By: Stephanie Wyatt A cinnamon roll character has three primary definitions. 1) A sweet, supportive, and kind hero. 2) A person who is perceived as being sweet and lovable. 3) A good person, sweet, kind, supportive, and too good for this world. Here are a few of my favorites because I feel I could write... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! This week we're talking about mental health rep in books. Good rep in books is really important to me and so many others. Not only can it help readers connect to characters and stories similar to their own, but it can help fight harmful stigmas. For a full list of... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! Today's all about young adult books! Now, the definition of YA varies depending on who you ask, so to help me narrow down the list, I'm just including books with main characters 18 or younger (to my recollection). I primarily read YA, making it really hard choosing which to include!... Continue Reading →
By: Stephanie Wyatt I have so many books I want to read before November. (Iron Flame, the sequel to Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros comes out 11 / 7. Then, House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas comes out 1/ 30.) Here's a few from an ever growing list: Shatter Me Series by... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! Have you ever imagined yourself in place of a character, wishing you could be them even for a short time? Well, here are some characters I would switch places with if given the chance (pretending it's during a time of peace, of course)! For a full list of the Friday... Continue Reading →
By: Mariah Brown For more Friday Favorites prompts, check out this page. Bloggers, don’t forget to add you list to the linky at the end! The first book that I want to talk about for sequels is A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer. I absolutely loved this series and loved this second and... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! Does anyone else just love those characters who are unapologetically them? They're usually the ones who find themselves in trouble because they do what they want, but they're also strong and fierce, and when they care about someone or something, they put their whole heart in. For a full list... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! In honor of Mother's Day, and upcoming Father's Day, I thought it would be fun to talk about our favorite parents in books (or parental figures). Here are just some of mine! Because many of these are sequel series, there will be some spoilers... For a full list of the... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Blurb Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her. In only a few short weeks, she has seen her father murdered, her plans to become parabatai with her best friend, Lucie, destroyed, and her marriage to James Herondale crumble before her eyes. Even worse, she is now bound to an ancient... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Hello! It's that time again. WWW Wednesday is a weekly reading update hosted by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? I read multiple books at a time, so I'm only going to... Continue Reading →
Functionally Fictional 