It’s 2020, guys! And just to spite us, the publishing community continues to release amazing books that we have to read, thus enraging our ever-expanding TBRs. Somewhere in there is probably a plot to take over the world. And you know what? I’m fine with it, as long as they keep sending me the books. […]
It may come as no surprise to anyone who’s known me for longer than 30 seconds that I am incredibly picky. I mean when it comes to books, of course. I tend not to give a whole ton of five stars in a year, because … well, I’m terribly hard to please. To me, a […]
I’ve been a mostly good* girl this year, so I obviously deserve something special under the tree, right? * Assuming you don’t count all that other stuff, but pffft, who does? So, no coal in my stocking this year. Instead, I want to look forward to all the lovely books coming in 2020 whose ARCs […]
Psst. Allow me to tell you a secret: I’m horribly behind on my ARC reading. Okay, listen, I never said it was a great secret. Or even much of a secret. Hey! I hear you laughing there behind your screen. Fine, so everyone probably already knows that I’m a teensy bit behind and it’s not […]
For everyone who has ever wanted to both walk on the wild side but also off the beaten path … this is for you. Working at a library, I sometimes see some crazy titles go through, and so when How to Become a Federal Criminal popped up in our new section, it caught my eye. […]
It’s a metaphorical tree, because I have 10,000 animals and my house is a veritable zoo, but nevertheless, gather round, dearies, and I’ll show you what will be under it on December 24th, late in the evening, when the animals have all been put to bed. Dreams of sugar plums may or may not dance […]
With Thanksgiving this week in the US, it’s time to reflect on things you’re thankful for. And totally ignore the racism, colonization, and systematized slaughtering of an entire peoples just so you can take their land. But that’s not very festive, now is it? Possibly more in line with how you feel by the time […]
I’ve been running The Writerly Way (now The Bookwyrm’s Den) for just under two years, and wow, how time flies when you have your nose buried in a book. It’s been a chaotic nearly two years for me, with a lot of ups and downs, and I’m still not sure where the time went? *checks […]
Everyone loves a good quote, right? I knew someone who had the habit of writing down good quotes she came across while reading, and then she’d squirrel the quote away and sneak it into a different book. When I asked why she did it, it was twofold: to share a bit of something she loved […]
It is hereby dubbed a Possibility Pile because, one, it’s super fun to say, and two, TBR sounds so … rigid. And let’s be honest, I’m absolute crap at sticking to TBRs, and there’s so much less pressure in a possibility pile. Instead of a regimented group of books I will read, I have a […]