Book Banter
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Showing Off my Book Journal
I’m a big fan of scrapbooking, bullet journals, and junk journaling, and it’s something that’s come closely connected with my love of reading, too. Back in 2023, I started a book journal, where I can combine my own reviews along… Continue reading
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How I Tackle My TBR
Any reader will relate to the struggle that is the TBR (to be read). Saige had a great idea for me to discuss how I go about my reading and the process that’s worked the best for me. First, it… Continue reading
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Horror Month: Everything I Read and Watched, Reviewed
Alright gang. We’re all done. Put away your 12 foot skeletons, shove the face paint to the back of the cabinet where you won’t find it for four years. Halloween and the spooky season are over. I’m lamenting. All that’s… Continue reading
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Three Spooky Short Stories for Halloween
I think most of us have some memory of reading a disturbing short story in our English class in school. These tales tend to stick with us, coming to mind at the randomest of times. For me, there are many… Continue reading
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Banned Books Week: My Favorite Banned Reads
Technically, I’m a day late, but let’s ignore that fact and enjoy some books, shall we? Reading banned books is important now more than ever, in a day and age where what we engage with is being heavily scrutinized and… Continue reading
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Horror Month: A Dissection of Horror Creatures
How’s everyone’s Horror Month so far? I couldn’t tell you how mine is, because I’m writing this in September! Greetings from the past! Keeping on theme with the season, today I’m going to do a fun little dissection of some… Continue reading
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Horror Month: How to Scare Me
Welcome to Horror Month!!! Like a typical horror fan, October is my favorite month. Nobody judges you for getting spooky or watching horror movies every weekend. This is our time, boys. I thought it’d be fun to kick off the… Continue reading
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I Want to Talk About Stephen King: Adaptations Part 2
I know you’ve all been anxiously awaiting the second installment of my very good and correct opinions about Stephen King adaptations. Thankfully, this list of disliked works will be much shorter than the list of those I loved. I try… Continue reading
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I Want To Talk About Stephen King: Adaptations Part 1
I can do whatever I want on here, as long as it’s vaguely writing or reading related. Today we’re gonna talk about Stephen King, and you’re gonna like it. Everyone, no matter what, has seen at least one movie or… Continue reading
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The Art of the Short Story
If you suffer from bibliomania like me, you may be entitled to compensation. You’ve probably also noticed in your strolls through the book aisle of every store you enter that trends are getting easier to recognize. I don’t mean trends… Continue reading
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