19.6.30 Curated: Links from the Week

What I'm Reading: Red, White, and Royal Blue, by Casey McQuiston. This is the upcoming book for July's book club (June's was A Place for Us). This isn't normally the kind of book I would pick off the shelf - I don't usually read romance. However, I saw it featured on Powell's Midyear Roundup, and …

Big Cats and Giraffes

When I was young, we would visit the Oregon Zoo several times a year. I loved owls, and I would carry a little Audubon pocket guide and look up all the information I could find about the various owl breeds as we encountered their enclosures. The Oregon Zoo also has a successful Asian elephant conversation …

19.6.16 Curated: Links from the Week

What I'm Reading: A Place for Us, by Fatima Farheen Mirza. One of my summer goals is to join a book club, and I did! I found it through Meetup, and only got the book from the library about a week before the book club meeting. So I sped through it and managed to finish …

Magic at Bookworm Gardens

When I read about a Wisconsin garden based on children's literature, I knew I had to visit. Bookworm Gardens is based on the idea of bringing children's books to life one garden at a time - which is such a charming concept in itself, but is also just as charming in real life. Bookworm Gardens …

Summer Beach Reading

I evaluate every book I'm thinking about reading in summer in terms of it's potential as a "beach read" - whether or not I have any ability to actually read at a beach! As I see it, summer book choices should have a certain magic and humor to them. They don't have to be fluff …

19.6.1 Curated: Links from the Week

What I'm Reading: Summer Cannibals, by Melanie Hobson. I've been really feeling the nonfiction this year, but I'm back at the novels! When I saw it on a display table at the library, mostly I was attracted to its beautiful cover and the title, both of which made it look like the perfect read for …