Season’s Greetings, Bookworms! I’m going to be busy the next few days getting my Griswold on, so I probably won’t be around a whole lot. I want to wish each and every one of you Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy (belated) Solstice, Happy Festivus, or just have a super fantastic couple… Read more »
Month: December 2014
The Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness
Greetings Bookworms! I love y’all. Have I mentioned that? I love the book blogosphere, too. It’s where I get most of my book recommendations. Sometimes it takes me a while to get around to reading something, but there are some bloggers (and generally awesome human beings) who never steer me wrong. My girl Heather at… Read more »
I’m a Three Decker Sauerkraut and Toadstool Sandwich… With Arsenic Sauce
Merry Grinchmas, Bookworms! I’ve had a post percolating for a while now and I’m afraid it’s about to boil over. Before I start, I should mention that this post is meant to be lighthearted and silly. If you’re overly attached to “pop” Christmas songs, you may want to skip this, because I’m putting on my… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday: My Faves of 2014
Howdy Bookworms! ‘Tis another Tuesday, so I shall supply you with another list, inspired, as usual, by The Broke and the Bookish. Today we’ve been challenged to list the favorite books we’ve read in 2014. I’m afraid a lot of this will be a repeat of last week’s list but I don’t care. If I… Read more »
Tiny Beautiful Things: A Fellowship of the Worms Event
Greetings Bookworms! It’s time, it’s time! I’ve been really excited to talk about Cheryl Strayed’s Tiny Beautiful Things with you and it’s finally time! Yaaaaaaaaaay! WARNING: We will be discussing the WHOLE book. This will no doubt include SPOILERS. This isn’t a novel, so I’m not sure how you can really spoil it, but I feel like I should warn you… Read more »
Santa Baby: Bookworms Be Shopping
Ho ho ho, Bookworms! ‘Tis the season for holiday shopping! If your loved ones are stumped on what to give your glorious bookish self, I’ve made them a handy dandy guide including some fun things on my own personal wish list. Ready?! 1. Awesome Alice in Wonderland necklace from ModCloth. It’s the perfect addition to… Read more »
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Good Morrow, Bookworms! I’m feeling rather Shakespearean today, and it’s the fault of Emily St. John Mandel’s new (and awesome) novel, Station Eleven. There’s been a lot of buzz floating around about this book, but don’t believe the hype. Well, no. DO believe the hype. But believe it because I said so. (Shhhh, it makes me… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors I “Met” in 2014
Hiya Bookworms! It’s Tuesday again and I’m getting back in the saddle with the ladies of The Broke and the Bookish for Top Ten Tuesday. Wahoo! This week we’ve been asked to list some of our favorite authors we read for the first time this year. I have a thrilling list, I tell you. THRILLING…. Read more »
The Look of Love by Sarah Jio (Or, How Pop Culture Ruined My Life)
Hello Bookworms! I think that pop culture may have ruined my life. I may have gone into Sarah Jio’s new novel, The Look of Love, tainted, simply because certain associations it aroused in my psyche…My word, I’m digressing before I’ve even started. *Before further tangents take wing, I should inform you that I received a… Read more »
Winter Wonderland: An Idiosyncratic Lit List
Well, Bookworms, it seems the Starks were right. Winter is no longer just coming. Winter is HERE. Now that it’s cold and crappy out, I may as well make a list of books with a wintry theme. Why the heck not, right? Now, put on “Winter” by Tori Amos, and let’s do this thing! 1…. Read more »