• A big thank you to #Scribner for this ARC of Ask Again, Yes by @marybethkeane • Recently I came across a line in an article that said part of being an adult is accepting heartbreak. This stopped me in my tracks and has jumbled around...
Good morning. The rest of the house is still asleep. I quietly crept to the kitchen to pour some coffee and then snuck back under the covers. This is my heaven. I love the quiet, the time to contemplate while sipping from a warm mug....
It's not about having the time to read, it's about finding the spare minutes that reading will fit into. As I write this I am waiting for my younger son's basketball game to begin. During last night's tournament I was able to finish a...
I am a book collector. This isn't a secret. Within my collection there are a few authors that I collect more specifically. The four I can name off the top of my head are Philip Roth, Stephen King, Daphne duMaurier, and Agatha Christie. ...
Daily debris clutters my kitchen counters. If I don't deal with it everyday, my counters would be taken over by ripped open mail, random tools, cereal boxes left out, electronic devices, and just about anything else that a household uses, discards, but doesn't fully clean...
Self-help is a genre that I almost always, without question, completely avoid. Upon seeing a self-help section I usually am rolling my eyes as I quickly pass it by. It's not that I think that professionals and other experts have nothing profound to say. My...
Books are treasures. Blah, blah, blah. Scratch that. Books are fierce. They transport, transform, and let you trespass across any border you choose. Books have become banned and have been burned. Their words have the power to destroy, create, exploit, mesmerize, and above all, allow us...
Friday. Books. Wine. Dessert. Four of my favorite things. Friday has always had a neat and tidy feeling. The ending of a work week combined so nicely with the beginning of the weekend. Friday feels hopeful. As in,...
I have a friend who's reading habits bother certain members of her family. We had a conversation years ago about it and it has stuck with me. Her life has since become busier with work and having more children so I'm sure her reading has...
I finished Carthage by Joyce Carol Oates about two months ago. I hadn't read a book by JCO in several years, however another one of her's, The Falls, is one of my favorite books. She is an incredible author, who tends to write domestic dramas...