Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our top ten “dynamic duos” this week. I can think of a few ways to interpret this. I decided I didn’t want to feature romantic couples; that’s a post for another day. I decided to feature best friends instead. You know, those ride-or-dies who will do anything for each other. But […]
Welcome to my weekly update for February 20, 2022! We went to the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site yesterday. Charles Pinckney was “a principal author and signer of the United States Constitution” according to the NPS website. He was very active in the Constitutional Convention and contributed roughly 28 clauses to the final document, some […]
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share ten books too good to review properly this week (A topic suggested by Dedra at A Book Wanderer). That topic didn’t really speak to me, since it felt like I would just end up listing my favorite books again. I veered just a bit off topic and decided to list ten excellent books […]
Welcome to my weekly update for February 13, 2022! Happy Super Bowl Sunday! Or, if I have any fellow fans of What We Do in the Shadows out there, Happy Superb Owl Sunday! I’m honestly just here for the food but my husband will be watching and vaguely rooting for the Bengals. I spent a […]
4 Stars. Kwame’s passion for cooking and feeding hungry people shines through these pages. When he decides to walk away from his life on the streets, he has to work impossibly hard to put himself through culinary school but he does it. His motto seems to be “Go big or go home” and that mostly works for him. If you don’t aim […]
5 Stars. What a lovely book! It’s a realistic story but the illustrator captured the girl’s excitement in touches of whimsy throughout. The soft focus of the artwork gives the book the feel of a dream, even while the girl/woman is working hard to do real things. One spread near the end gives me goosebumps. I especially love […]
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl prompted us to post about our own topic pertaining to love this week. I tried to think of something a little off the beaten path. The obvious choices to me are favorite romances, book crushes, or book couples. But when I think of love I think of my sweet […]
Welcome to my weekly update for February 6, 2022! Today is my dad’s birthday so we were able to go home to Asheville to spend the day with him. Happy birthday, Daddy! A few weeks ago I found myself pretty close to Sullivan’s Island while running some errands. It was a beautiful weekday morning so […]
3 Stars. I listened to this on audio, narrated by Ana Clements, and it just never grabbed my attention. I don’t have any major complaints or praise for either the story or the narrator, I just found it easy to tune the whole thing out–and did. The story rotates between three different narrators–the sisters, Hannah, Sarah, and […]
3.5 Stars. I’ve never read this before and found it pretty charming if a bit outdated. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read it in elementary school. I remember bits and pieces of the Disney cartoon but I’m honestly not sure if I’ve ever watched the whole thing. The illustrations by David Roberts in this edition […]
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share ten books with names in the titles. This one was pretty easy!