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This Tuesday we're dishing or dissin' book tropes. A trope is a commonly used theme or plot device. There are a few bookish themes that ring my chimes every time, while others make me cringe with each encounter. Declaring my bookish love it or leave it judgments below: 10. Breaking away from the plot to... Continue Reading →
I truly love this week's prompt, but I'll be honest--I did no soul-searching to dig up my childhood favorites. Instead, I listed the first few that came to mind. I limited the list to legitimate childhood years-strictly below age thirteen. I recommend them all. The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes- by DuBose Heyward, Marjorie... Continue Reading →
The topic this Tuesday is top 10 fill-in your favorite genre. Eye-opening books may not be my favorite (or even a genre) but it's the theme I felt compelled to write on this week. Influenced by the spirit of the truth-telling finale in the gut-wrenching HBO series, Chernobyl, I relate ten favorite eye-opening reads. I... Continue Reading →
Movies so good, they made me want to read the book: Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín. A sweet and relatable coming-of-age tale capturing the heart and resilience of immigrant life in the 1950s.Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. I must admit I've yet to read Crichton, but I recently re-watched the original film and have two take-aways:... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl since January of 2018. Jana writes, 'it was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” In that spirit, link up with your list at That Artsy Reader Girl and comment with your list, link, or thoughts below. Top... Continue Reading →
With a constantly expanding TBR and an ever elapsing lifespan (there's an optimistic thought on an early Tuesday morning) the amount of books which I spend time reading has a direct inverse correlation to the amount of time I have left to read more books. Simply put, most of these 2019 releases won't make the... Continue Reading →
This year, I'm continuing with Teaser Tuesdays whenever I read a relatively new book that I want to share. Published January 8th, 2019, I discovered this novel while scrolling through #bookstagram. The cover photo depicting Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's wedding day pulled me in, as historical (and modern) photos of royals do. The Gown:... Continue Reading →
Book sleeves are not only one of the cleverest handicrafts I've found, but also make some of the cutest accessories. I've featured them from other shops before, Book Beau and Sweet Sequels, but am happy to discover more vendors who make them. In Lumos Libertas, a play on the latin idiom, In Libris Libertas (in books,... Continue Reading →
