Girls on tumblr will say the most craziest thing and the only hashtag would be smt like “bunny speaks 🕊️🤗🫧”

Thinking about bodies bodies bodies and Rachel Sennott tonight

All I want to do is to see Monica Bellucci on my screen all day long

I need my fellow Derry girls enthusiasts

Probably one of my favourite lines from the book

“The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.”

- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Growing as a reader

I just wanted to talk a little about my experience reading through the years.

I’m relatively young and I feel there’s so much for me to discover and learn and read about. I have been reading since I was 11-12, I remember picking up Carrie by Stephen King as my first book, and although to me personally that was a mistake for a first book, it didn’t deter me to continue and learn more.

I have had this realisation recently on how the internet has influenced my reading taste and that was the main thing I wanted to talk about in this post.

Before being influenced by booktok or even booktube I would go out there to LOOK for books that interest me, picking books based on the their synopsis, of course the internet still used to inspire me to pick up some books, however at that point it felt like I was slowing building my own personal taste in reading, finding out what I like and want may not interest me as much, and because of this I feel my reading library was much more diverse and interesting at the mere age of 14 as compared to now. I used to read everything from kafka to John Green. And because I was reading all of these books because I genuinely was interested in them I feel like my overall year in reading were much more exciting.

Since being introduced to booktok and booktube, I have been able to find so many more books, many authors that I didn’t even know existed, and all of this does have a positive impact, in fact I have entire lists of books I want to read based on it being recommended online, however, I couldn’t help but notice the lacklustre feeling I have been getting with my reading experience these past 2 years. I noticed I was reading books based on their hype and if I saw a book being talked about more than 3 times I would be compelled to read them. That didn’t get me anywhere, as most of these books that were being hyped or talked about didn’t actually capture my attention and I still read them all, all of which lead to me having read all these books that I wouldn’t have even read in the first place throughout the year.

Of course, this is not me bashing booktok or booktube, I think it has to do with me. I get the urge to read a book if it is being mentioned more than a few times not realising that I don’t have to read every single book, I can’t possibly do that. What matters is reading the right books that suit you.

This is the reason I am trying to focus on reading books based on whether I am interested in their synopsis and plot and generally reading what I want to read. I also started this blog out of impulse to come here once in a while to talk and update. My idea going forward this year is to read all the books in my physical tbr (around 23 books) and re-read a bunch of books to kind of fall back in love with reading and books.

I am always up to taking recommendations online though, I hope to share my reads and eventually mutually share recommendations and have discussions here, or just chill honestly.

This was kind of like an introduction post talking about my reading goals this year, that’s all 🤍🤍

Starting a blog

I don’t really know what this space will entail but I am hoping to contain book reviews, opinions, quotes, and in general all things reading along with a pinch of movies and tv shows fangirling. Follow if you’d be interested in coming along 🤍🤍🤍