How do you know when to buy a book?

The thing about working at a bookstore is that temptation is all around you. New books come in and it takes great strengths to not just...buy ONE, I swear it'll only be ONE this time! Since we came back to work in the summer, I've had tons of time to do reading, I suppose as... Continue Reading →

reading: Enemy of All Mankind by Steven Johnson

I picked this book up in October for spooky season. I think I'd been browsing all the sections at my job, trying to pick out books that would be "right" for Halloween and then I found this one. I asked myself, are pirates spooky? Like, they weren't out of this world type characters but at... Continue Reading →

I’ve tried annotating when I read

A few years ago the idea of writing in my books would have given me a heart attack, but recently I've started to do this. I've always tried to keep my books as new as possible. There's just something "sacred" about books that even the thought of dropping it or opening it incorrectly (snort) gets... Continue Reading →

reading: A Brief History of Korea by Michael J. Seth

I had a bit of a dilemma, thinking about how to review a nonfiction title, so let's see how it goes. Here's one of my first few attempts, just remember that this is actually a new subject for me too so I can't exactly talk on historical accuracy One of the things I like to... Continue Reading →

How likely are you to read your TBR?

I've been using Goodreads for years now, as I'm sure other readers have too, and I've always had this terrible habit of adding books to my TBR if they 1) had a nice cover and ohhh I'd totally read it just for that! and 2) sounded interesting because yes, I do sometimes read a book's... Continue Reading →

reading: Each of Us A Desert by Mark Oshiro

One of the amazing perks of my job is that every month we get free audiobooks via Libro and one month, this gem was in the pile. I'd seen a ton of promo for it online and after some moments of indecision - which book should I read first?! - I finally picked this one... Continue Reading →

reading: The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman

Whenever one of the bestsellers runs out at my job, we're allowed to place a substitute and usually I just pick something that's been on the bestseller before or one that has a nice cover. Recently, I've been placing this one as well I picked up the orphan collector because it intrigued me. The title... Continue Reading →

5 books I added to my TBR (October 2020)

My plan was to read a bunch of books this month, especially of the spooky variety but then I decided to take a day break and that turned into two weeks - oops. Still, I did end up browsing the shelves and added some books to my TBR that I'm hoping to start soon! Unless... Continue Reading →

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