I’ve got one more list for y’all if you have readers in your life you are celebrating for Mother’s Day. In Part 1, I shared rom-coms and some lighter-ish fiction. In Part 2, Sarah from @smtlovestoread shared mystery thrillers. Part 3 has more complex fiction and nonfiction. These are not Read more…
Sign me up for all the cozy mysteries, but the more thriller-y kind? Not for me. But you know who loves a good thriller? My bookish and IRL friend Sarah. Sarah shares all about her reading life full of thrillers, memoirs, and picture books for toddlers on her Instagram account, Read more…
A couple of years ago my husband and child were sick on Mother’s Day. The kind of sick that isn’t worrisome, that just involves lounging around and watching lots of TV. And honestly, it was one of my favorite Mother’s Days. Why? I remember ordering pizza and sitting on the Read more…
I just feel in my heart it is time for an audiobook appreciation post. I generally read two or three audiobooks a month and I think they are the best motivator for the dreaded tasks of adulting and getting out on a daily walk. But I wasn’t always an avid Read more…
How are we doing out there, friends? By March, my reading has usually taken a nosedive. It feels like the time between Spring Break (mid-march in Texas) and the end of the school year is a blur of performances, awards ceremonies, field days, and planning for summer. But this year, Read more…
Let’s be real. My reading life would not have survived the last few years without comfort like Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series and Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club books. And lately, I feel a little tired of only reading these delightful, cozy comforts. It’s one of those “two conflicting things are Read more…
I was chatting with a bookish friend the other day about our reading lives. We were both reflecting on how 2022 was filled with a ton of comfort and mood reading; thrillers for her, romance and cozy mysteries for me. And how we were a little tired of this, actually. Read more…
Since 2013, I’ve tracked how many books I read during the year. It started out at 24, then climbed to the 40s, the 60s, back down to 40s, and then really spiked in 2020 and 2021 with 82 and 99. In 2022, I landed at 81. Even when you have Read more…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – it’s end of year book list time! For me, this time of year is very reflective, and that includes thinking about the books I read this year. For the past two years, I’ve set a goal of reading 100 books. For Read more…
The time of year between Halloween and the New Year is my favorite. I love the family time and traditions, the time off, and the push to look back on the year and plan for the one ahead. And this season is complicated. I am an elder millennial who celebrated Read more…