Hello, October! September was a busy month for me with the Jewish holidays, which required a lot of prep work. Luckily, I managed to get it all done with Mom’s help, and the holidays were really nice. My sister even flew in to be with us, and to […]
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced “I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.” Nujood Ali’s childhood came to an abrupt end […]
I don’t know about you, but I love travel. Maybe I have wanderlust, maybe I just like exploring the world, but I have big goals for my travel itinerary. Unfortunately, my budget doesn’t support my dreams of exploring the world, so I’m forced to live vicariously through a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood The incredible true story of a family built on lies. What if the people you love most are not who you thought they were? What if you don’t know who you are, either? Cheryl Diamond’s memoir begins when she is […]
Hello February! January has become a month full of joy mixed with a drop of sadness for my family since my father passed six years ago. We have always had a lot of January birthdays in the family, and my dad had one in January as well. But […]
Outspoken: My Fight for Freedom and Human Rights in Afghanistan Thank you to libro.fm for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. The impassioned memoir of Afghanistan’s Sima medical doctor, public official, founder of schools and hospitals, thorn in the […]
This week’s prompt was submitted by Cathy @ What Cathy Read Next and Hopewell’s Public Library of Life, and it’s a really good one. The topic is books involving food that are not cookbooks. I happen to love cozy mysteries, and they’re nearly always centered in a restaurant […]
August has been hot and humid here in New York, just like it has been basically everywhere. I’ve still been spending a lot of time inside the house, but lately I have had fatigue that is off the charts, combined with nighttime insomnia. It’s really difficult to function […]
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