Hello and welcome to my TTT post for this week! I wasn’t originally planning to do a post today, since I expected the upcoming week to be even more hectic as usual, and I don’t participate unless I know that I have the time to devote to returning […]
I can’t believe how fast this last week flew by, but it was a very busy week on our end. As usual, spending all week running around to appointments and then taking care of Mom after an outpatient procedure. Mom is recovering nicely, and I got to take […]
The summer months went out with a bang, literally, since my neighbors think that 5 hour firework shows should be had at least once a month. I was able to attend a Korean culture fair on Labor Day weekend with some friends, and it was a really fun […]
I finished July with 19 ARCs left to be read. Happy Saturday! I am so ready for autumn and everything that comes along with it: the scent of woodsmoke in the air (from fireplaces, not wildfires), the leaves changing color, chilly weather, switching from capris and sandals to […]
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: Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your […]
Call of the Owl Woman Author: K.M. Huber Genre: YA Historical Fiction Publication Date: May 13, 2025 Publisher: SparkPress Thank you to K.M. Huber and SparkPress for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Call of the Owl Woman is a gripping […]
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree Author: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani and Vivianna Mazza Genre: YA Historical Fiction Publication Date: September 4, 2018 Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls. Some managed to escape. Many are still missing. A new pair of shoes, a […]
Hello, and welcome back to another week of my favorite top ten lists. Even though I’ve been busier than ever with life stuff, I’ve gotten better with balancing out scheduling, and Mom and I have been compromising to work together more efficiently. We’ve both agreed that having one […]
Hey y’all! I’m really proud of this last week, since I’ve been posting more consistently again and found more of a balance between my needs and those of others. I even scheduled a bunch of posts in advance so I had the time to devote to taking care […]
Hey y’all! This week our prompt is a genre freebie, This can be a list of books sharing a common genre, or a narrowed list. We all know how much I love when books straddle the line between genres, so this week instead of picking a single genre […]