Yes. Yes, we alliterated in the title. Glad you asked. It's only the first of the many joyous and charming quirks unique to us bloggerly readers. It is not, per se, a qualitatively different category from just 'reader' - but it is its most Hermionish extreme. (If such a thing as blogging worked at Hogw…

Presumably, in some parallel universe ( #hellyeahspacepuns ), it is entirely possible to love The Illuminae Files for the plot alone, completely setting aside its utter, groundbreaking artistic brilliance. Alas, this is not said universe. This is where art and literary magnificence marry and comingle and enjoy equ…

Only three and a half weeks into 2017, and here we are, re-litigating 2016. Because good things come to those who wait to do everything until the last possible second again even though Hermione told us to do it today or tomorrow we'll pay, but did we listen - noooo . Ahem. As with ever-mounting TBRs and ever-tr…

Fun fact: the size of a reader's anticipated releases list is directly proportional to their time spent reading. The more books you chomp away at, the bigger it gets. I don't make the rules. It's just how it is. As part of The Great And Terrible TBR, the list of anticipated books coming out in the y…

MAKE WAY FOR THE PARTY POOPERS!  Let it never be said we only spread joy. After all, there's no sense of accomplishment in saving Christmas unless the Grinch jeopardizes it first. In-between all the happy-go-lucky end-of-the-year features we've been posting as we recap our reading year and pave the way for …