Tag: reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’ve Wanted to Read For Years and Haven’t
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Unread Books on My Shelves I Want to Read Soon (Bonus…
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Book Review: Where Butterflies Wander by Suzanne Redfearn
MY REVIEW: I made the mistake of reading the last portions of this book at work and was bawling at my desk. Thankfully no one was around to see, but you’ve been warned. I’ve read just about every Suzanne has written and all of her books have a central theme about loss and how individuals…
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Book Review: The Night Side by M. M. DeLuca
MY REVIEW: A mystery that had me on the edge of my seat! First off, a huge thank you to the author for sending me an early copy that I won from one of her giveaways! I love her books a ton and I was so excited to get my own copy. A family steeped…
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Book Review: A Place For Vanishing by Ann Fraistat
MY REVIEW: A true horror story in all its perfection! When I went into this book, I had every expectation that it was going to have a haunted house creepy vibe to it. But the author really gave homage to a classic horror story in this one. While using a phenomenal comparison and contrast between…
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Book Tour: Lauren in the Limelight by Miriam Landis
This is a book review tour hosted by Blackberry Book Tours. A copy of the book was provided in exchange for my honest review. MY REVIEW: A book geared towards younger readers, but filled with life lessons that we can all appreciate and look back on no matter our age or experience, Lauren in the…
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Book Review: Blackthorn Wood by Paula Hillman
This is a book tour hosted by Love Books Tours. MY REVIEW: Triggers: Agorophobia, Anxiety, PTSD, Bullying Paula Hillman does an outstanding job of telling Cassie’s story with workplace bullying. This is the story of a very professional woman, Cassie, who is a teacher at a prestigious primary school in England. She is recently promoted…
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Book Tour: Abilene by Dare DeLano
This is a book review tour hosted by Black Tide Book Tours. A copy of the book was provided in exchange for my honest review. MY REVIEW: This was a heart-warming story about family and the things that bring us together as well as create walls between us. Len is a young girl trying to…
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Happy Holidays from my family to yours!
For the past month, I haven’t really done as much reading as I would have liked. But it was also a very necessary break from books for me. At the end of September I walked away from my job and career of over 15 years for personal reasons. I was unemployed through the month of…
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Where The Rain Settles
This is my first day working from home and I am…. enjoying it. I got to sleep in a little bit, I got to be here to make my kids breakfast and then get started on my work. I feel much more relaxed and calm sitting here doing my work surrounded by my family. As…
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#MindfulMonday – This Journal Has Changed My Self-Care View
Happy Monday my favorite readers! Time to start our week off right with some #MindfulMonday! In my own personal self journey, I’m going to start sharing some of the self care things I’m incorporating into my life in hopes to maybe help others that might struggle with similar issues. This can range from exercise habits…
Adventures in Literature 