My lovely friend and fellow contributor, Joli, recently posted an article highlighting some amazing bookish finds on Etsy. I mean, look at that gorgeous Sense and Sensibility clutch. But, what if you need to find a gift for someone who …
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The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey
by Joliby JoliWhen this book popped up as the next to be read in my book club, I had no idea what to expect. See, I like jumping into book club books without reading about them first. I don’t read the synopsis …
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The Book Thief is one of those books that everyone I knew was raving about five years ago, yet I somehow never managed to sit down and read it. I have been drawn to books about the Holocaust since I …
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800 pages is my mental limit for carelessly picking up a book and diving in. If a book exceeds that limit, it takes a little more procrastination and a lot more hemming and hawing over whether the novel is worth …
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The amazingness of Etsy often blows my mind. Having just recently gotten my ears pierced for the first time (yeah, I’m an odd duck), I immediately went to Etsy to purchase my first pairs of earrings. It’s a good feeling …
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Literary Quicksand is a brand new community of women readers and writers. Or at least, that’s what we hope it will become! Have you ever tried to choose a book to read based off of Amazon reviews? That’s what our …
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Living Life Bookishly
Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul.
by Joliby Joli– Joanne Harris
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Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
by Joliby JoliAlias Grace was my first ever Margaret Atwood novel. *Gasp* not sure how I made it through 28 years of English-studying, book-loving life without reading an Atwood novel! Why exactly did I start with this particular one? I happened upon …