I can’t really tell the difference between purple prose and actually beautiful writing sometimes. If you don’t know what purple prose is, it’s writing that’s overly ornate to the point that it’s all flowery language and almost no substance. You know the type – it takes two or three pages to describe a person, an … More Book Blogger Confessions (13)

I don’t proofread (much). If you’ve read any of my blog posts, this might be obvious – I’m not really sure, since I don’t, you know, read over my posts after I type them out. I know, it’s horrible, especially for a writer/former sort-of English major. What can I say – I think all the … More Book Blogger Confessions (12)

Since I’ve briefly touched on the anxiety and related problems I’ve been having lately, you probably wouldn’t be surprised to hear that I’m not the most confident, sure-of-myself person in the world. I can definitely feel insecure about myself, and I often turn to books to comfort myself. The problem is: what do I do … More Book Blogger Confessions (11)

As the holiday season fast approaches (are you stocked up on candy yet?), thoughts of holiday traveling and reading are starting to dance in my head. I’m the type of person who always packs way more books than I’ll actually read, which can frustrate my family members but keeps me entertained in the car so … More Book Blogger Confessions (10)

Today is a Tuesday, which normally means another Top Ten Tuesday post, but I decided to do a single Book Blogger Confessions post instead of the topic (which was ten blogging confessions, which I’m not sure I’d be able to come up with!). So, enjoy a rare non-TTT Tuesday! For this post, I’m going to reveal … More Book Blogger Confessions (9)

Even if you’ve never met me in person (and if you’re reading this, I really doubt you have, because I don’t tell people I know about my blog, other than my sister), you can probably guess that I’m kind of a shy person. I don’t comment on other people’s blogs nearly as much as I … More Book Blogger Confessions (8)

In you couldn’t tell by the huge number of books I’ve read in this genre for the past year and a half or so, I’ve been on a bit of a contemporary genre kick. I still read paranormal books, but definitely not as much as I used to, and I often like cleansing my palette … More Book Blogger Confessions (7)

I decided to write this post last month: I had checked out Just One Year, the sequel to Gayle Forman’s Just One Day, a book that had certainly gotten mixed reviews (either gushing or kind of dismal) and that was making me kind of dread finishing the book before it because it meant having to … More Book Blogger Confessions (6)

I like shipping couples. I like seeing the cute moments between a couple before and after they become a couple. I actually like the fact that pretty much all YA books have romances these days. But sometimes I worry. Why? I worry because sometimes I think I only root for couples because I like the … More Book Blogger Confessions (5)

This is a confession that makes me feel kind of bad, but I’ll go ahead and say it: sometimes I worry that I’m becoming a book snob. Before I got into blogging and read a lot of YA books, I didn’t seem to care about the protagonist so much. No, that sounds strange – I mean … More Book Blogger Confessions (4)