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Book Review: Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity by Felicia Day

October 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

Felicia Day (actor, producer, writer, and everyone’s favorite geek girl) wants you to know something: you are a creative person. In her new book Embrace Your Weird: Face [...]

A Love Letter to the Public Library

September 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

Oh, public libraries, How well you’ve served me for the past 26 years, especially in my early childhood and now in my mid-20s. “How do I love thee? Let me count the [...]

Bibliophiles Rejoice! It’s National Book Lovers Day!

August 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

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, [...]

Amazing Little Free Libraries (and How to Build Your Own)

June 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

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

June 3, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

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

April 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

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

March 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

Do you love books and reading? You'll love these bookish Tumblr posts [...]

Sweatpants & Books | Review | “Book Love” by Debbie Tung

January 15, 2019 // 2 Comments

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

December 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 [...]