I Feel the Need to Apologize…

...even though I read a great blog post a couple months ago telling bloggers that they shouldn't feel ashamed/guilty that "real life" has gotten in the way of their blogging. (I can't remember where I read it now.) Because yes, while I absolutely love blogging (it's been almost two years now!), I still have a …

Kami-Con!

This post is several weeks late. I'm still not exactly sure what happened to my time last week (or this weekend), but it seems like I'm running out of time everywhere in my life. (Also, can we switch to a four-day work week? A two-day weekend is not enough time to recover.) Long story short, though, …

Meet Kiki!

Well, Internet, I went and did something on Friday that I have been wanting to do ever since I moved out on my own: I adopted my very own kitty! As backstory, this cat has been living on a friend's porch for several months. I saw her at our X-Wing Christmas party (Steven had to …

I’m Not Dead! (+ UPDATESSSS)

All right. I know I've been MIA for a few weeks now. (Except for that scheduled post from Wednesday, which honestly surprised me when I got a notification from WordPress that my scheduled post had been published. I'd forgotten all about it.) However, I'm back, and I've got a few exciting announcements! FIRST AND FOREMOST, I …

The Problem with YA Fiction: Relationships

A few days ago I came across this post on Dreamy Reads, which details some of the problems with YA fiction. She mentions love triangles and everyone having a boyfriend/girlfriend by the end of a book/series, and getting treated like you're weird if you don't have one by a certain age. I, of course, added …

The End of August

I need time to slow down. Today is August 31, and I'm foregoing my usual First Impression Friday post in order to write down my thoughts on August. For the record, here's the Post Breakdown for August: Top 5 Tuesdays: Five Bookish Maps Book Tag Thursdays: The Birthday Book Tag Three Bookish Things Tag Book …

Travel Diary – Asheville

This past weekend, I turned 24. I also visited a new city for the very first time - Asheville, North Carolina. Steven's best friend has a vacation condo there, and we were offered the use of it if we would go and make sure everything was in good working order (and we had to meet …