an evening of doughdoughs and ashley poston at mjudson booksellers celebrating her (now-bestseller!) A NOVEL LOVE STORY!!

hallie bertlingJuly 2, 2024Comment

june's a wrap (of carbs and books, as per usual.)

we WERE on a break, but i’m glad it’s over. :)

hallie bertlingJune 30, 2024Comment

june's reading wrap*up: books & more books!

here come june’s weekly reading book reviews, as posted every monday morning this month! books i read &/or thought about reading! :D (+ links to learn more about each title at bookshop.org!)

hallie bertlingJune 24, 2024Comment

2 weeks without the insta. {so far.}

in true rory fashion, there’s a wee bit of a pro-con list going here…

hallie bertlingJune 15, 2024Comment

may's reading wrap*up

here come all of may’s weekly reading book reviews… along with links to bookshop.org to learn more about the books and shop online while supporting indie bookstores in your community, too!! :D

hallie bertlingMay 29, 2024Comment

the multiverse of gallery visits

{or, to be less dramatic}, we can title this blog post “i saw some makoto fujimura work in person for the first time.”

hallie bertlingMay 11, 2024Comment

ink, tribal, and other names for tattoos....

it’s a big decision.

hallie bertlingMay 9, 2024Comment

go ahead and scoot your own dead body across the stage

in which children perform the scottish play… :)

hallie bertlingApril 23, 2024Comment

april's reading wrap*up!!

here are allllll five of april’s weekly reading book review videos—alongside each book’s link to bookshop.org to learn more! :D

hallie bertlingApril 1, 2024Comment

allie, haley, and hallie walk into a bookstore...

a bookish roadtrip and a typewriter named OLIVETTI.

hallie bertlingMarch 27, 2024Comment

march 2024 reading wrap*up

here they come, one at a time as they happen….!! every monday after our weekly reading book review over on instagram (@halthegal_storyart), i’ll upload them here! with links to bookshop.org for your indie bookstore shopping convenience! yay!

hallie bertlingMarch 25, 2024Comment

the tortillas just hit differently out here...

or when you say "merci" instead of "gracias." mis*adventures of my writing retreat to arizona last month…

hallie bertlingMarch 5, 2024Comment

february 2024 reading wrap*up!

here are all of february’s weekly reading book reviews collected in one place for you— nifty links to bookshop.org included, too! :D

hallie bertlingFebruary 5, 2024Comment

january 2024 reading wrap*up!!

here’s how we read our way through january….!

hallie bertlingJanuary 29, 2024Comment

another colourful year of the crayon box in the.... er, can? paint tin? scissors drawer?

a glimpse back at just some of the art and bookish adventures we had in the crayon box this past year!

hallie bertlingDecember 27, 2023Comment

december reading wrap*up

whoosh! wrapping up 2023 with reads from this genre & that! :D

hallie bertlingDecember 26, 2023Comment

“it’s so ridiculous, it’s magical.” (or, my thoughts on greta’s barbie movie & pink birkenstocks.)

dear greta: can we be friends? like, collaborative, creative besties?

from singin’ in the rain to infinite horizon soundstages and allll the pink glitter that ever paraded as high art, i think like we overthink details enough to get along perfectly.

hallie bertlingDecember 12, 2023Comment

scbwi fall retreat conference & ya'll fest 2023!!

happy happy happy happy happy….!!! thanks in part to a grant from the metropolitan arts council and my crayon box art collectors… we’re getting SO. MuCh. CloSER!!!

hallie bertlingNovember 28, 2023Comment

november reading wrap*up

here’s all the books i read.

or thought about reading this month! (i’ve included the nifty bookshop.org links for you too in case you want to order any of the titles for yourself!) :D

hallie bertlingNovember 27, 2023 Comment

october reading wrap*up

all of the books: good (& not for me) i read (or thought about reading) this month! complete with nifty links to every title at bookshop.org! yay!

hallie bertlingOctober 31, 2023Comment