Favorite Book & Recommendations at Second Chance Book Fest
I was incredibly disappointed to find out that the Tucson Festival of Books was canceled. It’s the major event that I look forward to the most every single year. As a bibliophile, I love connecting with all my fellow book lovers and over the years…
The Circle: What Are They Reading?
At the beginning of the year, my Netflix recommendations popped up this little reality show called The Circle (not to be confused with David Egger’s book of the same name). As someone who isn’t much of a fan of reality television in general, I, of course,…
Reading Tips We Swear By
As someone who spends a lot of their free time reading and reviewing books, there a few tips and tricks, along with various items, that I use to keep my reading life in order. Here are some of those things, all of which you may…
Disney+ Service: the Series I’ll Subscribe For
When Disney first announced it’s new subscription streaming service Disney+, I let out an audible groan. Is this what we needed most in a streaming world monopolized by companies like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon? Another service to willingly throw our money at? I’ve gone a…
Horror Adaptation on TV
With the growing popularity of streaming services and our love of spending hours binge-watching the newest, greatest TV series, we are in no shortage of things to watch that quench our horror thirst. Or, if you’re like me, you may also enjoy curling up with…
My Succession Obsession
“Obsession” is defined as the state of being obsessed with something, an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person’s mind. I bring this up because I’ve recently found myself obsessing over a show: Succession. Like many people, I’m getting into this…
Gift Your Virgo This!
It’s Virgo season! Out of pure bias, from a Virgo, this is the best time of year. After the insanity that is Leo season, it’s time to calm down and get a little bit of perspective. Virgo, in general, is the most pragmatic and analytical…
Welcome Back, Veronica Mars!
I’ve been a Marshmallow (for those not hip to the lingo: Veronica Mars fans) from the beginning. Way back to the fall of 2004. Back then, I wore way too much eyeliner, rocked a bob haircut similar to Ms. Mars, and wanted so badly to…
MCU’s Phase 4 Breakdown
This weekend, the Marvel teams laid a WHOLE LOT of news on us at once about Phase 4 at San Diego Comic-Con. The unveiling of their future plans for Phase 4, introducing new characters, the blockbuster actors playing them, and the movies they are currently…
Silver Cat: An Ode to Stranger Things 3
This 4th of July, while many of us hurried to the outdoors and cooked food for family and friends, lounged by the pool, and watched fireworks glitter across the sky, some of us were more concerned with other things; stranger things. Like what the heck…
My Music Recommendations for Wedding DJs
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve visited three states, been on six planes, driven 8 hours on unknown roads, successfully navigated a subway system, and visited 1 beach. This sounds like an adventure, right? In reality, this was just what it logistically took to…
A Day in the Life: Bookmans Marketing Coordinator
There is a sentence that I often find myself saying that I take a lot of pride in. That sentence is, “I work for Bookmans.” I am incredibly lucky to work for a company I love. Spending my days surrounded by books is basically my…
Celebrity Geminis Give the Sign a Good Name
Heading into the month of June, summer is finally here! With summer comes excessive hours of hanging out by the pool, prolonged exposure to the Arizona sun, finding your summer music jam, spending time with friends, among a multitude of other things. But, it also…
#ThisIsTucson’s Summer Reading Challenge (for Grown-Ups)
This guest blog has been written by Johanna Willett, #ThisIsTucson Reporter (Twitter @johannawillett) Once again, #ThisIsTucson is challenging you to read local with our second Summer Reading Challenge for Grown-Ups. And we are SO EXCITED. Why should kids get to have all the fun?…
Vacation Reads for Every Destination
With school coming to a close and summer fast approaching, or if you are like myself and a firm believer that most of Arizona has only two major seasons and therefore already here, it’s time to start thinking about taking a holiday. If you’re anything like…
Keanu Reeves Movies? Excellent!
Any plans for this weekend? Other than heading over to your favorite Bookmans location for Independent Bookstore Day that is? Maybe you are one of the lucky few to get your hands on a pass to Glasgow, Scotland’s finest sold out film festival, KeanuCon. That’s…
Every Single Reaction I Had While Watching the Game of Thrones Premiere
Like practically everyone else with a pulse, I have spent this last week wishing it was Sunday, aka Game of Thrones night. It’s been just over a year and a half, or precisely 596 days, since the season finale of season seven aired leaving us…
Shelfie Goals to Inspire You (and Me) to Bookshelf Greatness
Over this last weekend, my husband finished his three-month project of building me a giant floor to ceiling bookcase. Of course, in true Slytherin pride fashion, I immediately painted the entire thing a beautiful dark green color. One cannot have too much house pride, amiright?…
Bookmans Goes Over the Edge
If you live in Tucson or have ever visited for the day, you may have driven past the 5151 building on East Broadway Boulevard. At 17-stories tall, it’s the tallest commercial building in Tucson and my coworker, Stephanie, and I rappelled down it last Saturday….
So You Want to Join a Book Club
If I’ve said it once, I’ll say it a hundred more times. Join a book club. Seriously, join a book club. I know what you’re thinking, we’ve all seen the memes. Book clubs can’t really be for READING books, can they? Aren’t they just good…