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  • Reading Rush 2020 TBR

    Get excited!! It’s that time of year again–the Reading Rush is here!! The Reading Rush is a weeklong readathon hosted by Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay. This year the Reading Rush is taking place from July 20 to July 26. Check out their website for more information. I’ve been participating in the Reading Rush (formerly […]

    holly

    July 19, 2020
    Bookish, Read-A-Thons
    Ariel Bissett, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jane Austen, Joan Didion, Readathon, Reading Rush, Truman Capote, Zadie Smith
  • Dear LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng: What genre do you belong in?

    Dear Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng: You’ve been one of the most recommended books on my TBR ever since I watched and enjoyed Big Little Lies a few years ago. I had never read anything by Celeste Ng up until this point, and numerous other bookworms recommended you both for your gripping story and […]

    holly

    July 16, 2020
    Books, Letters to Books
    Book Review, books, Celeste Ng, Letters to Books, Little Fires Everywhere
  • Top Ten Tuesday: Books that are like pep talks

    Happy Tuesday! This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) asks us to share ten books that make us smile. Today I thought I’d specifically recommend ten books that feel like pep talks. There’s nothing better than a pep talk from a family member, friend, or mentor, but sometimes a pep […]

    holly

    July 14, 2020
    Top Ten Tuesday
    Pep talks, Top Ten Tuesday
  • Are our bookshelves a reflection of us? | Discussion

    Listening to The High Low podcast by Dolly Alderton and Pandora Sykes has been one of the highlights of my week for ages. I always look forward to their insightful perspectives on current events, books, and pop culture in general. Each time I listen to an episode I come away from it with a new […]

    holly

    July 12, 2020
    Bookish, Discussion
    bookish, Bookshelf, Bookshelves, Discussion, Dolly Alderton, Pandora Sykes, Podcast, The High Low
  • Dear THE SECOND PERSEPHONE BOOK OF SHORT STORIES: Lovely, bittersweet snapshots of the twentieth century

    Dear The Second Persephone Book of Short Stories: I purchased you on an amazing return trip to England last summer, and have been waiting to read you ever since. As I wrote about in this post, I honestly never thought I would get the opportunity to visit Persephone Books, and when I did I knew […]

    holly

    July 9, 2020
    Books, Letters to Books
    Book Reviews, books, Letters to Books, Persephone Books, Short Stories, The Second Persephone Book of Short Stories
  • Top Ten Tuesday: I would like to read everything that these authors have written

    Happy Tuesday!! This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) asks us to share the authors who we’ve read the most books by. However, I thought it would be fun to do this topic in reverse: instead, I’ll be sharing the ten authors whose entire bibliography I hope to read someday. […]

    holly

    July 7, 2020
    Top Ten Tuesday
    Ann Patchett, Bronte, Helene Hanff, Jane Austen, Neil Gaiman, Penelope Fitzgerald, Top Ten Tuesday, Virginia Woolf, Willa Cather, William Faulkner, Zadie Smith
  • 5 Classics for July

    In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. When I think of July, I think of summer adventures, sparklers on the Fourth of July, hot afternoons, a lot of time with family, sitting by the campfire, and looking at fireflies at the edge of […]

    holly

    July 5, 2020
    Bookish, Recommendations
    books, Classic, Classic Literature, Huckleberry Finn, July, Recommendations, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Sound and the Fury, The Wind in the Willows, Treasure Island
  • What do I ACTUALLY read at the beach?

    Summertime has many traditions, including book bloggers making lists of the best beach reads of the season. There are many different kinds of books that people tend to classify as “beach reads,” from sunny contemporaries to steamy romance and even gripping thrillers. But what do people actually read at the beach? Not what they intend […]

    holly

    June 28, 2020
    Recommendations
    Beach, Beach Reads, Summer, Summer Reading
  • Dear AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare: My favorite in a certain way?

    Dear As You Like It by William Shakespeare: Shakespeare and I have always had a bit of a love-hate relationship. While I appreciate his clever wordplay and legacy as a writer, I’ve just never been a huge fan of his plays. I always maintained that I prefer seeing plays performed rather than reading them on […]

    holly

    June 25, 2020
    Books, Letters to Books
    As You Like It, Book Review, Letters to Books, William Shakespeare
  • Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Years of TTT!

    Happy Tuesday!! This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) is particularly special: it’s been TEN YEARS since this weekly post first started!!!! It’s wild to think that I’ve been doing Top Ten Tuesday posts for… SEVEN years now??? I look forward to these posts each week because it really feels […]

    holly

    June 23, 2020
    Top Ten Tuesday
    Book lists, Book recommendations, Top Ten Tuesday
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