This Week: April 19th

In honor of National Library Week and Independent Bookstore Day, this week’s theme spotlights books set in bookshops and celebrates the spaces—public, independent, and fictional—that connect readers to stories.

This Week: April 12th

News and Updates We’ve officially reached the midpoint of the month, which always feels like a good moment to check in. How are you doing with April’s reading prompts—have you found a favorite yet, or is there one you’re quietly sidestepping? I love historical fiction, but found myself enthralled with western fiction a few years … Continue reading This Week: April 12th →

This Week: April 5th

News and Updates Happy Easter, friends. I’m offline today celebrating with our family—plenty of egg hunts and plenty of reading, too. I hope your day is filled with the people you love and a little rest wherever you can find it. This week’s lineup is taking us on quite a ride—literally. From a library aboard … Continue reading This Week: April 5th →

This Week: March 29th

News and Updates This week felt like a marathon, so I spent the weekend tucked into some truly great historical fiction to clear my head. It’s a genre that means a lot to me — right up there with romance as one of the reasons I fell back in love with reading. I’m excited to … Continue reading This Week: March 29th →

This Week: March 22nd

News and Updates We are wrapping up our month of folklore and fairy tales by traveling from Ireland to Asia and reading amazing stories of mystical beings and the balance between nature and man. It feels appropriate to shift towards stories about harmony and nature as we head into our first full week of Spring! … Continue reading This Week: March 22nd →

This Week: March 15th

News and Updates It's the week of Saint Patrick's Day, so our world is all things green. We have Irish roots, so we take this opportunity to teach our kids a bit about Irish traditions and heritage - and I'm taking you with us this year through the reading challenge! Remember - if you're out … Continue reading This Week: March 15th →

This Week: March 8th

News and Updates As this post goes live, I’ll be heading home from a cozy, much‑needed reading retreat in the North Georgia mountains. The weekend was the perfect mix of quiet planning for the months ahead and curling up with good books while the rain tapped at the windows—truly the best kind of reset. I … Continue reading This Week: March 8th →

This Week: March 1st

News and Updates Welcome to March and our month of Fairytales and Folklore! I've got a full week ahead of me and will be offline later this week as I head out on a solo reading retreat weekend in the mountains. However, we have a packed week leading up to it! I can't wait to … Continue reading This Week: March 1st →

The Ruler

Thank you NetGalley and Montlake for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Aurelia spends weeks planning the perfect romantic getaway with her boyfriend—unaware that he’s been planning hookups and secret trysts with his boss. When he abandons her in Sicily to return to his affair, Aurelia makes herself a promise: … Continue reading The Ruler →

This Week: February 22nd

News and Updates It’s the final week of February, which means the Amelia Island Book Festival is here. While I’m sad this will be my first time missing the festival in several years, there are still plenty of exciting literary events on my calendar. Tomorrow brings a book signing and author talk for Terah Shelton … Continue reading This Week: February 22nd →