Tag: books
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Reading a 1775 Cinderella Story
It’s a small book, just a smidge larger than my palm, and more rectangular. The cover was once maybe green, maybe brown, but has faded and molted in a way that looks almost mossy. It is bound together with twine woven up and down the spine. I’m at the Smathers Library on the University of…
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Crying in the Archives: “Hid in the Heart” and a Diary of Grief
I’ve spent three weeks of my summer in rainy, rainy, rainy (yes, it has rained every single day) Gainesville, Florida as the 2025 ALSC Bechtel Fellow, where I’ve been studying the papers of Margaret Sidney, a 19th century children’s novelist best known for The Five Little Peppers series. While I’ve been reading the books, my…
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My 2025 Reading Goals
The fact that I’m publishing this in late February probably doesn’t bode well…does it? January 2025 saw the end of my Caldecott reading year, and as I am not yet committed to another reading thing for 2025, I decided to treat myself to some generalized book goals and resolutions. These were inspired by my goal…
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Covert Cows & Chick-Fil-A
We all love Chick-Fil-A, and it feels like the brand is a phenomenon now that we can’t ignore
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April 2019 Releases
How is it already April? How am I going to fit in all the books I want to read this month?
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November 2018 Releases
Wow! October was a HUGE month for releases, and while November is slower, it still packs some punches.
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My 6 Big July Book Goals
I’ve decided to be really intentional about my reading in July because I’m planning to start grad school and move and start working full time in August if not sooner and I really should be on top of my crap by then.
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6 Ways to Get Free Books That are Legal
Books can be expensive, but that hasn’t quenched my thirst for literacy.
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Books with Animals in the Title
On my quest to complete the Pop Sugar reading challenge in 2017, I’ve been compiling these posts that are meant to help you and me fill out the prompts presented to us. Today, I’m tackling books with animals in the title
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January Reading Recap
I always like to start off the year strong. Thankfully, I did just that in January 2018. Here’s how my January shook out
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Author Spotlight: Marie Lu
I’ve heard a lot of talk about Marie Lu through the years, especially in YA book groups, but I finally checked her out for myself when I picked up Warcross and absolutely devoured i
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Books with Colors in Their Title
Another popular “reading challenge” prompt, along with “fruits and vegetables” is a book with a certain color in the title. I think the PopSugar prompt for this year is “A book with your favorite color in the title.”
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