Top Ten Tuesday | Binge-Worthy TV Shows

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Happy Tuesday everyone and welcome to yet another edition of Top Ten Tuesday. This is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, Jana, where we created a list based around a bookish theme for the week. Since I’m still slowly climbing my way out of a slump, I decided to skip this week’s theme and pick an oldie but goodie: My top 10 Binge-worthy TV Shows.

I figured that this is a perfect topic right now since it’s currently cold, snowy, and gross outside. If I don’t have to go outside, I won’t. I’ll stay inside, do something productive, and then binge-watch some TV. Which ones you ask? Let’s get to that list, already.

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The Cruel, but Absent Prince | Cruel Prince Critique

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cruel princeRating: 3.5 Teacups
Title: Cruel Prince
Author: Holly Black
Series: The Folk of the Air
Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Reader
Publication Date: January 2, 2018
Format: Kindle/Audiobook
# of Pages: 384
Synopsis:

Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.

In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.

I’m having some deja vu with this book; I stayed up into the wee hours of the night to finish it, and while I enjoyed the book (and do plan on reading Wicked King) I’m not falling over myself to get it in my hands. If I had to choose one word to describe how I’m feeling, it’s underwhelmed.

So underwhelmed in fact, that I don’t even know if I should be writing this review. I finished this book at the beginning of the month and wanted to write one, but as I sit here at 12:01 AM on a Sunday night Monday morning, I. Have. Nothing. Soooo it looks like this is going to be a brief review. (I always say that and then end up writing a novel, so we’ll see what actually happens.) Continue reading →

TBR For February 2019

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Happy Monday everyone! I apologize for taking a mini hiatus last week, but between work and crazy weather, I wasn’t much in the mood for blogging or reading. Buuuut I’m back on my blogging game and I have great news; I finished my first book of 2019! I’m going to cheat and include it in this list, but it feels sooooo nice to finally have a book under my belt for this year. (I’m dragging my feet with Kingdom of Ash,  I don’t want the series to end.)

I’m keeping my TBR short and sweet this month with very little pressure to stick to it. These are just some books that sound good at the moment, and a lot of people have probably already read. (I’m finally emerging from out under the rock where I’ve been hiding.)

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Book Blogging: Expectations vs Reality

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Good morning my dears! I have a little bit of a story for you. The other day I was scrolling through my WordPress feed, tripped, and fell into the rabbit hole that is Marie’s blogging corner on Drizzle & Hurricane Books (hello, #1 stan here at your service). One of the posts that I read was about her blogging expectations vs reality, and this got me thinking about what mine were and how things have changed.

Believe it or not, I’ve had this blog for three years (but haven’t done so well with updating it regularly), and I’ll tell you one thing: when I finally decided to situate myself in my own little corner of the internet (on a whim no less), I thought it’d be a piece of cake. I’d seen the movies and TV shows where they sat in their bedroom (check) with their sticker-covered laptops (check), furiously typing away for all to read (kinda check?). They made it look so easy, but after stalking/reading other blog posts and actually doing some blogging myself, I realized that my little brain had been oh so wrong.

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Top Ten Tuesday| Ten Books I Meant to Read in 2018

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Good morning lovelies and happy Tuesday! Today I’m coming back at you again with another installment of Top Ten Tuesday, a meme hosted by the lovely Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week she assigns a topic and we create a list based on that topic, then share it with all of you. 😊

This week the topic is: Top Ten Books I Meant to Read in 2018 But Didn’t Get to.

The easy answer for me is ALL OF THEM. Unless it was a poetry book or ACOFAS (review to come), I didn’t pick it up. However, I’ve been doing my research and watching “best of 2018” videos and I think I’ve come up with a nice list here, some of which are 2018 releases and others are books I just haven’t read yet. Are you ready to get pumped (for books you’ve probably already read)? 🙌🙌🙌 (I just discovered that you can do that on a PC now and I can’t stop, send help.) Continue reading →

Catching Up with Carrie #10 | 1/20/19

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Favorite Song: Hurt Somebody – Noah Kahan  & Julia Michaels
Favorite App: Still Instagram…lol
Weather: Cold, snowy, and wintery. Gross.
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Mood: Lethargic, the lack of sunshine is driving nuts.
Obsession: Card games. I work at a library and some of the stuff you can check out is board/card games. I’ve got a few at home that I’m dying to try.

