Alive and Beating Thank you to Rebecca Wolf for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Inspired by a true story, Rebecca Wolf’s debut novel, Alive and beating, follows six people from diverse backgrounds and neighborhoods throughout Jerusalem, all desperately in need […]
I finished June with 13 ARCs left to be read. If you follow my blog, you might have noticed that I didn’t do a lot of posting this month. I was caught up with dealing with health issues again, and decided to just put blog posts on pause […]
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: “Months later, when the dog was gone too, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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