Spring is really and truly here and I couldn’t be happier about it! Bluebonnets and other wildflowers are in full bloom, the grass and trees are green, and my moods have thankfully ...
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Best of the Backlist: Middle Grade Novels That Adults Will Love Too!
It seems that every month features a bookish celebration (or five!), and one celebration I can absolutely get excited about is Middle Grade March. This month-long festival is dedicated to reading Middle ...
Ten Simple Things That Are Saving My Life This Winter
Congratulations! If you’re reading this, it means that you survived the month of January, and if your month was anything like mine, that’s a feat worth celebrating. This January brought all the ...
2023 Reading Wrap-Up and My Favorite Books of the Year
If there’s anything I love as much as (if not more than) reading, it’s tracking and documenting my books. Which is why my annual reading recap is one of my favorite posts ...
28 Perks of Life in 2023
I have dedicated a lot of brain space (and blogging words) to grieving the ways our world has changed in my lifetime. I hate the moral decline we are witnessing, the elevated ...
Ten Lovely Things Saving My Life This Winter
Over the past year, Charleston and I have logged many math-lesson hours studying the ins and outs of how to study and use a calendar; hence, our recent discussion on the subject ...
Bookish Superlatives from My Reading Life in 2022
As much as I enjoy compiling a list of my favorite books at the end of each year, it’s consistently a challenge to narrow that list down to a reasonable number of ...
Two Thousand Twenty-Two: The Highlights
On this December 31st—Day 365/365—it seems fitting to zoom back the lens for a bird’s eye view of the year. In many ways it was an entirely ordinary year for me and ...
2022 Reading Wrap-Up and My Favorite Books of the Year
Oh, the day after Christmas—unquestionably the saddest day of the year. Its saving grace is its positioning at year’s end, which is prime time in internet circles (and personal journals) for all ...
28 Underrated Christmas Gems (Those Movies, Books, and Songs I Love That You Might Not Know About Yet)
This time of year, one of my favorite discussion starters with friends, family, and even strangers met in line at the post office is to ask their favorite Christmas movies, books, and ...