Today

Today was a day just like the rest of them. Do you have as much time as I do to make infographics about your daily activities?

Animals, Bits and Pieces, Books, WorkErin L. HartyMay 7, 2020quarantine, work from home, squirrels, books, foodComment

Improve Your Day With Reading

A bad day can be improved with books.

Books, Bookstores, Lists, Musings, opinion, ReadingErin L. HartyDecember 10, 2019books, mood, independent book sellers, bookstores, Indie Bound, NPR, book recommendationsComment

Reading Rehab

Sometimes you can read so much and so often, that it becomes less a pleasure than a chore.

introspection, Books, Musings, ReadingErin L. HartyAugust 5, 2019reading, bookd, procrastination, goals, excessComment

Personal Shelf Awareness

Libraries connect communities and offer a place of refuge for many.

Books, Art, Learning, Reading, ResearchErin L. HartyJanuary 19, 2019books, libraries, podcasts, Philadelphia, Charles Dickens, Susan Orlean, novels

My Year In Books-2018

Here is what I read in 2018.

Books, Reading, self improvementErin L. HartyJanuary 1, 2019books, 2018, goodreads, reading, reading recommendationsComment

New Way to Procrastinate

Books, Bits and Pieces, Procrastination, ReadingErin L. HartySeptember 27, 2018podcasts, books, movies, The Sister BrothersComment

January Reads

The ten books I read in January.

Bookstores, Books, ReadingErin L. HartyJanuary 30, 2018reading, books, podcasts, Pulitzer Prize, NerdetteComment

Book Character or Friend?

A good storyteller can make the reader suspend disbelief to the point of feeling they are a part of the story.

Books, Friends, ReadingErin L. HartyJanuary 21, 2018books, storytelling, reading, Google, hypochondriaComment

Sleep Ideas

Books, Humor, WritingErin L. HartyOctober 4, 2017ideas, sleeping, notes, regretsComment

List: My Favorite Instagrams

There is an endless supply of eye candy on Instagram—these are just a few of my favorites.

Art, Books, Creativity, Humor, InstagramErin L. HartyFebruary 4, 2017Instagram, photos, favorites, social media, friends, artComment

2016 Lists: Reading Recommendations

A list of 25 of my favorite books I read this year. What were some of your favorites?

Bookstores, Books, opinion, Reading, ListsErin L. HartyDecember 13, 2016reading, reading recommendations, favorite books, books, novels, fiction, non-fiction, 2016Comment

November Is Finished But I'm Not

I wrote 50,000 words in November and I feel like I climbed a mountain in the middle of winter while suffering from asthma and wearing no shoes. It was amazing, and I feel great.

Books, WritingErin L. HartyDecember 8, 2016NaNoWriMo, writing, fiction, november, novelsComment

Bookstores Smell Like Happiness

I found the ideal book smell in a small used bookstore in West Seattle this past weekend.

Books, BookstoresErin L. HartyMarch 22, 2015books, bookstores, nostalgia, smells, West Seattle Comment