can we call it summer reading since it’s already hotter than 95 degrees here and our daily afternoon thunderstorms are rolling in on humidity’s too-oft cue?

here on this post you’ll find all of mondays’ weekly reading book reviews as they happen each week (direct from my living room!), as well as LINKS to learn more (&/or collect!) each title at bookshop.org*. (unless otherwise specified.)

thanks for watching. thanks for reading. thanks for keeping my TBR mountains growing.

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happy birthday month to me! here are this month’s collected weekly reading book review videos as well as links to learn more (or shop!) each title at bookshop.org! happy reading to all!! :D

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we love a bonnet parade— almost as much as we love stories! please enjoy the collected weekly reading book review videos of april (as they happened each monday morning this month). along with links to bookshop.org where you can learn more about each title that intrigues you!

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i got to see katori' hall’s THE MOUNTAINTOP at the warehouse theatre last night. and i already bought tickets to see it again.

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on seeing THE GREAT GATSBY (touring b’way company) and wondering how many people had to write essays about the symbolismmmmm of that greeeeen liiiiight—- and how many thousands must have forgotten the ending. OR: upon reflecting on 10th grade english class with mrs. greig.

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an announcement of the 2026 shows for the south carolina new play festival… AND something (happy-scary-NEW) i’ve been learning/doing/trying!

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last year, i began the quest to read through the bard’s known canon. i made it half-way. and the quest continues! here are my favourite quotes from the five plays i’ve read SO FAR this year! (complete with one handlettered quote from each!)

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welcome to the month of the best day of the year: a sparkle heart glitter love fest for everybody! since i can’t make pink & red paper chains alllll month, here are all of this month’s weekly reading book reviews, complete with title links to bookshop.org where you just might be able to find a new favourite story or few! :D

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february theatre goodness: SUFFS and NARNIA. and the parallels of acting and writing.

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the art of storytelling gallery opening + a bonus time*lapse painting video of my most recent (& v. accurate self*portrait)! :)

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happiest of brand new years to you! let’s start it off with some new stories, shall we? :D

here are all of january’s weekly reading book reviews— posted every monday as thtey happen. complete with links to shop each title at bookshop.org (because we’re all about the indie bookstores, no?) ;)

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i thought i’d read all of shakespeare’s (known) canon in 2025. i’ve been going alphabetically, and the Kings slowed me down. but here are twelve plays (king henry V through measure for measure!) that i read in the last 6 months of 2025… all with favourite quotes and one handlettering quote per play by me! :)

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how far and how fast can i go in the name of fomo and fave authors? far and speedily. a sunny fall saturday in which i use eleven hours to experience a teeeeeeny tiny fraction of story-filled ya’ll fest in charleston.

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in which i take dad to see a broadway show downtown greenville and have to fight the urge to sing along to a few of “my favorite things.”

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travel back in time with me to august 2025 in which we go to allllll the theatre (& workshops) we can handle in four days! huzzah! in this post: MERLIN RETURNS, starring PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON! (and mr. piffles, the also-magical dragon suit-clad chihuahua.)

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