As an avid reader, I love sharing the stories I enjoy (and sometimes don’t) with my community. While not providing reviews of the books I read, my excitement for all books shines through with the intention of inspiring others to pick up a book or share their own recent read(s).
Hi, hey, hello, and welcome to my first participation in Top Ten Tuesday with Jana! I’ve been reading these posts for ages but it never quite lined up for me to participate until now and I figured the prompts are perfect for sharing a bit about myself and learning a bit about all the other…
After reading a few rather intense books, I decided I could benefit from something light hearted and easy. Enter Amy Tan’s The Backyard Bird Chronicles. A nature journal at its heart, Amy Tan rediscovered her childhood curiosity and channeled it into what became the pages of this lovely book. The process was a balm for…
Well, if January was the longest month ever, February is surely living up to its promise of flying by in rapid fire motion, no? Surely, it’s always this way, but the last couple of weeks seem to have folded into themselves with little to no memory of where the minutes, hours, or days went. I’d…
Welp, I guess if you’re only going to get through one book in a stretch, it better be a good one 🙂 Yes, October has been a s l o w month in the reading department for me but, thankfully, every minute of listening and page turning has been worth the time carved out of…
I’ve always adored books. From the never-ending carousel of books on my mom’s shelves to the smell of my grandma’s rarely-changing selection… From the scholastic book fairs in elementary school to the Dr. Suess books my dad memorized as he read me my bedtime stories… From our frequent trips to the local library to the…
Recently, on a day-trip to Albuquerque to kill some time, run a few errands, and check of a 50 before 50 item, we just happened upon a Barnes & Noble and I just happened to have an old gift card on me. Obviously, I just had to poke around for a bit while my daughter…
