books
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Mid-Year Review: 8 Books I’ve Loved So Far
June has come and passed and I thought it was the perfect time to reflect on my reading from the first half of the year. In the last six months I have read a total of 30 books. Some months I read as many as eleven books and other months I only read one. However,… Continue reading
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Summer TBR: The 10 Books I’ll Be Reading
Summer didn’t start until June 21st. So, from a technical standpoint, I’m only a week late on posting this and not an entire month. The days are getting warmer and all I want to do is sit in a park with a good book. Which is fully what I plan to do all weekend long.… Continue reading
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10 Hot Beach Reads
The summer solstice came and went bringing with it the sweet reminder of beaches, reading in the sunshine and fresh fruit. I’ve always said you know it’s officially summer when you begin eating watermelon and corn on the cob with every meal. But I think I’ll add on to that statement, you can tell it’s… Continue reading
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December TBR
What I’m reading in December For the month of December I am hosting a read a long as well as trying to clear my shelves before entering into the new year. As a result my TBR is a little more ambitious than it typically is. After hosting my first read along in November I quickly… Continue reading
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Amy March’s Lime Meltaway
The second cookie of my Little Women series is finally here, inspired by none other than Miss Amy March. Before I began this project I knew I wanted to do a lime cookie for the youngest March sister. My idea for Amy’s lime cookie was born from CH 7 of Little Women, “Amy’s Valley of… Continue reading
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Caught in the Numbers
Coming out of October I was on a reading high. I had read six books in October a record high this year as I hadn’t been loving reading as much recently. I was excited to have found my love for reading again and to jump into November with another lengthy TBR pile. However, as always… Continue reading
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My Review Philosophy
Before I post my first review I want to take the time to explain my review philosophy and the way that my reviews will be structured. My mission in writing reviews is not to simply state whether or not I liked a book, but rather to approach it in an educational and analytical way. I… Continue reading
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My May TBR List
For the past couple months I had not been setting myself a to be read list. I had been allowing myself to pick up books at my leisure. However, this resulted in me not reading a single book. I’ve found that sometimes the things we love get put on the back burner despite our best… Continue reading