Monthly Wrap Up April 2025
April was a very hectic month for me. I started out the month on the couch during the days, so that I could be close to my mother. Since I live with her, I am often the one who does a lot of helping around the house as […]
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Houses Of Detention By Jean Ende
Houses of Detention Thank you to Ari @ Mindbuck Media for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. So what’s a nice girl from a good family doing in a place like the Bronx House of Detention? Like many immigrants who flee […]
State Of The ARC #50
I finished March with 14 ARCs left to be read. I can only speak for myself, but April was a hot mess of a month over here. For the first half of the month, my mother was dealing with medical issues which are thankfully being addressed and treated. […]
TTT – Intense Long Island Vibes
Hello from the house of (literal) pain. I’m trying really hard to be upbeat. After spending the last two weeks in a subclinical flare of ulcerative colitis, things got a little worse and I spent a week where I was so sick that I could barely do anything […]
Sunday Bookish Discussion — Self-Care
Well, it has been a doozy of a week over here. I spent several days in bed, feeling really under the weather. We went to the gastro and she ordered some tests and a scan to find out what is going on with my ulcerative colitis. It was […]
TTT – Who Runs The World? Girls
It has been a super busy week in my world, so packed full of appointments and other non-fun, grown-up activities that seven whole days got away from me without getting much else done. The one highlight of this past week has been attending a baby shower for my […]
Grave Empire By Richard Swan
Grave Empire Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. BLOOD ONCE TURNED THE WHEELS OF EMPIRE. NOW IT IS MONEY. A new age of exploration and innovation has dawned, and the Empire of the […]
First Lines Fridays: April 24, 2025
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: First Lines: “Avital Cohen wasn’t wearing underwear. Standing behind the […]
TTT – Surprise! It’s A Debut I Love
Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, and if you celebrated holidays, I hope they were nice and low-stress. We had a nice, laid back end to Passover, and started the week off nicely. Maybe it’s because we didn’t have to do all the cooking we […]
On Democracies And Death Cults By Douglas Murray
On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization In his travels through Israel and Gaza, #1 International Bestselling author Douglas Murray has seen the best and the worst humanity has to offer, and he has no trouble choosing a side. Murray is not Jewish and […]
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