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Literati Bookstore - Ann Arbor, MI

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Just a cute reader

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Idk how hot a take it is but sometimes novels should just be left as standalones

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To me, making a tape is like writing a letter--there's a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again, and I wanted it to be a good one … A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do. You've got to kick off with a corker, to hold the attention … and then you've got to up it a notch, or cool it a notch … and you can't have two tracks by the same artist side by side, unless you've done the whole thing in pairs, and … oh, there are loads of rules.

― Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

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“And therefore as a stranger give it welcome. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”

— Hamlet by William Shakespeare

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Anyone got that poem written from the perspective of an English teacher where they know deeply personal things about their now adult students because of the essays they wrote

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"Was this book good or was I deeply 19 when I read it:" an investigative journalism series

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so simon & schuster sent my boss and i a bunch of scanned nancy drew covers so we can use them for various parts of our project and most covers had two files, one with text one without

except for nancy drew and the hidden staircase which i guess they started to remove the title on and then stopped so they just sent us

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To buy—perchance to read. Ay, there's the rub!

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I’m a simple being. I see a book, I want to read it.

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me, begging, tears in my eyes: please. please just tell me what the book is about. the plot. please

a book annotation on the cover, unfazed: A Subversive Masterpiece. A Deep And Touching Story. The New York Times Bestseller. Go Fuck Yourself

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I loved this so much! Everything about this book had me in a chokehold for the entire time I was reading. It’s got The Santa Clause meets Rise Of The Guardians and Red, White, And Royal Blue vibes. It was magical and funny and political in all the best ways!

I think Coal is one of my new favorite characters! He’s the anxious oldest child with all the responsibilities piled on his shoulders, he’s the one trying so hard to be the class clown (to his own detriment), and he’s an absolute disaster bisexual in the best way. I loved that he just wanted to step up and do the right thing for his people, for his Holiday (and the other winter Holidays), and for Hex. I loved that he stood his ground when it came to making sure that everyone he loved was protected and happy. And the way he loved his chosen family, from all the joking around and all the quiet ways that he cared for them, was so sweet that it made my heart melt.

Everything about this book was done so well that it had me crying my eyes out! I loved it with all my heart and I’m pretty sure this is gonna be my new hyper fixation book series. The Nightmare Before Kissmas is getting a solid five stars and I’ve already gotten my hands on a copy of the second book. I’m so excited to dive into it!

2025 Reading Challenges:

Alphabet Challenge: N

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My good friend Jonathan is going on a very important business trip next week. Everyone wish him luck.

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