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 …
Category: Armchair Travels
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 …
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 …
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Armchair Travels: 10 Great Travel Memoirs
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ― Dr. Seuss One of my all time favorite genres of non-fiction is the travel memoir. Memoirs on their …
The Next Chapter
There’s something I want to get off my chest. This has been weighing on me for a long time, making me feel guilty for something I don’t think should be guilt-inducing. I haven’t written fiction in nearly a year.
