Last year after finalizing the process of taking over this, my sister’s blog & domain, and after organizing her memorial and inurnment, I wrote a post announcing that I’d be the new resident blogger behind Dr Wise Money here.
From The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Society and illness often encounter each other in parallel mirrors, each holding up a Rorschach test for the other.
State of the Blog: Dear Readers
Hi There, I’m Elva, apbka (also, previously, briefly, known as) Wise Money Shopper. Amanda, aka Dr. Wise Money, was my sister.
WMS Fails: The Duds of 2016 Jan – Jun

I’m writing two companion posts on my favorite and least favorite purchases of the first half of 2016.
Bonus Post: Independent Bookstores & the Books I Bought

As we start to travel more frequently, the boyfriend and I make a point to visit a (hopefully used) bookstore at least once per trip. So let’s have a look-see where we’ve been and what we found!