On Rereading (feat. Rachel of Hello Chelly)

Everyone has a different way of reading, and the point was driven home during a recent conversation I had with Rachel . We realized that we both approached rereading in very different ways. I thought it would be interesting to share a few of our conversational highlights today, and I would love to …

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Read Less, Write More

I finally took the plunge and lowered my Goodreads reading challenge goal to 150 books. (It was originally 200 books.) I do read a lot and I do read quite fast, and I also have the tendency to spend weekends binge reading (literally reading one book after another after another after another, but th…

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Return to Green Gables: The Definition of Family

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers", as Anne Shirley once said. And this October, more than any other, my heart is gladder than glad to be bringing you Return to Green Gables ! Rachel of Hello Chelly , Hannah of So Obsessed With & I have been scheming about this…

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After the Cull

It's time for a new Picky Pledge post! I've said it again and again: I have always been a fan of curating my book collection, which usually means I wind up with piles of books that I mean to get rid of on a regular basis. Earlier this year, Hannah talked about culling your shelves , while I…

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Rearranging Your Reads

In last month's quarterly check-in for The Picky Pledge , I mentioned that I had organized all of my physical TBR pile onto a separate bookshelf that's in my bedroom. Here's the exact quote: There's merit in having shelf space dedicated to your TBR pile. I recently reorganized my she…

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Destiny vs. Choice

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of reading Maybe in Another Life  by one of my favorite adult authors Taylor Jenkins Reid. The novel tells two stories, both centered around main character Hannah; each story exists because of a specific choice that Hannah made at the end of a night out. I won&…

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The Scoop on Signings

It's been really great teaming up with Hannah  of So Obsessed With  for The Picky Pledge , our pact to be accountability buddies when it comes to the books we acquire this year, whether by purchase or for review. We've really managed to help each other stay in control of our demanding TBR pil…

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That Thing You Do (Or Don't)

The most ordinary incidents often ignite the most powerful reflections. Take, for instance, what happened to me a couple of weeks ago. It was early in the morning, on a particularly cold day, and I'd been waiting on the subway platform for about ten minutes. When the train finally pulled into …

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On the Acquisition of Books

As you probably know by now, Hannah & I teamed up this year for The Picky Pledge . It's our fun pet project to help us hold each other accountable for the books we acquire this year (review or purchase), since we have towering TBR piles that we do want to read! It's really been working …

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Everybody's Changing, and I Don't Feel the Same

If I'm being really  honest, when I started blogging nearly four years ago, my desire to reread novels slowly petered out in favor of reading the latest releases. I was caught up in the shiny newness  of all these titles and series and authors I was discovering, thanks to all the friends I was m…

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"I have just met you, and I love you."

At the end of last year, I read (and loved ) A Court of Thorns and Roses  by Sarah J. Maas . (Seriously, if that book isn't on your radar yet, you should probably check it out.) In one of the earlier chapters in this novel, there is a secondary character introduced that I just immediately  fell in…

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Tried & Trusted

One of the great things about the internet is that readers get access to a whole variety of opinions – whether personal or professional – regarding books. From reviews on blogs to Goodreads ratings, publishing authority newsletters to Twitter, there are just so many ways to find out what people ar…

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