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!
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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 […]
The Impact Of Children’s Books
One of the reasons I love reading so passionately is that I firmly believe that books can permanently change your outlook on life. Recently, I’ve been thinking about the books that had the most impact on me, and I’ve realized I read most of them between the ages of 9 and 14. I’ve forgotten many […]
The Rise of Young Adult Fiction
The other day, while reading the NY Times online, I stumbled across this brief, interesting article by Patricia McCormick, a young adult fiction author: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/ The article begins: If “Harry Potter” made it safe for grown-ups to read kids’ books, “The Hunger Games” has made it cool. Why are so many adults reading young adult […]
Lost and Found: A Book Miracle
Sometime during the midst of my pregnancy-related hiatus, I had a small gift conferred on me, via a friend, by the Goddess of Books and Reading. (Is there such a god/goddess? If not, there should be.) There’s a long-established used bookstore in my town called the Bookworm that’s quite popular among the local literati. I […]
Desert Island Reading Game
If you were trapped on a desert island, what five books would you want to have on the island with you? Keep in mind that the words in these books may have to sustain you for the rest of your life. You’d want a variety of genres to stave off boredom as long as possible, […]