Hello from the house of (literal) pain. I’m trying really hard to be upbeat. After spending the last two weeks in a subclinical flare of ulcerative colitis, things got a little worse and I spent a week where I was so sick that I could barely do anything […]
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 […]
I finished February with 17 ARCs left to be read. For such a short month, February felt like it was about eleventy billion days long. March was probably one of my most stressful months in a long time, and I’ve dived back into reading and using it as […]
Saltwater Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. In 1992 Sarah Lingate is found dead below the cliffs of Capri, leaving behind her three-year-old daughter, Helen. Despite suspicions that the old-money Lingates are […]
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 […]
The Meadowbrook Murders Thank you to GP Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, Penguin Young Readers, and Sierra Pregosin for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. A page-turning murder mystery set at a prestigious New England boarding school and the dark secrets […]
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 […]
Make Yourself at Home Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture Audio for giving me access to an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. You don’t really know your husband,’ my sister-in-law whispers, and a chill runs down my spine. ‘Can you really trust the […]
The Magic Maker Thank you to Brother Mockingbird and Mickey Dubrow for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. In 1917 on New York City’s Lower East Side, Baruch Rosenfeld invites a beggar to join his family for the Passover Seder. Baruch’s […]
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