Ive been recently making really good friends with the wildlife around my house. The bunnies, the skunks, the birds, the gophers, and the stray cats and squirrels too. This orange bunny is still nervous around me though and won’t let me feed her like the other one does though.
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How do you feel about reading when you’re going to bed? I know it’s something that’s shown on tv a lot, a book in bed to help you drift off, and personally I find it really helps me to read on my kindle app in dark mode, helping me tire my eyes out and forcing me to fall asleep long before I would naturally be able to. But I don’t think this is always the case.
I used to read paperbacks at bedtime, and the problem I had with that is that I needed a light on. And with the light on, I would get to an exciting part of the book and just stay up all night reading it. That’s the opposite of what I wanted. Then there’s the problem of the heavy book in your hands while you’re laying down, I think there’s never really a comfortable way to lay down with a book like that. And I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve dropped a hardcover on my face!
I also used to read my ereader at bed, but the problem with that was, it’s one of those ones without a light in the screen, so I would have to use one of those clip on lights to see the words, and then the same thing would happen as before, I would stay up all night reading. Or I would drop the reader and be blinded by the light in my eyes and be more awake than before.
That’s the nice thing about reading on my phone, not only do I have probably around 1500 books already in my library to choose from, collecting them through the years, but I can put it on dark mode, which is my preferred way of reading anyways during the day and I’m ready to go. Sure sometimes there are updates that I hate like with any app, for me it was the one that let you scroll up and down for pages instead of side to side, but there are also updates I love, like the reading insights page. Either way, I’m very thankful for the dark mode feature because it’s completely changed my night time reading routine.
Do you read at night time? What’s your favourite way to do it? Thanks for reading, and I hope you have a great day. I’m about to post a review after this, I hope you enjoy it!
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Sometimes you just need a break from all the rush of the world and all the new books coming out. Sometimes you just want to sink into the kinds of books you read as a teenager. And sometimes, you just want to relax while you’re reading, and I think this was that book for me. I think the idea of weaving multiple series together is a really interesting and unique idea, and I can’t wait to check more of these books out. Overall, I really enjoyed it.
Insight is the story of a teenage girl who’s life is suddenly uprooted when she not only receives a mysterious tattoo after waking from a horrible nightmare, but also when she finds out that her dreams, the boy she’s been meeting in them for as long as she can remember, and that alternate dimensions are all very real things. Not completely ready for the big change, she’s forced to go on the run after the intimidating boy, not her boy but the one from her nightmares, begins hunting her down.
I really enjoyed the powers that the people in the book have, specifically Willow’s, because I think it would be really interesting to be able to know the exact emotions of the people around you. I thought that the characters were pretty realistic from their reactions to the paranormal things going on around them, like going into different dimensions like it’s not an insanely huge deal, going from living in the world that we know in real life to one where there’s complete peace, and even going into a dimension where their world is completely devoid of colour. I think all of those things were really unique and I can’t wait to see how they develop even more throughout this whole series.
My problems with this book aren’t really big problems. I just expected more action and exciting things to happen, but this is more of a foundation book for the rest of the series. Though exciting things did happen in this book, I think that even bigger events and things will happen throughout the rest of the books. Honestly I can’t wait to see what happens, because there are quite a few. It seems to be a long running series, and that’s really what I could use right now. Just beware, this story is more an explanation for things to come and I think really sets everything up, rather than having all the action here and now like a lot of the other books I read.
Like I said up there, I really enjoyed reading this book, and I think if you’re into young adult paranormal fiction books, you’re going to enjoy this one too. Maybe think about picking it up if you get the chance!
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Thanks for reading! Do you love teen fiction as much as I do? Hope you’re having a great day!
Not really sure what I was getting myself into, Planet Paradise is a really cute graphic novel, for what the story really is. I loved the art, and really disliked everyone but the main character, but I think that’s the point. Short and sweet, I really enjoyed this book.
Following a person on their way to Planet Paradise with a whole slew of tourists who have also been put to sleep in chambers on a rocket, something goes wrong and it crashes down to a planet inhabited by vicious dinosaurs. They’re forced to fend for themselves and not only save their own life, but also those left alive, including a very unfriendly ship captain. But things aren’t what they seem once everything seems back on it’s way up for our hero.
There isn’t really much to say about this book, it was a nice and chill read despite the story content. I really feel for the main character, and I hope that their vacation goes better for them, as well as the rest of their life. If you’d like something short and unique to fill the gap in your reading list, than you should definitely think about checking this book out.
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Thanks for reading! Hope you’re doing well and staying safe.
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