My New Year's resolution: read four books each month and document that I read said books via Goodreads and here, of course. Am I always reading? Yes. Do I ever remember to document what I have read? No. Practically never. In my defense, I did reread Outlander about three or four times last year[...]
I have always been so fascinated by Old Hollywood. As a teenager, I spent countless late nights illuminating my bedroom walls with the monochrome light of Turner Classic Movies, completely mesmerized by it all. So when I read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, I couldn’t help but imagine those[...]
There’s something incredibly magical about stories told through letters, diaries, and/or interviews—it feels so personal, like you’re spying into someone’s world. Whether you love classic literature, rom-coms, or classic horror, there’s an epistolary novel (and its film adaptation!) for e[...]
On a recent doom-scroll through TikTok I read someone pose the question "Does it have an ending?" about a post on the series Normal People. The creator of said post replied "What a loaded question" and I have been stuck thinking about that exchange nonstop. It’s such a painfully accurate resp[...]
This week's Thrifty Lit haul was an exciting one for me. There’s something magical about browsing secondhand shelves, never quite knowing what you’ll find, and this time, I struck gold. Not only did I finally get my hands on a book I’ve been relentlessly scanning and scanning thrift store[...]
I was so excited to not only read 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' but to first find it in my thrift store travels. I watched the film years ago, when it was released on Netflix. I noticed it was adapted from a book so, I made a mental note to one day read the book. I fell ha[...]