Today’s post comes from Jonas Salzgeber, author of The Little Book of Stoicism. He’s an expert in Stoic philosophy, and passionate about self-made dark chocolate and buttered coffee with collagen. Jonas also blogs for a small army of remarkable people at njlifehacks.com. 5 Stoic […]
After having such a stellar reading month in January, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that this past month was a bit of a bummer. Most of my ratings were 3 stars or less, as opposed to January where most were 3 and above. My recent […]
In order to fulfill a couple reading challenge categories for this year, I ventured back into the world of Young Adult fiction. I hadn’t read any YA in a while, for no particular reason. Halfway through The Sun is Also a Star, I was reminded […]
At this time last year, I wrote a post about my favorite literary romances. Between then and now I’ve read exactly one romance novel, The Bollywood Affair by Somali Dev. I enjoyed it a lot, though obviously my knowledge on the genre hasn’t expanded much […]
Regardless of your reading preferences, chances are you have happy childhood memories of books that looked like this: The concept was created by Edward Packard, in the late 1970’s. He made up bedtime stories for his children, who each asked for different endings. According to Wikipedia, Choose […]
Valentine’s Day is 10 days away, but there’s no need to panic yet. If your special someone is a book-lover, it may be easy to give a gift card or a book, but I’ll let you in on a little secret: we have a lot of books. […]
Is it too late to say Happy New Year? Either way, I hope your 2019 is off to a great start, especially your bookish life! I’m kinda stunned to report I finished 20 books in January (which I’m pretty confident is a personal best) and most of […]
Most days, I receive at least one email from an author asking if I’d like to read and review their book. Some days I get six or eight such requests. I’m impressed by these writers, doing the footwork to check out my blog and reach […]
My last two posts were nearly two weeks apart, which is a first for me. My absence from this site might give you the impression I haven’t been writing or reading, when in fact the opposite is true – I’ve frantically been doing both. I […]
Back when I was working for a temp agency, I had a lengthy gig in warehouse doing mundane manual tasks over and over, all day every day. Being that I love routine, I didn’t mind it too much, although the bosses understood it could get […]
