Maegan Donovan is a Southern-born, New England transplant raising a daughter with her husband in the Midwest. After earning her M.A. in History from the University of Rhode Island, she moved to Boston, followed by Kansas, Delaware, California and Kansas again. When she's not chasing her toddler (which is nearly always), she's reading, mentally planning European vacations, trying to learn Latin or feeling guilty about neglecting her blog, Lovely Leanings. The only two things guaranteed to be in her purse are a book and a bottle of hot sauce.
Worried about Secret Santa season? Don't fear--we've got some tips to help you choose gifts for acquaintances and win the bookish gift giving game.
Yes, we're talking to you folks with the rolling ladders in your personal libraries.
On the importance of reading books by people who believe things you don't.
THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP may help some people apply a minimalist approach to some rooms, but hands off the personal library.
From reading aloud to using those cookbooks, here are 5 book-inspired date night ideas to shake things up and keep them bookish.
Do life changing books really change your life?
An appreciation of Beatrix Potter's complex sentences, elevated vocabulary, and fascinating stories for kids, to celebrate her birthday!
Bookish stuff to do (other than reading, of course).
