It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 2 September 2019
So. Yeah. I might have not been very successful writing reviews after getting caught up on outstanding ones, but I had a fabulous reading month. I finished thirteen books in August. If I keep up that pace, I might make a dent in my outstanding review copy pile! The rest of the month is a bit of a blur. The three of us took a long weekend and went boating up north for a few days. We came back to face Holly’s “choreography camp” and the beginning of regular poms practices. I don’t even want to know how many hours I spent picking up and dropping off Holly for three weeks. It was a bit too much, and I enter September so far behind in my own work. Thankfully, Holly starts school on Wednesday, so we can get back to some semblance of a regular schedule. Plus, with dance relegated to the evenings, Jim can help out more than he could in August. September is going to be a busy month with three home football games for Holly and a trip to Ames, Iowa to visit Connor for Jim and me. Add to that budget season, more dance, Holly’s sophomore year of high school, and budgets for Jim. All we can do is take it one day at a time and make good use of the few moments of freedom we find.
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Shocking but necessary
The Swallows is the type of novel that not everyone will understand, and almost no one will enjoy. However, it is an important one in today's world as we strive to raise awareness of toxic masculinity and draw attention to the everyday occurrences of sexual harassment...
Key is not my favorite Ware novel
With four of her novels under my belt, I can safely say that Ruth Ware's books are hit-or-miss for me. In baseball terms, she has a .500 batting average, which I realize is actually pretty damn good if you play baseball. For an author, though, it isn't the greatest....
July in the Books
While Wanderers has and will continue to garner comparisons to Stephen King's The Stand, it is almost unfair to do so. Yes, they both involve a mysterious illness, and they both have a group of people traveling across the country. One might even be able to argue that...
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 12 August 2019
Hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, "It's Monday! What Are You Reading?" is a weekly event to share what we've read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind. Here is what I read the week ending 12 August 2019. To learn more about each...
June’s Mixed Bag
The Lost Letters of William Woolf is a delightful little novel wherein not much happens, but you finish the story moved beyond expectations. The idea that there is an entire department devoted to uniting lost mail with its intended recipient, no matter how long the...
May’s Choices
I loved every book in this list. May was such an excellent month for novels! Queen Nora is back with a new novel about family and past trauma and the strength both can give you as an adult. She always delights with her cat-and-mouse tales of suspense and romance, but...
April Goodies
The sixth book in the Southern Eclectic series made me happy and hungry with all its talk of bakery goodies. Seriously, people. If you have not taken my advice and read anything by Molly Harper by now, then I don't know what else I can do to convince you to do so as...
Lucy is beautiful
T. Greenwood's story about a 1970s mother who discovers the worst about a place meant to protect and care for her youngest child is a beautiful story of love and determination. Moreover, Ms. Greenwood's writing is so delicate and musical that I didn't want the story...
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