Day 13: Your favourite writer. Oh snap, this is going to turn into a list because I love all of these individuals with equal zest. 🌸 Natsume SĹŤseki 🌸 Haruki Murakami 🌸 YĹŤko Ogawa 🌸 Banana Yoshimoto 🌸 Lisa See Thank you so much for visiting me today. Until next time, keep reading and keep…
Day 12: A book you love but hate at the same time. Another one that popped immediately into my mind, it’s going to have to be Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed, which is an #OwnVoices Pakistani young adult literature novel about a girl who is brutally forced into an arranged marriage by her…
Day 11: A book you hated. The Geisha with the Green Eyes by India Miller as it does nothing but fetishize and sexualise Japanese people and is loaded with incorrect information about Japanese history and culture. This is the perfect example of cultural appropriation and use of romanticised stereotypes as a means of lazy and disrespectful…
Day 05: A book that makes you happy. This was such a difficult one to answer! While I have books that I love re-reading because I enjoy their stories so much, I never had one that I specifically turned to put myself into a good mood. But after a lot of contemplation, I’d have to…
Day 04: Favourite book from your favourite series. Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert, which is the fifth instalment in the six-book original series, is my favourite of them all. It takes the series into a whole new direction and is the instalment that starts to bring all of the other additions together nicely. Thank…
Day 03: Your favourite series. Dune by Frank Herbert is my favourite science-fiction series. While I love all of the other additions—The Legends of Dune, The Prequels of Dune, and The Schools of Dune written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson—that have worked to expand and flesh out the universe initially crafted by the…
Since today is the first day of a brand-new month, I decided it was time for me to participate in another 30-day challenge. My first one was the 30-Day Anime Challenge, which I thoroughly enjoyed and learned quite a bit from regarding my likes, dislikes, and ambitions as a blogger. It also made me realise…
October is usually the only month out of the year that I enjoy immensely. Aside from it being my birthday month, it’s also the first full month of Autumn, which is one of my favourite seasons. It’s a wonderful excuse to wear sweaters and boots, drink hot chocolate, and eat pumpkin spice flavoured everything. I…
