May was quite an exciting month, as evidenced by my lack of blog posts over the last few weeks. The first few weeks of May were spent wrapping up my final year of college — taking exams, writing papers, giving presentations (and, of course, enjoying happy hour and dancing the night away with some great friends). On May 19, my hard work over the last four years paid off, and I graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Communication Studies!

Since then, I’ve moved out of my off-campus apartment and back into the house I did most of my growing-up in, and I have mostly been taking it easy. After four years with my nose to the grindstone, I wanted some time to relax, and it has been lovely.

However, it’s time to get back to real life — back to blogging, and back to my search for gainful employment! I’m hoping continuing to write this blog will keep my brain from turning to mush, keep me feeling challenged, and give me some purpose while I try to figure out what to do with my new degree. I spent some time evaluating where I want to go with this blog now that it’s no longer required coursework, and I think I have a pretty good idea of my future blogging schedule and content, which will be implemented once I catch up with all my book posts!

Now on to the books! Continue reading →