Nikki VanRy
Nikki VanRy is a proud resident of Arizona, where she gets to indulge her love of tacos, desert storms, and tank tops. She also writes for the Tucson Festival of Books, loves anything sci-fi/fantasy/historical, drinks too much chai, and will spend all day in bed reading thankyouverymuch. Follow her on Instagram @nikki.vanry.
20 Classics in 4 Emoji (Or Fewer)
Nikki VanRy
September 20, 2014
There’s been a spate of bookish emoji posts over the last few weeks. Slate covered some great first lines of classic novels. BuzzFeed gave a fun run-down ...
Bookish Boozing: 12 Beers With Literary Names
Nikki VanRy
August 6, 2014
Beer and books. Books and beer. They’re a pretty good pairing, huh? When you want to do even more than ...
7 Bookish Things You Missed at San Diego Comic-Con
Nikki VanRy
July 30, 2014
If, like me, you had to live the San Diego Comic-Con experience vicariously through Twitter and YouTube, here’s a quick run-down ...
4 Fantasy Novels That Are NOT Set In Medieval Europe
Nikki VanRy
July 11, 2014
Okay, okay, so fantasy novels aren’t normally set into any historical time period, medieval Europe included. But, c’mon. Peasant classes? Knights? ...
Are Science Fiction And Fantasy Actually Kissing Cousins?
Nikki VanRy
July 7, 2014
“I LOVE science fiction, but I can never really get into fantasy novels.” Having just come off a year re-readathon with ...