This month, I’m into… Nostalgia podcasts. I’ve been listening to The Babysitters Club Club (that second “club” is not a typo) for awhile, but I only recently discovered that’s it’s part of a whole realm of nostalgia podcasts in which the hosts dissect past books and television shows. My new favorite is The West Wing Weekly, […]
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What’s Making Me Happy In November
November has been a happy/stressful time in my personal life (my daughter was born; I’m writing a novel in a month) and a traumatic/stressful time in our country. To ease the stress for both me and you, I am reinstating a series of posts listing the little things that are making me happy. I used to call this […]
Bookshelf Link-Up
This week, Modern Mrs. Darcy is doing a link-up of bookshelf displays. Naturally, I couldn’t wait to jump on board. (For those who are new to this blog, it was originally focused on books and reading. Reading was the first, and longest, love of my life.) Voila, my bookshelves!
I Heart The Babysitters Club
When I was around fourth grade, I discovered the Babysitters Club book series by Ann M. Martin. I loved them. For Christmas that year, my parents gave me all of the books published to that date (there are about twice as many now). I couldn’t get enough of Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, Stacey, Dawn, Mallory […]
Comfort Books
Some people have comfort food: chocolate chip cookies, macaroni and cheese, dark russet potato chips. When I get sad/ lonely/ depressed, or if I’m just in a darker place in my life, I turn to my comfort books. They’re the ones that I’ve been reading since childhood. They’re the ones that make me feel hopeful […]