Personal News

  • I had a problem with one of my car tires (it was going to cost me $120), but my dad worked his magic, got me a new tire under warranty, and it only cost me $20.
  • I’m officially obsessed with using an air-fryer; I don’t want to return the one I have to work. 😥
  • Scramble strudels are addicting AF, send help.

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A Court of Wings & Ruin – Sarah J Maas | Critique

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Hello, my wonderful bookish friends! I know that I’m incredibly (like two years) late to reviewing this book, but I was going through my backlog of reviews and found this guy just waiting to be shared with the world. Mind you, this was written in 2017 when ACOWAR first came out and I finished the book (hence the first paragraph, but I liked the nostalgia of it), but my feelings haven’t changed.

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Top Ten Tuesday | Books I’ve Read & Can’t Remember

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Welcome back to the blog and happy Tuesday everyone! I’m coming at you with a new installment of Top Ten Tuesday. This is a meme hosted by the lovely Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week, we’re assigned a topic and then tasked to create a top-ten-list that fits that topic. Since I only read like 5 books last year, I decided to go with a different topic this week.

This week, I decided to backtrack and talk about: Top Ten Books I’ve Read & Can’t Remember. Ready to jump in and see what I’ve got for you?

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Monday Morning Cuppa | Tea Essentials

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Goooood morning my wonderful book & tea enthusiasts. Welcome to another installation of Monday Morning Cuppa, which is a feature that I created where I compare a character to a tea. Today obviously, I’m not doing that because I’ve decided to share a few of the essentials I feel you need to take your cuppa from “meh” to “holy crap.”

Let’s dive in, shall we?

8yw8i8First and probably the most important, you need a good quality tea. Allow me to get on my soapbox and say that I personally recommend moving away from bagged teas that you can pick up from any grocery store such as Celestial Teas, Bigelow, Twinings, etc, and toward loose leaf teas. This is because the quality of the tea used in standard tea bags is much lower and gives the tea a bitter taste. (I can seriously go on and on about how important this is.) Loose leaf tea preserves the quality and aroma of the tea, which gives it a better taste and preserves more of the health benefits. I usually get my teas from DavidsTea or Adagio, just because they have physical storefronts that I can walk into and get help from knowledgeable associates. (I’ve gotten so many recommendations on not only which teas to try, but how to try them.) Continue reading →

Catching Up with Carrie #9 | 01/13/2019

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Favorite Song: LA On a Saturday Night – Hearts & Colors


Favorite App: Instagram
Weather: Cold. So, so cold.
Mood: Content. I had soup for lunch, and it was nice and filling.
Obsession: Finding my groove with blogging again. You guys have no idea how much I’ve missed it and how frustrating it’s been to be so uninspired to post.

Personal News

  • I’ve decided that I’m going to start using tentative TBRs again.
  • I’m attempting for my first LDR (wish me luck!) and I like (ok, maybe love) him very much.
  • I am a proud member of a DND campaign that’s made up of 83% girls. (My character is a badass fire elemental-type character.
  • I think I’m slowly kicking my reading slump!

Blog News

  • *knock on wood* I think I’ve found my groove and a good way to reintroduce myself to blogging regularly again.
  • Thanks to both Regina and Marie, I’ve discovered an awesome new method to keep track of my posts. (So many bright, pretty colors!)
  • My sister showed me the draft of my new logo…GUYS. IT’S SO STINKING CUTE.
  • I don’t want to brag or anything, but I’ve been killing it with my blog-hopping game. Not for recognition or anything, just inspiration and reading what others are writing. 🙂

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