book-lovers thoughts and ways of thinking

  • Design concepts: Redesigning YALC’s website

    Helloo and welcome back, hope you’re having a great and relaxing Sunday!! Today’s post will be a little bit different from my usual. Remember when I told you that I’m planning to post more about my other shenanigans? Well, seems like today’s the day, lucky you!! I’m still torn on what to call these types…

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  • Top 10 Most Iconic First Lines

    Hello and welcome again, hope you’re having a great weekend! A couple of days ago, I had this theory that, generally speaking, we can anticipate if a book is gonna be “the one” or not from the first couple of chapters. Actually, I’ve had some that I knew were gonna be bangers from the first…

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  • On Being Catfished by a Book

    Hello an welcome back, Let’s talk about expectations versus reality today! Or what I’d like to call being catfished by a book: bookfished :-p We all know the feeling. You’re scrolling (most likely) when you stumble across the most beautiful fanart/edit. Such intriguing visuals, such beautiful quotes, the comments are all raving about it. “This…

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  • Some Books I’m Looking Forwards to Reading in 2026

    Hello and welcome back! Hope your week has been filled with wholesomeness and good vibes <3 This might seem a bit late to the party. But as the end of this year is approaching, I’m keeping screenshots of books I wanna get to (terrible bookkeeping practice, I know). Writing this here is my way of…

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  • Hello and Welcome Back || 5 Standalones to read asap in 2026

    Hello and welcome (or welcome back?) to another episode of “how long will this last?” JK…I know I say this every time but here’s to coming back to gently (but surely) influence your reading list. Now, without any further ado, let’s address the biggest elephant in the room…. I don’t know if you’ve noticed but…

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  • First Lines Fridays || 24/02/2023

    First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The first lines: A girl is running for her life.The summer air burns at her back, but there are no torches,…

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  • First Lines Fridays || 17/02/2023

    First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first…

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  • First Lines Fridays || 10/02/2023

    First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The first lines: The elevator continued its impossibly slow ascent. Or at least I imagined it was ascent. There was no…

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  • Top Ten Tuesday: 2023 Debut Books I’m Excited About

    Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Hello and welcome to another exciting post. Before starting, how…

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  • First Lines Friday | 03/02/2023

    First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The first lines: It took seven years to get the letter right. Guess!!? Here’s a little hint: It’s the first book…

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