The Friend Who Got Away: Twenty Women's True Life Tales of Friendships that Blew Up, Burned Out or Faded Away by Jenny Offill and Elissa Schappell (author of Blueprints for Building Better Girls, which is on my Kindle) is a book of essays written by women who lost a female friendship. Some were by choice, others by mistake, and a few for no reason at all. As a woman who is … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2013
What Do You Think? Post Crossing
A few months ago, Rebecca at Love at First Book told me about a cool website called Post Crossing. It sounded pretty neat, so I signed up, and now I am hooked and just have to share the awesomeness.Post Crossing is a postcard swapping site. You sign up, request an address, and are given a random address from somewhere around the world. In return, someone else draws your … [Read more...]
50 Bookish Things to Do Before You Die
Recently, I was chatting with Rebecca @ Love at First Book and somehow we came up with the idea for a sort of bookish bucket list, which we're titling 50 Bookish Things You Must Do Before You Die.Most of the list we had in common, like these 35:20 DIY bookish (& sophisticated) crafts Participate in creating or create my own Little Free Library Read 50+ … [Read more...]
Get Involved: Books for Soldiers
Books for Soldiers Books for Soldiers is a small non-profit based in NC that hosts a forum for soldiers to request books. You can send 1 or 100 books, depending on what you wish to contribute. You can browse requests from several categories, including by branch, group or individual requests, forgotten soldiers, wounded, and more. You can also opt to send care … [Read more...]
‘Cover of Snow’ is Chilling
That's it. From now on I am only reading books from the IndieBound Next List. This is only my second read that I picked straight from the list and both of them have been amazing (the first was Y by Marjorie Celona). Cover of Snow is the debut novel by Jenny Milchman that follows a woman who seeks to find the truth behind her husband's suicide, only to uncover secrets she never … [Read more...]