Hi friends! It's been a bit since my last post, and unsurprisingly, the quarter system is the culprit. 10-week terms are no joke. I always start a quarter feeling fresh and convinced that I can stay on top of doing school-work-life-blogging-booktubing-podcasting—so long as I have a plan!—and clearly, that just isn't the case. (Hasn't been…
Tag: Bookish
Review: The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
“Like all the rest, giving us impossibilities and calling them choices.” Goodreads Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel…
2022 Anticipated Releases 1.0
Hi friends! Today, I present to you the first edition of my most anticipated book releases for 2022! First things first: why "first edition" Cierra? Well, instead of doing one long post for every book being released in 2022, I decided I wanted to switch it up and do 4 quarterly anticipated releases posts throughout…
My 2021 in Books + 2022 Goals
Hello everyone! When this post goes live, it is New Year's Eve and I am probably excitedly awaiting the beginning of a new year! 2022...wow. Do you remember when we thought it was weird to say the year "twenty-twenty one" out loud? Time flies. One thing I appreciate about Goodreads is its annual "Year in…
Review: What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter
"That’s the problem with words. In my head, words are magic. My thoughts are eloquent and fierce. On the page, words are music. In the clicks of my keyboard, in the scratches of pencil meeting paper. In the beauty of the eraser, of the backspace key. On the page, the words in my head sing…
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