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Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great Memorial Day weekend. I'm relaxing and nesting and, of course, reading a lot. Again, I find myself several books behind on reviews. Trying to finish out May by catching up. Here we go! Today I am excited to share some thoughts on a recent book club read: The …
Continue reading [The Girl Who Drank the Moon]: A Review
Hi everyone! I'm excited to share some thoughts about a recent book club book today. This book has kept me thinking for weeks after I finished it. And that's impressive! Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly is a New York Times Bestseller that I have been seeing at bookstores and libraries for months. I was …
Hi everyone! Happy November! We are breaking out the Christmas music already and starting the countdown to Christmas. I love this time of year and can't wait to make special memories this year. Today I'm back with a post as part of Top 10 Tuesday hosted by The Broke and the Bookish! This week's theme is Top …
Continue reading Top 10 Tuesday: Book Club Picks I would actually finish
Happy last day of August, friends! Time to sneak in one last review for the month. And I am really excited about this one. A few weeks ago I got my new library card (priorities, right?) and hit the shelves looking for a too long list of books high on my TBR. I could only find a few of …
Continue reading [Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet]: A Review
Happy Memorial Day Weekend, USA! We are celebrating this weekend with lots of family time, good food, and remembering loved ones by visiting graves. Hope you all have a lovely weekend! I am so excited to be back today with a review of one of my favorite WWII novels (which is actually quite British, not …
Continue reading [The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie]: A Review
Hi all! I'm a bit late getting this post together this month. I keep saying the year is flying by and its still true! I was a bit of a book group slacker this month. But I am super excited to share some of the books I read in April--it was a great reading month …
Hi everyone! I'm excited to wrap up March and look ahead to a great month of reading in April. March was hit or miss for reading. We fought some tough sickness at our house so I didn't read or write as much as I had planned. But it was still a great month of reading. I love …
I'm back with another wrap up and TBR. This year is already going fast! February was a great month for reading: I read Wide Sargasso Sea for book group. But couldn't get into Bless me Ultima--that was a hard one for our group to get excited about. I had planned on blogging about Wide Sargasso Sea, …
Hi everyone! I'm a bit late on this update but excited to share my plans for this month's reading! January ended quite well for my reading goals: I read Jacob T Marley and Wonder for book groups. I devoured Winter, Princess Academy, Fablehaven, and Eleanor and Park for fun. I started strong on my War and …
Hi everyone! I am pleased to report that I kept up on my January book group reading and am excited for my neighborhood book group's discussion of Wonder this coming week. I actually picked this novel and rereading it reminded me how much I love the characters and it's sweet and simple message. A few initial thoughts: …