Last year, The Great British Baking Show lifted me from a deep depression. Oh, those soothing accents. Oh, that spunky, magical music. Oh, those desserts! I felt utterly transported to England, and I binge-watched
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This year I’ve seen my reading game upped a lot. Last week I finished five books alone, and this week I’m forecasting three. How did I do it? How did I go
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Mini-Review of American Housewife by Helen Ellis If you’re looking for a collection of contemporary short stories that explore themes of feminism, domesticity, marriage, career, and the general idea of women “having it
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All the way back in the fall, I knew when The Nest, the debut novel by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, was going to be released. March 22, 2016. The media was a’buzzin about
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Now that I am on the final leg of my twenties, I look back at the younger reading me and wonder what books I would have given her to guide her through
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Last weekend I did the Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon, a twice-yearly, one-day reading marathon. It was my first time participating, and I really didn’t know what to expect. But I needed some momentum
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This week I added some books to my Goodreads “Currently Reading” shelf and brought the grand total to 16. Sixteen! And yet it wasn’t even accurate. Once a Goodreads addict, I’d let my
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It seems impossible to write a book review of Charles Burns’ Black Hole, a graphic novel compendium of a comics series from 1995-2005. While I was reading the novel, I fluctuated between
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin I am blown away that my article on “5 Reasons Not to Do the Goodreads Reading Challenge in 2016” has become my most viewed and most commented-on blog
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We’ve all been there. We’ve all reached the breaking point, when a little voice whispers in your ear, “Do your really need that book? Can you actually afford to keep buying books
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