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The Unspoken Rules of Annotating Like a Chaos Goblin
Annotations are a battlefield. Half of us treat books like sacred relics: white gloves, no folds, spines uncracked. The other half? We’re...
Rachael Eslao
Nov 29, 20251 min read


Why Book Smell Should Be a Candle (But Isn’t)
Look. Don’t lie. You’ve cracked open a book and sniffed it like it’s the finest wine. You’ve done it in public too—train, coffee shop,...
Rachael Eslao
Oct 28, 20251 min read


The Curse of the TBR Pile (aka Mount Never-Ending)
Listen… I didn’t ask for a TBR pile that’s taller than my sanity, but here we are. And don’t get it twisted—it’s not a pile. It’s a...
Rachael Eslao
Sep 30, 20251 min read


From Shower Thought to Magazine Chaos: The Birth of Cover to Cover
Every great empire starts somewhere—Rome had its founders, Starbucks had a garage, and Cover to Cover Book Magazine? Well… we had a...
Rachael Eslao
Sep 29, 20252 min read
