Hi y'all! I am thrilled to be participating in my first week of Classic Remarks hosted by Pages Unbound. I discovered this meme on my good friend Jackie's blog. Check out her most recent Classic Remarks post. Every Friday, we are given a prompt to spark a post about the classics in some way. I …
[The Candymakers]: A Review
Hi y'all! Hope you are enjoying June. Around here, summer has officially started and I'm doing everything I can to stay a bit cooler. We are enjoying mornings outside and lots of frozen treats. The baby countdown is starting to get a bit shorter! I am really excited to share my review of The Candymakers …
Top 10 Tuesday: Books on My Summer 2020 TBR
Hi y'all and welcome back to Top 10 Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week's theme is classic: Books on My Summer 2020 TBR. I love a good TBR list and it's easy and fun to come up with some of the books I am hoping to read this summer while waiting for …
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[Crime and Punishment]: A Review
Hi y'all! I am thrilled to be back with a review today, especially of a book I love so much. I have read Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky several times both for school and for fun. I even took a Dostoevsky class in college because I wanted to. The term paper from that class …
[Crenshaw]: A Review
Hi y'all! I am back tonight with a review which seems overdue. I sure go through phases of review writing motivation and the last week or so I haven't done much reviewing so they are piling up a bit again. I am excited to share my review of Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate. A good friend …
May Wrap-Up and June TBR
Hi y'all! Welcome summer even though it's already too hot for me. Hoping the cold front that is supposedly coming this weekend is really coming. I am excited to be sharing a wrap up post especially in June because that means that I'm having a baby next month! We are in the final countdown and …
Top 10 Tuesday: Summer Vibes
Welcome back to Top 10 Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week's prompt is Books that Give Off Summer Vibes. This is a perfect prompt for this time of year. We are in the middle of a pretty intense heatwave and I find myself wishing for fall already. That's probably because I'm in …
[Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH]: A Review
Hi y'all! Where has this week gone? I realized today that I hadn't posted at all this week. There isn't a big reason for this. Just many little ones from family time to tired evenings. I'm excited to share a recent Newbery read of mine with you today! Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH …
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[Merci Suarez Changes Gears]: A Review
Hi y'all! Hope you are having a great Memorial Day weekend in the US and are looking forward to summer. Hopefully the weather will get warmer again soon. We've had a cold front for a few days which is actually kind of nice for my pregnant self. Can you believe June is right around the …
[The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane]: A Review
Hi y'all! I am excited to share my review of a recent read aloud that I read to my kids: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. I read this out loud to my kids over the past several weeks. It was my first time reading it which I must admit was a …
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