Book 22/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars Me š¤ reading an EmHen book on Book Loverās Day š¤©š¤Great Big Beautiful Life is the third Emily Henry I read on Book Loverās Day, the first being Book Lovers in 2023 and the second Funny Story in 2025, and I love that for me š¤©I went … Continue reading Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Final Girls by Riley Sager
Book 21/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars Ten years after surviving a brutal massacre that killed all her friends, Quincy Carpenter is one of three women known as the āFinal Girlsā, i.e. survivors of infamous mass killings. She has rebuilt her life and buried the trauma of that night, even losing her memory of … Continue reading Final Girls by Riley Sager
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Book 20/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars With an IQ of 68, Charlie works as a floor sweeper and is often the target of other peopleās jokes. When an experimental procedure dramatically increases his intelligence, he gets the chance to experience the world in an entirely new way. But as Algernon, the mouse who … Continue reading Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Sadie by Courtney Summers
Book 19/30. My rating: 4 of 5 stars Sadie has never had an easy life. Growing up largely on her own, she has been raising her younger sister, Mattie, in an isolated small town, doing everything she can to give them some semblance of a normal life while simply trying to get by.But when Mattie … Continue reading Sadie by Courtney Summers
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
Book 18/30. My rating: 2 of 5 stars Finlay Donovanās life is anything but under control. As a single mother raising two children while trying to make a career as a novelist, she is overwhelmed by one problem after another. Things take a strange turn when Finlayās conversation with her agent about the plot of … Continue reading Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
LFG H2!!!
Happy new month, new quarter, new half, dear reader š„³ššŗ I hope the second half of the year is off to a great start for you and yours. I kicked mine off with a sub-1h 10K this morning, so best believe mine is off to a rocking start š¤© I also hope the first half … Continue reading LFG H2!!!
38 Days Left of Being 38 (Send Help Pls)
I turned 38 on 3.8, an age that holds both my birthday and my late motherās (August 3rd and March 8th) mirrored within it. That serendipitous realisation, which struck me three years ago, is the reason I am anchored in the conviction that 38 is destined to be the most monumental age of my life … Continue reading 38 Days Left of Being 38 (Send Help Pls)
Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
Book 17/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars All the Bright Places was my favourite book of my 2025 reading challenge š¤© Going into this, I did not see how Holding Up the Universe could possibly hold up (š) to All the Bright Places, but hopefully I would have a marvellous time finding out š¤Everyone … Continue reading Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
Mental Health Monday: A Year After I Unravelled
I have had more than my fair share of low moments in life, but the last 11 days of June 2025 shattered my previous benchmark for low moments, raising the bar to new heights. A year ago today, I was smack in the middle of a five-day bender. That bender, my third ā and last … Continue reading Mental Health Monday: A Year After I Unravelled
Twenty Years Of Taylor Swift (Lwileās Version)
Monday June 19, 2006. A mundane Monday in many ways, though history would later argue otherwise. On that day, a then 16-year-old Taylor Alison Swift released her debut single, Tim McGraw, and the rest is record-breaking, culture-making, industry-reshaping history. Twenty years ago today, I was halfway through the second year of my International Baccalaureate (IB) … Continue reading Twenty Years Of Taylor Swift (Lwileās Version)