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Photo by  mentatdgt  from  Pexels Hello travelers,     Welcome back to another wrap-up and TBR. I know this isn't everyone's favorite kind of post (and I'm honestly not a huge fan of it either but it's holding me accountable, so I'll do it for this year and maybe switch things up next year). June wasn't that great a month for me in terms of reading. I hit a reading slump hard  and struggled to get out of it. I think this is also because of everything that's been happening in the world and I just became exhausted. Despite all that, I did manage to read five books in June. These included: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury for my Decades Read challenge Review: I enjoyed this. There were some very powerful quotes that rung a little too true but it's not my favorite work by him. Sometimes it felt like it lingered a little too long on an idea or bounced around a little too much. But i'd recommend it. Little House in the Big woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder for C...

Hello Travelers! After nearly six months hiatus, I'm back for a new year. Now, with some changes. First of all, obviously, the name change. This is to coincide with the creation of a YouTube Channel with the same name that my husband and I will be doing together. The second change is we're going to expand our scope to include music, movies, and some creative writing. The goal is to do at least one video and one blog post each week. There may also be an Instagram account but I haven't finalized that just yet so I'll keep you updated.Finally, I plan on being a little more experimental this year with what I do, starting with a different kind of reading challenge. Let's start with my plans and goals for the new year. As i said, I'm teaming up with my husband to make a YouTube channel. it's going to be a combination of BookTube, AuthorTube, and a little mix of music and movie discussion and critic thrown in every once in a while. For writing, my goal is t...