Welcome to my weekly update for April 16, 2023! We went up to Catalina Island and spent one night last weekend. It has a couple of tiny little towns but we only visited the bigger one, Avalon, named after King Arthur’s Avalon in Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem, Idylls of the King. It’s a beautiful island, Continue Reading…
Welcome to my weekly update for April 9, 2023! Happy Easter, Happy Passover, or Ramadan Mubarak to those who celebrate! I’ve been an affiliate of Malaprop’s Bookstore in my hometown of Asheville, NC for years now. I link to their website for books I haven’t reviewed yet. I’m keeping that relationship because I love my Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our top ten indie/self-published books this week, a topic suggested by Nicole at BookWyrm Knits. I don’t pay any attention to publishers, etc. so I wasn’t sure where to even start. I know The Martian by Andy Weir (which I like but never reviewed) was Continue Reading…
Welcome to my weekly update for April 2, 2023! We spent last weekend with my husband’s cousin and his wife in San Diego, celebrating the cousin’s birthday. We ate way too much and had a great time with them, as we always do. On Monday, we caught a break in the rain and drove back Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share “Books for People Who Liked Author X” this week. That threw me for a loop for a minute. I read pretty widely at this point and I’m not terribly faithful to any one genre. Could I do this? Maybe I needed to go rogue. Then I realized the angle I needed to take. Here’s a list of […]
Welcome to my weekly update for March 26, 2023! Another quiet week here with more rain. But this weekend is supposed to be nice so we do have some plans to get out a bit. Posted: In the Shadow of the Moon: America, Russia, and the Hidden History of the Space Race by Amy Cherrix: Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share a “Top Ten Tuesday Rewind” this week. We’re supposed to choose a previous TTT topic that we missed or update a TTT post that we wrote in the past. I didn’t really feel like looking through old topics, though there are plenty of interesting ones Continue Reading…
Welcome to my weekly update for March 19, 2023! We had another quiet week here, just watching the rain pour down. I’m going to share pictures from a portion of our February drive from Las Cruces, New Mexico here to Escondido, California. We know that Las Cruces can be downright cold in the winter but Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share “Books on My Spring 2023 To-Read List” this week. I’m a mood reader but I have found that these seasonal TBRs help me stay on top of my reading challenges and get to some books that have been lingering on my to-read shelf entirely too Continue Reading…
Welcome to my weekly update for March 12, 2023! I saw a Facebook post several weeks ago asking for volunteers to be virtual moderators for a kids’ program at the North Carolina Arboretum, which is in my hometown. I’m not working while my husband and I travel with his job but I have a surprisingly Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share ten bookish people we’d like to meet this week. I decided to tweak the topic just a bit and write about ten bookish people I’ve met at book signings and festivals. I haven’t been to many book events since the pandemic but before that, I was fortunate to attend quite […]