One of the best thing of any season, for me, is deciding what things I really want to get done. Whether it’s simply a matter of making a specific dish, going on a weekend away, or seeing an old friend? At the start of each season, I like to recoup, see where I want to […]
Mini-reviews #1: The Little Bookcafé
I’m an idiot. Now, believe it or not: I do have a specific reason for stating that. Namely: I have more books I want to review, than I have dates left until they’re all published. The solution? Why, to write some mini-reviews, of course! I fully expect you will get more of these in the […]
Weekly Lists #150: Favorite American Classics
Quite often, when they hear “the big classics”, they think of the British classics. Hah, the Jane Austens and Charles Dickens’ of this world… But here’s the thing – and it’s something that’s been made very clear from taking a couple of classes on American Literature – the norther part of the America’s? They have some serious […]
Travel Diaries: South Wales 2017
Wales is the kind of place best visited when it’s raining and dreary. Now, that is, I know, 100% a subjective opinion. I mean, if it were up to me? Any place would be best visited when it’s raining and dreary. However – I spent my first ever holiday in South Wales last summer, and […]
My 2018 Fall TBR
With the seasons changing comes, as always, a list of books I’m hopeful about. Hopeful that the fact that I want to read them will outweigh the fact that I’m dedicating myself to them through writing this post, that is. I mean, I honestly don’t know why I keep doing this to myself, because, well, […]
Weekly Lists #149: Favorite First Sentences
Sometimes you open a book, you read that first phrase, and you know: yes. This is it. This is the start of a journey that’s going to take me places. Whether that actually turns out to be true for the rest of the book, at that point, it doesn’t really matter. Because… Oh my goodness… Those […]
Travel Diaries: One Perfect Day in London
A couple of weeks back, me and the bf found ourselves with one day in London. My cousin had gotten married the day before, but as that was a Sunday? Well, you know, we just had to take the Monday off work. Here’s the thing, though: London is big. And even with a day pass for the tube, […]
About Books #55: A Letter For The King
So here’s a fun story for you. When I was about 8 or 9, we went – as we did every year – to this huge book fair. Every year, we would be allowed to buy exactly 1 book. That year, as chance would have it, I didn’t quite know what book I wanted. So […]