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;five tv shows that should not have been cancelled
I watch a lot of TV shows. I don’t keep up with all of them, I will admit freely, but I start a lot of TV shows. And somehow, the ones I love the most get cancelled before a satisfactory resolution. It is a painful thing as a passionate TV fan to see happen. I am still not over the 24 hours where Brooklyn Nine Nine – my current favourite airing TV show – got cancelled. This blog post was partially inspired by Cora @ Tea Party Princess’ Five TV Shows I Watch On Repeat. I thought it was ingenius, really, to marry my love for TV with my love…
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instant to-read; the shakespeare edition
People in my life look at me weird when I say I enjoy Shakespeare. I haven’t read a lot of his plays, but what I have read, I’ve enjoyed. But to most people in my life, that is just Peak Geek and Too Much for them. I embrace the geekiness. Unfortunately, I will admit, I have not read a lot of adaptations. Loose ones, sure. Seen a few screen adaptations as well. And I have some favourites that I will always watch, and will definitely pick up to at the very least flip through. Don’t be surprised if there are a few webseries recommendations in here. There have been some…
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;my three favourite book-to-movie adaptations
On-screen adaptations tend to be a hit or miss with people. They either love them or they hate them. Sometimes they hate them before they even see the finished products. Bookworms, after all, tend to be very passionate creatures. We hold books close to our hearts, and if what ends up on screen isn’t what we imagined, well, then, we’re going to talk about it. A lot. I will admit, I tend to be very critical about adaptations. I can and will watch them! But you can bet that I will be nit-picky when I break down what was done right and wrong. I’m no expert, but I have Opinions,…
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the bullet journal life; things to love
I took a break from my bullet journal for almost two months, and it was the best thing I could have done for myself. One of the greatest things about bullet journalling, in my opinion, is that you aren’t constrained by fixed pages. You can tailor it for yourself. You can skip a week, or a month, or a year, to try and figure out what works for you and what doesn’t and then you can come back to it. Or not. In the end, it is all up to you. Can it be a lot of pressure? Sure. But that’s why you step away for a little bit. Bullet…
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TWISTED TALES || RACEBENT ROMCOMS
I’ve been considering posting this new feature over here for a while, and some time ago, I held a poll on Twitter about whether or not to do so. I got a resounding “Yes!” from the few people who responded so I guess we’re doing this. What is this? Twisted Tales started off as a series of photosets depicting POC fancasts of fairytales that are traditionally cast as not-POC. It started when the casting of Beauty And The Beast was announced, and sort of spiralled from there. I have been posting the photosets on Tumblr for a while now, and have more in the planning stages, and am always taking…
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handle with care; the fairytale retelling edition
Every time a fairytale gets reimagined, I get excited. I’ve said that a lot. But it’s true. There’s just something magical about the same story being told in so many different ways. Sometimes it is a hit, and sometimes not so much. It can be the writing, sometimes, that does not excite me. But sometimes it’s the fact that the original tale hit a mark these retellings did not. Not to say I won’t read them. I am a simple woman with simple desires and fairytales are always welcome. It’s just more likely that I will find a copy I can borrow at a library for these tales. I suppose…
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;representation matters
When I first started planning this blog post, I thought I’d be able to make a nice header, make it pretty because just because it’s an important message doesn’t mean I can’t make it palatable for people. Right? Except then I wasn’t as fired up as I am not. Then I was thinking of writing about the discussion sparked up by someone’s tweet – I don’t remember who anymore and that’s probably a good thing? – about being tired of princess stories in YA, or chosen one storylines, or something to that effect. It had sparked a response from various awesome bloggers and writers I follow who pointed out that…
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june 2018; it’s a wrap
June has arrived, and I feel like I should feel accomplished, but part of me is just meh with the world. Maybe it’s the summer slump? Is that a thing? It should be a thing. On the blogging front, besides a couple of mishaps where I forgot what day it was – I can’t even blame it on anything, I just did? – I have been pretty consistent! My stats may not reflect that – especially because I definitely do not advertise my blog as much as I probably should – but it could be worse, I’m sure. Professionally, I have FINALLY put together a shop. I think I have…
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;the last five books I added to my TBR
Alternatively; Help I Keep Adding Things To My TBR And Am Losing Control Of My Life. It took me way too long to figure out what to write for this week’s post, but well, here we are! My GoodReads TBR is big. And growing daily because there are SO MANY BOOKS I WANT TO READ THANKS AUTHORS. So I thought I’d highlight the last five things I added to my TBR. I’m going to be honest, I don’t actually remember adding some of these books, but I must have for a reason? I’m listing the books in the order they were added to Goodreads, from the earliest to the latest.…
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instant to-read; the fairytale retelling edition
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you might have noticed that I love fairytale-retellings. I love the Disney versions for most of them too, and the stories from which they are taken – or at least as far as I know them. But my one true weakness when it comes to books? Fairytale-retellings. If the back of the book – or the front! – boasts anything about the story being inspired by or a take on any fairytale ever, the likelihood of my reading it is Very High. Of course, there are some fairytales I veer towards more than others. I love them all, don’t get me…