Tag: reading

  • 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….

  • Welcome to High Shelf Esteem!

      Welcome to my blog, High Shelf Esteem! The purpose of this blog is to create a space to revel in the joy of living the bookish lifestyle. What does this mean exactly? I will write the occasional book review, but my focus will be on topics that explore all the different facets and fun of…