Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish blog, and now hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is: Bookstores and Libraries I'd Love to Visit I've included five bookstores and libraries on my travel bucket list, and five that I've been lucky enough to visit.... Continue Reading →
Bookish Buzz: Happy Birthday Emily Dickinson
Today marks poet Emily Dickinson's 187th Birthday! To celebrate, I plan to flip through my pocket book of her poetry and look through the photos from my visit to the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, MA. I may even do some Emily themed baking and online shopping! As many of you have probably guessed, my blog name... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Settings I’d Love To Visit
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish blog. This week's topic is: Bookish Settings I'd Love To Visit (I also talked about some of my favorite book settings Here) Pemberley (Book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen) Cornwall (Books: The novels of Daphne du Maurier, The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton, The Rose... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen’s Portable Writing Desk
Portable Writing Desk that Belonged to Jane Austen, 18th c, The British Library This unassuming rectangular mahogany box opens into a sloped writing desk with a leather top. It could be locked for safe keeping and features compartments for storing writing supplies, spectacles, and important papers. This object is for me-and many Janeites- akin to a... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Book Settings
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish blog. TTT is taking a well-deserved break until August 15th, so I will be making my own lists- or recycling old topics from before I had this blog- during the hiatus. This week I decided to recycle the topic: Favorite Book... Continue Reading →