

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix The glossy, bright IKEA catalog appearance of this book was completely deceiving. I figured this would be a...


Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
I tend to avoid all schmaltzy narratives that focus on September 11th (sorry Edward Cullen... I'm not watching Remember Me), but reading...


Little Free Library Kickstarter!
I have never been quiet about my love of the Little Free Library. I get all mushy over the fact that there are so many people out in...


Selected Letters of Dawn Powell
Read my review here! #dawnpowell #selectedlettersofdawnpowell #dorothyparker #rorygilmore #4cups


How to stomach children's programming
As the mother of an almost-two year old, I find my living room reverberating with the sweet melody of Barney's Don Knott-esque voice, by...


Too big for my britches
So, because I've been nailing 2015... reading-wise (not so much diet or exercise or life-plan wise), I think I recently got wayyyy too...


The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
As I'm mid-Getting Things Done, was in need of a new audiobook and was listening to (as I always do) the Book Riot podcast, I decided...


Sorcery & Ceceila -or- The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
Husband bought this book this past Christmas after having heard an NPR segment on it. I'll admit, I'm horrible about reading books that...


Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Forgiveness. Forgiveness of others but, more importantly, forgiveness of ourselves. That is what Reverend John Ames struggles with as...


Ode to a deckle edge
I swear I'm not drunk. Just in a weird mood. So I apologize in advance. But not really... THIS IS MY BLOG! I DO WHAT I WANT! Deckle,...