Zine Haul from Canzine and the Hamilton Feminist Zine Fair

by Jessica // November 10, 2015 // Comments off

Zine Haul! Fall is the time of zine fairs in the Toronto area – on October 17 I tabled for Static Cloud at Canzine, and on November 7 I tabled at the Hamilton Feminist Zine Fair. I love both of... Continue reading →

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Book Reviews: Dumplin, the Pippa Greene series and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

by Jessica // November 5, 2015 // Comments off

Hey guys! I’m trying a new thing, and that thing is writing some shorter book reviews and combining them (if they somehow relate to one another). This helps me talk about all the books I’m reading more than I could... Continue reading →

Contest: Brooklyn – win a copy of the book and tickets to an advanced screening!

by Jessica // November 3, 2015 // Comments off

In Colm Tóibín’s 2009 novel Brooklyn, Eilis Lacey, a young Irish woman, heads to the Big Apple in the 1950s after the darker days of World War Two in Ireland. There, she meets Tony, an Italian, and quickly falls for him. But after... Continue reading →

Favourite Instagrams: Bookworms – Harry Potter edition!

by Jessica // October 27, 2015 // Comments off

(Hi all! Sorry the blog’s been a bit empty these days. Work and baseball have been taking up all of my time. Now that at least baseball is over – don’t talk to me about it! – I’m hopefully back... Continue reading →

Stationery Talk: Adorable notepads and unique cards

by Jessica // October 8, 2015 // Comments off

Welcome to a new series for the blog called Stationery Talk, in which I post about some of my favourite new stationery finds. Let’s kick right off then, shall we? Pusheen could be one of my life’s mascots (there are too... Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

by Jessica // October 6, 2015 // Comments off

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness, via HarperTeen, out now. [I received this book from HarperCollins Canada in exchange for an honest review; this did not affect my opinion of the book whatsoever.] What if you’re not the... Continue reading →

Sign up for the 2015 Notebook & Pen Swap!

by Jessica // October 1, 2015 // Comments off

I am so excited to be running this swap again. Everybody likes notebooks and pens! I started the notebook & pen swap last year as a fun prompt for NaNoWriMo people, though starting it in November and people not getting... Continue reading →

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