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Monthly Log

Current Favorites: Reading and Music

So, I skipped another month when it came to updating the blog, but to be honest, it’s been a mess with this pandemic. As someone who is considered an essential worker, I’ve been pretty busy during this whole pandemic, including working extra hours due to an ongoing staff shortage. Coupled with the stress that everyone […]

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Monthly Log

What’s Been Entertaining Me? An Overview of the Last Month

EDIT (05/23/2020): Due to an inconsistency on my part, this article has been edited to reflect a current problem. Please enjoy. Having skipped the entire month of February when it came to blogging (so much for consistency, right?), there are quite a few things that I’ve been doing, whether it’s working, reading, listening to music, […]

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Bookish Blog Posts

Books I Hope to Read in 2020

First things first, happy new year! It’s the time for new beginnings, picking up positive habits again, and just trying to get your life together. For me, the New Year means getting back into a schedule where I can blog, film, and read again. I know I’ve fallen off on this blog, so thanks for […]

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Bookish Blog Posts

Reading On a Budget: Tips and Tricks that I’ve Learned

Since Kanna Reads has started, I’ve been under a sort of budget. As part of a deal with a family member (the same family member that encouraged me to start all of this), in order to get a book, I have to write a blog post and upload a video to YouTube. This was to […]

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Updates

Where I’ve Been for the Last Two Months

Before starting: If possible, please share and/or donate to the hurricane victims in the Bahamas, North Carolina, Florida, Canada and other places that Hurricane Dorian has hit. Places that are taking donations are: the Salvation Army, Americares, Mercy Corps, National Association of the Bahamas, and the ASPCA. Hello, all and welcome back to Kanna Reads! […]

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Bookish Blog Posts

What I’m Reading on Wattpad

A while back, I made a post about my favorite books that I’ve read on Wattpad, an app where writers and readers alike could interact and create novels and series of their own. After a few years of reading on Wattpad, I had narrowed down my favorite novels on the site, hence the last post. […]

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Book Reviews

Six of Crows, Leigh Bardugo

I apologize for the long absence! For some reason, this review was really hard to write and this was all that I could get out. Even still, I hope you enjoy! Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy […]

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Bookish Blog Posts

2019 Mini-Wishlist

As we enter the last half of the year (woo, has this year gone by fast), I’ve made a list of the books that I want to read and/or review. Here are the books below! On the Come Up – Angie Thomas: Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. […]

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Book Reviews

The Traitor’s Ruin, Erin Beaty

After proving her worth in Book One as a deft spy and strategic matchmaker, Sage Fowler is now comfortably positioned in high society as the royal tutor. When she’s called upon to teach his majesty’s soldiers how to read and write, she jumps at the chance to serve her kingdom of Demora—and to be reunited […]

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Book Reviews

The Traitor’s Kiss, Erin Beaty

An obstinate girl who will not be married. A soldier desperate to prove himself. A kingdom on the brink of war. With a sharp tongue and an unruly temper, Sage Fowler is not what they’d call a lady―which is perfectly fine with her. Deemed unfit for marriage, Sage is apprenticed to a matchmaker and tasked […]