Dear Grandma Bailey, Thank you for encouraging me to read. Thank you for letting me read aloud to you. Thank you for reading aloud to me. Thank you for buying me books for almost every birthday and holiday. Thank you for all the bookmarks. Thank you for letting me tell you all the stories. Thank... Continue Reading →
As seen on TikTok
So...I was in a TikTok hole as is wont to happen at least to myself, and a girl popped in with something she had found on another girl's TikTok. It looked like a book and it was called The UItimate Reading Challenge. Almost immediately I went out to find it and then because I had... Continue Reading →
10 Days of Blogging
If you could live inside a book, which book would you pick? Which world would you pick? I have a couple that would be on my shortlist of worlds/ books to live in. 1 The Starless Sea - How lovely to live in a subterranean library under the earth. Surrounded by books and cats and... Continue Reading →
12 Days of Blogging
As the pandemic was ramping up last June I saw an announcement from Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, saying that members of her book club would be receiving an autographed copy of her new book, Broken, as one of their books. I immediately signed up for The Fantastic Strangelings Book Club. I have not regretted... Continue Reading →
My Current Reading List
I am a reader who often has multiple books that I am juggling, or on my to be read (TBR) list. I thought I would share the current books that sit there currently. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix : This is one I am currently reading and it is... Continue Reading →
“He Couldn’t Believe it was only wednesday.”
For the LGBTA+ book club at Prologue Bookshop we read the book The House In The Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. I technically have until the end of the month to finish the book, but I devoured it in three days (It would have been less but apparently I actually have to work at work,... Continue Reading →
“We are made of stardust and stories.”
I finally finished The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern on Christmas. I was looking forward to this book immensely because I absolutely loved The Night Circus. In fact I re-listen to the audio book of The Night Circus every couple of months; it is read by Jim Dale who brings such life and sympathy to... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Things – Holiday Books
I have certain books that I read/ listen to on audiobook every year around the holidays. It just doesn't feel like Christmas/ Yule without them. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris - This book includes the famous Santaland Diaries and is a must read if you haven't. I highly recommend getting the audiobook because David... Continue Reading →
Written Word Wednesday: The Evening of Writing Uncontrollably
The Evening of Writing Uncontrolably was this past Saturday at the Wagnalls Memorial Library in Lithopolis, Ohio. My little sister, Traci, came along to write with me, and we were joined by my friends Jill, Angie and Melissa. Traci and I got there and settled in a nice little nook in the fiction section between... Continue Reading →
WWW -Week 3 of NaNoWriMo, Writing for School and Blind Date with a Book Brunch
This was another work heavy week for school, and I had to write quite a bit for various prompts, which means I wrote almost not at all for NaNoWriMo. This weekend is the Evening of Writing Uncontrollably at the Wagnalls Memorial Library in Lithopolis, Ohio. I am super excited about it and hope I can... Continue Reading →