Welcome to Carmen's Book Adventure

I am a sucker for online quizzes. Which Friends character am I? Monica. Which Hogwarts house? Gryffindor. My Hipster Aesthetic is Tumblr...

It is time that I look in the reading mirror and admit a truth to myself: I am not much of a series girl. Some series ... wait, no. A...

I think we can all agree that 2020 was an inconvenient shithole of a year. It was the worst year ever for some, and a mere ripple in the...

When I read that Mick Jagger had gotten the inspiration for the Rolling Stones' song "Sympathy for the Devil" from a book Marianne...

I have always been intrigued by the salon. No, not the kind where you get your hair and nails done. And not the one that is considered an...

vitriol [ˈvitrēəl, ˈvitrēˌôl] NOUN cruel and bitter criticism. "her mother's sudden gush of fury and vitriol" synonyms: revilement ·...

I attended my first Zoom cocktail party last night, and had so much stinking fun! Bubbly Bibbly, our podcast, hosted it, and we had a...

Have you ever noticed that people hate going to the dentist? I was on a conference call today for work, and the boss joked that he needed...

conflate [kənˈflāt] VERB combine (two or more texts, ideas, etc.) into one. "the urban crisis conflates a number of different economic...

Did you happen to see that the family of beloved children's book author Roald Dahl apologized for anti-Semitic comments he made in the...

All Christmas movies are starting to be the same. Spoiled and engaged man/woman gets cut off from money, struggles at first and then...

Have you ever noticed that the Word of the Day sites usually provide words that no one has ever heard of, no one will know the definition...

"The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" summary: France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live...

Stop the madness! There are so many people misusing "I" for "me" in sentences that I fear it will become accepted, and change the...

Yesterday, Rachel and I interviewed author Linda Olsson. Since we recorded it for our podcast, we did it over SquadCast. To see why this...

At my gym, the elliptical machines are right behind the treadmills, with a carpeted walkway separating the rows. So, they are not very...

Please explain to me why anyone gives a damn about when someone else puts up their Christmas tree! I have seen posts on social media,...

I was listening to Duran Duran the other day on Amazon Music. It was a playlist someone created of all of their hits. I had NO idea that...

Welcome to Alabama, where we LOVE to put ignorant people in office. Whether it's a state supreme court judge who flaunts breaking the...

[ skuhl-duhg-uh-ree ] noun, plural dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery I am at a complete loss as to why we don't use...