Feb 13, 2024 | reading & recs
WHAT A GREAT book year! I have to say I look back at 2023 with gratitude and great admiration for the writers who brought such powerful stories to the page. I’m not one to consider reading a contest or an activity to check off a To-Do list, nevertheless I love...
Jul 19, 2022 | reading & recs
I AM NOT a competitive reader. I don’t set goals, I don’t strategize my list, I don’t look to fill in defined categories or stretch into genres (with intention) I don’t typically enjoy. Which is to say I am basically a mood reader (totally in...
Mar 11, 2018 | reading & recs
It’s so fun to look back over these reads and to share them with you here. There are some good ones! JANUARY A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson Now that we spend a good bit of time in the North Carolina Mountains, Tim and I are a bit obsessed with hiking the...
Mar 7, 2018 | reading & recs
I’ve done a lot of reading in the last five months even if I haven’t done much writing about it here. Time for a catch-up because I am JACKED to tell you about them all and in particular the five I particularly loved–two of which make their...
Nov 6, 2017 | reading & recs
What a great couple of reading months it has been. I hope my recommendations serve you well and bring you some happy, happy book moments. SEPTEMBER: Of Mess and Moxie, by Jen Hatmaker I’ve got a huge girl-crush on Jen Hatmaker, a woman who speaks her mind with a...
Sep 5, 2017 | reading & recs
JUNE The Dry, by Jane Harper Police investigator Aaron Falk returns home for the funeral of a friend and old wounds resurface in this “page-turner of a mystery set in parched Australia.” I loved everything about the set-up, plus this baby got 4.07 stars on...
