Thursday 3 June 2021

review: happily ever afters

i love stories about writers. 

and cheeky rom-com vibes 

they make my heart happy

and "happily ever afters" by elsie bryant is at the top of my list! 


We follow Tessa, who recently moved to a new area

and just starting a new prestigious school for the arts 

where she spends her time writing stories

and looking after her brother while her parents are working. 

Tessa's across the street neighbor, Sam, also goes to the fancy art school

but for culinary arts...

much to the teasing of the childhood classmates who have been there for a while now. 

Tessa is nervous when she starts out. luckily, an issue with her monthly friend provides her with a new best friend 


as the story progresses, her writing does not. 

with the help of her childhood best friend, they realize that Tessa's writing is at a stand-still because her life is. 

Write what you know, after all. 

so in order to continue with her romance story, she needs to experience a romance. 

in walks Nico. the IRL character from her story who is also in her writing classes. 

little does she know, the romance she's been looking for has been in her sights the whole time 


super cute YA love story! 

i love when the writing of a story is just real. 

nerdy references and delicious snacks ; what could be better? 

predictable in the sense of it's a love story. 

and i mean, its called "happily ever afters" 

but you still want to binge it in one sitting


... which i did :) 

5/5 stars ! 


a teal background. a dark skinned girl sits at her laptop which is covered in nerdy stickers. a cupcake sits beside her laptop


Wednesday 2 June 2021

May you always know where the library is

 well

another banger month 

i'm so happy i'm getting all this reading done 



19 for the month! 
 
- go the distance
- house of whispers
- forbidden secrets
- truthwitch
- blubber 
- breathless
- the poppy war
- the intimacy experiment 
- windwitch
- sightwitch
- the cheerleader
- bromance book club 
- undercover bromance
 - crazy stupid bromance 
- midnight sun 
- the colour purple 
- that was then, this is now
- facing the music & living to talk about it 
- writers and lovers 


DNF'd deadly education which made me sad. i really wanted to love it. 
and i'm half way through bloodwitch, which technically will fall under june finish

putting me at 65/100 for the year. 
small goal, but i think i can do it. 
and possibly surpass it *gasp* 




another month of library holds awaits me
plus my own tbr 

- a thousand pieces of you trilogy 
- a quiet kind of thunder 
- a court of silver flames 
- you may now kill the bride / wrong girl 
 - freed 

and whatever happens to come in from the library 
ACOSF is scaring me but i'm hopeful 


well. may is always an adventure. between my birthday (which manfriend did his best to make special in lockdown <3 ) and my first mothers day (which was even better than my birthday <3 ) and just beautiful weather ... this month was pretty darn amazing. we're making progress on the yard work and making the house more "ours" since the lady before us left a mess behind of things we don't want. i'm even getting manfriend to paint a bit this summer, muhaha.  mama life is still fun, kid sleeps like it's going outa style most days which i am so thankful for. plus, hes cute so yay.  work is still UBER slow which is superduper frustrating but means i get more time for hobbies so ... *shrugs* 

really trying to work on my insta' growing. usually i don't care about the numbers but they've been too low, even for me. so if you're reading this, and not following me there yet, please do *grins* 

i really want to get back into my writing. i pulled out a new fancy notebook (that i was going to get rid of but then i couldn't) and it's just been sitting there... might try and do July NaNo *fingers crossed* but we'll see how i feel 

pokemon snap was also very addictive this month and i had a blast with it. some of those photo challenges are HARD though. like, oy. 

there are also a few WIPs on my hook that i need to finish crocheting. 

and my cousin and i want to start doing "scrapbook nights" about once a month to motivate each other. that'd be nice since her and i dont get a lot of time together sans children. 

SO MANY THINGS! so little time. sigh. 

i'd also like to take up sewing. double sigh. 


man, oh, man. 

STAY SAFE ! <3 

- A