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Five Years Later: Where I’ve Been and Why I’m Back

August 6, 2025August 6, 2025 Shyla Fairfax

It's been FIVE years since I last posted, but I'm excited to be back!

Tagged Bookish, books, Crochet, fiction, lifestyle, Writing, Yarn2 Comments
Reviews and Essays

Book Tag – Do I Have That Book Challenge

March 25, 2019April 4, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

Bookshelf scavenger hunt!

Tagged Book tag, Bookish, booksLeave a comment
Reviews and Essays

The Liebster Award

March 23, 2019April 4, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

Thank you so much to Siobhan from Siobhan's Novelties for nominating me for the Liebster Award 🙂

Tagged blog awards, blogging, Book tag, Bookish, books, Reading5 Comments
Crochet, DIY

Crochet – 2019 Reading Afghan

March 13, 2019March 15, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

I love to read, cozy under an afghan or throw. And I love to crochet. So, it only makes sense to combine the two hobbies, right?

Tagged Bookish, books, Crochet, crochet afghan, crochet blanket, DIY, Handmade, Reading7 Comments
Stories and Poems

Haiku – Break Through

March 4, 2019March 15, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

Slips right through the cracks.
No one notices, or cares.
Transcends the mundane.

Tagged Bookish, fantasy, Haiku, Neil Gaiman, poems, poetry, urban fantasy4 Comments
DIY

Bookish DIY Project – Book Quotes Decor

February 25, 2019March 4, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

A bookish DIY project

Tagged A Monster Calls, book quotes, Bookish, books, Brian K. Vaughan, Crafts, DIY, Handmade, Home decor, Homemade, Saga1 Comment
Reviews and Essays

Book Tag – 80s Movies

February 22, 2019March 4, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

Books... and movie nostalgia!

Tagged 80s, book reviews, Book tag, Bookish, books, books I like, movies, nostalgia, popular cultureLeave a comment
Reviews and Essays

Book Review – We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)

February 20, 2019March 4, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

Their tongues will burn, I thought, as though they had eaten fire. Their throats will burn when the words come out and in their bellies they will feel a torment hotter than a thousand fires.

Tagged 60s, book reviews, Bookish, books, books I like, Classic Stories, classics, gothic, horror, literature, mental health, Shirley Jackson2 Comments
Reviews and Essays

My Own 2019 Reading Challenge

February 4, 2019February 11, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

I decided to make my own personalized challenge, based on the kinds of things I'd like to read more of and the kinds of things that will help me tear through my own TBR list. Here's what I came up with.

Tagged Bookish, books, Reading7 Comments
Reviews and Essays

Book Tag – Seven Deadly Sins

January 24, 2019February 11, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

Books, books, books!

Tagged Book tag, Bookish, books, comic books, graphic novels, Kelley Armstrong, Octavia Butler1 Comment

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