shoujo

Crème de la Crème! Time to honor my 2020’s Best of the Best!

Goodness, it’s been eight years since I started doing this: honoring my fave reads! At first, I made some, like maybe??? super duper tacky categories but choosing from my reading pile was lots of fun. But when my reading of… Read More »Crème de la Crème! Time to honor my 2020’s Best of the Best!

Falling in love with my favorite romantic tropes over and over again!

Some people like “childhood friends turn lovers”, while other like more edgy stuff like “enemies to lover”. When it comes to our favorite romance stories we have our de-facto, tried and tested, romantic tropes. ❤ And I am one of… Read More »Falling in love with my favorite romantic tropes over and over again!

Crème de la Crème! Time for 2019’s BEST of the Best!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And you know what happens here in the blog! Yes, yes, yes!! We honor the ✨ greatest read for the year! ✨ And 2019 as my stats show is the year of… Read More »Crème de la Crème! Time for 2019’s BEST of the Best!

How about making the love interest not too obvious?

Being a shoujo fanatic (more like a romance genre enthusiast, and again, it bears repeating), I’ve seen romance stories developed in various ways. One was too quick for comfort. Others had so little development. Some were slow-burn romances (and I… Read More »How about making the love interest not too obvious?

Shipping like a girl-boss in non-romantic series!

Sometimes shipper remains a shipper regardless of the genre or demographics. Case in point? Me! There are plenty of times that I ship pairings in a series where the romance is not really its priority…or there’s none at all. But… Read More »Shipping like a girl-boss in non-romantic series!

How Many Love Interests Are Too Many?

Love triangles are my game. I love being conflicted over which one to ship! Sometimes I selected team and root him til the series end. It’s just so fun, even though I know it’s huge emotional investment (I had times… Read More »How Many Love Interests Are Too Many?