May isn’t quite over yet, which means of course I was going to put a fantasy spin on this post. I actually seem to have jumped the gun a little somehow (hint: because I don’t read ahead) and just did a post on the best fantasy first lines on my TBR. So … oops? That […]
Dragons is the easy, obvious answer, and frankly, I’m sort of insulted that you’d think it’d be that simple. I’ll have you know that I’m a very complex individual, and you have no idea what my motives are, thank you very much. But okay, yes, also the dragons. *motions around the site* It’s not only […]
One of the many things that fantasy has going for it is it’s just plain more interesting than the real world. We don’t even have time for me to list all the ways, but trust me, there’s a lot of them. Still, reality might be just that much more bearable if we were able to […]
In keeping with Wyrd & Wonder, I did warn you that there would be lots of fantasy posts this month, right? Which, honestly, isn’t abnormal around here to start with, but I’m definitely going to milk it for all its worth. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’ve never really been a party girl. They’re loud […]
Spoiler alert: current me is not the same as childhood me. Shocking, right? For one, I’m not nearly as innocent as I used to be. It may be hard to believe, but I was a naive little bookwyrm once upon a time. I didn’t even read dark, stabby books. Can you believe it? You can […]
The month is almost over, and we haven’t yet had a chance to talk about poems! And that, dear bookwyrms, would be a travesty, if we let the opportunity slip by. Now, I’ll confess that I don’t read as much poetry as I should … and certainly not as much as I used to. That […]
I think it’s safe to say that everyone here is a reader … but not all readers are made the same. Oh, sure, there’s the obvious differences, like tastes in books, formats used to read, whether you break the spine or dog-ear the book, etc. These are all surface-level differences, though. The real difference between […]
If you’ve been part of the bookish community for any time at all, you’ve suffered from the struggle that is FOMO. In laymen’s terms, that’s Fear Of Missing Out. It happens a lot with hyped books, especially, because there has to be a reason why everyone loves it, right?! What if they all know something […]
Everyone knows the Jeff Foxworthy jokes that start with “you might be a redneck if …” right? If you don’t, look them up, because they’re funny and everyone could use a laugh right about now, I’d wager. I grew up on these jokes (spoiler alert: yes, I’m a redneck), so I jumped all over this […]
I’ve come across many adults (myself included) who are interested in reading more middle grade books, but aren’t quite sure where to start. The why doesn’t really matter. Maybe they’re just interested in the age group and the whimsical, light-hearted content that’s hard to find in adult books. Maybe they’re reading to find books for […]