Hey guys! It’s really nice to be here. My name is Rachel Geiger. I live in good old Huntington, West Virginia, where I don’t always fit in with my liberal views. I’m 20 years old and I’ll be 21 on May 22. I’m in my third year of college but I still don’t know what […]

Hey y’all, it’s Hazel here for a quick opening note. I know it’s been quiet on the blog and I assure you it’s only because we’ve got so many exciting things happening for Stay Bookish recently! I’m sure many of you have heard about our newly released magazine but what you didn’t know is that […]

Ever heard of Allied spy Noor Inayat Khan, a Muslim woman whom the Nazis considered “highly dangerous”? Or German painter and entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian, who planned and embarked on the world’s first scientific expedition? How about Huang Daopo, the inventor who fled an abusive child marriage only to revolutionize textile production in China? Women […]

I started this post several times and scrapped a whole mess of words that weren’t quite right. I feel like that a lot lately. I am thankful for a lot of things and have been blessed with so much. Though we’re living in unprecedented times at the moment and I am anxious about what will […]

It’s Thanksgiving week, book nerds! That means it’s officially time to kickstart The Thanks U Give, a bookish community Thanksgiving celebration brought to you by Chasing Faerytales and Stay Bookish! For starters, I want to thank all the lovely people who’ve signed up so far. Mishma and I are so excited to have so many […]

I’m so excited to announce that I will be joining forces with Mishma of Chasing Faerytales to bring the book community a very fabulous Thanksgiving celebration called The Thanks U Give! Coming from a place where I’m not able to celebrate such a wonderful holiday, it’s always been inspiring to see others from the bookish […]