Travel can be both wonderful and uncomfortable – and the least comfortable part tends to be the getting places. However, I’ve put in some good practise at this, and I’m happy to offer you my very incomplete guide to travel essentials for bookworms, introverts, and anyone else who really just wants to be left to…
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Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: a Universe of Possibilities, Beauty, & Optimism
Carl Sagan’s Cosmos is one of those books that’s been on my TBR for more years than I care to mention. I’ve had the book that accompanied the original TV series since I was ten or eleven, so it’s not like I haven’t had plenty of opportunity to read it. I’ve even read his The…
Reading Across Genres & Beautiful Discoveries
Do you like reading across genres, lovely people? Do you read whatever catches your fancy, or do you stick to certain genres only? For years I was very firm about what I did and didn’t read. I had very clear opinions on it. These softened somewhat as I got out of my teens and twenties…
How to Make a Perfect Reading Spot
The practised bookworm, it seems to me, is adept at making any environment into a perfect reading spot. On a train or aboard a plane. In the car or at a bar. With the cat or on the mat. We’ll even read in our socks, while taking tea with a fox. Us bookworms just don’t…
American Gods Read-Along (Because “Book Club” sounds Serious)
Are you part of the American Gods read-along? Do you want to join us? Read on! I have never belonged to a book club. They scare me. I might have to sound insightful and intelligent, and if you’ve watched my book chats before, you’ll know my reviews are neither of those things. They’re enthusiastic and…