MERYN MADE

Author: merynmade

  • BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2021 – INTRODUCTION

    In December, I stumbled upon booktuber Kayla, of BooksandLala on youtube, and became quickly infatuated with her videos, content, and book recommendations. One of her recent videos (imbedded below) introduces her Buzzword Reading Challenge and I immediately started making plans to join in the fun. According to her Goodreads challenge…

  • CURRENTLY // NOVEMBER 2020

    Reading // Watching // Regan of PeruseProject on youtube, Tik Tok creatives collaborating on the fictional Ratatouille the Musical, Cleveland Browns 8-3 baby! Cooking // homemade cornbread, Buck Naked Kitchen Thanksgiving turkey meatballs, Half Baked Harvest beer bread, Half Baked Harvest carnitas, homemade meatloaf and mashed potatoes Eating // traditional…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 1 ISSUE 10

    A review and rating of the last 5 books I read and a look into my TBR list His Only WifeAuthor: Peace Adzo MediePublication Date: October 2020Genre: fictionMethod: hardcover, borrowed from TPL Review: What a joy it was to travel to Ghana through the pages of this book. I loved…

  • WHY I RUN

    I’m inundated with these thoughts after I’ve ran, they won’t let me be. So here it is, to live forever on the internet, out of my brain. Why I Run: Because it’s therapeutic Because it’s uninterrupted time with myself Because I know it is good for me Physically Emotionally Because…

  • BOOK REVIEW: NORMAL PEOPLE BY SALLY ROONEY

    A dedicated blog post for just one book? Yes. Because I have thoughts. There’s only a hand full of books I’ve read twice in my life, let alone twice in 4 months. But here were are, insert Sally Rooney’s Normal People. After seeing Normal People plastered all over bookstagram, Goodreads,…

  • THANKSGIVING DAY REFLECTION: COVID-19

    It’s Thanksgiving Day, 2020. Here is what’s on my mind: I’ve spent a fair amount of time reflecting on the past few weeks and months living and working through the COVID-19 global pandemic. This public health crisis has brought forth a lot of change, for good and for bad –…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 1 ISSUE 9

    A review and rating of the last 5 books I read and a look into my TBR list Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex LifeAuthor: Emily NagoskiPublication Date: March 2015Genre: nonfiction, feminism, scienceMethod: paperback, borrowed from TPL Review: I’ll be honest, I had…

  • CURRENTLY // OCTOBER 2020

    Reading // The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle, Urban Jungle by Igor Josifovic, The Mothers by Brit Bennett, The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard Planning…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 1 ISSUE 8

    A review and rating of the last 5 books I read and a look into my TBR list The Vanishing HalfAuthor: Brit BennettPublication Date: June 2020Genre: fiction, contemporary Method: digital copy via TPL Review: It was the first paragraph of chapter 5, for me. It was at this point I…

  • SNF PT POV: COVID-19 OCTOBER 2020 UPDATE

    In short, it sucks. I sob every day at work. Seriously, I sob. I sobbed at the first notice of positive patient cases. I sobbed when I watched a newly positive patient leave by stretcher for our sister facility. The fear and confusion on her face was enough to lead…