Well, its been quite a while.

So, if anyone is still around to see this, its been ages since I’ve posted. This was not really a conscious decision, and I always planned to return, I just never imagined it would take me so long. I think I fell into a phase where I started to feel (self inflicted) pressure to keep up to a certain number of posts, keep up with reading certain books, keep up with all the latest releases, news, blogs, etc. Keep up, keep up, keep up. It wound up taking what I started as a fun hobby to another thing in life to stress about. I found for a while I just stopped reading, feeling like I would need to also find time to review, then I ventured outside of my standard genres (I think for the same reason, I felt zero obligation to review the non-genre books), but have slowly found my way back, as I always imagined I would, it just took me longer to get there than I imagine.

Reading and blogging was always something that I WANTED to do, both things that I enjoy. So when I talk about the stress and pressure, it was all completely pressure I created for myself by setting goals that were not always easy for me to meet. So, on my return to this, I am setting no expectations for myself. I have no set goals for posts per week/month/etc. No set goals for when to review new releases, or even how many of my posts may be centered around new releases. I’m just planning to post when I read something and find I have something to say. I miss the blogs, I miss chatting with my book/blog friends, and hope to maybe find a happy balance that I may have missed before. I’ve been updating the look/feel of the blog, and while I have most of it, will likely still make some tweaks here and there. If you notice anything off, please let me know.

My latest reading trend is a return to what I would do in the early days (before blogging), where I would pick an author and basically read all of their books back to back. Reading completed series in a go is something I really enjoy, I forget less when I don’t have to wait a year to read the next one. So if you have any recommendations, let me know!

I asked for recommendation over on reddit, and these are the series I have added to my list so far: (

• Codex Alera by Jim Butcher (I just finished the first book, and am enjoying it, will dive into the second one later today)
• Scholomance by Naomi Novik
• Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee

Series that I have completed recently, and may share some thoughts on the blog in the future. At least some of them will likely be one review for the entire series, so a little different. It can be especially hard to keep reviews completely spoiler free when you review them all at once and yet still feel like you can say everything you want to say, so I will see how it goes 😀

• Summoner Series by Taran Marathu
• Letters of Enchantment by Rebecca Ross
• The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
• Court of Fives by Kate Elliot
• Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
• A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
• Crescent City by Sarah J Maas

I would love to hear from some people! I’m definitely still looking to add to my TBR, especially any series that may have released in the last 5 years or so that are completed.

What series/authors/books should I add to my list?

Or just say Hi 😀