Just Another Fangirl

Hello, Internet! The time has come for another edition of Five Fan Favorites, which is a new segment where you can get a little peek inside my mind. I do hope you enjoy, so without further adieu, let’s get to it! Favorite Book: My favorite book in the month of April was The Rose & The Dagger by Renee Ahdieh, which is the sequel to The Wrath & The Dawn. This book was just the perfect conclusion to an already perfect series! If you haven’t heard about The Wrath & The Dawn yet, it’s a retelling of One Thousand and One Nights. In this version, a cruel boy-king, the Caliph of Khorasan, takes on a new wife every day, killing the one prior at dawn. Shahrzad’s best friend fell victim to this vicious cycle, so she sets out to exact revenge on the king. She arrives at the palace not only planning to survive the dawn but to take down the Caliph in the process. But everything is not what is seems because Khalid is nothing like Shahrzad expected him to be. This series is so ...

You know when you start reading a book and it’s a book you’ve been waiting for but it’s taking you too long to finish it but then you read two other books in the span of three days? Yeah. It sucks. Hello, Internet! For the past few weeks, I had been looking for The Rose & The Dagger everywhere , but I just couldn’t seem to find it. Finally, I got my hands on it. It was taking me a really long time to finish it. I wasn’t in a reading slump, I know that because I finished two other books within three days. It was just taking a really long time to finish The Rose & The Dagger. But thankfully, I was able to finish it before the month came to a close, which shows that I actually can be patient. Shocker. Anyway, today I bring you another monthly wrap-up! Let’s get that started! I read a total of eight books this month, and that makes me pretty happy. The first book I read this month was Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier. I had picked this up some time ago, bu...

Morale is low. Content is lacking. We are in severe trouble. So what does the introverted bookworm who runs this blog do? She does a Q & A with an un-original title! Hello, Internet! Yes, that’s right, I’m doing a Q & A that's title includes alliteration because my name just so happens to start with an A. I reached out to you guys on QuizUp (don’t judge, it’s a cool app) and said to ask me questions about anything, so I’ll be answering those questions today! Now I will admit, this is an attempt to get more content out on my blog, and I realize it might not be entertaining for some of you. But bear with me until I can get out of this funk. I’m trying my best. Anyway, let’s get to the Q & A! If you had to let a fictional character take over all your social media who would it be? - Riya Nair, QuizUp I think I would choose Feyre from the ACOTAR series for this one. My social media feeds are usually very ugly and a total smorgasbord of random thing...

Hello, Internet! Alright, I want to try out something new. I haven't been posting as often as I should, so to make it up to you, I'm going to do a monthly segment called Five Fan Favorites. This segment is based on the game Fast Five Favorites (which you may recognize from Nicola Yoon's Everything, Everything) but with my own little twist. This segment will allow a little peek into my brain, and this is how it works: The way the original game works is you name five categories and you choose your favorite in that category. The way my version works is I have five set categories: favorite book of the month, favorite book quote of the month, favorite book cover of the month, and favorite word of the month. Each of these categories will have a description of why it is my favorite, so you'll get to see what goes on in my mind. I'm excited about this, and I hope you are too. Let's get going with the first ever segment of Five Fan Favorites! Favorite Book: My favo...

Hello, Internet! A lot of people love spring because it’s just starting to get nice outside (at least that’s how it is here in the States—I’m not sure if I’m supposed to capitalize that. Oh well) and it's almost shorts season (unless you’re one of the guys who goes to my school who wears shorts year round, no matter the weather). But I’ll let you in on something: I. Hate. Spring. Don’t get me wrong, I love the idea of it getting less chilly and flowers blooming. It’s the prime season for photography, next to autumn. But I live in the midwest, which means spring consists of 80+ degree fahrenheit weather one day, and literally snowing the next (I’m not even kidding—that’s a thing that happened). Thanks, global warming. I mean, I stay inside most of the time anyway, but on the rare occasion that I do go outside, it’s awful. Another thing: I’m not ready for legging and jean season to be over. Nuh uh, no siree. Fun fact: my foundation shade is the lightest color that Cliniq...