Is there anything in the world quite as satisfying as book mail? I recently was provided with a free month from Book of the Month club in exchange for a review of their service. For the most part, I try not …
Joli
Joli
I'm currently a full-time writer/content strategist with an English degree living in Minneapolis, MN. I created Literary Quicksand to feed my love of books, writing, and community. More About Me
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Another midweek, another mix! Here are some bookish links that I enjoyed this week. Bullet Journal How-To A couple days after I posted my book journaling experience post, Rachel @ Never Enough Novels posted the same type of post, only …
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Although I’m relatively new to book blogging, I have a degree in English, so I’m no stranger to writing about books. However, I’ll admit, blog-style book reviews are much different from the papers I wrote for class! For my first couple …
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On Writing & Blogging
10 Questions to Ask Yourself to Get Your Book Review Ideas Flowing
by Joliby JoliSometimes, when I sit down to write a book review post, it takes me some time to gather my thoughts. How the heck did I actually feel about this book? Did I even really have feelings about it while I …
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I’m back! #BookishMadness was stealing all my time last week, but since we’re not voting again until Thursday, this week has been less crazy. By the way, don’t forget to keep voting! Some interesting book pairs have been going up …
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This novel can be described with the following list of very interesting adjectives: quirky, ironic, karmic, squirrelly, political, joyful, maddening, hilarious, emotional, awkward, and even Pynchonesque at times. Is your interest piqued? It should be! I had a good time reading …
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Wow, that was a lot of voting in two days to get through Round 1. But we did it, and it’s done! Now we have some really crazy matchups coming up between books that are so totally different from one …
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It’s March Madness, but with books! We’re hosting #BookishMadness with our friend Maggie over at Reading and Musing. You can vote for your favorites throughout the next couple of weeks until we name the champion title. Join us on Twitter to vote! …
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It’s time again for my midweek mix of (mostly) bookish links to stuff n’ things! What did you find interesting this week? 40 Great Books Coming to a Screen Near You There are so many books on this list that …
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Friends, this was a difficult one for me to get through. The Aviator’s Wife is a work of historical fiction about Ann Morrow Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh’s wife. Narrated by Ann, the novel follows her from her college years in 1927 until …