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Goodnight & Good Luck: A 2020 End-of-Year Post

So, the year has come to an end. To me, it seems like just yesterday we were bidding farewell to 2019 and shooing in the top of 2020 with the ever-concurrent displays of fireworks and ball drops. To others, perhaps yourself, this year was the most long-winded chapter of their lives, thus far. Barel…

(No) Thank You, Next: An Unlamented Farewell + Post-Election Reflections

*DISCLAIMER*: 1) I try not discuss politically charged topics on the blog because I know they can be incredibly polarizing and I want to keep this space as light-hearted as possible, but this was something I wanted to respond to 2) I don't claim to be a particularly good writer, but this may be…

Game of Thrones: Season 8 Review with Superlatives

You know that feeling of deep satisfaction you get after watching the highly-anticipated final season of a show you've been invested in for a large portion of your life? Because I sure as hell don't. I've delayed the inevitable for long enough, but finally, a review of THE FINAL SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES. In hindsight, I should have at least considered the possibility that I'd be catastrophically disillusioned after watching what ended up being a cluster**** shit show. But honestly, the prospect of THE FINAL SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES being shoddy hadn't even crossed my mind, and I'm kind of disappointed in myself for not seeing this coming. I've been let down numerous times, but not at this scale. I'm an optimistic viewer and that needs to change. Or rather it has, after having seen THE FINAL SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES.

During the last couple of months, I've been in a stupor of confusion and denial. Confused that the show that couldn't possibly be had the title of Game of Thrones attached to it and denial because I refuse to believe that this was actually it, and having a difficult time accepting that it was, in fact, it.

🚨 SPOILERS AHEAD: PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK 🚨

How To: Effectively Avoid Falling Into A Reading Slump

As the title suggests, I'll be listing a few effective strategies I tried to avoid falling into a reading slump. First, some necessary preamble: this isn't a guide to breaking out of a reading slump because, quite frankly, I still don't know how to do that for myself just yet. In fact, as I type up this post I am in the midst of the worst reading slump I've experienced to date, the inspiration for this post. This is a poorly compiled list of ways to potentially avoid falling into one. Also, I feel I must spell out the following: it's very possible that only very few or none of the items/strategies are applicable to your case or you'll find that they're not to your liking. And that's totally fine! Again, some things might work for some people and others not. These are just a few things I found help me keep to my reading habit. You might even find that a few of these overlap with your own.

Farewell 2018, Hello 2019! : Monthly Wrap-up/End of Year Post

So, another year has flown by. Strangely, 2018 has, simultaneously, been both uneventful and the most stressful year of my life. What with school, the uncertainty of my future, and the lack of motivation to do much of anything save for watching tv shows and Youtube videos. Instead of rehashing the…

The History of Typography: China

Although I've been good with posting book-related content on the blog, I have been neglecting the other half this blog is dedicated to: typography. So, I thought I'd compensate for that by creating a new series of posts on the history of typography. Each post will be devoted to specific re…

Farewell 2017, Welcome 2018! : Monthly Wrap-up/End of Year Post

Happy New Year, everyone! This post is certainly late, as we are already a few days into 2018, but I felt I had to publish it anyway. 2017 was a terrible reading year for me, I read less than twenty books. That's ridiculous! I pledge to read at least thirty books by the end of 2018. I've a…

Keeping Up With the Crawleys: Downton Abbey's Mid-series Review

I was so excited about Downton Abbey before I started watching it. There was a lot of hype surrounding this show. I was especially excited because it seemed very Austen-esque, and I love Jane Austen! However, as you- my dear readers- may have speculated from my seemingly unexcited tone, I don'…

The Unfortunate Confessions of a Book Blogger

I'M BACK!!! After what seems like an eternity, I'm back on the blog! So -in recognition of that fact- the first post I publish after two whole months of absence is, appropriately, The Unfortunate Confessions of a Book Blogger.

Confession #1- As it occasionally and inevitably happens with …

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