This past weekend, Jake and I went with his grandparents to western Massachusetts to see the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform at Tanglewood (featuring Yo-Yo Ma as a soloist). We had beautiful weather, I managed to avoid getting sunburnt (a true feat if you know me), and I got to experience my first professional orchestra concert … Continue reading Three on a Theme: Music
June/July Reading Roundup
August has arrived, which means in a month I start my final semester at Simmons University. The first two months of the summer have been busy as I took summer courses (hence the lack of a June RR), traveled, and have been working. I'm looking forward to soaking up some of my last lazy days … Continue reading June/July Reading Roundup
Some Summer Reading
July has been a busy month (more on that to come in a combined June/July Reading Roundup soon!) but I finished my summer classes right after the fourth of July and finally have had a chance to read a bit more for fun! I put a ton of books on hold at the library and … Continue reading Some Summer Reading
Contextualizing the Classics: The Borrowers and Front Desk
Bookishly Bright started as Contextualizing the Classics in fall 2017 as a final project for a course at Kansas State University on Louise Erdrich and Sherman Alexie. The first posts on this blog paired a classic with a contemporary text in order to explore the connections that existed between them and to bridge the gap … Continue reading Contextualizing the Classics: The Borrowers and Front Desk
April/May Reading Roundup
You may have noticed that I've not written a reading roundup in a while, and that's because the last few months have been hectic and the end of April found me finally getting to visit my parents in Colorado for the first time since Thanksgiving (so I was too busy hiking to be writing a … Continue reading April/May Reading Roundup