Hullo, world! Only three more days until my blogiversary...I am counting down the days. We had a few days of sunshine, and now it’s back to the thick grey clouds and dripping rain. Oh, well. I suppose rainy days are nice in their own ways. Today, I will be sharing My Thoughts on The June… Continue reading My Thoughts on The June Boys
Hullo, world! It’s Wednesday again. (For some strange reason, I kept thinking it was still Tuesday.) Sadly, we’ve lost all the sunshine and it’s back to being Rain-couver. Very sad. Today, I will share with you my 5 Favourite Contemporary YA Reads (+1!) I actually don’t really read contemporary books so much, so I had… Continue reading 5 Favourite Contemporary YA Reads
Hullo, World! Another beautiful day! Albeit, I am confined to bed. I’ve had a fever of over 38 degrees Celsius since Sunday, and had to go in for a PCR test. (Good old PCR machine...I really wanted to see a medical size one!) Thankfully, I did not have COVID 19. It was just a flu.… Continue reading 7 Japanese Authors I Love
Hullo, world! It’s back to the rainy seasons again...The sunshine was good while it lasted! How are you hanging in while this quarantine seems to drag on forever? I’m trying to wolf down my pile of books, but I have been sloshing off the classics I’m supposed to be reading and have been reading YA...Let’s… Continue reading 10 Fantastical Books to Read at Home
Good afternoon! (Or, late afternoon.) Welcome to S. J.’s monthly tea party! Today, we have a theme for our tea party: Movies! We’ll sit down in a sitting room, and we’ll have desserts and herbal tea as we chat about movies, both the good ones and the bad ones! (By this, I mean what I… Continue reading Afternoon Tea with SJ: Movie Edition!
Hullo, World! Today I’ll be writing to conclude the mini series, Love, Author. With everything shut down (even the library!), I didn’t have to go anywhere in a rush or have to balance school work with my millions of activities (research, karate, music school, etc.). Which was good. Actually, more than good…(Secretly hoping every week… Continue reading The Unofficial Guide to Love Writing When it Hurts
Hej! Hur är läget? In case you didn't understand, this is the Swedish way of greeting--Hello, what's up? And the reason I'm attempting Swedish is quite simply because.... The author I'm stalking today is Astrid Lindgren! Not many people I’ve talked to are Lindgren-enthusiasts. So the first thing to do is introduce who this amazing… Continue reading Stalking Authors: Astrid Lindgren
Hello, world! I apologize greatly for how I’d suddenly dropped off the blog-space last week. An unforeseen illness confined me to bed. But I am well again, so that’s what matters. I'm officially back in service. Today we have the acclaimed king of the fantasy genre: J. R. R. Tolkien! I’ve just finally gotten around… Continue reading Stalking Authors: J. R. R. Tolkien
First, I must try to convey to you the best I can at how excited I am for finally having the chance to start a new blog series. The blog series, Stalking Authors, is consisted of four interview-style sessions with my four legendary authors. The Ideal Bookham Routine: 8:00 Breakfast 9:00 Reading/Writing 11:00 Tea 1:00… Continue reading Stalking Authors: C. S. Lewis
There are always authors I can't help but admire when they pull off that impossible kind of story that you have to give it a review of five stars to the fifth power. And then there are authors that you would die for. Like I mentioned in the post before, there are countless authors and… Continue reading The Four Legendary Authors
