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I love the Flavorwire Literary Calendars. Daily literary goodness for the entire year, broken off into bite-sized monthly pieces! Let's...

There is no doubt in my mind that one of the best written, most sincere, time honored, and definitely most enduring love songs ever...

My mom and I were discussing the Thanksgiving Day menu recently, and I threw out the perennial favorite: green bean casserole. Based on...

I am an unapologetic fangirl. I squeal, fan my face with my hands (and what is THAT about, because it helps NOT AT ALL), giggle like a...

Just showing off a little. This is what $20 buys you at the Friends of the Library store. Are you a member?

If you've ever wondered how to smell like judgement, wonder no more! There is a soap for that! I thought this soap was so very clever...

sa·​ga·​cious | \ sə-ˈgā-shəs Definition of sagacious having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd I was...

What do you do when you can't eat a whole bag of clementines before they start to go bad? You call your mom, of course! My mother is...

I managed to finish five books this month, and actually enjoyed all of them. You can, of course, ready my reviews at...

Preventative adjective or nounpre·ven·ta·tive\-ˈven-tə-tiv\ Definition of PREVENTATIVE :  preventive Now, what we have here is a perfect...

Have you ever wondered about the difference in the two sayings, "hold your peace" and "say your piece"? They seem to reference the same...

[ˈbildo͝oNGzrōˌmän] NOUN Bildungsroman (noun) · Bildungsromane (plural noun) a novel dealing with one person's formative years or...

When I moved to Arab, my boys were 6, 5, and 5 years old. I had moved them from everything they had ever known back to an extended family...

I love writing with a fountain pen. It makes me feel fancy, old fashioned, bougie, and outside the norm, all at once. Pens have come a...

Wonder what authors think of their work being challenged? Let's listen! I couldn't believe it when I saw that Captain Underpants books...

The more we talk about censorship, the more we can spread the notion that every individual has a right to decide for themselves what to...

Which books are the most challenged, you ask? Well, the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom has your answer! There seems to be waves of...

Censorship is a slippery slope. We all have different beliefs, moral compasses, and fears. And fear is where censorship lives and...

It's the week in the literary calendar when bibliophiles everywhere celebrate the freedom to read whatever we damn well choose. September...

A year or so ago, I saw a post on Fun 92.7’s Twitter page about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It was not nice, called her a rude name, and said...