• Thank you #RandomHouse #partner for this copy of Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout • To be completely honest, I never had a desire to read Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. For one, I thought the main character (Olive) was a young girl and I assumed...
Once upon a time about 17-18 years ago I drove to Texas to visit some extended family (who I didn’t see very often) around Christmas time. My husband (who at that time was my boyfriend) and I drove from Tennessee to Texas to meet up...
It’s the small, good details in life that make the annoying daily drudgery not quite as irksome. It might be someone bringing you a cup of your favorite coffee or favorite piece of candy. It can be as simple as listening to music super loud...
Baby, it’s cold outside. #thedeanmartinversion But really, it is cold and snowy outside. It would’ve been the perfect day to sit at home and read under the covers. And if you got to do that (🍮Julie 📚), I’m totally envious. My reading time has been so...
Are you ever somewhere and wish you were somewhere else? It doesn’t always have to be that you are somewhere bad, but rather that you’d simply rather be somewhere else. Since I feel like I overcomplicated what I was trying to say, I’ll say it in...
Happy, happy Friday! Another week finished and a weekend about the begin. Go grab your comfy pants, take a breath, and relax. What are you reading? Did you finish up anything good this week? I finished reading The Dutch House by Ann Patchett at the very...
I do not have any motivational, get-through-the week quotes for you. No cheeseball lines of fluff that are absolutely useless except to further remind you that it is not yet Friday afternoon. But I am here to talk books. So if that’s what you are...
I think what bugs me so much about the time change is this: I can reconcile that it’s close to 5pm even though it looks like it’s 9pm, but for some reason I feel like I am scrambling to get everything done in time. If...
Good morning ☀️ I believe yesterday was the first Friday I didn’t post since starting this blog. I didn’t forget, the day and all of its details were just one too many. By the time I sat down to write, it was 11:30 pm. It...
Happy Halloween Bookworms 🎃 This week’s theme of: continues tonight with a picture featuring the majority of my collection. I do have a few on my Kindle that are not pictured. I haven’t read all of these, but I do plan to. Collections are interesting things, don’t...