It’s SUMMER!!! (Summer officially starts Memorial Day weekend, feel free to argue with me in the comments for all you people that are convinced it doesn’t start until June ) After a random frost that led to the great tomato massacre of 2021 (Darn you, Colorado weather!), I purchased new tomato starts from my favorite …
I sit writing our “Best Books of April” surrounded by my lovely Alchemy Bookshop co-conspirators IN PERSON for the first time in over a year and a half. I have never appreciated more the ability to experience the simple pleasure of being able to hug and laugh with some of the people I love best …
Who is excited about summer?!?!? ME ME ME ME! I sit here writing, staring at the snow coming down and wishing it was summer already. I know that I choose to live in a climate that gets an insane amount of snow every year, but each February I start dreaming about the ability to walk …
It’s finally April, and it is gorgeous here in Colorado with 60-70 degree days all week! I’ve been hanging as much as I can in the sunshine, soaking it up like a sponge. I noticed that the warmer and sunnier it is outside, the better my overall mood. Sunshine = Happiness It is a little …
We are introducing a new series on the blog: The Genre Guide! One of our goals at Alchemy Bookshop is to help you expand your reading life into books and genres that you might have not been originally drawn to. We have started with the essential Sci-Fi (Science Fiction) books as it seems to be …
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Welcome to the Bookish Community all you new bibliophiles! The kindest community on the internet, but full of terminology and jargon that makes a person feel slightly intimidated when first introduced to this online love letter to all things bookish. Or was that just me? Today, I’d like to *virtually* sit down and discuss some …
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Trilogies are the perfect format for a fantasy story, at least in my humble opinion. Long drawn-out series tend to lose my interest after a couple of books such as the fantastic, but incredibly long, 14 book Wheel of Time Series. (Still haven’t made it past book 9 yet!) Not to mention, there are SO …
I have a confession to make… I’m not a fan of Valentine’s Day. I feel that it is an overly commercialized day that can make feel you like a failure if you are single or feel like you are drowning under the expectation of creating the “perfect” romantic night for your partner. I am a …
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I have always been a voracious reader and usually read over 100 books a year. During graduate school, I still read at least 100 new books during that 3 year period and that included studying for boards nonstop for 6 months. Post graduate school, I still manage to read A LOT of books with: a …
2020 is the year of book binging. Collectively, the three of us read over 250 books this year. If we add the re-reads of the entire Ilona Andrews and Tamora Pierce series, we read over 300 books this year! Now we have always been prolific readers, but staying at home has exponentially increased our reading …
Read moreThe Long Anticipated List: The 20 Five Star Books of 2020