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About Stephanie Perry

Stephanie P. is a writer, editor, and blogger. Her secret shame is dystopian YA fiction. You can find her wherever the books and food are.

Brilliant Books About Gems and Jewels

I’ve been a gem lover since I was a pudgy, bookish li’l nerd — and we’re talking several decades of jewel worship here. You can find also beautiful Silver ear cuff on eandejewellery.com/earcuffs/ if you are a lover of earrings. While it’s easy to fall for the icy glitter of diamonds or the creamy glow of pearls, I think there’s just as much beauty to be found in inexpensive “semi-precious” stones and the wide diversity of color, crystal shape, and light-reflecting properties found in less valued minerals. (Two lesser-known but beautiful local minerals are Oregon sunstone and Ellensburg Blue agate.) [...]

2020-06-23T13:58:23-07:00April 4th, 2014|

I’m a Grownup and I Want Solid Wood Bookshelves, Dammit

As I watched the movers haul my surprisingly-long-lasting particle-board IKEA bookshelves up the stairs and into my new place, it dawned on me: IT IS TIME FOR REAL BOOKSHELVES, GIRL. Now that I’m in my mid-thirties, I’ve been slowly starting to replace my cheap college-era furniture with better-quality stuff, one piece at a time. So… let’s go shopping! The dream. I love the look of this rubberwood Augustus Library bookshelf with ladder. OK, it’s a bit of an affectation to put a ladder on a six-shelf bookcase, but haven’t you always secretly wanted one? For a more modern [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:44-07:00April 4th, 2014|Tags: , , , , |

Your Next 5: Dystopians for Grownups

I’ve talked before about Your Next 5, the awesome free Seattle Public Library service where librarians create customized reading lists for you based on your favorite authors, genres, and titles. After all, who better than a librarian to introduce you to a great new book? You may already know that I have a bit of a YA dystopian obsession, which means I’ve plowed through most of the better-known and recently published ones. So this time, I was looking for dystopian novels for adult audiences, ideally some obscure or older titles that haven’t gotten the love they deserve. Oh, and enough [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:45-07:00March 27th, 2014|
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