The top ten books that I loved the very most (okay, some are series so there’s more than ten) in 2021. Anddd the ten books that I hated the very most in 2021. Shooting for a more enjoyable reading year next year. 🤞🏼

Surprising books I read and DNFed in December. Like finishing a book I’ve once DNFed and not finishing a book the whole world loves. 🤪 Also a lengthy baby and life update. Happy New Year friends!

Merry Christmas and happy holidays y’all! Like most Christmas loving people, I watched a handful of Christmas movies this December - mostly on the Hallmark channel and they were mostly bad. Let’s discuss!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Not Christmas, the 2022 PopSugar Reading Challenge was released, hooray! This list brings me so much joy every year because if there’s anything I love more than books, it’s making a list of books. I love diving into these prompts and finding books I love that will fit them. Try the challenge! It’s great fun.

I have a goal to read the backlists of my favorite authors, whether I just stumbled on them recently or they’ve been my favorite since high school. The problem is that I also want to re-read all of the books I have already read of theirs because I have a goldfish brain. So I will likely read all the same books I have already read and then run out of time in the year to read any of the books I haven’t read yet, thus perpetuating the cycle. It’s fine. I will never not have a massive TBR. I know this. You should by now too.

Holy cow she read ten books this month. Unfortunately they were all pretty much duds. But we are going to ruthlessly DNF next month in hopes that we read some gems!

Just a fun list of winter-y, Christmas books for you to add to your TBR and for me to add to mine and then probably never read. ‘Tis the damn season! ❄️

Holidays are my favorite part of life so it’s fitting that they are also what bring out the trauma in me, right? I cover my opinions on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas and while I say ‘unpopular’ I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking these things. Some may piss you off though (we aren’t doing Santa… start a riot!) What are your strong holiday opinions? Wishing you all the best this holiday season either way! 🤍

Happy Red Taylor’s Version weekend! Part 2 of figuring out my favorite Taylor Swift albums and songs. In this one we work through her four albums during her 20’s. These four definitely have clear cut styles to them and I definitely have my preferences. As always peep the pregnancy emotions coming through in full force. And please tell me what your favorite albums and songs are! ❤️

In honor of November being Taylor Swift month, I present to you my breakdown of her first three albums; Taylor Swift, Fearless, and Speak Now - aka the teenage years. These albums really encompass what it’s like to be in high school, have your heart broken, and be totally enamored by a boy. I met my husband during these years so I obviously have strong feelings. Which songs do you love from these three albums? (Also 89 how perfect.)

Remember when I used to have hour long wrap ups? *Sigh* me too. Workin with what we’ve got this month! The books I read and one I DNF’ed.

All of 2021’s newest publications from July through December. Because I don’t have enough books on my TBR and of course I needed more.

Basically: f***, marry, kill for books. Inspired by the love of my life Katie Colsen of course. Which books do I love enough to include but am I also willing to burn? So violent.

Just feed your babies. The rest doesn’t matter, okay? But here are the reasons behind my decision to formula feed from the start. Play nice. 😇

The measly amount of books I read this month, but it was literally the best I could do. Thankfully they were mostly great. Slight pregnancy update, basically I’m dying. 😅

Back at it again stealing from Little Free Libraries. This was at the beginning of summer so it’s slightly expired by now and I still don’t have the LFL up but it’s in the works I promise! Also enjoy a funny quip about how I’m not pregnant. Oh to be young again.

Trope is one of my favorite words! However, there are plenty of tropes that occur in books that make me roll my eyes. I thought this list would be easier to create but I definitely must have forgotten some. Let me know your least favorite book tropes!

The top 56 books shelved on ‘read’ according to GoodReads right now. Why 56 and not 50? Great question. My guess is because they had to include both Obama’s in the list. 😇

The most pitiful book wrap up to ever exist, with some pregnancy nausea sprinkled in. I’m doing my best here, friends. Let’s all cross our fingers that September is a better month. 🤞🏼

I absolutely love reading books when I find out they’re being made into a movie so I thought this would be fun to compare books and their movies (or tv shows!) I randomly cover The Fault in Our Stars twice so just ignore that. What’s your favorite book to movie adaptation?

Surprise! The little baby we thought would never happen is somehow on it’s way! Shocked would be putting it mildly but I decided to ramble on about finding out, all the yucky stuff happening currently, and everything else baby related. I honestly ramble too much, get this girl a podcast. Oh wait.

Would you ship Brooke Davis and Chuck Bass together? First of all, yes. Second of all, what???? Rip it or ship it is a game where you choose characters at random and see if you’d ‘rip’ the relationship or ‘ship’ the relationship. Some of these pairings suck but some of them were perfection. 😙👌🏻

What if all of the Avengers actors blipped and someone else had to fill in? Who can throw hands like Natasha and fly through the air on a web like Spider-Man? My answers might be trash according to my brother, but I do think I have some good ideas! His are possibly more logical but who cares if it makes sense… right? Happy to say we both found the best spot for Leonardo DiCaprio, so it’s all good. 😎

Comin’ atcha vlog style… sort of. This month I decided to record my thoughts on each book as soon as I finished a book and the style is… interesting. Apologies in advance for having to turn your volume up and down!

