As I say every year, I’ve adapted this from The Perpetual Page Turner’s End of Year Survey! I’m just barely sneaking this in during January, but I was waiting for my book announcement, and then I had a whole bunch of already previously scheduled posts to go up. So, better late than never? 2022 READING… Read more »
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Top Ten Books of 2022!!
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is Top Ten Books I Read in 2022 I’m working on my 2022 wrap-up post, but it will take a bit of time, with all the graphs and all. So, I thought for now I’d put up a TTT… Read more »
September 2022 Reading & Writing Wrap-Up
My Goings-On in September: Here are the things that stand out to me this month: Working at Barnes & Noble! I’ve been working four days a week, and that’s been an adjustment. I’ve had a lot less time for blogging and blog-hopping. I absolutely love the job, though! Marathon training. I run the marathon on… Read more »
August 2022 Reading & Writing Wrap-Up
My Goings-On in August: Here are the things that stand out to me this month: I started working at Barnes & Noble! I’m working part-time there, and really loving it. This is the most I’ve gotten to talk about book IRL in a very long time! I definitely have less time for blogging now, though—I… Read more »
MacKenzie’s Last Run by Gayle Rosengren: Review, Pre-order Giveaway, & Gayle’s Top Ten Addictions!
Gayle is one of those authors I’ve been meaning to read for ages because so many people raved about her last book, COLD WAR ON MAPLEWOOD STREET. So when she reached out to me and asked if I’d be willing to read and review MACKENZIE’S LAST RUN and help her create a pre-order giveaway, I… Read more »
July 2022 Reading & Writing Wrap-Up
My Goings-On in July: Here are the things that stand out to me this month: I started training for a marathon! Now, I am not a runner. At all. The farthest I’ve ever run was a 5k, and that was like 10 years ago (and I thought it was amazing that I even accomplished that at… Read more »
Mid-Year Bernie’s Book Bank Check-In: Books I’ve Donated This Year
Many of you know that I volunteer at Bernie’s Book Bank, a fantastic organization that provides books to kids in under-resourced areas. The founder of Bernie’s was a reading tutor and realized that many of the kids he worked with couldn’t practice reading at home because they had NO BOOKS! (Anyone visiting my blog understands… Read more »
May/June 2022 Reading & Writing Wrap-Up
My Goings-On in May & June: Here are the things that stand out to me over the past two months: May was all about graduation and end-of-school events. Danielle graduated high school. She’s off to Purdue in the fall! We had her graduation party last week. June was all about vacation, followed by COVID. At… Read more »
The War on All Fronts by Kim Oclon: Review & Author and Character Top Ten Addictions
Today I’m featuring THE WAR ON ALL FRONTS, an LGBTQ YA historical that takes place during the Vietnam War. Check out my review, along with Kim’s list of top ten addictions, bonus lists of the two MCs’ top ten addictions, and a giveaway of the book! The War on All Fronts by Kim Oclon Published by Trism Books on… Read more »
April 2022 Reading & Writing Wrap-Up
My Goings-On in April: Here are the things that stand out to me this month: I re-purpleized my hair! (Check out the pic in my sidebar.) Trip to Atlanta. This was technically a college visit for Danielle (we visited UGA), but we turned it into a long-weekend trip to Atlanta. We went on a food… Read more »
