HighShelfEsteem

Month: October 2016

  • The Delicious Smell of Old Books: Can It Be Recreated?

    Fall officially started more than a month ago, but only recently has the weather near me turned truly autumnal. Now that the evenings are sufficiently chilly, I’ve been curling up with a fuzzy blanket and drinking warm beverages while I read. And to take the coziness up a notch, I like lighting seasonally scented candles….

  • Literary Linking: October 24 – 28

    My favorite bookish links from the week of October 24 – 28: The Truth about Boys and Books: They Read Less – and Skip Pages “Boys might claim it’s a simple matter of preferring to read magazines or the latest musings of their friends on social media rather than the classics. But two of the…

  • I’m Sick of the Election!: 10 Books Set in D.C. NOT About Politics

    Election day is quickly approaching and I, for one, am more than ready to leave this campaign season behind. As someone who works in Washington, D.C., I am accustomed to a constant hum of political talk, but the presidential race has crescendoed the hum into a rather unbearable din. Yes, I realize this is to…

  • Literary Linking: October 17 – 21

    My favorite bookish links from the week of October 17 – 21: 100 Book for a Lifetime of Eating and Drinking “If you had to create one bookshelf of all things culinary, what would it look like?  For us, first and foremost there’s got to be variety–it is the spice of life, after all…”  …

  • Why Reading Makes You Sleepy and What You Can Do About It

    I have a conflicted relationship with sleep. Sometimes it feels absolutely delicious to burrow my cheek in a pillow and go under for some zzz’s, but when I have an amazing book to read and my eyelids feel like those kettlebells in my basement that I should but don’t use, sleep becomes a relentless adversary….

  • Literary Linking: October 10 – 14

    My favorite bookish links from the week of October 10 – 14: Study Shows Books Can Bring Republicans and Democrats Together “Political rhetoric has never been so polarized — but getting together to discuss a good book may be the answer, or so research into literary behavior suggests.” How the Berenstain Bears Found Salvation “…consistency…

  • Unique Literary Baby Names for Your Future Bookworm

    These days when I scroll through Facebook, here’s what I see: baby, link to article on Trump or Clinton, baby, cool travel shots, babies in a group, advertisement that proves Facebook is stalkery, ultrasound, baby, more babies. Basically, it’s babies, babies, babies! And baby names are getting more and more creative. According to Harper’s Bazaar,…

  • Literary Linking: October 3 – 7

    My favorite bookish links from the week of October 3 – 7: Stephen King Says People Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Clowns. Right. “Despite the clown scare sweeping the nation, Stephen King wants you to chill about clowns. Sure, his novel “It” probably contributed to your lifelong fear of clowns. But now the author would very much…

  • What Did DC Commuters Read in September?

    In my 33 years on this earth, I have learned that humans are very curious and judgmental creatures. And I will humbly admit that I am quite “human,” especially when it comes to books and the people who read them. A great place to exercise this curiosity and judgement (ok, let’s be honest — it’s…

  • Literary Linking: September 26 – 30

    My favorite bookish links from the week of September 26 – 30: Tana French’s Intimate Crime Fiction “In her Dublin Murder Squad series, the search for the killer becomes entangled in a search for self…All crime novels are social novels. They can’t help it; without a society to define, condemn, and punish it, crime itself wouldn’t…