Title: My Nonidentical Twin: What I’d like you to know about living with Tourette’s Author: Evie Meg – This Trippy Hippie Dates read: 08/03/26 – 01/07/26 Rating ⭐️⭐️3/4 (2.75 stars) Publisher: Sphere Number of pages: 251 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: health, memoir Book blurb: Happy-go-lucky Evie Meg …
July Goals: More of What Makes Me Happy
One thing I’ve realised over the last few months is that my monthly goals have become less about productivity and more about paying attention to the life I actually want to be living. A year ago I’d probably have filled this list with book counts, review targets and blogging schedules. …
June 2026 Reading Wrap Up
A Full Life Is Better Than a Full TBR For a long time, I measured a reading month by one thing: how many books I finished. Three books? That would have felt disappointing. Now, looking back at June, I don’t see a disappointing month at all. I see one that …
What I’m Reading and Thinking About | June 7, 2026
This week marks the end of my academic year, which means for the first time in months I don’t have an assignment hanging over my head. It’s a very strange feeling. I’m not entirely convinced I’ve remembered how to relax yet, but I’m looking forward to finding out. 📚 What …
March 2026 Reading Wrap Up
March had absolutely no plan. No TBR. No structure. No ‘I will read X books this month.’ Just vibes, mood shifts, and whatever my brain decided it could focus on that day. And somehow… I finished five books. 🌱 March Intentions 📖 Read gently 🎨 Create something small 🧡 Protect …
February 2026 Reading Wrap-Up
The One-Book Month February was… quieter. Not in life – absolutely not in life – but in reading. I finished one book. And instead of pretending that didn’t happen, or dressing it up as something hyper-productive, I want to be honest about it – because this year I’m trying to …
Faction Pressure, Identity, and the Cost of Choice (Thoughts on Insurgent by Veronica Roth)
One of the things Insurgent makes harder to ignore than Divergent ever did is this: the faction system is not just restrictive – it is actively violent. Not always in loud, obvious ways. Not only through executions or faction wars. But through the constant, grinding demand that people reduce themselves …
Book Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Title: Insurgent (Divergent #2) Author: Veronica Roth Dates read: 27/12/25 – 19/01/26 Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3 stars) Publisher: HarperCollins Number of pages: 576 Fiction or non-fiction: fiction Subject or genre: dystopian, romance, science fiction, young adult Book blurb: One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has …
Book Review – A Bit of a Stretch: The Diaries of a Prisoner by Chris Atkins
Title: A Bit of a Stretch: The Diaries of a Prisoner Author: Chris Atkins Dates read: 15/06/25 – 12/01/26 Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ (4.5 stars) Publisher: Atlantic Books Number of pages: 402 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: memoir, true crime Book blurb: Where can a tin of tuna buy you …
Nostalgia Isn’t the Same as Happiness
One of the things The Time Hop Coffee Shop does particularly well is sit with nostalgia without romanticising it. Nostalgia is seductive. It smooths edges. It filters memory through warmth and familiarity, making the past feel safer than the present. We remember how things felt, not how they actually were …