Our Little Free Library, freshly restocked My neighborhood's HOA sometimes lives up to the stereotype: useful in some regards but too expensive and strict to the point of nitpicky about the smallest aesthetic things. (If you're on our HOA and somehow found this itsy-bitsy blog: Please don't take this as a personal attack! I'm just… Continue reading Tiny Library, Big Fun: What I’ve learned from starting a Little Free Library in my neighborhood
My Unauthorized Guide to the Tucson Festival of Books [Updated for 2026!]
How I maximize my book festival experience as a librarian, mom, aspiring author, and deeply committed bookworm Last updated: March 1, 2026 “Tucson Festival of Books 2010” by Digital Bookmobile / CC BY 2.0 You know what my dream job would be, other than the ones I have (school librarian and mom), the one I… Continue reading My Unauthorized Guide to the Tucson Festival of Books [Updated for 2026!]
Happy birthday to me: the bookish gifts I bought myself this year
My birthday is coming up way too fast. (What project will this year’s existential crisis spawn? This blog was last year’s.) I decided to treat myself to a few bookish things this year and I’m very happy with my choices. I also have a few things still on my list: more bookish objects that would… Continue reading Happy birthday to me: the bookish gifts I bought myself this year
25 books I want to read in ’25
As each year winds down, I make a TBR (“to be read”) list for the approaching year to keep my reading momentum. Typically, this list begins as the remnant of the current year’s list, all the titles I kept putting off until it was too late, and then I build on that. Each year’s TBR… Continue reading 25 books I want to read in ’25
My 24 Favorite Reads of ’24
As a high school librarian and a ravenous bookworm, I read a lot. In fact, I read so much in 2023 that in 2024, I made a goal to read LESS. I ended up reading 131 books instead. Whoopsy-daisy. From those 131 books, I’ve selected my favorites from each month of 2024 to share in… Continue reading My 24 Favorite Reads of ’24
paige in the library 