We read for so many different reasons. To learn. To laugh. To be scared. To escape. To name a few. Recently, I have begun to examine the reasons I read by looking at the books I read, why I liked them, and what that means. Most of the time, I read to learn something new…
Teen T-shirt Contest!
Summer Reading is almost here and that means it's time for our t-shirt design contest!
On Letting Books Marinate
How do you choose which book to read (or listen to) next? For a long time, I added books to my To Be Read pile based on recommendations from every person under the sun: my mom, my professors, my friends from school, my friends from [insert hobby here], strangers, random bloggers, promotional emails, and so…
Under a White Sky
Pop quiz! What was the biggest news of 2020? COVID, right? Easy. But maybe species extinction was really the big news, just not quite as in your face. Or how about the climate emergency? Levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide are higher than they’ve been in 3.6 million years, and are only going higher. How about COVID…
Cinderella IN SPACE! (And Other Stories)
Cinderella re-tellings are Margo's favorite. Learn which ones Margo loves and get excited for Summer Reading at the same time!
Goodbye PS4, We Hardly Knew Ye
The PS4 is dead. Long live the PS5.
Late last year, a new generation of video game consoles debuted
Celebrating AAPI Creators
Content warning // hate crimes - In the aftermath of the March 16th shooting in Atlanta where a white gunman killed eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, celebrated Asian-American author Lisa Ko tweeted, “White supremacy is not going to be dismantled through diverse reading lists.”
On Cats
Being a cat person makes no sense. Why would anyone want to share their home with a creature that smacks your face at 4 am?
Learning to Float: Radical Acceptance + Honoring SAAM
"You can't fight the whole ocean, honey. You have to float!" This is what my grandmother says to me each time I call her, teary-eyed and burnt out and exhausted from trying to control the world around me. I’ve been trying to practice; bobbing along with the waves of grief, change, and confusion that life…
Pick Your Poison
Every now and then I notice totally accidental trends in my reading. Not too long ago it was portal fantasy, repeated traipses through magical doorways leading to other worlds. Those adventures filled me with whimsy and also a dash of pre-pandemic wanderlust. Now I find myself on a darker path. One with a lot less…
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