Easter has long been my favorite holiday. As a girl, I loved picking out a new Easter dress, dyeing and hunting for eggs, and getting…
Tag: favorites
My Favorite Place
Originally Published April 2018 The library. A magical realm where everything is possible. A place of quiet where imagination is unbound. A repository of knowledge…
My Hallmark Obsession
Ah, Hallmark Channel, how I love thee! The movies on Hallmark and its sister-channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, are my innocent pleasures. When I need…
5 Books That Have Had an Impact on Me
For as long as I can remember, I have been a reader. I think I’ve always been in love with words. Books are a way…
A Story of Sisters: Austen’s Sense & Sensibility
Originally Published December 2017 My faithful readers will know that Sense & Sensibility was the first of Jane Austen’s books that I read. For a…
The Jane Austen Problem
Originally Published October 2017 I discovered Jane Austen during my sophomore year of high school, but not because of assigned readings in English class. In…
The Inimitable Flavia de Luce
Flavia de Luce. I first met her in 2011. She reminded me of myself at her age—a girl too smart for her own good. She…
Discovering Amy Macdonald
I first learned about Amy Macdonald in Denmark in 2012. I walked into a music store with my parents and sisters and saw a large…
The Trouble with Favorites
As an English major, one question I am often asked is: “Who is your favorite author?” I hate that question. I assume that the person…