As we near the end of our 2024 Reading Challenge, I'm excited to share some of my favorite genres with you! This week, that's books less than 200 pages and some nonfiction! I've also go the 2025 challenge prompts together and I can't wait to share them with you! I'm excited to try something a … Continue reading This Week: December 8th
Just a few more weeks to go till 2025 and we're getting ready by reading books that will become movies in the new year! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend and are ready for the chaos that is the next 3 weeks before Christmas and Hannukah. This week will also take us … Continue reading This Week: December 1st
Happy Thanksgiving! Have you started cooking yet? We're having a small gathering here, but doing it all big time - turkey, sides, desserts, rolls, all of it! Don't forget to favorite our Thanksgiving playlist on Spotify - it's great for background music for your gathering! By the way, my work family and I are debating....cranberry … Continue reading This Week: November 24th
This week may be quiet on the holiday front, but we're almost to Thanksgiving! I'm also preparing for the end of the year - wrapping up this year's reading challenge and preparing for the 2025 challenge, too! By the way - this week, we see our first unfinished book of 2024. I'm a little disappointed, … Continue reading This Week: November 17th
Tomorrow marks one of the most important days of the entire year to me - Veterans Day. I find it hard to wish someone a "happy Veterans Day" because the need to have veterans in the first place is a reminder that our world is not "happy". I have been a long supporter of our … Continue reading This Week: November 10th
This week, we are diving deep into November with our monthly theme and reading playlist to get us in the mood for Thanksgiving! We are also honoring Native American Heritage Month with books by Indigenous Authors - there are so many great options! But with November also comes prep for our 2025 Reading Challenge. This … Continue reading This Week: November 3rd
I can't believe we are nearly at the end of another month - October has flown by! We are finishing out the month strong with lots of witchcraft and mystery and starting off the holiday season strong. The next few months will see us in full holiday mode, but I'll also be planning for the … Continue reading This Week: October 27th
It's eleven days to one of my FAVORITE holidays - Halloween! Fall Festivals have dominated the event schedules around area this past week and they have been so much fun! Are you enjoying the fall festivities? This week, we are also getting ready for another upcoming holiday - Diwali. The Hindu Festival of Lights has … Continue reading This Week: October 20th
Now's a good time to check in on your reading challenge for the year. How are you doing? Still on track? If not, don't worry! There's nothing wrong with it taking longer, or not finishing - reading is supposed to be fun...and pushing yourself to read faster or more util it's a chore just isn't … Continue reading This Week: October 13th
A few days ago, I celebrated my 10th wedding anniversary! It feels wild saying that. We celebrated yesterday with a date day (including lots of new books!). Our anniversary inspired this week's prompt of "spouses", but we are also reading about South Dakota and stepping back in time with our sponsored read Here's the books … Continue reading This Week: October 6th
