Welcome to my weekly update for January 10, 2021! Well. This week in the US was more exciting than I would have liked. I don’t even know where to start. My thoughts and prayers are with the family of the Capitol Police officer who was murdered in the line of duty and also the families Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our most-anticipated releases for the first half of 2021. I’m not very good at tracking new releases so I’m going off on my own tangent. Lexlingua asked me recently which audiobooks are my favorite of all time so this seems like a good week to answer her question! I had such a […]
Welcome to my weekly update for January 3, 2021! Well, here we are in 2021! The year that felt like it might never end is finally behind us. With the arrival of the vaccine, I’m choosing to view the new year with hope that life will return to a new normal. Posted: Top Ten Books Continue Reading…
Hosted by Books Are My Favourite and Best on the first Saturday of every month, the 6 Degrees of Separation meme asks us to start with one title and create a chain of bookish connections to see where it takes us. This month I went from Hamnet to Toil & Trouble. I haven’t read Hamnet by Maggie Continue Reading…
I used to write this post on my first turn at blogging and I enjoyed taking a deep dive into my reading trends. I also like sharing favorite books from various genres that might not make it into my “Top Ten Books of the Year” post. This is always long so bear with me as Continue Reading…
This train wreck of a year is finally ending and it’s time to post my top ten books of 2020! I revived my book blog in June so I haven’t written reviews for all of these. I’m leaving out books that I re-read and these obviously weren’t all published this year; I simply read them in 2020. Here we go […]
Welcome to my weekly update for December 27, 2020! I hope all who celebrate had a merry Christmas and everyone else had a wonderful week! We noticed these beautiful Christmas lights at the San Diego California Temple as we were driving around and had to stop for a few pictures. I received a few bookish/blogging Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share the “top ten books I hope Santa brings.” Well. That’s a bit difficult. My husband and I are currently living in our RV while we travel with his job so we don’t have much room for anything other than essentials. I check the vast, vast Continue Reading…
Welcome to my weekly update for December 20, 2020! I hope all who celebrate have a merry Christmas and happy holidays! My husband and I went to a Christmas drive-through light show on Friday night. It was a lot of fun! They even blew soap bubble “snow” on our car as we reached the end. Continue Reading…
This week I’m sharing my top ten winter book covers and linking up to Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The actual prompt is “Books on Your Winter TBR” but I’m a mood reader and don’t plan my reading like that. I do hope to finally read The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey this winter Continue Reading…
Welcome to my weekly update for December 13, 2020! I believe I finished my Christmas shopping last week! Yay! Now I just hope everything gets delivered on time. Posted: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia–4 Stars My Top Ten Christmas Books Read: I’ve been trying to focus exclusively on A Promised Land (see below) but I Continue Reading…