Lose Yourself in the World of Books
This one is inspired by the conversations I've had with my coworkers in the past few weeks as we've all been setting our reading goals. Diary of a Bookseller #26 I'll get it out of the way for anyone who needs to hear it: You don't have to finish every book you start. There, now… Continue reading Life’s Too Short to Read Bad Books
This past year is one that has been full of changes, both big and small, happy and sad, but through it all, I made it to 2023. Diary of a Bookseller #25 So as I've alluded to in a few posts, I work at a different bookstore now than the one that I was at… Continue reading A Year as a Bookseller
It's time for my bi-annual seasonal reading recommendations! These are the books that I've put up for our staff picks for the summer for 2022. And this time, unlike the last few seasonal lists, I've actually reviewed most of them on here already! Each image links to the full review, if it doesn't go anywhere,… Continue reading Best Books for Summer Reading
It's March, which means at the store we're once again doing our Tournament of Books! The last time I posted about the Tournament was a week before we closed the store due to Covid so it's been awhile since we had a real tournament. This year, though, I have a lot of picks that are… Continue reading Tournament of Books 2022
Today is International Women's Day - a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality (definition from the IWD website). Each year there is a theme to International Women's Day and this year's theme is Break the Bias. As… Continue reading International Women’s Day 2022: #BreakTheBias
Diary of a Bookseller #23 Just when I think I know myself and what I like to read, my habits and interests decide to take a complete turn. For the last five years or so, I've read predominantly nonfiction with little interest in fiction and I've been trying to figure out why, particularly as I… Continue reading A Reading 180°
Diary of a Bookseller #22 I've been looking to cut Amazon out of my bookish life for quite some time now, but because of a cruel twist of fate from the publishers during the pandemic, I'll never be able to go fully without it (one of these days I'll share why I had to break… Continue reading Ditching Goodreads
I've been conspicuously absent I fear. I've read so few books in the past six months I am ashamed to call myself a bookseller. I am, however, very much a hobby person and every few years a new hobby takes over my life and eats up all my time and right now I'm baking a… Continue reading Summer Reading Favorites
Seven weeks ago I started a journey I never wanted to go on - my doctor found a lump (which turned out to be three) in my breast. I'm about the same age my mom was (early thirties) when she was first diagnosed with cancer (non-smoker's lung) and it's been my greatest fear (other than… Continue reading Breaking Free of a Reading Slump
Three years ago I wrote a blog post about feminism, "Good Little Feminist," fueled by incidents at concerts where I was fearful of men. I included a list of books about feminism that I had reviewed and in looking back on that list, I came to a startling revelation. Diary of a Bookseller #20 March… Continue reading International Women’s Day
Celebration of Books 