In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. January has many sides in my mind: it's a bright new beginning, but it also means the continuation of the long New England winter. This month is often when we take a good long look at …
Bookish Goals for 2020
2020 is just right around the corner!! Every year I set myself a few bookish goals, and at the end of the year I go back and reflect on what I accomplished and what I can continue to work towards. Today I'm going to do both! Here's an update on my 2019 goals and a …
5 Classics for December
In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. For those of us who celebrate Christmas, December is a magical (and somewhat stressful) month of sweet treats and shopping and music and decorating and, ideally, laughter. It's also obviously the last month of the year, …
Why I Don’t Rate Books
You may have noticed that none of my book reviews contain ratings for anything that I read. That's because I don't rate books anymore. I made the decision to stop rating books a few years ago, right around when the amount of reading I had to do for my English major picked up. As I …
5 Classics for November
In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. Although most people seem to dislike November (at least in New England where I live) because all of the pretty leaves die and everything is dead, it's actually my favorite month of the year. This might …
Book characters I’ve been for Halloween
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! Today I thought I would do an extra fun post and share some of the book characters I've dressed up as for Halloween! These are all actually from last year (my friends and I did indeed plan three costumes for Halloween weekend our senior year). Hermione Granger from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling What …
5 Nonfiction books that will scare your Halloween socks off
The spooky season is here! Bust out your pumpkins and fake cobwebs! Dig out the witch hat that’s been collecting dust in the back of your closet for the past year! Turn up the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack! Usually when I make spooky book lists around Halloween, they tend to be filled with novels …
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Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge | Update 2
It's been two years since I last updated this list?!?! And three years since I posted my introduction to the Rory Gilmore reading challenge?!?! I'm very intrigued to see where I stand with this list (all the books Rory is seen reading/mentions in Gilmore Girls). On with my second update! In alphabetical order, the 339 …
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5 Classics for October
In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. Of course, there's one word that automatically comes to mind when thinking about the month of October: spooky! What better way to ring in the Halloween season than by reading some spooky books? Here are my …
5 Books Every Incoming English Major Should Read
You read a lot of books as an English major in college. Some books are more enjoyable, interesting, and frankly more worthwhile to read than others. As someone who recently graduated with a degree in English lit, I've thought a lot about all those hours spent staring at pages at my desk or in the …
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