"The person, be in gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." H. Tilney (Northanger Abbey)
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 …
I find all sorts of interesting things when I'm checking in books returned to the library. More than once, I've left my desk to hunt down the first book in a series when a book catches my eye, or check one in and then check it out to myself right away. Working at the library …
Continue reading "The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency: The Case of the Missing Moonstone"
Days before I instated my book buying ban, I went to see the new Star Wars film for the second time, and they played a preview for a movie that I did not know about at all. I was hooked when Natalie Portman appeared on screen, because I absolutely worship her and her work, and …
Happy New Year! 2017 was a long year and I'm glad it's over, so I don't want to spend too much time talking about what's past. Still, I do want to take a minute to reflect on the year that's passed in order to make some goals and resolutions for myself in the future. I …
My holiday readathon of Harry Potter lasted a little longer than anticipated, so Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows became the first book I read in the New Year. This review will be short because I haven't had much time to write and reflect with the post-holiday funk I'm feeling and work and all of …
Happy Christmas Eve Eve! Today, I'm bringing you an OwlCrate unboxing, a safe week from the delivery date. This month's theme was SEIZE THE DAY and it was colorful and merry and a perfect pre-holiday gift. Let's check it out! SEIZE THE DAY was jam packed with brightness and optimism. I'm not usually so into …
Life update! I'm now an assistant librarian! After I recovered from September (in which I went away to graduate school in England, had a mental breakdown, and promptly returned home), I moved through a hazy October that was more existential crisis than anything. I was really struggling with my dream of going away to school …
This book has been on my must-read list for quite some time, but every time I went into the bookstore, I would end up finding another book that I wanted instead, so I never got around to reading it. Recently, I checked it out of the library, read over a couple of breaks, and promptly …
I work part time at a candle store and part time at a library, so my interests really merge in the bookish candle. I got hooked on them when I joined bookstagram, because I really just couldn't pass up a candle of my favorite character or setting. There is something so atmospheric in reading a …
I remember seeing this book when it was released at my favorite bookshop in my college town and my best friend bought it but I totally forgot about it until this weekend as I was checking in books at the library. I immediately grabbed the hardcopy off the shelf and took it home to read. …
