A blog about books, the publishing world, and maintaining ultimate litness.
Hi friends and comrades! I’ve decided to start a series called Snippet Sunday. Every Sunday, I’m going to share a poem, short story, or a visual art piece (painting or drawing). I’m hoping to be very consistent with this, but we’ll see! Some weeks I’m not inspired at all, so this series could dry up […]
I was hailing a taxi on the corner of 8th when I saw you from a distance coming my way. I was sure you wouldn’t stop to summon the blemished ghosts of who we used to be and the passing chance that was you and me. No, you would just pass on by […]
Please Please let me apologize for what happened those 6 years ago. We walked the barren fields we exchanged looks and words and stories and we wept for our past selves we didn’t look back to see the produce of our tears. we just looked ahead. at the dead stalks jutting from […]
Let me linger here; recall the beauty of breathing. I stare out your window at the autumn aspens among the green; Old Blue creeping slowly up gravel crunching lightly under its tread. I pat Old Blue’s dash whisper, “You’re doing great, sweetie” struggling up this mountain. I internalize the compliment, turn my face so […]
Another year, another list of books that I may or may not get to. Like usual, this TBR list is tentative, and probably superfluous, since I have so many books not listed here that are already on my bookshelf and that I need to read. Besides, my TBR list is “more what you’d call guidelines […]
Merry Christmas Eve!! I feel like everyone is still processing 2020 (including me), but 2021 has already flown by. This is the first year I can remember that I spent the majority of my months outside of school (I graduated college in May). So most of the books I read this year I read of […]
Reading Hemingway is simultaneously comfortable and exhausting. His stripped-back writing style is very easy to read, but he leaves room for so much interpretation, that I found myself re-reading nearly every sentence (at least of dialogue) in case I missed the nuance the first time. Hemingway certainly isn’t for everyone, with his abandonment of commas […]
Can’t decide what to get your book-loving friend for Christmas? Need last-minute ideas? I got you. I’ve compiled a list of 10 gifts that your bookish loved one will enjoy. 1. Your favorite book that you know your friend hasn’t read. Gifting your favorite book to a friend is a beautiful thing; you are sharing […]
This book had the potential to be an emotional rollercoaster. The plot is killer… anything Old Hollywood is sure to catch my interest. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo already had a pre-prepared slot on my Favorites bookshelf, and I was so excited to have a contemporary bestseller included. But the writing is so incredibly […]
Yet again, I watched the movie version before I read—or even knew about—Ian McEwan’s novel. It doesn’t happen to me often, but it’s such a shame when it does. Especially in this case, where it’s such a conscious effort to remove the film’s influence and fully examine McEwan’s genius. Atonement is such a compelling story, […]