Why I’m Not Honestly That Excited for Game of Thrones: Season Eight

I have a confession: I used to be pretty into Game of Thrones. (In the background, you can hear thousands of fans screaming at my use of the past tense.) And here I am, discussing why I'm dubious over whether I will enjoy the ending. Because I think this show has completely lost direction and…

Hiatus Announcement. I Promise It’s More Worth Your Time Than Shane Dawson.

SO hey, y'all. It's been a very interesting little while, not always in good way, and I've decided, upon consideration, that I should take a one-month hiatus. This is worth explaining, so bear with me. This will actually be the first time I have taken a break from this blog's four-times-a-week posting schedule in, quite…

#IV / February in My Personal Life

Hello again and it's Elise! I'm back with another monthly-wrap up post complete with reviews of all the movies, music, and television I've consumed in the last month, and also some discussion of Why I Was Such a Mess This Month. Um... mostly this month was a series of emotional highs and lows. A lot…

Voting Rights and Lesbianism, aka Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner

Dear Rachel Maddow Adrienne Kisner ★★★☆☆ | 8 Nov 2018 “1. When you look at the papers on your desk and circle something, are you really reading from them? Don’t you read from a teleprompter? When you go to commercial, you shuffle those papers, too. Seriously, is there anything even written on them?” A close…

Eighteen Things I’ve Learned In My First Eighteen Years

I turned eighteen years old last week and I figured it would be worth writing a post reflecting on how I've gotten here, and what I want out of my life. 1) When you're upset, tell people what's going on with you. A few years ago, I worried a lot that telling people things, or asking…

The Next Book By My Favorite Author: Blanca Y Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore

Blanca Y Roja Anna-Marie McLemore ★★★★★ | 8 Oct 2018 But I would not let the swans write our story for us. So… let’s start with, I cried reading this? Anna-Marie McLemore is one of the most talented authors on any market right now. she is consistently fantastic at creating compelling characters, beautiful sentences, and…

#III / February Book & Post Haul

More haul times! note: Since I have a lot of posts now and I don't really haul many books, this is now both a book haul post and a list of posts I've loved this month. So instead of book hauls only, these wrap-ups function as yet another section of my monthly wrap-up posts! I think this…

Today On Was It Good? King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

King of Scars (#1) Leigh Bardugo ★★★★☆ | 30 Jan 2019 “If men were ashamed when they should be, they'd have no time for anything else.” You guys all know that I am a total fan of this universe, but I'll be honest: I was not expecting to enjoy this as much as I did.…

#II / February TBR Wrap-Up, March TBR

I'm so excited for this month of reading!! And I actually did pretty well on my TBR, so that's very exciting. last month's TBR: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee🐬 An Assassin's Guide to Love and Treason by Virginia Boecker 🐬 Unbroken by Marieke Nijkamp🐠 Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare✅ ★★★★★ King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo🐬 Song of the…

A Romance and a Breakup: Two Brief #SapphicAThon Reviews

I read two shorter novellas for #SapphicAThon this month, and since I gave each a fairly brief review, I figured I'd share my thoughts on the two together! Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero-O'Connell ★★★★★ | 6 March 2019 Once Ghosted, Twice Shy Alyssa Cole ★★★★☆ | 6 Feb 2019…

Back To Doing Tags! Out Of My Comfort Zone Tag

Hey guys, it's Elise! I've been looking for more tags to do lately, as I get tagged a lot and don't always do them. So I've decided to do the Out Of My Comfort Zone Tag from Emma @EmmaBooks! 1. A book that is an exception when it comes to genres or elements you don’t…

#I / February Reading Wrap-Up

It's time for another monthly wrap-up! This one was less good, as I'm back in my slump a little bit and this month was highkey emotionally taxing. Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole 🍁🍀 | ★★★★☆ Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare 📕🍃 | ★★★★★ Pulp by Robin Talley [RTC] 🍁 | ★★★★★ Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With…