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Weekend Joys, Books and More: December 11th
Hello everyone, The holiday season continues! Hanukkah started this week, and we are looking forward to actually getting some snow this weekend. In honor of snow and Hanukkah, here are 5 things to start your weekend off right: 1.) This is really for kids, but if you have kids in your life, this is a great Christmas/Hanukkah hybrid story 2.) Book Riot has a wonderful list of book-adjacent gifts for the book lovers in your life who already have enough books 3.) Have you heard of #Emojireads? If that isn’t your cup of tea, you may still like these modern classic retellings. 4.) Look at this beautiful and interesting project.…
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Weekend Joys in Books and More: December 4th Edition
Hello, I hope you all had a great week and are enjoying settling into the holiday spirit. As one of our kiddos said yesterday when discussing what month it is, it is certainly “Christmas Month” in our house. Enjoy the links below and have a great weekend! 1.) Enjoy Stacey Mei Yan Fong’s weird and wonderful 50 Pies / 50 States project! 2.) This is by far the best The Christmas Carol adaptation out there. Guillermo del Toro agrees with me so I must be right. 3.) This website is super fascinating and fun to explore! I’ve been watching a lot of period TV, and this gives me major shelf…
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Bookish Weekend Joys: A List
This is a new type of post I am trying this weekend. Below are a few fun highlights and joys to start you weekend off right! I hope you enjoy! 1.) As a follow up from my Pride and Prejudice post earlier this year, this musical version of Pride and Prejudice is so ridiculous that it verges on the sublime. 2.) Stacey Abrams has gotten a lot of attention recently for her incredible work registering voters in Georgia. But did you know she is also the author of a series of an award winning series of romantic suspense novels!? 3.) As you start preparing for Thanksgiving next week, check out…
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An Unpretentious Way to Read “More” Books
The amount that I read is a running joke in my household, whether it is being asked “so did you finish it yet?” right when I start a book, or me reporting my running tally just to annoy those around me. I am an incredibly fast reader, and that a big part of how I finish so many books, but I honestly think that a lot of my ability to get through so many books is that I structure my life in a such as way that I can manage it. I’m not reading every second, and I still go to work, watch a ton of TV, sleep, make food…
because stories are important
