Monthly Archives:: February 2018

Monday, February 19, 2018

10 Stationery Items To Help You Organize Your Life in 2k18

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I love love love love writing tools and notebooks and nice paper and literally everything that gives me some semblance of control in my life. So, I spend a lot of my time window-shopping for these things and decided to compile some of the things I’ve had my eye on into a nice, handy-dandy list. Note that I am not an affiliate for any of these sites and receive NO money if you choose to click on buy links. But you know, lemme know so I can turn green with envy.

1. Brush Pens

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I feel like brush pens have become a much bigger deal since bullet journaling has taken the world by storm but if you’re like me, and not really a bullet journaler, I think the pens are still gorgeous and just make me want to //do// things.

2. Tackle Box

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I realize this isn’t ~really~ a practical thing but its cute and you know WHAT? CUTE HELPS WITH MY PRODUCTIVITY. Don’t shame.

3. Stickies that Smell like Macarons

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I am sorry, you don’t want post-its that smell like your fav macaron flavors?? Who even are you???

4. Wooden Storage Desk

I’ve been all about the rustic/minimilist vibes lately and am really into this tiny storage desk. Like idk if all my stationery would fit in it, but it’s still hella cute.

5. Novelty Pencils

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A cute, fandom pencil is definitely gonna make me more likely to get work done. For sure. How exciting.

6. Weekly Desk Planner

I am a planner and usually like having a million different things to write my to-do lists on and a weekly planner makes the task even more fun. ALSO THIS SET COMES WITH STICKIES AND I LOVE STICKIES.

7. Thank You Cards

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I’ve really gotten into Thank You cards these past couple years so I always try to have some. These are pretty $$$$ but they are cute! TJ Maxx has some cheaper ones that are also hella cute if you wanna stock up!

8. Flower Paperclips

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Okay but like we could all use some cute-ass paperclips. TBH, I don’t think I could ever use them to turn in assignments because I’d be really sad to see one go.

9. Holographic Sloth Tape Dispenser

10. See Through Highlighters

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These are all the rage right now and honestly, I am here for these fancy-pants highlighters. Will they fix my life? Maybe not but a girl can hope.

 

Fresh Batch (February 18th – 24th)

Fresh Batch (February 18th – 24th)

Posted by on 02/17/2018 • 0 Comments

Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Pitch Dark Courtney Alameda Publication date: February 20th 2018by Feiwel & Friends

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Set against a future of marauding space scavengers and deadly aliens who kill with sound, here is a frightening, fast-paced YA adventure from the author of the acclaimed horror novel, Shutter.

Tuck has been in stasis on the USS John Muir, a ship that houses Earth’s most valued artifacts—its natural resources. Parks and mountains are preserved in space.

Laura belongs to a shipraiding family, who are funded by a group used to getting what they want. And they want what’s on the Muir.

Tuck and Laura didn’t bargain…

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Not Linden’s Best: My Once and Future Duke by Caroline Linden

Posted by on 02/16/2018 • 0 Comments

I might have waited too long to write this review because I am really scrambling to gather those thoughts. I’ve read several books by Caroline Linden and have really enjoyed her HRs. When I heard about her upcoming release and heard there was gambling involved, I was 110% in.

Here was my main problem though, I enjoyed the romance, I loved the story, I just didn’t love the Duke of Ware. He is completely insufferable and too pig-headed for my liking. He is intense and not in a good way. I warmed up a little bit to him, but for the most part, his pushiness and self-centeredness was not endearing in the list.

But if I hated the love interest, why did I enjoy the romance? Well, Caroline…

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The Royal Romance I Didn’t Know I Needed: A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

Posted by on 02/15/2018 • 2 Comments

If you have ever read or enjoyed a romance novel, this book needed to be on your TBR yesterday. I was over the moon when I was approved to read an advanced copy and the book held up to every single one of my expectations + more.

REASONS TO READ Naledi Smith is in grad school studying to be an epidemiologist Spam emails that aren’t really spam from the assistant of the Prince of Thesolo Cocky Prince who doesn’t really know how to function outside of a castle but learns to impress a girl Some cooking experiments when said cocky prince is trying to impress Ledi Angst but like good angst Swoony romance with hate-to-love vibes. Discussion of socio-economic privilege Discussion of what it’s like to live in a non-western…

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Read by the Trope: A Guide to Romance Novels

Posted by on 02/14/2018 • 3 Comments

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! And happy Wednesday if you don’t give a flying fart about Valentine’s Day. I don’t really care one way or another but I always find that Valentine’s Day is a great day to curl up with a romance and just treat yourself to something fun! Like most people, I have my favorite tropes and I definitely can be sold on many a novel if the trope is a thing I like! So. Today. I’ve put together a mini guide on reading some romance books by the trope featuring some of my fav tropes and other tropes I know people like. I spent a LOT of time putting this guide together (probably like 10 hours all together?) so I REALLY do hope you’ll enjoy it! I also…

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Rashika Turns 5

Posted by on 02/13/2018 • 4 Comments

I don’t mean so alarm anyone but I promise I am not actually a 5 year old waddling around in this community. Although, if I were, that would be pretty cool. I //have// however been blogging for five years which is wild. I really didn’t think I’d still be around??? But hey, this is a great way to reflect on my time within this community.

I’ve been blogging for a quarter of my life now. In the time I’ve been blogging, I graduated High School and I graduated College (Cum Laude ;)) Talking about books has always been an important part of who I am. In 7th grade, I got a bunch of people sitting at my desk hyped about The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale. In 9th grade, I got…

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New Adult and Romance

Posted by on 02/12/2018 • 4 Comments

 

Discussion posts are sometimes really hard to write when you have a lot of thoughts and feelings and it usually requires a backstory. So here is a short one. Recently, on twitter, there were discussions happening regarding how homogeneous New Adult lit is. A lot of the criticism was centered around how romance and sex heavy a lot of New Adult books are.

I think no one will ever disagree that we are definitely short on the range of experiences that are usually found in New Adult novels. We need change in that regard but, I don’t think that the demand for change should come at the cost of dismissing the New Adult that already exists?

For one, New Adult isn’t really a genre. It’s a demographic, its an…

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Fresh Batch (February 11th – 17th)

Fresh Batch (February 11th – 17th)

Posted by on 02/10/2018 • 0 Comments

Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Honor Among Thieves Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre Series: The Honors #1 Publication date: February 13th 2018 by Katherine Tegen Books

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Petty criminal Zara Cole has a painful past that’s made her stronger than most, which is why she chose life in New Detroit instead moving with her family to Mars. In her eyes, living inside a dome isn’t much better than a prison cell.

Still, when Zara commits a crime that has her running scared, jail might be exactly where she’s headed. Instead Zara is recruited into the Honors, an elite team of humans selected by the Leviathan—a race…

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