In KC with my husband and sister, talking about moral and ethical dilemmas. One of us is active, one of us is passive, and one of us is a little all over the place. Where do you stand?

Scouring GoodReads for all of the newest publications from January to June. Aka just making a giant TBR. Some random gems in here I haven’t heard anyone talk about! ✨

Saw this ‘tag’ on YouTube and wanted to do it! The best books so far this year, the biggest disappointments, the characters I adore, what I’m looking forward to, and everything in between.

Summer reads, few DNF’s, and some thrillers… in my opinion? All the books I read or attempted to read during June! ☀️

Where all my Super Nova, Cheetah, Spies at? Ranking Disney Channel Original Movies and sharing some trivia I stumbled upon. The High School Musical fact is wild.

Me playing Robin Hood with little free libraries. Lots of looking at cute houses, car sounds, bookstagram rants, book of the month club love, and more. This is absurdly long for no reason. Put me on for some background noise - ride with me!

Queen of list making made another list. All of the books I’ve been most excited to read but haven’t yet for whatever reason. Will mood reader Sam ruin this for type A Sam? We’ll see! Happy summer!

A series I hate that everyone loves, a series that I love that everyone hates? Who can be too sure? What a random month. Wrap up!

You know when you *just know* that you’ll hate something before you try it? That’s basically what the anti-haul is all about. All the books that I won’t be reading, thank you very much. Change my mind.

Tommy and I go through our favorite movies for various genres. What hasn’t aged well and what movies are our guilty pleasures? Do you have any of the same favorites? Come see! And don’t forget to take a drink every time you hear Kevin Bacon! 🍻

Did you know Channing Tatum auditioned for Twilight? My bestie, Tiffany, and I discussed who we think could or should be in a Twilight Reimagined situation... we’re casting directors now. Basically, this is us talking about who we think is hot, the definition of ugly hot & hot ugly, and some celeb gossip I’m behind on! Happy birthday Tiffany! ✨

All of the books I DNF’d last year for one reason or another. Which books will I give another chance and which were just terrible? In myyyyy opinion. ✌🏼

The Gilmore Girls readathon didn’t go exactly as planned. I read one book that I absolutely loved and think everyone else will too - but there’s one book everyone loved that I put on the same shelf as Where the Crawdads Sing. And a mini hostessing rant. Enjoy!

Surprisingly, this book was significantly better than the first. Not surprisingly, I had a whole lot of thoughts about it. Spoiler alert, I’m not holding back any of the plot points so be warned!

My dive into Ginny & Georgia, part 2 of 2... including my very favorite moment from the show, oppression Olympics, and alllll of the Taylor Swift drama.

My favorite moments from the Netflix show Ginny & Georgia. Kind of a deep dive, kind of a love letter to Georgia Miller. I’m obsessed. This is part one of two: covering the intro, some next level rich people shit, and Halloween bitches!

Woof. Not the best reading month. Enjoy a DNF of a current cult favorite and a big ole’ rant about a book I did finish.

As a mood reader, picking out a list of books in advance doesn’t usually work out but slap the word ‘readathon’ on it and maybe I can get behind it. I found books that could be associated with various aspects of the show Gilmore Girls and plan to read a bunch next month. Join me!

An ode to the best mom probs podcast #neverthoughtid where they talk about the woes and hilarity of parenting. Thanks so much to Sara for being my partner in crime for this one. Part 2 of 2. (Apologies for the moments in the conversation that cut out, very professional over here.)

An ode to the best mom probs podcast #neverthoughtid where they talk about the woes and hilarity of parenting. Thanks so much to Sara for being my partner in crime for this one. Part 1 of 2. (Apologies for the moments in the conversation that cut out, very professional over here.)

Wowza I read a lot of books in February! From my favorite February tradition revisiting the To All the Boys series... to a whole bunch of other random titles. Shout out to Molly’s Darth Vader breathing throughout.

Celebrating my first year of podcasting. One podcast for every week for a full year! Plans for the future, fun get to know you games, and bookstagram pet peeves. (Let me know what Kardashian sister you are, thank you so much!) Special thanks to you for sticking around this long! 🤍

Happy birthday to me! For this episode I just wanted to talk about something light and fun and something that I love - Disney movies just seemed to fit. My plan was to rank my favorites but that got a little tricky. What’s your favorite Disney movie? Is it the same as mine?

A whole bunch of things I’ve been lovely lately, or hope to be loving after my birthday passes if ya know what I mean. Lots of winter goodness here because - COLD. ❄️