The cover of Elisabeth Thomas’s Catherine House is what first caught my eye at ALA Midwinter. What got me to throw it into my tote was the very brief synopsis, less than fifty words, that managed to pack in three key phrases. “Secluded, elite university,” “rebellious undergraduate,” “truth beneath her…school’s prestige” — as it turns…
Tag: book browsing
The #tbr struggle is real
My thinking was that any diversions could be excused as long as I knocked a couple titles off the general tbr list and got through the same number of title that were on the monthly one, although I was certainly hoping for the added benefits of shorter ARC stacks and more shelf space. And then I realized a major wrench that would be thrown into this plan every month, inevitably. It’s a habit I’ve noted countless times, something I’ve been struggling to curb, reason with, consciously call myself out on:
Online Storefronts of Independent Bookshops Affected by Coronavirus
On March 12, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf asked all nonessential retailers in Montgomery County to close for two weeks. Since then, I’ve seen seen several tweets mentioning Bookshop.org, an online bookstore that provides financial support to indie bookstores. As the website is still in beta, some of the search functions can be a bit clunky,…
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