Happy New Year!

Happy 2017, all! I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable New Year's Eve/Day. On Saturday, Jared and I had a late lunch with his parents (mainly to celebrate my father-in-law's birthday). Then, we spent the evening with friends – eating more food, drinking delicious beverages, playing Jackbox games and laughing ourselves silly. Yesterday was …

Reading Notes: “Little Women”

Happy Saturday, dear book bloggers. I'm in rather high spirits this morning. Yesterday marked four years since Jared's and my first date. Due to some nasty weather, we weren't able to celebrate with a return trip to the diner and movie theater where it all began, but hopefully we can recreate our first date, as …

Week in review – Oct. 22, 2016

Another week is almost in the books. This past week, I didn't read as much as I'd have liked BECAUSE NLCS PLAYOFFS. Go, Cubs, go. Jared and I are nervously awaiting tonight's Game 6. You can read my husband's thoughts on the playoffs here - he is a lifelong Cubs fan and knows his stuff. (I just …

My strange addiction: Goodreads giveaways

Good morning, all; hope everyone's weekend is off to a great start. I did an awful lot of those weekly memes/challenges/whatever the heck you call them this week. And I started feeling like kind of a slacker as a result. I love all the connections I've made with other book bloggers because of them, and …