Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2020

Honestly, I don't know why I bother titling these wrap-ups "monthly wraps", when I clearly don't post them consistently. When I don't wrap-up a month, more often than not, its because there isn't really much to wrap-up. But September and October have been relatively fruitf…

The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One) by Patrick Rothfuss

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4.5 out of 5 stars
I had read and heard glowing reviews of The Name of the Wind long before officially picking it up to read. That said, it was not what I had expected. At the advent, we find our protagonist wasting away as an innkeeper despite all he claims to have accomplished in his youth…

If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodsen

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Both Elisha (Ellie) and Jeremiah (Miah) attend Percy Academy, a private school where neither quite fits in. Ellie is wrestling with family demons, and Miah is one of the few African American students. The two of them find each other, and fall in love -- but they are hesitant to share thei…

Five Rad Books to Read While Self-Isolating

Most of us are going into week 8747594 of self-isolation/quarantine, are just about going crazy from lack of a change of scenery, no diversity in the number of faces we see everyday, and how the pandemic is changing life as we once knew it. That said though, all things considered, I've been ta…

Typography Tuesday

"Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift you energy to what you can create."
- Roy T. Bennet, The Light in the Heart

These are turbulent times we live in, what with COVID-19 permeating our cities, schools/workplaces, and even our dinner tables (the virus is all we talk ab…