Top Ten Tuesday: Traits I Like in Characters (Sorted by Character Class/Type)

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Artsy Reader Girl. This week's topic is "Traits I Like in Characters," but I decided to get a little more specific, because honestly, there are a LOT of traits that I like in characters. And a couple of years ago I realized that there are specific …

Diversity Spotlight Thursday: SFF Music Mania

Hmm? What's that noise, you ask? Well, that's the sound of a dead meme rising from the ashes. Diversity Spotlight Thursday is back, baby. So this is a weekly meme that was created by Aimal from Bookshelves & Paperbacks (though she's not hosting it anymore), and the idea is that each week you come up …

Top Ten Tuesday – Settings I Want to See More of in Fiction

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now being hosted by The Artsy Reader. I've been telling myself that I'll try out a TTT topic for over a year now, but I never actually took the plunge. But I saw posts for this week's topic pop up in my …

Fantasy Books & Games for Mental Health Awareness Month (Why I Need More Mental Health Rep in Adult Fantasy)

  May is Wyrd & Wonder and mental health awareness month, so it only makes sense to celebrate the 31st by smooshing them together into one post. I meant to write this on Wednesday for Top 5 Wednesday, but I've been zonked out on allergy meds all week (one day the pharmaceuticals will develop a …

Top 5 Wednedsay – BFFs in Fantasy (plus musings about intimacy, societal expectations, and friendships in western vs eastern media)

The prompt for this week is actually BFFs in SFF, but since this is Wyrd and Wonder month, I figured I'd just stick to fantasy. Also, a special shout-out to Locke Lamora and Jean Tannen who totally would have made the list, but things were turning into a bit of a sausage fest so I …

Top 5 Wednesday – Characters That Embody the Hufflepuff House

Happy Wednesday! I know I said I'd be back to a semi-normal schedule last week, but I've been suffering from a case of "Oh god, my reviews and posts are flaming piles of garbage" and "WHAT ARE WORDS????" which has had the added benefit of wreaking havoc on my reading pace. Fun, fun times. But …

Top 5 Wednesday – Independent Ladies

“Top 5 Wednesday” is a weekly meme currently hosted on Goodreads by Sam of Thoughts on Tomes in which you list your top 5 for the week’s chosen topic. This week's topic is: independent ladies! Favorite leading ladies who aren't distracted from getting shit done by their love interest (they can still have a romance subplot …

Top 5 Wednesday – Favourite Hopepunk Books of 2018

“Top 5 Wednesday” is a weekly meme currently hosted on Goodreads by Sam of Thoughts on Tomes in which you list your top 5 for the week’s chosen topic. This week's a freebie so I made up my own prompt: Favourite hopepunk books of 2018. And I kind of chose it to showcase books that I …

Top 5 Wednesday – Books at the Top of My TBR

“Top 5 Wednesday” is a weekly meme currently hosted on Goodreads by Sam of Thoughts on Tomes in which you list your top 5 for the week’s chosen topic. This week's topic is: Top of Your TBR. And...that's it. No fancy rewording for this one; it's what it says on the tin. (Though I did limit …

Top 5 WedTuesday – Disappointing Books of 2018 That I Still Appreciate

"Kathy. I think it's time for an intervention." "Uh, I have no idea what you're talking about. As usual." "'Top 5 WedTuesday'? Published one day before the next Top 5 Wednesday?" "Oh, get off my back. You make it sound like I do this every other week. This is literally the first--" "And speaking of …