Shelby Bing Somehow, at the age of 22, I found myself never having read George Orwell’s Animal Farm until a couple weeks ago. I was looking for short audiobooks to catch up on my Goodreads reading challenge when I remembered that it was one of the shortest audiobooks I had saved on my library’s app. All right, … Read more
I grew up going to the library with my grandma, who is one of those people who was simply born to be a teacher. She would take me to multiple branches in our county, both in and out of school (she was my teacher for a few years). Back then, my love of books was … Read more
I’ve only tried to contact an author once. It was when I was in fifth grade, and I had been reading The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart. I wrote him a letter full of shameless praise, signing it “Shelby, AKA Shelbell.” That’s a nickname I haven’t gone by for a decade now, but … Read more
I’m easily influenced. This is why BookTok, in all of its influential glory, has reigned over my TBR nearly since the day I downloaded the app. Sure, there have been times when the BookTok community has led me astray, but, sometimes, there are winners. Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo was one … Read more
