Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl gave us a holiday/seasonal freebie for Top Ten Tuesday this week. I decided to list my top ten Christmas books. I’m not a huge fan of Christmas books for adults. They’re usually too syrupy for my taste. But I do love Christmas books for children and I have quite Continue Reading…
Welcome to my weekly update for December 6, 2020! Southern California has a stay-at-home order that goes into place tonight (December 6) at midnight and will last for at least three weeks, taking us past Christmas. Ugh. At least it should keep hospitals from being overwhelmed. We experienced our first California earthquake on Friday night! 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, we’re starting with the young adult classic, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Continue Reading…
During my first book blogging stint, I hosted a few reading challenges, as much for my own benefit as for anyone else’s. One of the challenges I’ve decided to resurrect is the 2021 New (To You) Narrator Reading Challenge. This wasn’t a terribly popular challenge but I also introduced it in 2016, the year my Continue Reading…
Welcome to my weekly update for November 29, 2020! I hope all my fellow American readers had a wonderful Thanksgiving and the rest of you had good weeks as well! We had a very lowkey holiday because my husband was on call at his hospital. When he’s on call he has to be able to Continue Reading…
For our final prompt in Nonfiction November, Katie at Doing Dewey asks which book are new to my TBR. It’s been a month full of amazing nonfiction books! Which ones have made it onto your TBR? Be sure to link back to the original blogger who posted about that book! Well, first of all, thanks Continue Reading…
Welcome to my weekly update for November 22, 2020! We’ve been cautiously exploring the San Diego area now for a few weeks. San Diego County was returned to the most restrictive coronavirus tier last weekend so our options are a bit limited. Luckily, my husband’s cousin and his wife are nearby so we’ve been spending Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl prompts us to share “The Top Ten Characters I Would Name a Pet After” this week. This is a fun topic but could be difficult so we’ll see how I do. Dogs Cats Others That’s my list! Have you read any of these? Do you agree with the names Continue Reading…
For this week’s Nonfiction November prompt, Rennie at What’s Nonfiction invites us to Be the Expert, Ask the Expert, or Become the Expert. Three ways to join in this week! You can either share 3 or more books on a single topic that you have read and can recommend (be the expert), you can put Continue Reading…
Welcome to my weekly update for November 15, 2020! Posted: Book Review: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (2018 edition) by James W. Loewen–4 Stars Book Review: The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained by Colin Dickey–4 Stars Book Review: Hole in the Sky by Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our top ten book titles that would make great song titles this week. This is such a fun topic! Country Don’t Make Me Choose Between You and My Shoes by Dixie Cash–Every title in the Domestic Equalizer series by the sister writing duo known as Continue Reading…