Hello Readers! Did you think I’d disappeared??!! I’m here, just not reading or blogging as much right now. Which is why I’ve combined my June and July Wrap-Up posts. I finished reading absolutely nothing in June. I was VERY close, but didn’t make it. My youngest graduated high school, and June was full of all …
Category: Book Haul
My Summer 2024 Book HookUp Unboxing
After visiting New York, my husband gifted me a subscription to The Strand’s The Book HookUp. We’d visited New York City for the first time at Christmas in 2018, stopping in at The Strand bookstore, of course, so it was the perfect gift. What I love about this subscription is that it’s quarterly, so not …
May 2024 Monthly Wrap-Up & Book Haul
Hello Readers! I don’t think I’ve ever been so late to post a wrap-up. Life has been a busy hot mess lately—from tornadoes to health scares to party planning to NBA Finals—which has left me no time for blogging OR reading. Keep reading if you’d like the gory details or skip ahead if you’re only …
April 2024 Monthly Wrap-Up & Book Haul
Hello Readers! While I read sparingly the first few months of the year, my reading finally picked up in April. Just in time because I was getting behind on my advanced reader copies. π We’ve had lovely spring weather, a mix of sunshine and rain, which always makes me want to pick up a book. …
March 2024 Monthly Wrap-Up & Book Haul
Hello Readers! My reading in March was still down, but I did read two hefty books so I’m not feeling too bad about it. And technically I did cross off all the books on My March TBR, two of them just happened to be DNFs. I don’t like DNFing ARCs that I committed to read, …
My Spring 2024 Book HookUp Unboxing
After visiting New York, my husband gifted me a subscription to The Strand’s The Book HookUp. We’d visited New York City for the first time at Christmas in 2018, stopping in at The Strand bookstore, of course, so it was the perfect gift. What I love about this subscription is that it’s quarterly, so not …
February 2024 Monthly Wrap-Up & Book Haul
Hello Readers! I didn’t read a whole lot in February. I’d like to say it’s because I was traveling a bit and also celebrated my birthday, but it’s really just because I’m not reading as much as usual. π I only read 3 books for a total of 1, 073 pages, but I DID get …
January 2024 Monthly Wrap-Up & Book Haul
Hello Readers! As usual, January was a loooooong month, but I’m not complaining. I needed it! I’m still trying to catch up on reading and blogging from my hiatus in December. I only read 4 books and 1 short story in January (for a total of 1,487 pages), but 3 of them were advanced copies …
My Winter 2023 Book HookUp Unboxing
After visiting New York, my husband gifted me a subscription to The Strand’s The Book HookUp. We’d visited New York City for the first time at Christmas in 2018, stopping in at The Strand bookstore, of course, so it was the perfect gift. What I love about this subscription is that it’s quarterly, so not …
November 2023 Monthly Wrap-Up & Book Haul
Hello Readers! We have arrived at the last month of the year, and I’m still trying to figure out how that happened. Ready or not, here we are! Nanowrimo took all my extra time in November. All you have to do is take a look back at my blog posts for the month and you’ll …