Depression Awareness Month: A Book List
Amanda Mental illness is still something that is widely stigmatized by society, especially in the United States. People often trivialize mental illness as something that can easily be gotten over with…
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Character Playlist: Writing Edition
I’ve been in a bit of a creative rut lately, because I’ve been working a lot and don’t feel like I have a lot of time to just sit and…
A Series of Unfortunate Re-reads: Part 3
The books are starting to get longer as I get further into the series, and they’re taking me a little longer than the beginning! This week, I finished books 7…
A Series of Unfortunate Re-Reads: Part 2
I am absolutely flying through these books! While this isn’t particularly surprising, as I’m a fast reader and these books aren’t super long, I’ll probably slow down a bit as…
A Series of Unfortunate Re-reads: Part 1
Imagine this: 9-year-old Amanda, going to the library in 4th grade and picking out books. Stumbling upon the Series of Unfortunate Events and becoming curious–what kind of book openly deters…
My Anticipated YA August Releases
It seems like 2017 has been killing it so far in the young adult department, with releases like The Hate U Give, History is All You Left Me, and Goodbye…
I’m Back!
It’s been a while since I made a post, simply because I was travelling everywhere in June and life has gotten pretty busy in July. But–now that things are starting…
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: Too Close for Comfort
*Minor spoilers ahead* I eagerly anticipated the released of The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu for months; it is probably one of my favorite books, it provided a basis for my…
50 Best YA Books
As some (or most) of you may know, I am interning at Booklist in Chicago until the the end of May. In trying not to think about what’s going to…
The 2017 Reading Challenge
While perusing Pinterest today, trying to figure out ways to promote my latest review, I came across the POPSUGAR 2017 Reading Challenge. Yes, I realize we are already a quarter…