reading all books referenced on Gilmore girls

Here's a little friendly advice from me to you: Marry a man who will surprise you with a weekend stay at The Mayflower Inn in Washington, CT (the inn that inspired Amy Sherman-Palladino to write Gilmore girls) for your 10 year anniversary. To hear more about my experience, listen to this episode of Under the Floorboards! #washingtondepot #themayflowerinn #amyshermanpalladino

... with the dust upon her eyes. For the Black, White & Read Challenge, I am currently reading a fascinating biography about Edna St. Vincent Millay (Savage Beauty by Nancy Milford... highly recommended). I know very little about Millay so I decided to Do the Google. And came across this... published 50 years ago YESTERDAY in The New York Times! Obituaries were waaaaaay more interesting in the 50s! Edna St. V. Millay Found Dead At 58 Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES AUSTERLITZ

As the internet exploded last night, you have probably heard about the latest Gilmore girls news. It looks like we'll be getting four 90 minute episodes through Netflix. Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino will be writing and directing the story 8 years after Rory graduated college. Understandably so, there is a lot of conversation going on in the web-o-sphere about what we think our favorite Stars Hollow residents are up to now. But as you know me, I'm interested i

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton This was handed to me and described as being comparble to The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern. I loved The Night Circus. And this, yet again, proves my point that we need to stop selling books as being like other books. Because I went into this book with seriously high expectations that, while not entirely dashed, were never quite satisfied. For a first novel, this was a lovely attempt and was an interesting read. But something just never

How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Strident feminist checking in! ::yanks off bra, throws away razors and smacks a man across the face:: Now, the fact that so many of you probably nodded your head when I said that proves to me that you NEED to read this book. On top of the fact that Moran takes you through some of the most controversial aspects of being a woman (her first period, her abortion experience)... the point of her book is that these things shouldn't be controversi

Beautiful Boy by David Sheff I'm a sucker for a good drug redemption story. It's why I loooooove me some Intervention (although how those people don't realize in Year Ten that it's not just an innocent documentary to chronicle their addiction, I'll never understand. Cocaine is a hell of a drug... or so I've heard!) So when I came across this book at my library's annual book sale, I knew I'd be leaving with it. Generally, I dislike books written in present tense. It usuall

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff This book. This book. This book. To begin with, the tulmultous waters on its cover are indictative of the chaos and insanity with which you'll be met once you open to its pages. This is when I'm a-okay with judging a book by it's cover. This cover is every bit as intriguing and unsettling as the story inside. The interesting thing about this book lies in the point-of-view of the main characters when it comes to each other. Usually, a person