J.W. over at Storeys of Stories hosts this meme. Taken from J.W.’s introduction: • Based on this sampling of your current read, give a few impressions and predict what you’ll think by the end.• Did you think you’d love it and ended up hating it? Or did you think you’d hate it and wound up loving it? Or were you exactly right?•... Continue Reading →
Read and TBR for January and February
Wow, one month of 2021 down. Crazy, but, here we are in February, the shortest month of the year. Normally at some point this month we get a mini school break and often make travel plans... not happening this time around! Ah well, instead we've been planning at home birthday celebrations for the two youngest... Continue Reading →
Read and TBR for December and January
Look at us.... all arrived and fresh-faced in 2021. Fingers crossed it's a happy, healthy and productive one. I'm supposed to be feeling all refreshed and ready to tackle a new semester. I'm not going to lie though, I'm already missing my later morning wake-up times. Lol. The boys re-start school on Wednesday. They'll be... Continue Reading →
Kindle Klean-Up Challenge (11) #kindlebookaddiction #KindleKleanUp
The purpose of this challenge is to help clear out some (or many) of those books taking up space on our e-readers. You know them, the books you added because they were free, really cheap, quite pretty or just seemed a bit interesting. Now you’ve got to decide if you’re really gonna keep and read... Continue Reading →
Read and TBR for November and December
Umm... well, it's the last of the TBR for 2020. How did that happen??? I swear, for a difficult year, it sure has flown. We can only hope for a better, brighter 2021. There are a few things I'm thrilled about this month, other than Christmas. Classes for the boys end today. Tomorrow morning will... Continue Reading →
Goodreads Monday (24): The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
I make no secret of the fact that Isabel Allende is one of my favourite authors, especially for historical fiction. Last year I read and loved Eva Luna. The enchanting tale of the life of the titular prolific storyteller caught my imagination from beginning to end. Of course I'd have to add this spin-off to... Continue Reading →
Thirsty Thursday and Hungry Hearts (16)
Welcome to Thirsty Thursday and Hungry Hearts, an original weekly meme hosted at (un)Conventional Bookworms where readers share food or drink quotes from their current reads. Over on her site, Lexxie says: So many of the books we read have food or drinks in them, some I’d love to try, and others I’d never ever want to taste…... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday (36)
Today I’m participating in WWW Wednesdays hosted by Sam of Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are… What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently Reading Three super sweet reads this week. Keeping it all light and mostly Christmasy with a witchy cozy, regular... Continue Reading →
Read and TBR for October and November
Oh wow. Look how 2020 is coming to an end. Can you believe it's November already? As much as I love Christmas, I love the anticipation and the slow build-up to it just as much. Our tree certainly isn't up as yet. However, the indoor icicle lights are up... Okay, they never actually came down... Continue Reading →
Kindle Klean-Up Challenge (10) #kindlebookaddiction #KindleKleanUp
The purpose of this challenge is to help clear out some (or many) of those books taking up space on our e-readers. You know them, the books you added because they were free, really cheap, quite pretty or just seemed a bit interesting. Now you’ve got to decide if you’re really gonna keep and read... Continue Reading →