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Elegance
Title: Elegance Author: Kathleen Tessaro Genre: novel Publisher: Harper Collins Publication date: January 1st, 2003 Paperback: 336 pages Louise Canova needs help. She’s stuck in a sexless marriage...
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Merry Christmas, fellow book lovers!
Hello, book lovers! Just a tiny note to wish you a very Merry Christmas. While some may not be home for the holidays, I wish you much love and warmth. Remember the troops who are far from home, and...
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Favorite Bookish Quotes from 2012
I felt like sharing some favorite quotes that I ran across last year. This is a short post, but I felt so sad that I hadn’t shared any bookish stuff lately. So here I am!
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Covers “I Needs Must Have”
Here are some of the latest books I’ve been coveting. Only had time to post about three of them, but a short post is better than none ! When Louisiana Rory Deveaux arrives in London, it’s the...
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7 Egotistical Facts About Me
Well, that might be a wee bit egotistical. Maybe. But in any case, I hosted a short “7 Fantastical Facts About Me” on my other blog, Parasol Dreams, and thought it might be fun to share it on here too...
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Inspiring Blog Award
Yours truly has been nominated for the Inspiring Blog Award by the Ariel Suarez Interior Design blog! The rules are apparently to state 7 fantastical facts about yourself. But I already did that in...
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Eleanor & Park
If you’ve never heard of author Rainbow Rowell, you are missing out. But if you’ve never even heard of her book, Eleanor & Park, you have not lived! Alright. Maybe that was a bit melodramatic. But...
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My Weekly Book Stash
I buy books almost every week. And given that I work at Barnes & Noble, it’s easy to talk myself into it! Here’s more or less how that conversation with self usually goes… “Self…do you really need...
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Sneak Peaks: Out of the Easy
As I mentioned in this post, I recently acquired this book. The beginning was captivating with this as the opening lines: “My mother’s a prostitute. Not the filthy, street walking kind. She’s...
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“I never knew what hunger meant before…”
“I never knew what hunger meant before. I used to think hunger was that ache you got when you missed breakfast because you were running late to work. A stress relief one succumbed to when having a bad...
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When Adopted Before 22
Hello lovely traveler that by chance has come this way, Has it really been a year since last I wrote in my dear blog? Whatever put on pause my whimsical writer’s hopes and dreams? At what point did I...
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More Than Just “Kinda Cool”
I saw a Dad at the train station today with two teenage daughters. One of the girls had an insane case of green hair that reminded me of Anne of Green Gables’ mishap. Both girls were chatty with their...
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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Remember the childish game of plucking daisy petals, one by one? The sure way to determine whether that special someone loved you or not. “She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me…she loves me...
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How To Make An Iced Coffee Latte
I have this thing where I can’t decide to keep only ONE blog. So I have one for art and decor, and this one for all things book/writing related. It’s horrible SEO, I’m sure buuuut…they just don’t seem...
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That Time I Gave A Fuck
Remember way back when, I used to give a fuck? Remember that time I said, There was no such thing as bad luck? I loved you dear friend, Your smile did me good. The precious gift of life, I thought we...
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The Pink Dot Who Wanted To Be Normal
Once upon a time, there was a pink dot that wanted to be normal. It wasn’t that she had three eyes. It wasn’t that she had two heads. It’s just that she was a little different than the rest of her...
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On Writer’s Block
Blink. Blink. Blink. Sometimes looking at the blinking cursor on your screen feels akin to staring at a heart monitor screen. Your entire life —the bane of your very existence— is dependent on that...
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Utsubora – The Story of a Novelist
You can thank the Kinokuniya Bookstore in Downtown Seattle for singlehandedly fueling a Manga addiction within me this year. (Although to be entirely honest, it all began when I read Habibi at my local...
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On Loving a She
“How does it work?” You asked me one day. “Are you girl, Is she the man? With you so soft, And she so tough?” “When did you know?” You went on to say. “That you loved a she, That you were…ahem…gay? You...
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Utsubora – The Story of a Novelist
You can thank the Kinokuniya Bookstore in Downtown Seattle for singlehandedly fueling a Manga addiction within me this year. (Although to be entirely honest, it all began when I read Habibi at my local...
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