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November 30, 2012

A Very Merry Bookish Holiday

By Cassie

Usually, readers are thought to be gentle, quiet souls.  People may say we have “old souls, we’ve lived so many lives.”  Which is true, if you count the number of characters we’ve been, places we’ve traveled and the sheer berth of our imaginations.  However, this list is anything but gentle, it roars like you do.  Whether you roar like a “sucking dove” or a lion, (thank you, Shakespeare) when you read, you roar.

Bookish Decking of the Halls:

Deck the Halls with Words and Metaphors Fa La La La La

For the Bookish Girl Who Likes to Eat and Read: 

Bookish Eatery

Gifts for the Grammar Guardian: (Holy Alliteration Batman)!

Gifts for the Artsy Bookie (like Wookie from Star Wars, but with books…)

Bookie Wookie

  • Top Left: DIY Chalk Board @ Your Local Craft Store.  Paint a board and hang it in your library.
  • Bottom Left: Playing with Books Book @ Your Local Bookstore | $13
  • Top Right: Book Box.  I’m not really for cutting up hardcovers, but if you must slay them, make it a worthy cause.
  • Bottom Right: Turn your composition book into a e-book cover @ Lil Blue Boo

Geekery: (Which basically means Cassie is scared of the dark and needs to be surrounded by books).

Geekery Prezzies

Geekery Prezzies

Wear Your Books & Your Words on Your Body. 

Wear your Books

Wear your Books

Writerly for Those that Lean Over a Desk for Fun:

Writerly Goods

Writerly Goods

Let’s Hear it for the Boys:

For the Manliest of Men, Readers

For the Manliest of Men, Readers

Curiosity Shop:

Just some curious finds for your odd bookie

Just some curious finds for your odd bookie

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June 5, 2012

Newsday Tuesday

By Cassie

Favorite Tweets:

Read bottom to top:

Read normally:

Favorite Search Terms:

  • bowel movements in history: if someone hasn’t written this book, they should.  I will review it with honor.
  • ihop receipt: I just thought that this was interesting.  I must know the story of this googling.  If you are out there anonymous googler, please email.  Yes, this has become a want-ad.
  • disney princess epiphanies: I have this all the time, then I sing, “Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah” like golden rays are coming out of my hair and I’ve become little mermaid, minus the fin.
  • feminist background: Is anyone really born a feminist or do they become one after many years of silent rage?
  • a re-imagined Florida in which the citizens of the state are born with magic talents: Listen, I lived in Boca until I was five and the only magic talent Florida needs is better driving schools.  My faj flew over a grassy median once and said, “it’s okay, we’re in Florida, they all do that.”
  • spark notes Claire Keegan Foster: Shame on you.  I’m guffawing.

Book News:

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May 9, 2012

Holy Mother of Books

By Cassie

I do gift guides for the big holidays so, why not celebrate the women who made us bookish, and passed on words to the next generation? Yes, you’re right, it’s time for the Mother of All Bookish Gift Guides.  For those of you who don’t know what to get for the bookish in-law, or the lady you’ve been stuck with since she pushed ya out, here goes:

For the Wordy One:  These are the mothers that call you when you’re only ten minutes late from work, who send you massively long e-mails and notes reminding you not to party too hard in college (this is not Cassie’s new social scene.  Seriously, I could produce the note).  

Wordy Mother

For the Vintage Book Lover: This book lover should have been born in a different age.  Rather than place a million flowing Greek dresses up here, I stuck to recent vintage.

Vintage Mama

For the Mother NOT Watching her Figure: These are the mothers who are going to eat that piece of cake, damnit.

Foodie Momma

Bookish Crafty Creation Momma: These are the mothers who like signature creations in their house.  They always want something unique, or are always cutting and pasting something.

Creative Momma

For the Stylish Momma: This is for the momma who hasn’t aged (isn’t this all of them).  She lets her daughter borrow dresses from her closet and still wears them the next week.  She’s sexy and her legs still prove it.

Who’s that Lady

For the Organized Mom: This is my mom.  I’m 24 and she’s still making my dentist appointments.  Really though, my mom is every single one of these stereotypes.  You should see her address book. I’m not exaggerating, she has more addresses than an African herd of gazelle has legs.

For the Eco-Friendly Mother: This mother is watching her carbon footprint and the squirrels love her recycling bin the best on garbage day.

The Ultimate Giver: Let’s be honest.  This is for every mother out there who ever nourished a child, loved a child, hugged a child.  This is for the daughter who wants to pass on that love to the next generation by sharing it with another.

And that’s it.  I hope everyone’s Mom is appreciated on Mother’s Day.  On that day I expect huge amounts of love to float around our world.

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