When I was, oh, 15 or so, I very intentionally packed away all the children’s books I’d kept, with the thought that I would pass them on to my children when I had them. The box of books got moved
Library Book Sale Finds: One for Sorrow by Mary Downing Hahn
As we discussed last September when I was doing my foundational book series, Wait Till Helen Comes was a formulative book for me when I was a child, one that is still creepy to this day. So when I spied
Foundational Books: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
So, if you remember, oh, last summer, I went through some of the books that have made me who I am today, as a writer, but also in general. (Apologies for being late AGAIN, I can’t even blame the quarantine
Library Book Sale Finds: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
I’ve been meaning to read this one for a long time, squiders. It’s not my first Shirley Jackson book. I’ve previously read The Haunting of Hill House, but We Have Always Lived in the Castle is perhaps her most famous
Library Book Sale Finds: Twelve Angry Librarians by Miranda James
Well, squiders. We were supposed to be on a cruise tomorrow. But, alas, that’s not happening, for obvious reasons. Sad times. So, a little over a month and a half ago, I went to another library book sale. Cuz I
Used Book Store Finds: A Different Light by Elizabeth A. Lynn
Hey-o, squiders! I thought this was one of my library book sale books, but it had a bookmark in it, so it turns out that it was one of the books my spouse bought me on my birthday when he
Library Book Sale Finds: The Ipcress File by Len Deighton
Heyo, squiders. It’s that time again. And once again, I try to recapture what I was thinking when I stuck a particular book into my bag. Not sure. Maybe I just thought it would be cool? Title: The Ipcress FileAuthor: Len DeightonGenre: Spy/ThrillerPublication
Library Book Sale Finds: The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
So, squiders, one of my “resolutions” for the year is to read more of the books I have sitting around. Specifically the books I keep picking up at library book sales. It tickles me eternally that, as an adult, I
The Good Thing About Going Through the Detritus of Your Life…
..is that sometimes you find things you really should use. Like gift cards you’ve apparently been hoarding. Gift cards to Barnes and Noble. Gift cards that will allow you to…buy new books. In case you missed my post a few
2019 Reading in Review
It’s that time, squiders! Every year, I round up the books I read the year before and run statistics, because I am a nerd and I like them. (As always, if you’d read something really great recently that you think