Friday 5: A Wrinkle in Time
Happy Friday, which is also National Cucumber Day (I hope to have a bumper crop later this summer), National Bourbon Day (I can only tolerate it if it’s mixed with other thing), and Flag Day. I love Americana, I love…
Read in 2023: Two Self Help Books
I do love a good self-help book. SARK’s Succulent Wild Woman came out the year I turned 25 and although I outgrew SARK (lady, I need a job and can’t spend my days in a nap hut) never stopped reading…
Read in 2023: Two Magical Realism books
I try to read all genres of books but I do have my preferences. I enjoy nonfiction, summery beach books, some fantasy, some romance, scant YA. Not deep fantasy, not murder/torture, not dystopian. But a genre that’s caught my eye…
A long weekend with a longer one to come
This is what a three-day weekend looks like when you’re a middle-aged adult: This will be a short yet hectic workweek because I have a half-day tomorrow (aforementioned mammogram with ultrasound if necessary and I swear to Pete if I…
The British Royal Family gossip Superbowl is almost upon us!
When I was young, my grandmother used to mail us her weekly copies of the Star and Enquirer. I didn’t bother watching The Crown because I read Kitty Kelley’s book and it could get no better than that. My homeschool…
Show Us Your Books: September 2021
Do you remember?The second Tuesday of September?Don’t even need to be a member!To show us your books todayyyyyyyyy! BAAAAAADEEEEYAAAA! The plotlines we dismember!BAAAAAADEEEEYAAAA! Reading always sparks an ember!BAAAAAADEEEEEYAAA! We’re blogging about books todaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! It was only a three-book month for…
Show us your books: August 2021
Welcome to the monthly book post, where I share what I read while trying to be kind to myself and not beat myself up for reading more. For the last few weeks, my life has resembled a stereotypical country music…
Show Us Your Books May 2020
Book post day! One of my favorite bloggy days of the month. It’s another four-book month and that is fine. You’ll see a reason why my reading is lower than usual in a few. The Address Book: What Street Addresses…
Show Us Your Books April 2020
Book time! I’m continuing to be gentle with myself w/r/t reading goals and such, but this is another four book update and I am pleased. Because if I *did* have a reading goal for 2020 it would be 50 books,…
Show Us Your Books January 2021
It feels so nice to write 2021. Even if things are … more of the same. I’m starting to say, “hey self, stop doomscrolling on your phone at nights and maybe read some of these books? Hm?” I read four…
Show Us Your Books: My Favorite Reads of 2020
Remember when I used to regularly read? Me too. It was early 2020. The before times when I used to take a train to work every day and NOT spend that time doomscrolling about the weird new virus in Wuhan,…
