Bookish Tag Post: The Firsts of 2023 Book Tag

Bookish Tag Post: The Firsts of 2023 Book Tag

This picture looks more like a birthday or anniversary sort of post, but I don't know, I didn't want to waste too much time looking and just grabbed something with a one in it. *shrug* There's something weirdly fun about looking back at the "firsts" of things. Also tags are fairly easy blog posts to make when I'm low on energy. So here we are! I found this at Howling Libraries (I just get...
 
Bookish Musings: What Does Frankenstein’s Monster Actually Look Like? + HRW Library Edition Review

Bookish Musings: What Does Frankenstein’s Monster Actually Look Like? + HRW Library Edition Review

I was posting a review to Amazon for the "HRW Library: Individual Leveled Reader Frankenstein" edition, going off on a tangent because I've already reviewed the story of Frankenstein elsewhere and just wanted to talk about the cover, when I thought, "Why not make this a blog post?" So I just wanted to share this specific edition of the book and ponder a bit about the appearance of...
 
Update: Life and Books (Aug 2023) + I Drew a Thing

Update: Life and Books (Aug 2023) + I Drew a Thing

I always feel like I should announce it in the title when I make art because it happens so rarely, but I'm not that enthused about this one, so it felt weird to draw attention to... Anyway, I played some more games. I mentioned giving up on Brookhaven Grimoire last time, but I went back to it and ended up finishing the game. There was a frustrating lack of guidance for the player, but I loved...
 
Bookish Musings: 10 Book Quotes that Have Stuck With Me

Bookish Musings: 10 Book Quotes that Have Stuck With Me

I love book quotes! I'm a quote hoarder. But I didn't need to look through my hoard of quotes for this post because it's all about the ones that have stuck in my mind. These are not necessarily meaningful quotes. They run the gamut from beautiful to emotional to funny to horrifying. You'll see. They're just the ones I still think about because they hit hard in the book or were so...