Books N Hooks

Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland California Drink: Ice water in a Ratatouille tumbler Listening to:  This Woven Kingdom  by Tahereh Mafi I had a fantastic  time at Disneyland for my birthday on November 8-9. I didn't wear the right shoes (my feet were badly swollen for a few days...lesson learned), but it was still so fun. I wanted to share some tips and tricks for your next Disney Theme Park Trip. (Will be updated in future posts, so no worry there.) Mouse Tip 1: Wear the right shoes. And bring a backup pair of sneakers just in case. As I mentioned, I didn't do this. And while I had a fantastic time, I wish I did this. I wear boots all the time . And my usual pair of boots is usually pretty comfortable for walking in for quite some time. But I hadn't done the intense 10,000+ step Disney Theme Park walking in a few years. And definitely not in my boots, so they weren't the right option. Here's the clincher: the morning of Nov. 8, I remember thinking, ...

Swamp background Princess and the Frog  (2009) My rating  of Almost There  is 4.5 stars out of 5 stars . Almost There 's major trigger warnings  include, but may not be limited to, death, death of a parent, and racism . "Perhaps because, as easily as he could think of all he would gain by returning home, it was just as easy to consider all he would lose." Tiana and Naveen "I suppose you want a kiss" gif Princess and the Frog , 2009 This book has easily twisted its way into my heart, where it'll stay for quite some time. Disney's 2009 Princess and the Frog , the last film with Disney's traditional 2D animation style, is one of my Top 2 favorite films from Disney, and arguably within my Top 5 favorite films in general. As a result, I went into this book with pretty high  expectations I was attempting to manage. Almost There , the thirteenth installment of Disney's Twisted Tales  series, revolves around the following premise: "What if Tiana mad...

Photo by Vladislav Klapin on Unsplash Hello, everyone, and welcome to my new blog! You may recognize me from the blog Shanna's Bookshelf . I'm back to blogging, starting out fresh and on a clean slate. You may wonder why I've started a whole new blog  when I could have just revamped Shanna's Bookshelf . Let me explain. When I thought of "revamping" my original blog,  Shanna's Bookshelf , my first instinct was to delete all those posts and start that blog off on a clean slate. However, I put a lot of work into those blog posts, and while deleting everything was the gut instinct, I still wanted to look back on that work. It may not be my best work, but it still is  my work , and I may want to look back on it one day. As a result, I ignored that gut instinct. However, I didn't want to start back up on that blog with a whole new set of posts, a whole new posting schedule, etc., like nothing changed. Additionally, I didn't want to make a "here...