Bookish Me A to Z

A - AUTHORS I LOVE ~ Marie Benedict, Fiona Davis, Alice Hoffman, Amy Stewart, Beatriz Williams

B - BEST BOOKS I'VE READ SO FAR THIS YEAR ~ 

Gail Tsukiyama ~ The Brightest Star

Caren Simpson McVicker ~ Henderson House

Kathleen Rooney ~ From Dust to Stardust

Fiona Davis ~ The Spectacular

Linda Kass ~ Bessie

Beatriz Williams ~ The Beach at Summerly

C - (BOOK I) CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT ~ To Kill a Mockingbird

D - DREAM BOOKISH DESTINATIONS

Orchard House (home of Louisa May Alcott) / Amherst, Mass. (home of Emily Dickinson)

E - EARLY BIRD OR WAIT AWHILE (TO READ NEW RELEASES) ~ Depends on the book

F - FAVORITE BOOK TO FILM ADAPTATION ~ Sense & Sensibility, Little Women (2019), Emma (2020)

G - GREATEST BOOKISH ACHIEVEMENT ~ Reading 7 books in June

H - HOME TOWN LIBRARY ~ NCPL

I - (BOOKISH) IDOLS ~ 

Elizabeth Bennett, Jo March, Anne Shirley

J - JUST STARTED READING ~ 

Benjamin, Melanie ~ Mistress of the Ritz

K - KINDLE ? ~ New one for Christmas last year

L - LOVE TO READ ~ Feminist Historical Fiction

M - (BEST BOOKISH) MOM ~ 

Marmee March

N - NEW BOOK I WANT TO READ MOST

The new Kopp Sisters novel, when it is written

O - ONE BOOK TO RE-READ FOREVER  

Little Women

 

P - PERFECT READING CONDITIONS ~ Under a blanket on a snowy day with cake and tea

Q - (FAVORITE) QUOTE ABOUT READING ~ I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library ~ Borges

R - (BOOK YOU WILL ALWAYS) RECOMMEND ~ Charlotte's Web

S - SNACK WHILE READING ~ 

Pop-Tarts

T - (FORCE YOURSELF) TO FINISH ~ Life is short - Don't waste your time on bad books

U - (MOST) UNUSUAL BOOK YOU'VE EVER READ ~ Schwab, V. E. ~ The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue ~ a feminist retelling of Faust, where the female hero keeps outsmarting the devil who's fallen in love with her? Yeah I'd say that's pretty unusual and pretty damn awesome

V - (BOOKISH) VALENTINE ~ 

Mr. Knightley

W - WHY READ ? ~ To learn, to escape, to grow

X - XTRA ACCESSORIES NECESSARY FOR READING ~ Cup of tea, snack, pillow book rest, blanket

 

Y - (FAVORITE) Y A BOOK ~ 

The Outsiders

Z - (BOOKISH) ZODIAC MATCH ~ ROMEO MONTAGUE