Author: Kristen
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2017 End-of-Year Reading Survey
I came across this survey on the wonderful blog, Never Enough Novels, and thought back to those years in high school when online surveys were THE thing. I loved filling them out, so I thought a reading survey would be right up my alley. Some of the answers will be familiar if you read My…
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Literary Linking: December 11 – 15
This week’s link topics include: literary celebrity lookalikes, bike desks in the library, best sentences of 2017, and more! The best bookish links the week of December 11 – 15 Tell Us Your Favorite Books and We’ll Tell You Your Hogwarts House I usually find online quiz results to be inaccurate, but this one is…
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My Top 10 Favorite Books of 2017
Top Ten Tuesday is an original blog meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week’s topic is Top 10 Favorite Books of 2017. Overall, it’s been a pretty good year of reading. Many of my favorite books of 2017 have been mentioned in earlier posts, so I will refrain from sounding like…
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Literary Linking: December 4 – 8
This week’s link topics include: the NPR book concierge, baking like Emily Dickinson, full-cast audiobooks, and more! The best bookish links the week of December 4 – 8: Meet Max, the Cat Who Lost the Library but Won the Internet This article is from last week, but it’s so adorable, I just had to include…
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New Series: Lit Burger – Lit Burger #1 is The Sound and the Curry Burger
I am very late to the game when it comes to loving the stuffing out of the animated show Bob’s Burgers. To make up for taking so long to become a fan, I am creating a new series that ties Bob’s Burgers to the literary world. It is called: Lit Burger! For each episode, there…
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What’s Making Me Happy: Vol. 6
This post is a bit late, but I think I have a pretty good excuse. Earlier this month, I had a brain aneurysm and it’s thrown my regular schedule off quite a bit. In any case, I have SO much to be thankful for and I am just happy to be alive. That said,…
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Literary Linking: November 27 – December 1
This week’s link topics include: free books in Baltimore, Christmas read-alouds, the success of indie bookstores, and more! The best bookish links the week of November 27 – December 1: How Giving Away Free Books Became a Baltimore Institution The day I tried to go to Book Thing for the first time, they’d just had…
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The Top 10 Bookish Holiday Gifts from the Library of Congress
Being a librarian at an independent school near Capitol Hill is great for many reasons, but one that might not come to mind immediately is its proximity to the Library of Congress and its fantastic gift shop. It’s a mere 8 minute walk away. The shop carries myriad fun bookish items that would make excellent…
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Literary Linking: Thanksgiving Week 2017
This week’s link topics include: the popularity of Thanksgiving reading, Harry Potter desserts, best books of 2017 and more! The best bookish links the week of November 20 – 24: B&N Survey Finds Thanksgiving Eve “Busiest Reading Day of the Year” The article is about mid-way down the page. I love this quote: “…just over…
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What I’ve Been Reading: November Edition
Welcome to Quick Lit, where we share short and sweet reviews of what we’ve been reading lately. Sorry for my lack of posting, y’all. If you know me IRL, you’re aware that I’ve had a rather unconventional past 8 days. Last Monday morning, I woke up at 3:30 with the worst headache of my life, which…