Bibliophiles Rejoice! It’s National Book Lovers Day!
August 9th is National Book Lovers Day, an opportunity to put down your cell phone and e-reader, close your laptop computer, and pick up a real book. Caress the cover, [...]
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Amazing Little Free Libraries (and How to Build Your Own)
Little Free Libraries are a grassroots book-sharing movement, and they’re popping up everywhere! In addition to promoting literacy, they foster a sense of community. [...]
Sweatpants & Books | 8 Great Audiobooks
If you ever loved listening to stories, you’ll find audiobooks a great way to experience novels, memoir, comedy writing – anything you can think of. And they’re great [...]
Hip Hip Hooray! It’s National Rescue Dog Day!
May 20th is the day we recognize rescue dogs: their stories, their plight, their capacity for love, and the many ways they’ve enhanced our lives. National Rescue Dog [...]
A Love Letter to Libraries
Public libraries have always had a place in my heart, from the time I was a little girl through my adulthood. They’ve been a quiet refuge, a loud and boisterous meeting [...]
Sweatpants & Books | 18 Bookish Tumblr Posts for Book Lovers
Do you love books and reading? You'll love these bookish Tumblr posts [...]
Sweatpants & Books | Review | “Book Love” by Debbie Tung
I admit it. I am a book nerd. I love everything about books…the way they smell, their weight in my bag, how elegant they look lined up on my bookshelves and stacked [...]
Sweatpants & Books | 5 Books to Create Your Own Literary Christmas Moment
In Louisa Mae Alcott’s enduring class Little Women, she aptly encapsulates the joy that comes from combining the Christmas season with the pleasure of a good book when she [...]
Monkey Madness Gift Guide
December 14 is International Monkey Day, a day created to raise awareness about these animals, their habitats, and species conservation. As a graduate student, I not only [...]
Books & Coffee Giveaway
With all of the chaos that this year has brought upon us all we want to close out the year with as much cheer and spirit as we can muster. So why not do a giveaway just [...]
