On English and American Etiquette: What Courtesy Reveals About a Society

Emily Post, Eleanor Roosevelt & William Hanson

Emily Post, Eleanor Roosevelt & William Hanson

February Literary Mood Board • The Art of Good Manners, Part I

And a Review of Jojo Moyes’ The Giver of Stars Earlier this summer, I finally picked up a novel I’d been meaning to read for ages: The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes. If you’ve been here for a while,…

Reading Through the Storm

How Re-Reading Big Magic and Artist Dates Reignite Inspiration When I decided to dedicate this week’s post to creativity, it never crossed my mind that I would have so many doubts and reservations when putting pen to paper. So I’m…

Diaries, Biographies, and the Soundtrack of a Literary Life This is my oldest memory of classical music, Mozart’s piano concerto No 20 that became one of the soundtracks of my childhood. Music is a fascinating topic for me. There are…

Feminism and religion… Welcome to a landmine subject !But since the point of this series is to talk about lessons learned from books, I was bound to touch on some delicate subjects at one point or another.I should however state…

We all have many different reasons for reading. I for one, am motivated firstly by the escapism, the feeling of living many different lifetimes through books. But I also enjoy learning new things. Not like in school, but more in…