Category Archives: Glimpses into Real Life

French Women Don’t Read Self-Help Books: Introducing a Mini-Marathon

I’ve had some job interviews in my life lately, bringing with them the attendant excitement and stress (and also the attendant stress eating and insomnia). I’m enjoying The Buried Giant (and will finish it tomorrow, I promise!), but when I … Continue reading

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My New Favorite Bookstore is Actually a Cafe (by Bethany)

Warning: The problems I’m about to describe are first-world in nature. I have myself on a self-imposed deadline to finish a writing project by the end of the year, and almost every day this week I went straight to the … Continue reading

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You know something about reading quality literature that’s annoying? You can’t really read it while also watching TV and petting your cat.

  Since publishing my post about The Folded Earth on Thursday, I have read maybe forty pages, and have about fifty to go till the end. I’ve been distracted by house cleaning and watching the last five episodes of Gotham … Continue reading

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Recent Acquisitions (by Bethany)

I know – you probably haven’t spent all weekend worrying about my no-book-buying challenge. But as you may remember, I have made a commitment to mostly stop buying books – and to make exceptions for good reasons, which you can … Continue reading

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Warning: This Post Contains First-World Problems (by Bethany)

This is what the inside of my brain has looked like all week (except with less organization and more rhapsodies about chocolate croissants): PROS of going back to work full time as a teacher and school administrator: CONS of going … Continue reading

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