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: “Madison Dalrymple leaned her shoulder against the giant […]
I finished June with 13 ARCs left to be read. Let me start out my first post of August with a little update while I share my Cheez-Its with my dogs (they only get a few). I have been talking about prioritizing my health, both physical and mental, […]
Now that July is almost over, I’m ready to say goodbye to summer. I haven’t gotten to do a lot of summer activities, but the few I did make it to were fun, and I have something going on for the weekend, which should be a great time. […]
I’m glad that May was an easier month for me, because it gave me some power to get through the stressful month of June. I spent a lot of time preparing for and having procedures, getting bloodwork, and visiting treatment providers. In between, I prioritized rest and relaxation […]
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 […]
The Wife’s Silence Thank you to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for providing me an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. She sits motionless in the corner, white-blonde hair framing her face like a halo, one finger tapping an endless rhythm on the leather armrest. […]
May was finally more of a laid back month, and I’ve been trying my best to get caught up on some things I neglected in April. I completed a side project that I had volunteered to do through a Jewish Genealogy website, transcribing records so they can be […]
I finished April with 13 ARCs left to be read. May flew by for me. It was a busy but ultimately joyful month. I’ve been more assertive about needing a little bit of time to rest between tasks I used to be able to do regularly. My mom […]
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 […]
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 […]
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