ft. Pig, My Freshman Year, and A Certain Age Twas a cold and blustery day. I bared the cold with my bag of books, trekked uphill both ways to the coffee shop, and plopped down for a creamy hot chocolate steamed by my dear barista roommate. It was time for some Speed Dating from the … Continue reading Speed Dating from the Shelf (#5)
Speed Dating
Speed Dating from the Shelf (#4)
Ft. Will Grayson, Will Grayson, Where'd You Go, Bernadette, and Inside of a Dog My attempts to narrow my bookshelf material as well as provide fodder for my trips to the local Little Free Libraries present me with Speed Dating from the Shelf. Read the first three chapters, make a decision! Don't hold onto books … Continue reading Speed Dating from the Shelf (#4)
Speed Dating from the Shelf #3
ft. Dark Matter, Little Deaths, and The Wrong Dead Guy Have you ever watched your mountain of books grow so large you don't know where to even begin? This is basically my every day stance: me, cross-legged on the floor, staring at all my books longingly, yet indecisively. So I decided to speed things up … Continue reading Speed Dating from the Shelf #3
Speed Dating from the Shelf (#2)
ft. Bradstreet Gate, Spy Ski School, Borderlands, One Half from the East, and Mennonite in a Little Black Dress Another day another book, and I've been picking up books like mad! In the last two weeks I bought 18 books from McKay's and picked up three ARC's from my indie bookstore Malaprops. I recognize I … Continue reading Speed Dating from the Shelf (#2)
Speed Dating from the Shelf (#1)
ft. Queen Sugar, Odd Girl Out, and The Naked Truth Due to the sheer amount of books that I'm hanging onto these days, I figured I'd try something new. Why not try on a bunch of books in quick succession and decide which ones I actually want to read? 3 chapters per book, boom boom boom, … Continue reading Speed Dating from the Shelf (#1)