Reading slump? Try these 3 novellas
Sometimes you just need a short and intriguing story to boost you out of those worst of reading slumps and these three helped me immensely and hopefully can help you too if you’re stuck in a rut like me!
My Top 5 Reads of 2024
It’s been a challenging year full of changes (I hate change) but once again, reading provided the perfect escape. Here are some of the reads that pulled me through this year:
God-tier Dark Academia Reads
The leaves are turning, the air feels crisp, the word “pumpkin” can be seen or heard around 250 times a day, school is back in session, and it’s the perfect time to get lost in a moody and atmospheric book.
These books, as dark as they can be, uplift me in the best ways and I hope the following recommendations can do the same for you.
Top 11 Reads of 2023
We’ve successfully made it through another year and this one was a great reading one for me. Here are my top reads of 2023:
My Top 12 Reads of 2022
I’m actually quite proud of my reading accomplishments this year as, with a new job, it has been more difficult to find the time. But I set realistic goals for myself. Ones I know I can achieve as long as I try. I set myself up to read 80 books (last year I’d read 100 so I knew this was attainable), I promised I’d get into poetry (which I read but didn’t like), made sure to squeeze in some timeless classics, and actively sought to diversify my reading list every single time I went book shopping. Some amazing reads stood out to me this year above all others so here are the top 12 that I loved this year:
My Top 12 Reads of 2021
Well, it’s been an interesting year. We started off entering another round of lockdowns and I was still working from home. I had tonnes of time to read because things still weren’t opening up. Then halfway through the year, vaccines gave us a bit of freedom and I went back to the office (bummer). Silver lining: all my commuting to and from work gave me a lot of time to get into audiobooks again! Because of that, I absolutely crushed my reading goals this year and am ending the year not at 60 books like I’d planned, but at a nice odd 109! Let’s take a look at some of the best reads I experienced this year
12 Timeless Summer Reads
Summer is the time where every book read should be a book suitable for the beach and/or be able to be paired with an ice cold cocktail. For me, that means it’s either romantic, thrilling, magical, or, my favourite: mythology based. Last year I tackled Percy Jackson, the year before was The Song of Achilles and Circe, and so on it goes. I read most of my mythological and thrilling books in the summer, but usually there’s some room for a classic or two as well. So I’ve compiled a list of books that I deem perfect for summer weather and that I have enjoyed immensely in summers past. There’s just something about those hazy warm summer reads that stick in your head forever.