TOP 5 WEDNESDAY (#13): CHARACTERS I'D INVITE TO MY NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY

"Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one." 

Brad Paisley

TOP 10 TUESDAY (#16): BEST BOOKS OF 2016

"You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend." 

Paul Sweeney

TOP 5 WEDNESDAY (#12): FICTIONAL ITEMS I'D GIVE AS GIFTS

"Sometimes, when you get something new, you trick yourself into believing it has the power to change absolutely everything about you." 

Siobhan Vivian, The List

TOP 10 TUESDAY (#15): BOOKISH ITEMS I WOULDN'T MIND SANTA LEAVING UNDER MY TREE

"Apparently, the world is not a wish-granting factory." 

John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

CURRENTLY READING (#39): CITY OF BONES by CASSANDRA CLARE

"The boy never cried again, and he never forgot what he'd learned: that to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed."

BOOKMARK MONDAY (#15): CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

"Aren’t we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas. You know, the birth of Santa?" 

Matt Groening

BOOKISH GIFTS Vol. 5 (Christmas Special)

What's Santa gonna get you?

TOP 5 WEDNESDAY (#11): TV SHOWS THAT GOT WORSE WITH EACH SEASON

"I think the phrase 'jump the shark' has jumped the shark." 

Lisa Edelstein

THE MONDAY MUSTS (#2): HIGH FIDELITY, RIDE & FIREFLY

"What came first – the music or the misery? Did I listen to the music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to the music? Do all those records turn you into a melancholy person?" 

High Fidelity

FANDOM MASHUP (#1): 5 DUOS FROM DIFFERENT FANDOMS THAT WOULD WORK WELL TOGETHER

"There's a time and place for everything, and I believe it’s called 'fan fiction'." 

Joss Whedon