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Books Read in 2014
(now with handy star rating so you can tell at a glance how much I liked it) **** Freakonomics by Steven Levitt (January Book Club) – Finished January 12, 2014 – I enjoyed this book a lot more than I...
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The 5 Best Books I Read This Year
Now that 2014 is nearly drawing to a close and I find myself reading a book that I certainly won’t finish before the new year, I thought this would be a good time to get all superlative and name the...
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A 2015 Reading Challenge.
I’ve found myself with less and less reading time lately so I’m reluctant to take on any big reading goals this year. Though I’ve tentatively told goodreads.com that I’m hoping to read 30 books this...
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Miss My Book Reviews?
I decided to post my link up for Quick Lit with Anne @ Modern Mrs. Darcy at my new blog The Critic and the Fangirl. If you’ve been waiting with bated breath to read about what I’ve been reading you...
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2 Must Read Books: April Reading Review
I finished two books last month, one a kind of meaty, thoughtful book that absorbed me whole and made feel all the feels. The other, much lighter in comparison – good for lots of giggles but a lot of...
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Our Summer Reading List
One of my personal goals for the summer is to read some great books out loud to the kids. We’ve got a lot of great possible read-alouds lying around – here are some of the books I’m planning to read to...
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Summer Reading Update: Perhaps my 5 year old will be doing the read alouds.
After I read them chapter one of Betsy-Tacy and Tib and we had dinner and watched a movie together (Penguins of Madagascar), BB curled up on the couch and started reading me Betsy and Tacy Go...
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What I’m Into Lately (May 2015)
BB’s acting debut as The Glum Princess – this is the end of the play, so she isn’t glum anymore. I’m linking up with Leigh Kramer to share what I’ve been into lately. I love this linkup because it...
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3 Things.
Indulge me while I share three completely unrelated bits of news and events and try to force them into being linear thoughts. In other words, get ready for the random. my kids drew the emotions in...
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Cartooning for Kids: A review.
The kids have this book. It’s called Cartooning for Kids and it gives you step by step instructions that show you how to draw cartoon pictures of dogs, cats, hippopotamus and more. The description on...
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The Top 10 Books on My Fall TBR Pile
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Every Tuesday they post a new Top Ten list prompt. This week’s list is the Top Ten Books on your Fall TBR pile. I’m focusing on the books I...
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2015 Reading Challenge: Checking In
I thought I’d check in on my progress for Modern Mrs. Darcy’s 2015 Reading Challenge. I have four more categories to check off and about 3 months to do so, so I guess I need to get hustling if I want...
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Quick Lit: November 2015
I’m linking up with Anne @ Modern Mrs Darcy to share the books I’ve been reading recently. She calls the series Quick Lit and the idea is to share short reviews of recent books – nothing lengthy or...
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2015 in Reading: A Review
Another reading year has come and gone and I’m pretty proud to say that I finished both of the reading challenges that I set out with in 2015. I met my goal of reading 40 books in the Goodreads.com...
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2016 Reading Goals
I had a lot of fun with Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Reading Challenge last year so I’m going to give it another shot in 2016. She’s got a whole new set of themes to guide us through a year of reading and I’m...
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Quick Lit: January 2016
I’m linking up with Anne @ Modern Mrs. Darcy who shares a short summary of the books she’s been reading each month in a series called Quick Lit, formerly known as Twitterature. I like to keep you guys...
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Summer Reading Update: Perhaps my 5 year old will be doing the read alouds.
After I read them chapter one of Betsy-Tacy and Tib and we had dinner and watched a movie together (Penguins of Madagascar), BB curled up on the couch and started reading me Betsy and Tacy Go...
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Quick Lit: March 2016
I’m linking up with one of my favorite bloggers today, Anne @ Modern Mrs. Darcy who shares a list each month of the books she’s been reading. It’s called Quick Lit and the premise is pretty simple – a...
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