Pretty Literate Blog

  • Fun Fiction for Hobbyists

    by Ericka Smith
    One of the best parts of Pretty Literate's Monthly Book Club is forming real friendships with the other members. The monthly deliveri...

  • A Travel Blog for Book Lovers: Part 1

    by Ericka Smith
    Guest Blog by Mirah Welday When Ericka first approached me about contributing to the Pretty Literate blog by sharing my personal experiences with ...

  • 12 Best Books Set in My State

    by Ericka Smith
    Big Bend and the Hill Country. Those would be my answers if you asked me where my favorite places in Texas were. In fact, I'm visiting them right n...

  • 16 Pulitzer Prize Winners You Should Read

    by Ericka Smith
    It felt a little bit like what I imagine drafting season feels like for sports fans around Pretty Literate on Monday afternoon.  Remember last year...

  • Roads Less Traveled

    by Ericka Smith
    Last week I shared The Perfect Classic to Read if You Have Wanderlust (or Want to!) - a slice of American pie by one of America's greatest novelis...

  • The PERFECT Classic to Read if You Have Wanderlust (or Want to!)

    by Ericka Smith
    A Bit of Background For most of my adult life, I never ventured far from home. I was okay with this because, well, I loved being at home. I loved ...

  • 6 Reasons to Read SO BIG by Edna Ferber this Month

    by Ericka Smith
    *This blog contains SPOILERS for Edna Ferber's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel SO BIG. It's a goal of mine to eventually read my way through the Puli...

  • A Few of my Favorite Fictional Husbands

    by Ericka Smith
    I love a good "themed" read. By that, I mean I love to read a good book that is set in the current season, or one that takes place around a holiday...

  • 15 Famously Fantastic Sibling Relationships in Fiction

    by Ericka Smith
    Sibling relationships can be...complicated. National Sibling Day (Monday, April 10, 2023) is just around the corner and I feel it would be irre...

  • Affinity for Fiction

    by Ericka Smith
    You know how your life sometimes just does not seem to be in alignment? No matter what you do, the proverbial pen falls out of your pocket when yo...

  • 10 Reasons to Come Read With Us

    by Ericka Smith
    I have spent the past couple of weeks enthusiastically sharing a better way to book. I have shared both the benefits of classic literature and one...

  • Why You Should Add Classic Lit to Your Reading Resume - and One Simple Way to Do It!

    by Ericka Smith
    I've been thinking about classic lit a lot lately.  Like, a LOT. And the reason is that, well, classic lit is my jam. I love gothic novels like Ja...