2023 is shaping up to be one massive shift — When my husband and I first began looking at houses together, I sort of imagined we’d never really move. After all, he had his laundry list of specific requirements and I had mine, and the lists had little in common. Surely no house could tick all those boxes. It’s not…

Do we know where she works? What she had for breakfast? Read on to find out! — Amanda Kay Oaks is a 30-year-old writer who goes to bed at 8:30 p.m., then scrolls through articles about The Great British Bake-Off and The Sims for an hour and sixteen minutes before actually going to sleep. …

Welcome to the 2023 update of my About Me Story! On Twitter, where brevity reigns supreme, I sum myself up as: Freelance writer, runner, book witch, dog mom, and baking enthusiast. While that’s great place to start, a list of labels only gets you so far in learning about someone…

Tales from my adventures in Skyrim, part 2 — Early last year, I got COVID and fell (deeply) back into playing Skyrim, something I wrote about because what else can you write about when you’re couch-bound for several weeks? Skyrim’s Courier is Obsessed With Me And other strange tales from my latest adventuresfanfare.pub I played a ton for a while, then sort of wandered off and didn’t touch my Switch for months. …

I’ll be thinking about this book for quite a while — Format Read: Paperback (ARC) Rating: 4.5 stars (Full disclosure: This post uses Bookshop.org affiliate links.) Hello, book friends! I just finished another fantastic book that I’m going to be thinking about and processing for quite some time. That means it’s time for a mini review! …

A roundup of book-related news from the week — Happy Saturday, book friends! It’s an allergy season edition of book news corner today, so grab your tissues and your allergy coping strategies of choice and buckle up for the news of the news of the week! I’ll be honest-not much grabbed my attention this week. Sure, things are always…

Of the 7 books I finished in May, these were the best — May went by both very slowly and quite quickly, at least for me. There were beautiful warm days for outside reading and rainy days for staying inside. I started running again and played a lot of Skyrim. I also read far more than I realized until I went to check…

Our weekly space to check in about books and reading — Happy last Wednesday of May, book friends! It’s really feeling like summer this week in PA, with higher temps and a higher rate of my allergies making me absolutely miserable. …

A roundup of book-related news from the week of 5/21/23–5/27/23 — Hello and welcome back to our cozy little book news corner! Grab your drink of choice and maybe a snack, because we’re about to dig in to the book-related news of the past week. This Week in Book Bans and Challenges… Efforts to ban books in schools and libraries continue to be on the rise, and that…