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  • 18 Book Reviews: A Summer Reading Wrap-Up

    18 Book Reviews: A Summer Reading Wrap-Up

    I haven’t done one of these since March so we are way overdue! I read 18 books in these three months – mostly due to studying for the license and Jennifer L. Armentrout’s books being so freaking long! Overall some pretty good reading throughout these months and I am so excited to finally get to…

  • September New Releases!

    September New Releases!

    Like a crazy person, I have this master spreadsheet with all the new releases for the year that I want to read. There are 96 books on my sheet…so I just don’t know that I am going to get to them all. However, so many of my favorite series are getting a continuation or favorite…

  • Making Study Abroad Work Financially

    Making Study Abroad Work Financially

    To some, this may be a taboo topic. However, I wish I would have had this article before I started down the path of studying abroad because I definitely learned a lot the hard way. I’m hopeful that this helps a lot of people for years to come! Scholarships You’ll want to start with your…

  • New Release Diaries PT. 1

    New Release Diaries PT. 1

    Welcome to the first installment of the new release diaries! Here I’ll feature 10 releases I’ve read so far this year! I’m planning to do one of these a few more times this year to really shout out all the releases (2025 has been good to us in the book world)… Hat Trick by Chelsea…

  • A Letter from the Older Sister

    A Letter from the Older Sister

    Hi everyone! I first want to apologize for my extended absence. I absolutely hate doing anything halfway and I was not able to give my full attention to this hobby due to the Kentucky Real Estate Sales Associate’s license. WHICH I PASSED! Now that the intense studying (and anxiety over the exam) is behind me,…

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