It’s Monday! What are you reading? (5/16/16)
This past week, I finished: The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was super fun. Apollo is a great narrator because his arrogance is beyond belief,...
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Armchair BEA 2016: Wrap-Up
Share your overall thoughts on the week, list your posts for the week, and/or share your highlights or favorite posts from fellow participants, then link up! My overall...
Armchair BEA 2016: 4 Fictional Places I Want to Visit
1. I hate to be predictable, but, obviously, I would want to visit The Wizarding World from Harry Potter: Diagon Alley, Hogwarts, The Burrow, etc. The saddest fact of my life...
Armchair BEA 2016: On Audiobooks & Book Clubs
I love audiobooks, but I have to admit that I was nervous to start listening to them. My concern was mostly that I wouldn't pay attention and would miss a bunch of stuff as a...
Armchair BEA 2016: On Aesthetics
For a period of time back in the early 2000s (aka before the blog), I refused to read book jacket flaps or the back of the book because they always, always seemed to spoil a...
Armchair BEA 2016: On Diversity Fatigue and Rage
Okay, so I was initially going to be pretty glib in my response to the diversity questions because I have a bit of diversity discussion fatigue (but probably not for the...
Armchair BEA 2016 Intro
I'm Akilah, and I've been blogging here about books since 2009, though I did blog about books on my LiveJournal going back as far as 2002. So, yeah, I'm not new to the game....
Reflections on Blogging from A to Z
Before I get into all of the really deep reflecting and whatnot, can I just say it felt really good to complete this challenge? Overall, I really enjoyed Blogging from A to Z....
It’s Monday! What are you reading? (5/9/16)
This past week, I read: Alex + Ada, Vol. 2 by Jonathan Luna My rating: 3 of 5 stars Alex's grandmother proves, once again, why grandmothers are better than almost everyone...