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Year: 2013

Looking for Alaska by John Green

by athena // 31 December, 2013 // No Comments
Yet another young adult novel set at boarding school! I’ve been attracting them this year. I’m starting to wish I could have gone to boarding school. Apparently, they make for interesting and intense upbringings. Of course, being a teenager is... Continue reading →

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by athena // 30 December, 2013 // 4 Comments
When I was around the age of Sara Crewe, I had seen the 1995 movie adaptation of this book and liked it. It was magical. I really adored the message about every girl being a princess and the sense of... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: End of the year review

by athena // 29 December, 2013 // 2 Comments
Hello! I hope everyone is having a good holiday so far. I’ve been quite busy and even sick the last couple of weeks. It feels a lot has happened. I’m not working until the 6th which is great but a... Continue reading →

The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin

by athena // 24 December, 2013 // No Comments
This is novel’s setting tone and style is highly reminiscent of “Downton Abbey”, Edith Wharton, andHenry James. If you enjoy any of those three like I do, you’ll at least find this novel mildly interesting. Like DA, this novel has... Continue reading →

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

by athena // 23 December, 2013 // No Comments
I had somewhat high expectations for this novel given how much I liked Agnes Grey and the style of Anne Bronte’s writing overall. I found my expectations were not quite met. In general, this is a good novel and like... Continue reading →

Winger by Andrew Smith

by athena // 18 December, 2013 // 4 Comments
The last young adult I read set in an American boarding school fell short, but this one is much more interesting. It is funny and has a few hand drawn comics done by the protagonist, Winger aka Ryan Dean West.... Continue reading →

FO Fridays: GAP-tastic Cowl

by athena // 13 December, 2013 // 6 Comments
I wanted a giant cowl to go with my first leather jacket. I’ve had this pattern queued up for awhile now. It was between this or the Herringbone Cowl, but this one won over by being reversible and textured. I... Continue reading →

Fountain Pen Collection

by athena // 10 December, 2013 // No Comments
For many years and up to a year ago, I only had one fountain pen. Now I have 5 usable and decent ones. I have always liked writing by long hand and with pens, but I have only recently had... Continue reading →

Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love by Helen Fisher

by athena // 5 December, 2013 // No Comments
I would consider myself a romantic. Perhaps more practical and analytical than some others, but one none the less. This is not the first book I have read on the scientific and anthropological reasoning behind romance, love, and sex. I... Continue reading →

Booking Through Thursday – Otherwise

by athena // 21 November, 2013 // No Comments
Outside of books, what’s your favorite thing to read? Newspapers? Magazines? Blogs? Fanfiction? Specific websites? – BTT I use to read a lot of fanfiction and it’s diminished considerably since I became an ‘adult’. I do spend a fair amount... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: A-to-Z Book Survey

by athena // 17 November, 2013 // 8 Comments
Hi everyone! Not much to relate as I am still quite busy these days. I am still not finished with Anne Bronte’s novel, but perhaps by next weekend I’ll have started something else! I saw this book survey on Planet... Continue reading →

The Classics Spin 4

by athena // 13 November, 2013 // 14 Comments
The Fourth Classics Spin from the Classics Club. As with before, I must pick twenty books, then a random number will be selected and each of us must read the number listed at X number by January 1, 2014. Even... Continue reading →

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