I've been doing very little serious reading while self-isolating at home the past two weeks. This is actually a good thing, because it means that I've been working so hard that I haven't had time to really settle into a book. I mean, I'd rather be reading, but right now I'm grateful to be one… Continue reading A YA Week at Home
Many of my Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) playing friends have told me how much they love The Adventure Zone. I'm not a big podcast person, but I do love a good fantasy graphic novel! So when the first volume was released, I decided to pick it up and give it a shot! If you want… Continue reading The Adventure Zone 1: Here There Be Gerblins by The McElroys
I've been a fan of World War II literature for as long as I can remember. One of my first introductions was with the Molly American Girl series, and as I got older, Moppy, my maternal grandmother, would tell my sister and I stories of growing up in Philadelphia during the war. When I was… Continue reading My Favorite WWII Fiction
What feels like eons ago, my coworker and friend, told me about an adorable web comic that I just had to read called Check Please!. What she didn't tell me was that it was a super cute LGBTQ+ story with a pie-baking hockey player as it's protagonist! How could I have put off reading this… Continue reading Check Please 1: #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu
I've been watching Little Women on near repeat the last few days to cope with being in the epicenter of the Pennsylvania Covid-19 outbreak. I re-read the book in the last month for the tenth time, but the first since I was fourteen and I'd nearly forgotten just how near and dear it is to… Continue reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
I almost posted another review today, but it's International Women's Day, so I knew I had to do a review of a book by one of my favorite female authors about one of my favorite women in history! Synopsis From the Jacket Flap:Born with a gift for music, Nannerl Mozart has just one wish: to… Continue reading The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
When I went to put this post together on Sunday, I realized I had forgotten just how many books are coming out this month that I'm incredibly excited for! And I really wanted to write my review for A Team of Their Own. So for today, the first round of books are already out -… Continue reading New This Month: March 2020
Diary of a Bookseller #10 One of my favorite things to do at the bookstore is curate displays. As we've rearranged over the years, I've spent time focusing on bringing some of my favorite displays into the same area so when people are looking for recommendations, I have a designated spot to take them to… Continue reading My Favorite Spaces at the Bookstore
I had to take a step back these past few weeks and reassess why I write this blog. I wanted to join a community tag, and then was disheartened when I wasn't added to the list of participants. Which is silly. Why would I put such stock into recognition by others since I always told… Continue reading New This Month: February 2020
Happy new year! I can't believe it's already 2020, and while I know that technically this year is the last of the old decade, not the first of the next one, it feels like this decade has gone particularly quickly. In the next few days I'm hoping to pull together a "2010s in Books" post… Continue reading New This Month: January 2020
