2018 · Adult · African Literature · Book Tag · Bookish · Children's Book · Chronic Pain Rep · Contemporary · Curiosity-Quills · Diversity · Entangled Teen · Eric smith · Farrar, Straus, and Giroux ( FSG) · HMH Books for Young Readers · Kim Savage · LGBTQIA · Lisa Brown Roberts · Lydia Kang · magic · Mental Illness · New Adult · Own Voices · Pintip Dunn · Rachel Hartman · Retellings · Sci-Fi · SFF · Steam Punk · Top # in # · Top 18 in 2018 · Tyrolin Puxty · WOC · YA

Top 18 in 2018: Awesome Books I Read in 2018

I really enjoyed working on this annual series last year, so I have decided to do it again for 2018. Today, I will be sharing with you my favorite 18 books that I have read this year. If you want to check my review for any specific title, then feel free to click on its…… Continue reading Top 18 in 2018: Awesome Books I Read in 2018

2019 · Bookish · Creative Writing · Journal · Mental Health Monday · Mental Illness · Poem · Poetry · Through the Shattered Glass

Through the Shattered Glass #7 / #MentalHealthMonday

About the series : In case the title didn’t give it all, Through the Shattered Glass is going to be my Grey Journal. I am going to document my lowest, darkest moments in life. It is also a Journal, but it will only display my darkest days, perhaps even a bit about the aftermath. ************************************** A…… Continue reading Through the Shattered Glass #7 / #MentalHealthMonday

Creative Writing · Journal · Mental Health Monday · Mental Illness · Thinking out Loud · Through the Shattered Glass

Thinking Out Loud #2 / Mental Health Monday:​ Is the term Self-Care being exploited?

Today’s Thinking Out Loud blog post is here to extend what my ” Through the Shattered Glass” series talks about.   In TTSG, I usually only discuss my personal experiences with mental health. Today on TOL, I want to start an ongoing conversation about something mental health-related, self-care. A couple of days ago, I came across…… Continue reading Thinking Out Loud #2 / Mental Health Monday:​ Is the term Self-Care being exploited?

2018 · Book Writing... · Bookish · Creative Writing · Depression · Diversity · I Graduated, Now What?! · Introduction · Journal · Mental Illness · Muslim · Poetry · Short Story · Thinking out Loud · Yes, I am a Muslim

Update-Thinking Out Loud #1: Where I have been & where I am going

Well hello there. I was supposed to post my review of Toxic by Lydia Kang, but it is getting pretty dark up there. my heart is racing while my body is idle, and my soul is sinking into this dark hole, while my body stays sitting on the shore.  A can of worms is now…… Continue reading Update-Thinking Out Loud #1: Where I have been & where I am going

2018 · Bookish · Diversity · Entangled Teen · Eric smith · Fantasy · Fiction · Flux · Flux Books · Lydia Kang · Mental Illness · Quotes I Devoured This Month · Romance · Sci-Fi · Thriller · Urban Fantasy · Wrap Up · YA

Quotes I Devoured This Month: Nov 2018

(A monthly wrap up with a twist.) P.S: I think I am finally over my reading & blogging slump, so more reviews and journal entries will be posted very soon. “Will I be a terrible person for feeling joy again? Custom says I should be sad. Sad for a long time. But I am tired,…… Continue reading Quotes I Devoured This Month: Nov 2018

Book Writing... · Creative Writing · Dystopian · Fantasy · Greek Mythology · Mental Illness · Own Voices · Sci-Fi · SFF · YA

Book Writing #1: Camp NanoWrimo Week 1 Wrap Up!

What is Book Writing…? Click here to read all about this new blog series. I will be honest with you all. I have done Camp NanoWrimo before, but I never managed to stick to it throughout the entire month, writing a max of 7K words in total. This time though, things have changed. I rediscovered…… Continue reading Book Writing #1: Camp NanoWrimo Week 1 Wrap Up!

Book Writing... · Bookish · Camp NanoWrimo · Creative Writing · Introduction · Mental Illness · NanoWrimo · Own Voices · SFF · YA

Introducing: Book Writing…

  In January 2016, Christine from PolandBananasBooks started a series on Youtube called Book Writing, where she documented her book writing journey. The idea might be simple, but it is genius! Imagine having a place where all of the thoughts, emotions, and issues that you went through while writing a book, were documented and saved. I…… Continue reading Introducing: Book Writing…

Book Review · Bookish · Disney Press · Fairy Tale Retelling · Fantasy · Liz Braswell · Mental Illness · Retellings · YA

Book Review- Once Upon a Dream (Twisted Tales #2) : This lyrical Sleeping Beauty retelling will take you on a luscious, insane journey .

Links: Goodreads  .  Amazon    Blurb: What if the sleeping beauty never woke up? Once Upon a Dreammarks the second book in a new YA line that reimagines classic Disney stories in surprising new ways. It should be simple–a dragon defeated, a slumbering maiden, a prince poised to wake her. But when said prince falls asleep…… Continue reading Book Review- Once Upon a Dream (Twisted Tales #2) : This lyrical Sleeping Beauty retelling will take you on a luscious, insane journey .

Bingo · Book Review · Bookish · Depression · Diversity · Fantasy · Fiction · Mental Illness · MHBingo · Non-Fiction · YA

#MHBookBingo 2018 Wrap Up!

  Ayah, it is the 9th of February!!! Isn’t it  kind of too late for you to post this?  *Sighs* I know, I know! However, I am still going to do this. Last month, January, we (Wendy, Sar, Laura, Inge, Christine, and yours truly) hosted our very 1st Mental Health Book Bingo. To learn more about this, click here. We hosted…… Continue reading #MHBookBingo 2018 Wrap Up!

Book Review · Bookish · Depression · Mental Illness · MHBingo · Non-Fiction · Own Voices

Book Review- Ending the Cycle of Abuse:”He decided that he can get over it by just saying that he is what he sets himself to be.”

I loved the title because it showed that you can still be okay and move on with your life despite your childhood trauma. However………… What I liked: The author failing many times after deciding to try to no tallow the past influence his present and future. This was so realistic and authentic that I was…… Continue reading Book Review- Ending the Cycle of Abuse:”He decided that he can get over it by just saying that he is what he sets himself to be.”