Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 5 ⭐ Review

Publication Date: 14 August 2018 Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Genre: Literary Fiction Pages: 384 I love finding my five-star reads of the year, of which there are usually only a few. Last month I read Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens and enjoyed reading every page. It is so well-written, with strong characters and a vivid setting that …

Favourite Books of 2021 / Books I read in January 2022

Is it February of 2022 and I'm only just posting this? Yes, that's right, and it's been several months since my last post. All of this is irrelevant, please enjoy the post regardless. Favourite Books of 2021 I had less-than-average reading years in 2019 (14 books) and 2020 (5 books), so I was happy that …

Agent Rejection + Writing Routine

On my blog I have been pretty open about my journey to publishing my book. So I thought I would update you all on how it's going and share more about my writing routine. Agent rejection Out of the four agent queries I have sent, I have unfortunately received one rejection. I started my journey …

Second Half of 2021 TBR

Since getting back into reading, I have been going crazy with adding books to my TBR, and randomly buying books either online or in-store (when there's not a lockdown). I am really excited about the books I recently purchased and have heard good things about most (a few I purchased in a book store simply …

My Current WIP

For the past month I have been writing my current WIP. I started it in February, left it for a few months, and now I'm working on it again! It's at about 35,000 words. It's been so much easier to write than my last WIP, which is finished and I'm trying to get published (though …

Feminist Books On My TBR

I recently went through all of my unpublished drafts. Most were unpublishable, and some were just so old that they're now irrelevant. I found this one from 2018 and thought it was still relevant and interesting. I wrote it when I was writing a thesis closely related to feminism and wanted some feminist reads, so …

Why I Stopped Blogging About Books

The past two years on my blog I have posted whatever the heck I want, albeit very infrequently. Recently I have been reading a few of my old blog posts, and I am amazed at how my mindset has changed (plus my writing style, but let's not worry about that). I had so much more …

A Post About Books

I'll be honest, I have not enjoyed reading as much as I used to. I cannot remember how I consistently wrote blog posts about books, and especially how I reviewed them. That said, I have really liked most of the books I have read this year. So I am going to do a few mini …

Beta Readers & Querying

Hello again everyone! Since my last post, I have practically finished editing and polishing my manuscript. I had been editing since December last year, so I think I've spent enough time on it. I know I'm ready to move on! Anyway, I forgot to post this a month ago when I was looking for beta …

Editing My Manuscript

Hello again everyone. I just realised I have not posted anything at all this year. So far 2021 has been better than 2020, and nothing much interesting has happened in my life since I last posted. I have been spending a lot of time editing my manuscript this year. For the past month I have …