I grew up just outside of Atlanta - the city too busy to hate. I went to college in downtown Atlanta near the Auburn Avenue district and was privileged to watch the funeral process for Hosea Williams in 2000. I have walked the streets where Martin Luther King, Jr and John Lewis marched. I have been in the … Continue reading This Week: January 14th
Thomas Jefferson may be best known as the third President of the United States or as the primary writer of the US Constitution. His statesmanship and political savviness helped frame the early American government, but it may come as a surprise to learn that Jefferson’s personal religious beliefs didn’t always fit with his contemporaries, or … Continue reading Thomas Jefferson: a biography of spirit and flesh
U.S. Marshall Arliss Cutter and his team were called in to help investigate the disappearances of three people in a remote Alaskan fishing village. Arliss is still getting his footing in his new role after moving across the country from Florida to help support his family, but this assignment calls on his training as a … Continue reading Open Carry
Sometime last Fall, one of the authors I follow on Instagram posted about taking a "reading retreat" - she used her travel rewards to get her hotel room for free for a night or two and did nothing but read. That sounded divine to me, and I wanted in! I immediately started researching where and when and … Continue reading DIY Reading Retreats
Our first Most Anticipated RElease of 2024 is hitting shelves and shopping carts today! In honor of The Heiress release today, let's look back at the review I posted last month! Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Cam and Jules are on … Continue reading RELEASING TODAY: The Heiress
Buck had lived his entire life in California at Judge Miller’s home until last week. That’s when Manuel took him from his home, stuffed him in a crate, and shipped him north. Now Buck is in Alaska and part of a sled dog team - he’s had to fight for food and for a place … Continue reading The Call of the Wild
Week 1 of 2024 is complete - how did you do with the reading challenge? Week 2 promises to be just as fun! This time of year is usually when my kids start asking when it's going to snow, which doesn't happen much where we live. My northern friends have been sending me texts with their snow measurements … Continue reading This Week: January 7th
Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Presley Ayers is second guessing this entire trip. The big city girl is hiking in a forest with a group from the sports lodge. Presley doesn’t do hiking or any of the other activities the lodge provides. … Continue reading Love, Naturally
Driving across the Cochran Africatown bridge, you might miss the history just below and to the side of the roadway. The run-down houses and industrial facilities look like many other older communities across the United States, but this one has a unique history. Founded after the Civil War by former enslaved persons brought to Alabama … Continue reading Africatown
I feel like every New Years Day, people start new habits and new goals with the intention of getting it done...but they don't. Are you one of those people? I have been making a point of not starting new habits in January the past few years - why wait till January if I feel like trying something … Continue reading January Theme: New Beginnings
