When I first started blogging, I was way too much of a goody two-shoes about memes. In my mind, the word meme meant something like this: rather than something like this: Which is just silly. Memes are different in every corner of the internet, and of course it makes sense that book bloggers haveRead more
Happy New Year! Even though 2016 may have sucked on so many different levels, there *were* some good things about it. (For example, 2016 gave us Yuri on Ice, which is pretty much the greatest anime ever and if you haven’t watched it yet you should stop reading this and go watch Yuri on Ice rightRead more
Virtual reality has long been the stuff of fiction–from the Holodeck in Star Trek, the holograms in Star Wars, to the Matrix itself. Then several months ago Niantic released the game Pokemon Go, representing the first time that normal people could experience virtual reality for themselves. I mean, yeah the Oculus Rift and Google GlassRead more
The completed book nook! #bookstagram A photo posted by Grace Troxel (@gtroxel) on Mar 27, 2016 at 7:33am PDT As I mentioned in my last post, my past several days have been completely taken up with moving. My old apartment was getting lots of secondhand smoke through the vents, and as someone with pretty crazyRead more
So I was wasting time on Reddit this past weekend, and I came across a thread that asked the following question: “What is the book that got you into reading?” I thought it would be interesting to ask the same question here, to see what the book/blogging community has to say. When I was young, IRead more
Happy (belated) New Year! As 2016 begins, I thought I’d take a few minutes to reflect on some of the books that I enjoyed most in 2015. These aren’t necessarily books that were released in 2015, but rather ones that I read over the course of the year. In no particular order, here were someRead more
…I’m gonna funk you up.
During 2014, I reviewed a total of 93 books. (Damn, that’s a lot of books.) How did I read so many and also manage to have a life? I’m weirdly impressed with myself. These are a few of my favorites, summed up in only a sentence or two. This was originally going to be aRead more
Glasses are important for librarians and Grim Reapers alike… In fact, putting on new glasses can make you feel like you’ve taken on a new identity. I recently had my biennial eye appointment, and since I’m a librarian, I decided I could get away with some hiptastic ridiculous glasses. I shall conform to all theRead more
What is an ARC? ARC is short for Advanced Reader Copy. Publishers send out ARCs and galley proofs to booksellers, librarians, and reviewers in the months leading up to a book’s publication date in order to generate buzz about the book before its release. Other publishers will send out finished copies of a book inRead more