What are the signs of a well-loved book? Is it the dog-eared pages, the notes scribbled in the margins, or the heavily creased spine indicating that the book has been read more than once? Or is it the pristine hardback that sits on your bookshelf without a speck of dust and hardly any signs of... Continue Reading →
Today Will Be Different is the second Maria Semple book I have read. Last year I fell in love with Where'd You Go Bernadette? which you definitely don't have to read in order to understand Today Will Be Different (as the many reviews on Goodreads might have you believe). Lately, I have gotten into the habit of scanning... Continue Reading →
Summary Sadie by Courtney Summers is a gripping story about a runaway girl on a mission to find a man to make him pay for what he's done. We don't find out what exactly that is until midway through the book. Until then, the reader is simply tagging along on the reckless journey Sadie makes... Continue Reading →
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume is just about the most endearing book I have ever read. I spent New Years Eve/New Years Day reading it while I was sick and it was a wonderful distraction. It reminded me so much of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, another... Continue Reading →
Only in the last year or so have I started making literary resolutions at the end of each year. Since getting more involved in Goodreads, specifically the annual reading challenge, I've become more purposeful with the books I choose to read and each year I want to challenge myself. Here are my Literary Resolutions for... Continue Reading →
Hello and happy 2019! I have a feeling this year is going to be a good one, even though as I type this I am currently fighting off a New Years Eve Cold. Blerg. Below is my final book review of 2018 that I never got to post, because of said cold. At any rate,... Continue Reading →
It is an awful thing not to be able to finish reading a book. Not by circumstance, but by your own will. I try to give every new book that I read fifty pages of my time before deciding whether or not I will continue reading it. Sometimes it takes more pages to decide, and... Continue Reading →
What a year for reading it has been! Here's a look back at some of my favorite books from this year, in no particular order, and links to my reviews if you'd like to see... Still Me by Jojo Moyes Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Crazy Rich Asians... Continue Reading →
We recently visited the Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix. It was too beautiful not to share a few photos... We had such a nice time wandering through the grounds. On the day we visited, there were wedding preparations being made in the garden! Right before we left we caught a glimpse of the wedding party... Continue Reading →
