📚Books Read: 11 Yes, I did start Sept by finishing up a Christmas romance lol. But overall, I read a lot of great spooky books. I also dod a third re-read of Wade in the Water by Tracy K. Smith for poetry sluts book club. One exciting thing. We got two new bookshelves (after one …
The Diverse Baseline ReadingChallenge 2024
Last year, I did The Diverse Baseline Reading Challenge to encourage me to be intentional with reading books from authors with different experiences and perspectives from my own. Something I didn't expect with this challenge is that I also read genres I don't typically read! I felt like I really branched out in the books …
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Memoir Recs for Non-Fiction November: Graphic Novels
I'm back with more memoir recommendations. This time they are graphic novels! I love graphic novels -- they are like more in depth/longer comics that tickle that visual part of my brain while also diving into some tough topics. If I can convince you to read anything, I hope it's one of these but especially …
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Memoir Recs for Non-Fiction November
This was intended to go out in late October/ early November but life had other plans -- similar to the stories that I'll be recommending below. For me, memoirs have been an easy way to step my toe into the non-fiction reading space. Hearing a first person account of someone's life, has opened by eyes …
Book Recs for Final Girls
What is a Final Girl? The term "final girl" was coined by Carol J. Clover in her article "Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film" (1987) and expanded upon in her 1992 book Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film. A final girl in cinema is a woman or girl who …
Bookish Babes with Bookish Things (Part 3): Bookshelf Tees!
AKA how being obsessed with books has become more than just buying and borrowing books, but buying book-related merchandise as well. It's a problem. It's an obsession. Part 3 of this series will highlight one of my favorite bookish shops! Lauren of Bookshelf Tees creates the perfect sticker and clothing designs for the book-obsessed girlie …
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Bookish Babes with Bookish Things (Part 2)
AKA how being obsessed with books has become more than just buying and borrowing books, but buying book-related merchandise as well. It's a problem. It's an obsession. I have begun to receive some things as presents and wanted to highlight them below! Check out Part 1 here! View this post on Instagram A cute clay …
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“Guide to Smart Wedding Planning” Blog Tour!
Photo credit: the authors and Author Marketing Experts Welcome to Musings by Michelle's leg of the Guide to Smart Wedding Planning Blog Tour! In this blog post, you'll find some information on this book as well as a little Q&A from the authors. Finally, you'll find a link to a giveaway to win a copy …
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A Novel Drink – 2021 Passion Project
I started a passion project last year called "A Novel Drink" where I have combined my love of drawing, design, wine, and books. I tasked myself with creating a wine bottle label to correspond with a novel I read. I intend to evolve this idea to include other drinks such as liquor bottles, beer labels, …
May Wrap-Up and June To-Be-Read (Hopefully)
I read 19 books this month, which is so many! I was honestly shocked when I reviewed my Goodreads and counted them. I really got sucked into YA books this month and they easier for me to read quickly. As a summary, below are the books I read in May! Romance YA Fiction YA Fiction …
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