Have you ever noticed that some dates have clusters of famous people born on them? Not just your average famous figure, but a heavyweight, a giant, someone of outstanding merit. Well, December 16th is one of those dates, and for the arts seems to cover all the bases. Today is […]
Okay…. >deep breath< Open:// File:// FANGIRL:// SERIOUS!!!!:// SO LIKE THE NEW TRAILER FOR TMNT 2 HAS BEEN RELEASED AND I’M LITERALLY FREAKING OUT #ADULTTMNTLOVER I’m low-key dying right now and have been fan-girling really hard to one of my friends who loves it too. SO I […]
On this beautiful post you’ll see some amazing literary inspired gingerbread houses. Now my wish is to have skill like this!
The holiday season is in full swing and people are writing lists, and checking them twice. As with everything the best gift has to be a book! Everyone loves books, and if they aren’t too keen on words there are beautiful picture books – ok that might be for children – […]
Christmas is coming!
“Watch your six, Reaper, I’m on the hunt.” A rasping chuckle. -Your Death awaits.- -Page 368 Summary “22 Arcana cards. 22 Chosen Teens. Let the cards fall where they may. Sixteen-year-old Evie Greene’s horrific hallucinations predicted the apocalypse, and the end of the world brought her all sorts of new […]
Architectural Digest came up with an amazing list of university libraries and I have to say they are absolutely jaw dropping! I’d do anything to have ALL of these libraries as a part of my school. So beautiful!
If you love books and the printed word BookRiot has the most wonderful gift for you for this holiday season. They have created an Advent Calendar with a poem or short story for each day of Advent. Small bite size readings are hidden behind the days of December and as […]
Stocking stuffers are always so useful to have as they are not terribly expensive and they can sometimes be so much fun. So Modern Mrs. Darcy came up with a great list of “13+ perfect stocking stocking stuffers for book lovers.” Some of these on this list I would be […]
What young girl hasn’t started her reading career with a dip into the world of Anne Shirley? The carrot haired, impetuous heroine who almost wrought havoc to Prince Edward Island, introduced us to loving difficult people through Mirella, left us dreaming of kindred spirits and Gilbert Blythe. The wonderful and […]
Summary “From the New York Times bestselling author of the Legend series I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children […]
If you’re bored of the traditional advent calendar of either the stuffed figures, or even the chocolate, maybe it’s time to spice up what you do to count down until Christmas. And what’s better than something book related?! Simply Sara came up with a great idea of wrapping books, 25 […]
Instead of posting links of Friday’s, as I’m going to be working on doing that during the week, Friday’s will be the day when I post funny book related pictures or book related memes as I’ve come across a bunch of them. No words. Just the meme. (Only writing now to […]
Family Reunion by Maxine Kumin The week in August you come home, adult, professional, aloof, we roast and carve the fatted calf —in our case home-grown pig, the chine garlicked and crisped, the applesauce hand-pressed. Hand-pressed the greengage wine. Nothing is cost-effective here. The peas, the beets, the lettuces […]
Have you been looking for an alternative to Amazon? Have no fear, Book Riot came up with a fantastic list of other places that you can get your books from in case you don’t want to support Amazon all the time.
1 month until Christmas! Time to start planning!! BuzzFeed came up with some great gifts for book lovers. Some are a little silly while others are really smart! I love the first one. Especially if you’re reading a really long book with small print! May have to get some of […]
I recently re-found two old books I had and decided that, as a person who loves books and old books, that I’d share them. They definitely are old, published in the 1800’s or so and you can definitely tell from how the books are worn. Do you have any books […]
Since the attacks on Paris just over a week ago, countries have been locking their boarders and the fear from nations, and from people, has been on the rise. And because of threats in Brussels recently, it is completely on a lockdown but during all of this, residents have tried their best […]
