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 […]
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 – Books I Couldn’t Finish
Happy Tuesday! This week started off with a bang for me. Mom was in the hospital over the weekend, but she’s home now and doing a lot better. So while I was able to just relax and put my foot up to ice and rest it, I was […]
TTT – Blast From The Past
Happy Tuesday, and I hope your week is off to a wonderful start. The weather outside has been beautiful in the last day—maybe to make up for all the cold weather and snow? Whatever it is, I’m not complaining. It is so pretty to go outside and see […]
TTT – Debut Novels I Enjoyed
This week’s prompt was submitted by Angela @ Reading Frenzy and it’s such a great one. I’m going to talk about ten debut novels I enjoyed, meaning the first published book by an author. It is going to make me think a little harder than I would normally, […]
May 2024 Monthly Wrap Up
I had a minor surgery on my shoulder the first day of May, so I spent a lot of the month recovering. However, it did have the unexpected bonus of allowing me more time to get reading done. I did manage to get out of the house for […]
State Of The ARC #39
I finished April with 22 ARCs left to be read. Hello June! While summer is my least favorite season, the month starts out strong with some nice celebrations in my family—a birthday and an anniversary, and I already know that my group of friends is going to plan […]
The Hebrew Teacher By Maya Arad
The Hebrew Teacher Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. Three Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome crises. Ilana is a veteran Hebrew instructor at […]
First Lines Fridays: April 26, 2024
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: “Do you want to hear a story with […]
TTT – Covers With Things Found In Nature
This week’s prompt is covers/titles with things found in nature (covers/titles with things like trees, flowers, animals, forests, bodies of water, etc. on/in them). The topic was submitted by Jessica @ A GREAT Read. This is such a broad topic, yet somehow I feel like I’m still going […]
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