Most people keep a notebook full of quotes that pop out, inspire, or simply speak to them. I fill my cork board with a billion little pieces of paper with quotes scribbled on them. Usually I use a piece of paper as a bookmark specifically for this purpose, and I’ve always planned on typing them …
My 2020 in Books…So Far
If I could be known for one thing it might be my inability to stick to New Years resolutions, specifically those regarding books. Oh I try, but inevitably I fail to reach the lofty goal of fifty (or, embarrassingly, fewer) books in a year. It’s not for the lack of love for reading either. I …
The Definitive Reading & Listening Guide to Constance Hale’s “Sin and Syntax” – Part I
Have you ever read through a book that mentions other books, authors, certain music, etc. and thought “I should take note so I can look that up later“? Well, I had just that experience about a chapter into Constance Hale’s Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose. It’s been roughly two and a …
The Skinniest Books On My Shelf
All of us have a handful of one-sitting reads. Those books that are so thin and, in general, short that, as long as you aren’t a snail-reader like me, you can read in one go. I don’t think it’s any secret that I’m a slow reader, but even I got through each of these in …
My Fall 2019 Reading List
Sooooooooo, I know this is kind of late in the year to be putting together a reading list and usually this sort of thing is done at the beginning, but the truth is, I just wasn’t confident in my ability to stick to a goal. Especially a goal that is always far too lofty for …
A Book Read A Thousand Times
This is just a quick appreciation post dedicated to Jane Austen’s Persuasion. First of all, I’d like to express my greatest gratitude to this book (ergo Jane Austen) for introducing the exemplary character of Anne Elliot. I immediately fell in love with Anne’s example of humility and patience as life — whether through the sought …
Book Review: “The Sisters Brothers” by Patrick deWitt
It feels appropriate to drink whiskey (which is what I’m currently doing) while writing about this book. Not only does whiskey often make an appearance in this book, but I feel like whiskey was the aesthetic deWitt was going for. The Sisters brothers are hired hands for a man called The Commodore. It’s with blank …
“The Dressmaker” by Rosalie Ham
First of all, Happy New Year! This is my first post of the 2019 and I’m happy to be sharing one of my favorite 2018 reads. Now, I had lofty reading goals in 2018 and, to be blunt, I failed miserably. But those that did make the cut were fantastic, and The Dressmaker is no …
Life: Fantastically Ordinary
What if I want to live a perfectly ordinary life? What if I don’t want to rush, and push, and force my way through life only to stumble out the other side wondering why I didn’t breathe every once in while? A while ago I read this blog post in which the author talks about accepting …
The Art of Buying Books on Amazon.com
If you’re anything like me, your budget is maxed out with silly things like gas and insurance, with only a handful of random extra dollars for fun things like wine and books. But then again, if you’re anything like me, you will still spend money on books. What always gets me, though, is the insane …