“A bookshop is not magic, but it can slowly heal your heart.” The Lost for Words Bookshop, Stephanie Butland Those sweet lines, the last of this charming story, actually sum it up quite well. In The Lost for Words Bookshop, the main character, Lovejoy Cardew, is not living the life her name would imply.… Read More Book Review: The Lost For Words Bookshop
Well guess what? I have been nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award! What is that? I had to do a little research. The Sunshine Blogger Award is given to creative, positive, and inspiring bloggers by other bloggers. Which inspires me, because it means someone read my blog! Positive reinforcement is always a lovely thing to share! So… Read More Sunshine Blogger Award
Love and Ruin It was doomed from the start, with all the classic signs along the way. Love and Ruin by Paula McLain is the fictionalized account of dashing, successful older writer, Ernest Hemingway, and younger, budding journalist and writer Martha Gellhorn. McLain has researched their tumultuous years together to weave an intimate account… Read More Book Review: Love and Ruin
Well I felt like I was behind in my reading, but My Goodreads 2018 Reading Challenge is declaring me on track. I’ll take it! I do know I am behind in posting about my reading so here is a brief summary of the month of April. Four of 4 were winners in my book!… Read More The Unread Bookshelf Project Reading Plans – April
Everyone loves a celebration, right? And Free Amazon Books? If you love reading, and free books, this is your celebration coming up on April 23, 2018. Drum roll for the book lovers….. it’s World Book Day! I hear the fireworks and bands, the oohs and the aahs! This is what we’ve been training for, right?… Read More Free Amazon Books to Celebrate World Book Day
The Unread Bookshelf Project continues! March Madness must have infused my reading goals this month. While I thought I had formulated a plan for systematically approaching the book tower of unread titles, I’m off track and losing ground. The Unread Bookshelf Project is a bit of a misnomer: my books are all over the place,… Read More The Unread Bookshelf Project Reading Plans – March
Whoa! Is it March already?? What happened, where did the month of February go? You know the saying, Time flies when you’re nose is buried in a book! At least I was able to complete my unread shelf project goal for February, but I’m not on track for posting any reviews. Obviously balance or time management… Read More The Unread Bookshelf Project Reading Plans – February
2018 Goal #1 – Read More Books 2018 Goal #2 – Spend Less Money Read more books and spend less money. At first glance, those two goals aren’t really compatible, especially given that I’m a book buyer more than a library visitor. Confession Time: I have a LOT of unread books. AND one of… Read More Taking The Unread Shelf Project Challenge 2018 – January
Just before Christmas a really awesome thing happened! I was tagged in an Instagram post, announcing that my blog had been nominated for the Liebster Award. I was thrilled and immediately sent a thank you to Ashley at The Wiser Life. Check out her blog at thewiserlife.com because she is on fire with… Read More The Liebster Award
Would you brave a hurricane to track down an author/singer? Apparently, I will. Given, it was a very minor hurricane (yep, I’m a native Floridian), and what would be better on a rainy Saturday afternoon than settling in to hear some jazz. That was my reasoning, along with wanting to see if the musician Sean… Read More Hurricane Jazz with Sean of the South
