Month: July 2024

Charlotte and I taking a photo op; I really liked my pink and purple hair clips I wore today! 🥰

I went to Barnes & Noble on Wednesday afternoon, buying myself an iced mocha in the café section and beginning my slow, leisurely stroll throughout the store. I love checking out all of the displays, no matter the genre, because they have cute little signs at each of the display setups that make it seem so cozy. Iced coffee in hand, I was ready for my lovely afternoon in the bookstore!

That evening, I wrote a journal entry about the experience of being in a bookstore. Here’s what I wrote, and I hope you enjoy and can relate to the feeling! 💓

“It was lovely to look around at the book displays and even just see all the fellow book lovers looking around. There really is something enchanting – almost romantic in a sense – about books, regardless of the genre. Different genres appeal to different people, and book choices are so personal. What calls out to us when we reach out to pick up a book? The texture and feel of a book is part of the reading experience, too. We crack open a book and are enabled to get lost in a new world filled with either lots of imagination or lots of knowledge, depending on the genre.
It’s also cute to see other people exploring books. I saw lots of people roaming throughout the store; I saw a woman in a summery white, off-the-shoulder dress with a fashionable hat looking at a book display near the front entrance, seeming to feel as pulled into the bookstore experience as I was. It’s a great place to feel at home amongst fellow bibliophiles!

– from my journal

I’m actually deep into a new book that I can’t seem to put down, which I’ll write about soon! Do you feel the same about bookstores?

Lastly, I’ve started creating a few new Halloween-themed necklaces for my Etsy shop (thought I’d start early – why not, right?) 🧡🖤💜 I love the vintage Halloween vibes!

Don’t mind the brown tarp behind my head in these outfit photos; it’s been put up to try to shade some of the sun from getting in the living room! I think it adds a visual flair, heh heh.

First off: I loved these two outfits I documented! 💙💗💜

I finally picked out my first book from Princeton University Press this summer! I decided on How to Interpret the Constitution by Cass R. Sunstein.

Looking at the reviews printed on the back of the book when I received it, I noticed that most of the reviews were from people who went to prestigious law schools. Like, Yale, Stanford, HARVARD. Wait – what?!?!

I realized that the book is geared towards those studying constitutional law. Yikes!!!!!! Could ol’ fine-arts-degree-me handle a book this intellectually advanced? I was a bit nervous until I started reading it – then I couldn’t put it down! The author writes in such a way that is pretty easy to understand! I didn’t think I’d be able to keep up, honestly.

I come off as air-headed and a bit derpy when you talk to me in person, and it’s made me feel intellectually inferior for much of my life because it makes me seem kind of immature, I guess? (My written communication is SO MUCH better!). So the fact that I’m trying to learn about such a complex topic as the constitution makes me feel smart. And that makes me feel like a million bucks!!! It’s exactly the confidence boost I needed, but didn’t know I needed.

I did not expect this book to boost my confidence. NOT AT ALL. But it has! And, it’s such a great read that has me learning a lot. I will very likely buy another book in the future from Princeton University Press! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

So, cheers to summer reading and feeling good about yourself! 😎 How has your summer been? 👇🏼