Today is International Women’s Day. According to InternationalWomensDay.com, International Women’s Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women’s Day is a national holiday. Last year, I celebrated by posting this video. It’sContinue reading “International Women’s Day 2013”
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Review: Beneath the Abbey Wall by A. D. Scott
When newspaper editor McAllister answered the door in the middle of the night, he had no idea what lay ahead of him. The news – that the business manager of the Highland Gazette had died – was only the beginning of a harrowing journey to answer two questions: who murdered Mrs. Smart – and whoContinue reading “Review: Beneath the Abbey Wall by A. D. Scott”
31 January: Review
A new year means a fresh start, and I’m starting fresh in a few different ways. This month, I launched a new website called Girls in Capes – an online magazine focusing on girls and women in geek culture such as comics, video games, and science fiction. You can check it out over here. We’reContinue reading “31 January: Review”
The Challenge: Up to 100 in 2013
I like to read. That’s an understatement, especially if you’ve met me in real life. I studied books in college, and I’m in graduate school studying publishing. It’s not so much that I like to read as much as it is that I am madly in love with books. Last year, I participated in the 100Continue reading “The Challenge: Up to 100 in 2013”
Reading Surge
With my completion of the very difficult (for me) Mansfield Park by Jane Austen and a discussion with some of my future classmates about our recently-read books, I realized how very far behind I am in the 100 Books Challenge. More than halfway through the year, and I’m still in the 30s! (Mansfield Park made 33.)Continue reading “Reading Surge”