we all know, is pride month. That’s why my tbr for June 2022 is filled with LGBTQIA+ stories to celebrate that these books are out in the world. At the beginning of this month I submitted my dissertation for my undergrad degree in English. For that paper I researched some of the history of sexuality laws and it made me so grateful of how far we have come in our love for all people. A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue – by Mackenzi Lee This historical fiction YA novel follows Henry Montague, or as we know and love him – Monty. Monty is raised as a gentleman but he is truly a rogue at heart. Drinking too much, gambling and sleeping with countless women… and men. Monty is bisexual in a time when this love could only be shown behind closed doors. Monty is in love with his best friend Percy who is leaving for college in Holland the following year. This book follows the two, along with Monty’s sister and a glorified baby sitter, on their year long tour of...