The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. —Dr. Seuss At the end of last year, I set some reading goals for 2019: Read 52+ books Increase the percentage of POC authors in my list (I can …
Category: Armchair Travels
Reading Wrap Up 2018
“Reading is like travel, allowing you to exit your own life for a bit, and to come back with a renewed, even inspired, perspective.”― Laurie Helgoe Reading transports us. Last year, I strived to read books that took me away from the comfort of the world I know and show …
What Makes a Best Picture?
Warning: This is not a travel post. While I could have spun it into an #armchairtravels blog about the transportive qualities of these films, I didn’t. We haven’t gone anywhere in a long time, and the posts I’ve been wanting to write about our upcoming travel plans are still in …
Favorite Reads of 2017
I usually try to read a 50/50 mix of fiction and non, though I think non-fiction may have taken a lead this year. Below are my favorite reads from 2017. These are all books in which setting play a major role, stories that would not work in other places or …
Forget Your Troubles, Come On, Get Hygge: Fighting off SAD the Danish Way
SAD sucks, which is why I might be mildly obsessed with hygge.
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Where Did I Go?
I’ve been quiet — too quite for my own liking! — since our New York trip in early May. I’ve been slacking on the blogging front and I don’t have a good excuse for it. Just… life. We didn’t go anywhere the rest of May or June, so our focus …
Fan Casting Harry Potter: Part 1 (Stone and Chamber)
Casting novels is one of my favorite habits. I’ve done it since I was a kid, fan-casting my head-movie version of my favorite books. It developed into the way I visualize most stories I read. While I try to cast real actors in the character roles, sometimes no one really fits the …
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