Month: April 2019

Outside the Reading Comfort Zone

Hey everyone! If you follow me on Twitter (@wavesofpages), you know that these past few months haven’t been great for me, reading-wise. I’ve only read 7 books this whole year so far. Part of that is because I’ve been in France and I’ve been travelling a lot, instead of...

Ariel in Paris #10: Giverny!

It’s the second-to-last week of my semester-long adventure here in France, and I’m going through a lot of emotions, but I don’t want to talk about that right now. Instead, let’s talk about last weekend, when my study abroad program all went on an excursion to Giverny together. In...

Coolest Book Dedications

Hey everyone! Welcome to another blog post! Book dedications are a thing that we don’t talk about much in the bookish community, but I think they’re really cool. Sure, a lot of them are pretty generic, but sometimes, they give you a real insight into what the author might...

Ariel in Paris #9: Sickness by the Sea

Hey everybody! This past weekend I went to the south of France with some friends, and today I wanted to talk to you about it (and include some cool pics of water and fun buildings while I’m at it.) We went to three different cities in southern France: Aix-en-Provence,...

Why Libraries Are Awesome

Hey guys! Welcome to a new blog post! Today I’m going to be talking about libraries: why I love them, and why you should, too. Don’t get me wrong, I love the feeling of buying a brand-new book and bringing it home with you, or ordering a book online...

Ariel in Paris #8: Catching Up

Hey everyone! Sorry I wasn’t able to get this post up last Friday, but I was in London all weekend and I didn’t have time to write the post before. Now here I am, though, and it’s time to update you all on everything at once. It seems like...

Avatar: The Last Airbender Book Tag

Hey guys! Welcome to my first book tag of 2019! Today I’m combining two of my favorite things: books, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. The original creator of this tag is Hannah from the BookTube channel A Clockwork Reader, and I wasn’t tagged by anyone. I just love Avatar...

Favorite First Sentences

Hello everyone! Today’s post is a very exciting post for me, because today I’m talking about some really great first lines in books. I get to break out my Writing major analysis skills that I don’t use all that often here on this blog, which I’m happy about. The...
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