"The person, be in gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." H. Tilney (Northanger Abbey)
Since I unsubscribed from OwlCrate I have seriously missed getting special packages in the mail filled with wonderful bookish surprises. When Novelly Yours, my favorite bookish candle shop, announced an entire box inspired by my favorite YA author's work, you know I absolutely could not resist. I waited almost an entire month for this gem …
March was a huge and complete bummer for my reading challenge, as I only managed a spare four books this month. I shouldn't whine too much, because I did manage to stay ahead of the curve on my 52 in 52 (ending the week at book 20, week 14), but it didn't feel great to …
It's been a long time since I read such a hefty book, and even longer since the 500+ pages went by so swiftly. This book, by Laini Taylor of the Smoke and Bone trilogy, is wonderful and magnificent and in order to keep my gushing to a minimum, I'll do my top five favorite things …
This is a week of new beginnings. I'm back doing the things that make me feel good, so I guess my little depressive espiode the past two weeks is officially over! I getting some exercise every day, I'm sleeping well, I'm eating better, I'm avoiding sugar, I'm back on my blog, and today I did …
The Raven Cycle Series, by Maggie Stiefvater, is undeniably my favorite book series in the universe (and beyond). I read it for the first time maybe five or six years ago on the beach in South Carolina (my favorite place in the world) and I instantly fell in love with it. I've re-read it each …
We read books for a variety of reasons: to escape, to have an adventure, to stretch our minds, to get away from the hum-drum of life for a while, to learn, to experience. It's been a long time since I read a book to feel good. Lately, in the YA universe at least, authors have …
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I managed to keep up an impressive clip in my reading challenge in February, reading seven books. That puts us at a healthy 15 books read towards 52, in only 9 weeks. I tried to keep up the diversity in my reading, but I unconsciously shifted back into Young Adult fiction this month, and part …
At risk of beating a dead horse here, I am so sorry for being so ridiculously irresponsible with this blog! We were doing so well and then I fell off the map and well, long story short, I'm back and I'm ready to talk books. Let's pick up where we left off shall we? In …
This is a formal apology for being MIA for the past TWO AND A HALF MONTHS. I really can't believe I managed to neglect this project for that long, but life piles up and things get pushed around and re-prioritized and lost in the sauce. My sincerest apologies for those serious readers! So I'll be …
I love true crime tv. When I'm in a funk, you can catch me on the couch watching Dateline reruns like my life depends on it. Certainly, it doesn't make much sense to spend days when I feel down watching super depressing and often disturbing shows about people killing each other, but it's just a …
