I finished September with 27 ARCs left to be read. I started doing this monthly feature a while ago, and it really helps me keep track of how I’m doing with my ARCs. Every month, I type this out, and it really hit me today that this is […]
This week’s topic comes from one of my favorite bloggers, Lydia @ Lydia Schoch, and it is all about how my reading habits have changed over time. I really like this topic, and if you haven’t checked out Lydia’s site, you really should. She’s so great at bringing […]
When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the War Thank you to NetGalley and Scholastic Press for providing me with a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. Bestselling author Alice Hoffman delivers a stunning novel about one of contemporary history’s most […]
This week’s prompt is books I was assigned to read in school, with bonus points for offering my own thoughts on the book. The vast majority of my schooling was long enough ago that I really had to think about the books that stood out in the vast […]
Happy fall y’all! We are now entering my favorite half of the year. I love the colder months, and the temps have finally started to cool down just enough to be comfortable. Today is not only my mom’s birthday (happy birthday mom!), it’s also Rosh Hashanah, the beginning […]
I finished August with 32 ARCs left to be read. Anyone else think that September was the longest and Mondayest month we’ve had in a while? It might just be me, but it felt like this month would never end. Maybe it was the fact that the weather […]
This week’s prompt is an interesting one, books I read/avoided because of the hype. However, I try to avoid books that are super hyped, because they never seem to work for me, and I’ve kind of stepped away from social media for a while so I haven’t been […]
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. It’s never too late for new beginnings. On the cusp of turning eighty, newly retired pharmacist Augusta […]
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: “18 February 1921 I do not have long […]
This week’s prompt is ten characters authors surprisingly redeemed, and it was submitted by Deanna @ A Novel Glimpse. You should definitely check out her blog if you haven’t yet! Now, I must admit this isn’t really my favorite of topics. Don’t get me wrong, I like a […]