Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our top ten books of 2024 this week. As always, most of these were not published in 2024 but I did read them this year. I’ve organized them by my rating but they’re simply in alphabetical order beyond that. I’ve noted if links go to my review; if I […]
Welcome to my weekly update for December 29, 2024!
I hope everyone who celebrates had a wonderful holiday week! My husband had to work too close to the holiday for us to fly out to visit any family so we had a nice, quiet day at home in our RV. He made a crème brûlée French toast casserole for breakfast that was delicious […]
Welcome to my weekly update for December 22, 2024! As a reminder, sign-ups are open for my 2025 Books in Translation Challenge and my Southern Literature Reading Challenge. These can be as easy or as difficult as you’d like, with the levels starting at just one book for a successfully completed […]
Welcome to my weekly update for December 15, 2024! Since we had recovered from our Thanksgiving colds, my husband and I decided to drive from Phoenix up to Sedona last weekend and spend a few days. This was our first visit and we fell in love. It’s gorgeous with all the towering red rocks but […]
Welcome to my weekly update for December 8, 2024! My husband and I picked up lingering colds the week of Thanksgiving so we’ve been taking it easy for a couple of weeks. We’re planning to start exploring again this weekend. There’s so much to see around Arizona! One of our first excursions when we arrived […]
Welcome to the 2025 Books in Translation Reading Challenge! It’s pretty self-explanatory, right? Nevertheless, here are the rules, details, and linkies. You can read a book that’s been translated from any language into the language of your choosing. The challenge is not limited to translations to or […]
Welcome to the 2025 Southern Literature Reading Challenge! We’ll focus on books and authors from the southeastern region of the United States. Read books by Southern authors set largely in the South You can read any genre, including fiction or nonfiction, classics, or contemporary works You can read […]
Welcome to my weekly update for December 1, 2024! I hope that all of you who celebrate had a happy Thanksgiving! Since my last update on September 15, my husband and I wrapped up his work assignment in Schenectady, NY; went on vacation to the Azores (Islands practically in the middle of the […]
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share ten characters who redeemed themselves this week (Topic suggested by Deanna at A Novel Glimpse). I am an absolute sucker for a good redemption story but I may find this to be a difficult topic because my memory for book details is not that great […]
Welcome to my weekly update for September 15, 2024! After two busy weekends back-to-back, we spent last weekend mostly relaxing at home. We did go to Indian Ladder Farms on Sunday, where we bought two different kinds of apples that we’d never heard of before (Sansas and Zestars), had pizza from our favorite local pizza […]
Welcome to my weekly update for September 8, 2024! My husband has a lot of long weekends on his schedule suddenly so we took the opportunity last weekend to visit Connecticut and Rhode Island, two states we haven’t visited before. We only count a state as “visited” once we’ve actually done […]