reading

Educated

How does one survive in a survivalist household? When your only role models proclaim that the government is sinful, and that public education is a plot to control the populace? […]

Books, Film & Television

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

If you liked David Grann’s The Lost City of Z, then […]

Books, Film & Television

Wumps and Pollutians

Who here remembers reading Bill Peet’s The Wump World? A masterfully illustrated statement on the effects of pollution and the tragedy of the commons, The Wump World is easily one of my favorite […]

Books, Film & Television

Spring Break Beach Reads

Each Spring Break, I make a concerted effort to do all of that pleasure reading I couldn’t do during the semester. With a heap of English assignments, I find myself putting […]

Books, Film & Television

Saying Goodbye to a Wonderful Professor

In high school, I felt like I was always making connections with my teachers. That may have been the nature of the school I attended, but I felt seriously supported, […]

Books, Film & Television

A Prayer for Owen Meany

When John Irving spoke at my high school, I was in tenth grade. While the Upperclassmen sat in the auditorium, the Underclassmen had the great privilege of watching a live-streamed version of […]

Books, Film & Television

I Miss Harry Potter-Boy

On this awfully rainy September day, I’m hard core missing Harry Potter-Boy. Oh. You’re unfamiliar with him? Let me give you a brief education on the subject that will surely […]

Books, Film & Television

Miss Peregrine

I have always loved reading books written for the age that I am currently not. I find that taking myself out of the mind of a 20-something is loads more […]

Books, Film & Television

The Cursed Child

I love Harry Potter. I really do. Those books have this calming effect on me that I can’t obtain from anything else. It’s a true immersion into an entirely foreign world, […]

Around Town

Dolly’s Bookstore

Here are some things I love: Harry Potter, chocolate, Bridget Jones, caramel apples, Pride & Prejudice, paper products and kitty cats. Located at 510 Main Street in Park City, Utah, […]