January lasted a long time, but I’m still a little taken aback that it’s already February. I might as well tell you that my reading goal for the past few years has been to finish one book a week. That means 52 books in a year. I didn’t quite reach this mark last year. IContinue reading “2024 Reading Challenge: January Wrap-up”
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New Series I’m Hoarding
Before my cousin gave me Sweet Valley Twins #4 (Choosing Sides) when I was nine years old, I was perfectly content with borrowing The Bobbsey Twins and Nancy Drew from the school library. That singular point in time involving a seemingly innocuous present, however, spurred one of my life passions: my personal library that IContinue reading “New Series I’m Hoarding”
In the Garden – Volunteer Aglaonemas… Aglaonemae?
What’s your attitude toward volunteers in your garden? I’ve always been benevolent toward plants (mushrooms and animals too, if truth be told) that decide to show up without my bidding, even the ones that I know I don’t want around. I let them linger until they start showing their true thug. That’s when I feelContinue reading “In the Garden – Volunteer Aglaonemas… Aglaonemae?”
Book Review: The Teacher’s Funeral by Richard Peck
If you’re one of those who love to read about the good old days (it doesn’t matter the decade – as long as it’s not in this millennium), especially if they’re recounted with great wit and humor, then you’ll find The Teacher’s Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts to be an utter delight. The bookContinue reading “Book Review: The Teacher’s Funeral by Richard Peck”
Book Review: The Penderwicks #1 by Jeanne Birdsall
(*Affiliate links are present throughout this post. If you purchase through them, I get a teeny commission with no extra cost to you. 🙂 ) The first book of the The Penderwicks Series by Jeanne Birdsall is set in summer. It was published in 2005, which, in my mind, is pretty recent, so I considerContinue reading “Book Review: The Penderwicks #1 by Jeanne Birdsall”
Book Meme & Book Haul July ’23
As though reality was some kind of poison to our mind and soul, a harsh to our mellow… I needed a booster (do antidotes have boosters?), or more accurately, I came across a booster. My daughter participated in a cosplay event on Saturday. All five of us went, plus my sister-and-law and niece, who areContinue reading “Book Meme & Book Haul July ’23”
This Small Life 