I woke up this morning thinking we still had a few weeks left before Labor Day...but that's tomorrow! How are we already at the end of another month?! I hope you and your family are celebrating safely this weekend - we are spending some time finishing up projects around the house and reading lots of … Continue reading This Week: August 31st
If you noticed some missing posts the past week or so....I want to explain. Do you remember a few weeks ago when I mentioned we were playing the "is it allergies or did you catch something at school" game? Well....the smallest Barger caught COVID his first week of school and shared it with all of … Continue reading This Week: August 24th
So many of my friends have teens starting their senior year of high school in the next few weeks - does that include you? We have been talking about our own memories of those final days of childhood quite a bit lately, so I thought this week would be a great time to explore coming … Continue reading This Week: August 17th
Happy Sunday, friends! Our house is dealing with all the expected first week of school things and preparing for the second week - homework, charging computers, washing uniforms, signing forms....and playing the "is it allergies, or did you catch something at school" game. Last week really ran us all down as we got used to … Continue reading This Week: August 10th
Thank you NetGalley and Victory Editing for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Bella’s had a pretty normal life, except that her boss at the advertising agency is a jerk and is making her life as difficult as possible. But when she keeps running into a hot guy from the … Continue reading The Pizza Man
When Rose arrived in Japan, she didn’t have any idea what to expect. When her father’s lawyer reached out after his death and said she had to come for the reading of the will, she hadn’t spoken to her father in decades. Now, here she was, on some preplanned journey her father crafted to learn … Continue reading A Single Rose
And just like that, summer is over for our house! Tomorrow, my youngest starts his first day of 4th grade and we are all so very excited for what this year has in store for him. One thing I'm not excited about? Less time to read - so much more time in the car running … Continue reading This Week: August 3rd
Thank you NetGalley and Harper Muse Audiobooks for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Lorna demands excellence from her team and they tend to deliver, but boy can they get under her skin. So much so that she writes letters to her sister making up insulting nicknames for them. Lorna … Continue reading Everything is Probably Fine
I am offline this weekend to celebrate my birthday, but I'm still having a lot of literary-focused fun! Between reading good books and trips to some of my favorite independent booksellers, I'm celebrating with my favorite people this weekend and getting ready to share good books with you this week. A birthday party turned hostage … Continue reading This Week: July 27th
Thank you Terah Shelton Harris, NetGalley, and Sourcebooks Landmark for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. When Jackson first set eyes on Leigh, his entire world stopped spinning. The gorgeous girl in front of him was looking at his flowers with the same awe and appreciation he held for them … Continue reading Where the Wildflowers Grow
