End of year book survey

Happy New Year's Eve! To wrap up 2016, I've filled out this year-end book survey I first discovered at Stephanie's Book Reviews. It is hosted by The Perpetual Page Turner. Number of books you read: 46 Number of re-reads: 1 Genre you read the most from: Historical fiction 1. Best book you read in 2016? …

Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-me authors in 2016

This week's Top Ten Tuesday focuses on authors whose work I've read for the first time this year. As is often the case, my list is in no particular order. Please click on the book covers for reviews and/or synopses, and on the authors' names to learn more about them. Kathleen Grissom I read both of …

November recap

How is it already December?! We don't even have our tree up yet ... *sob* November was a busy month in many ways, and reading and acquiring books was no exception to the rule. November reads Click on the covers for my reviews   November book haul Due to a streak of luck with Goodreads …

This is my genre, tell me yours – book tag

The Rules: Credit Drew @The Tattooed Book Geek as the creator of the tag, either use the created tag name graphic or create your own and link back to his blog. Answer the questions. Tag as many people as you want. I wasn't tagged, but I came across this tag via Britt @ Geronimo Reads! She posts …

Weekend recap and some bookish goodness

Hey, fellow readers! I hope everyone's Monday is relatively drama-free thus far. This past weekend was both productive and enjoyable. I went out to dinner with my Jared and my mother-in-law on Friday. Saturday, I shopped with my mom for necessities and had some long-overdue mother-daughter time. Jared went shopping with his parents for World …

Catching up

Happy November! In the past week, I have finished and reviewed two books that could not be more different from one another. "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins   *may contain spoilers* After hearing varying thoughts about this book, I delved into it with an open mind and not the highest of expectations. …

Quick update

Hey guys, I have been woefully negligent of my blog the past few days, between personal matters, the World Series, an addictive little novel called "The Girl on the Train," and now a horrific stomachache that woke me up early this morning and continues to wreak havoc. If I'm feeling up to it later today, …

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 …

WWW Wednesday – Oct. 12, 2016

Happy Wednesday night! Hope everyone had a great hump daaaay. ("Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike.") Before this day comes to a close, I'm going to share with you all my first WWW Wednesday post. This challenge comes via Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently …