Here are the books I’ve read since the last time I did a recap. A few from late June, but mostly July. Tweet Cute by Emma Lord | Sort of a modern YA You’ve Got Mail. There are multiple layers to this adorable love story that eventually all come together beautifully. This one kept me up late reading several nights in a row. 😍😍😍😍😍 10 … Continue reading What I’m Reading in July
How has summer been treating your reading life? I’ve found that quarantine life equals lazy mornings which results in staying up late reading most nights. So my nightstand reads are getting a fair amount of attention. Those are the lighter, fluffier reads that I trust not to make sleeping difficult. My book club picks have been hit or miss. Most of them have had heavier … Continue reading What I’ve Been Reading Lately | June 15, 2020
I saw this tag at A Book. A Thought. and loved it so much that I tagged myself in immediately. What is your reading life like while you are stuck at home? Keep scrolling for a peek at mine. Rules Thank the person who nominated you – thanks self! And thanks to Sofii for sharing. Answer all the questions down below Pingback to the creator: … Continue reading The Stuck at Home Book Tag.
The prompt for this week’s Top 5 Tuesday hosted by Bionic Bookworm is love stories or romances. This term can be applied to a lot of books and can mean different things to different people. From corset ripping to classic love stories and everything in between. Here are 5 of my very favorites. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen | This is my Gold Standard. … Continue reading Top 5 Love Stories
One of the advantages to being stuck at home has been a fairly sizeable increase in reading time. With nowhere to be in the mornings, I’ve been letting myself stay up late reading most nights, flipping through my book club picks during the day (they’ve all been too heavy to read right before bed – a lesson I’ve learned over time about myself), reading books … Continue reading What I Read In April.
I think everyone on the internet is familiar with the Icelandic jólabókaflóð or the Christmas Book Flood. Since WWII, Icelanders began a tradition born of necessity really, in which they exchange books on Christmas Eve and then spend the remainder of the evening reading at home. Obviously the introvert in me is obsessed with all of this. I’m sure that social media has greatly romanticized and … Continue reading How to Celebrate the “Icelandic Book Flood” with your family on Christmas Eve.
Confession time: I have too many books. I know, this is a shocking revelation. Despite my efforts to keep my book collection in check, there always seems to be more books coming in than getting read. This afternoon I decided to look through all of the Owl Crate books that I’ve received over the last two years that I haven’t read yet. My goal was … Continue reading The 5 Books from Owl Crates Past That I Want To Read Next
A couple of years ago I started making summer reading challenges for my kids because I found the programs at the library a little lacking / redundant for a family of bookworms. My kids don’t need encouragement to read in the summer so keeping track of pages and titles seemed unnecessarily tedious for us and not really a challenge tbh. No shade, I think the … Continue reading Summer Reading 2018: Choose Your Own Adventure (Free Printable)
My Lady Jane by coauthors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows Page Count: 512 (hardcover) Published: June 7, 2016 I read a lot of books. Some of them I really enjoy, some of them I have to kind of drag myself through for one reason or another. Other books literally consume me from start to finish and I find myself gushing to people about … Continue reading Book Review: My Lady Jane
