Good Morning and Happy Thursday! I want to wish a very happy publication today to the book I have reviewed for you all today. This one ticked off a lot of boxes for me: murder, mystery, quirky characters, and England. I’m so happy to share my thoughts on it! Thanks to NetGalley and Allison and... Continue Reading →
Happy Monday All! I'm here today with July's Challenge Post! The challenge for July was to "read an award-winning young adult book." For this challenge, I chose The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. Wow. I know I'm late to the game and everyone has already agreed on this....but this book is GREAT. Plus...reading it... Continue Reading →
Happy Thursday Everyone! I hope you are all well and thriving! Works begins in a few days on my end and I'm staying busy juggling teaching stuff, book stuff, and buying a house stuff...and I am just so ready for Fall and some cooler weather. Today is the release date for Murder at the Natural... Continue Reading →
Happy Saturday! School starts in a couple of weeks and I have wavered between being in denial about all of the work to be done and trying to wrap my head around having a regular schedule for the first time in almost 6 months. On top of this, I am house hunting! It's an exciting... Continue Reading →
Lately, I'm having a harder time keeping track of what day it is, let alone what the date is. It hit me today that tomorrow is the last day of July (what?) and therefore I NEEDED to get this post written today so I can share my monthly wrap-ups tomorrow. June Challenge: “Re-read a book... Continue Reading →
If everything goes to plan, I will have both May and June's challenge posts written and posted before July's end. I'm laughing if you think I'm organized enough to also have July's book done and ready...in July. I'm working on it, that's all I have to say. Also, to be fair to me, I actually... Continue Reading →
Happy Last Week of July! I know I'm not the only one who is simultaneously weirded out and unfazed by this strange passing of time. Since it is the last Monday of July though, it's time for a review of the collection of poems I read in honor of this month's Poet of the Month:... Continue Reading →
Slowly but surely everyone, slowly but surely. Day 110: Hamilton: welcometo our homes, our lives, our hearts.Sing out loud and proud. Day 111: Mimosa morningWill and Jeff blow up spaceshipsI'm home before dark. Day 112: Simon is sheddingwhite and grey fur is strewn hereand there without care. Day 113: I procrastinate--not from laziness but from... Continue Reading →
Day 104: Has the Haiku Musediscarded and left me fora stronger poet? Day 105: Hard-backs, paper-backs,e-books, audiobooks, somany books on shelves. Day 106: I stare at emptypages and blank screens waitingfor creative prose. Day 107: I arrange itemson my desk and rearrange them, waiting for words. Day 108: Simon disrupts thetrashcan and my peace--now helooks... Continue Reading →
