by Ericka Smith
June 23, 2023
Guest Blog by Mirah Welday
Last month, I shared about my Memoirs of a Geisha-inspired trip to Kyoto, Japan, in the first installment of my four-pa...
by Ericka Smith
June 16, 2023
Did you know that June is Audiobook Appreciation Month?
I didn't even know there was a thing called Audiobook Appreciation Month until I saw somet...
by Ericka Smith
June 9, 2023
I have been what I call a "vicarious vacationer" most of my adult life. My husband and I married after our sophomore year in college and eighteen ...
by Ericka Smith
June 2, 2023
One of the best parts of Pretty Literate's Monthly Book Club is forming real friendships with the other members. The monthly deliveri...
by Ericka Smith
May 26, 2023
Guest Blog by Mirah Welday
When Ericka first approached me about contributing to the Pretty Literate blog by sharing my personal experiences with ...
by Ericka Smith
May 19, 2023
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...
by Ericka Smith
May 12, 2023
It felt a little bit like what I imagine drafting season feels like for sports fans around Pretty Literate on Monday afternoon.Â
Remember last year...
by Ericka Smith
May 5, 2023
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...
by Ericka Smith
April 28, 2023
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 ...
by Ericka Smith
April 21, 2023
*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...
by Ericka Smith
April 14, 2023
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...
by Ericka Smith
April 7, 2023
Sibling relationships can be...complicated.
National Sibling Day (Monday, April 10, 2023) is just around the corner and I feel it would be irre...
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