A fun package came in the mail today! When I was looking around on Etsy to reasearch fabulous bookish fall items for my wishlist over at Life of a Female Bibliophile, I came across a listing that was no longer eligible for a wish list because before I knew it I had already clicked "Add …
Life of a Female Bibliophile
Hi guys! This week I'm featured as a guest on the lovely Rachel's blog, Life of a Female Bibliophile, where I list some bookish items on my fall wish list. Check it out if you're looking for some inspiration to spruce up your space for the new season! https://www.lifeofafemalebibliophile.com/fall-literary-wishlist-crescentbolt/
Top Ten Tuesday Freebie: Back to School
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s prompt is a throwback freebie. Autumn always puts me in mind of three things: back to school, football, and Halloween. Halloween will be the subject of its own posts later, and football is inextricably connected to school memories, so I thought …
Weekend Deal 8/18/2017
Happy Friday! I'm currently hiding out in my apartment for a few hours before I have to go out and face the eclipse weekend crowds. The boyfriend's parents are in town this weekend, along with tens of thousands of other tourists; otherwise I'd be happy to stay home and read! The Thousandth Floor: "Amid …
July Favorites and August TBR
July favorites: 1. The Makioka Sisters, Junichiro Tanizaki. I bought this several months ago after finishing Minae Monimura's A True Novel, and I finally got around to reading it in early July. I loved it, the subtle atmosphere of the story of four (but really mostly three) sisters in pre-War Japan. The book was faintly …
Weekend eBook Deals~ 2/5/17
How can the weekend go by so quickly? Between work stress and world stress, I was in desperate need of some escapism this weekend! So, time to take a break from the terrible things happening in this world for a bit to read about how fictional protagonists overcame the horrors in theirs. Gone, Michael Grant. …
Top Ten Tuesday: Graphic Novels
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's prompt is "All about the Visuals." I just wrote a post on my favorite comics featuring kickass women, but I've still got plenty more graphic novels that I've enjoyed over the years! Saga: “When two soldiers from opposite sides of …
Top Ten Books I Read in 2016
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week is a freebie, so since I missed out on the Top Ten Books of 2016 prompt a few weeks ago, I'm going to take this opportunity to tackle it now! A True Novel, Minae Mizumura. A friend of mine recommended …
Weekend Ebook Deals!
It's been a gloomy stormy weekend in Charleston, and there's no better weather for curling up with a book! Here are a few great ebook deals I've found. All descriptions come from the book's copy. A Tale for the Time Being, Ruth Ozeki: "In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there’s only one escape from …
Girl Power Comics
In honor of today's Women's March on Washington, I wanted to do a post featuring some of my favorite webcomics and graphic novels led by badass women! Sailor Moon: When I was a kid, I loved superhero teams. I was obsessed with Power Rangers, and the only problem the show had in my mind was …
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