Tag: life of a reader

  • New Book Filter: Dystopian Novels

    New Book Filter: Dystopian Novels

    Hi, dearies! 👋

    Are you active on TikTok? I created a new filter, this time dedicated to Dystopian Books Old n’ New, if you have some time, don’t be shy and try it out.

    You can do book challenges with it, find a new book to read, or rank books depending on what random book you get.

    Let me know if you do use it, and you can tag me or share it with your friends who would like it as well. 😊📖

    That’s all I have today. Also, look out for the next one about Christmas, holiday-related books. 📚

    Thank you for stopping by… and don’t forget to follow if you’re not already. And on social media too.

    Happy Watching! 📚🍊

  • Welcome, September! Days later but it is here!

    Welcome, September! Days later but it is here!

    Happy September, dearies! 🍂

    Fall is almost here!

    Yes, it’s my favourite season! How did you guys know? 🤣

    Anyway, September is here, and perhaps it’ll be a great one for reading, even when I am still reading Dune because, my goodness what a long book. But I’m halfway through it so if that’s done soon, I’ll be able to move on to some romances that are waiting for me. Or a few fantasy books that I have on my TBR since forever, honestly, the list is long, and I cannot decide on one right now.

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  • Daily Prompt: I was looking for: what in the world was peremptory?

    Daily Prompt: I was looking for: what in the world was peremptory?

    What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?

    Hey, dearies! 📚

    Quick answer on this one. I am reading Dune and this word: peremptory. It came up and at first I kept reading for a few seconds then came back to it like, what is that? Did I understand the sentence?

    So, yes, I had to look for it online. And it means:

    adjective: peremptory
    insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way.

    Similar: brusque, imperious, high-handed, brisk

    Or in LAW
    not open to appeal or challenge; final.

    Similar: incontrovertible, irreversible.

    Hope you learned a new word as I did. 😄📖

  • Book Challenge: Last | Now | Next

    Book Challenge: Last | Now | Next

    Hello, dearies! 📚☀️

    Another day, another book challenge, or something like that.

    I saw this one for the Last book I read, the book I’m reading right Now, and the book I’ll read Next. But I’ve been a sort of inactive reader lately. I haven’t devoured many books in a month so this is spaced out a bit, though I suppose that doesn’t matter.

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  • Book Challenge: The Last Book that… 📖

    Book Challenge: The Last Book that… 📖

    It’s August! 👀

    Let’s do a book challenge because they’re fun. 📖

    Hello, dearies! Welcome to the blog!

    Have you heard my podcast? It’s live now on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Podcasts, and Youtube. Just in case you want to follow.

    Now, let’s go into this book challenge.

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  • 3 Easy Mystery Books to Read First

    3 Easy Mystery Books to Read First

    Hello, dearies! 📖

    I was going to do 5 mystery books to read but then I realized I couldn’t think past 3 books that I would recommend in this genre. Sorry, not sorry.

    This is not a genre that I particularly go crazy about in books, in movies and TV shows, I do like those a lot.

    So, the list is not long but these books are worth mentioning. Let’s begin. 🎃

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  • Book Characters to Hug

    Book Characters to Hug

    Hello, dearies! Welcome! 🤗📚

    I know you like these characters as much as I do, if you don’t then you should, for real, go read these books and fall for these characters, it’s worth it.

    If you are just curious, be prepared for a rambling of almost epic proportions. This post will probably make no sense, and this is a warning to bail while you can.

    Thank you for staying! 💖

    At times, I feel the uncontrollable need to reach inside a book, pull the characters out and hug them, bare in mind I’ll keep to the male ones, just because that’s how it is.

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  • Behind the Reader

    Behind the Reader

    Hey, dearies! How are you today?

    So, I remembered, realised, noticed, however you want to call it, that I don’t have much on me on the blog, though how obsessed I am with some books, characters and authors is also a statement.

    But today, I’m doing a bit of fast facts on me since I’m not only a reader but also a writer, a photography aficionado, a traveller, a sister, an aunt, a friend and many other things. But I’ll keep it short, as you know I do, sometimes.

    Behind the Reader

    Fast facts about me. I’ll number them.

    1. I’m a self-published author.
    2. I have a degree in Telecommunications Engineering.
    3. I don’t use my degree. I prefer to do other things that have little to do with telecommunications.
    4. I started writing when I was about fourteen? Before that, I kept journals of my daily life.
    5. One of the first books I read and loved and wanted more of was The Chamber of Secrets.
    6. I write better than I speak.
    7. I have an ISFP personality. I don’t think that’s much of a shock, but for those who don’t know, it stands for Introverted, Observant, Feeling, and Prospecting personality traits.
    8. I manage all my social media accounts.
    9. I create all of my content, and I design the covers of my own books.

    And that’s it. I just thought I should share a bit more since I feel like, at times, people don’t realise there is an actual person behind all of this. 🙂 Thank you for reading. And if you’re on any social media, find me as each.page or sela.ordaz.author or amanda_littrell_author.

    Happy Easter Week! 🐰

  • Didn’t Finish, Did Finish Book Challenge

    Didn’t Finish, Did Finish Book Challenge

    Hello, dearies! I hope your day/night is going well.

    This book challenge was originally, did not finish do not care, but as that is a little too much for me, on the negative side. I decided to give it my own spin and share three books that I didn’t finish and did finish, and why.

    Enjoy! 📲

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  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (The Book)

    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (The Book)

    Book: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

    Author: JK Rowling under Newt Scamander

    Genre: Fantasy

    Hello, dearies! 📚

    Guess what? The new Fantastic Beasts film is coming up next month, yes, that is April of 2022. Are you excited? I am. 🤩

    Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, or simply The Secrets of Dumbledore. Directed by David Yates and screenplay by J. K. Rowling; Steve Kloves, you know that what’s happening in the movie is for real because JK has a hand on it, like she did in the past Fantastic Beasts movies.

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