This is my favorite week of the year! The time between Christmas and New Years is when I put all of my extra mental energy into planning my goals for the New Year. As part of that push, I pulled out all of the books that I have from a variety of places to get... Continue Reading →
2020 Audiobook Challenge Update
I love Hot Listens and Caffeinated Reviewer's audiobook challenge. For my audiobook challenge I wanted to listen to 20+ books this year and I did it! This is a challenge I have participated in for a few years and each year I find more ways to integrate audiobooks into my reading life. This year that... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday: December 16, 2020
WWW Wednesday is the post I look forward to every week! Thanks, as always to Sam @ย Taking on a World of Wordsย and this wonderful WWW post to keep me going. If you want to join me, just answer the three questions below about how your reading is going this week and leave a link to... Continue Reading →
Blogmas Day 15: Book Review
A CALM CHRISTMAS by Beth Kempton SYNOPSIS This is a book about Christmas. But it's also a book about belonging, connection, self-care, joy and ordinary magic. Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year offers inspiration for a new kind of holiday season - one where you radiate calm and cultivate delight. Spanning late November to early... Continue Reading →
Blogmas Day 14: Middle Grade Christmas (mini) Books Reviews and Movie Pairings
NUTCRACKED Enter the magical world ofย The Nutcrackerย in a whole new way with this perfect Christmas stocking stuffer!Christmastime, ballet, and magic!ย Georgie has waited for this moment her whole life--to dance the part of Clara inย The Nutcrackerย ballet. And when she finally gets the part, it's like a dream come true. . . .Literally.Every time Georgie dances with... Continue Reading →
Blogmas: December 13, 2020
THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BOOK TAG Lizzes Loves Books came up with these questions back in 2014. I am so happy to see more and more people participating in it because reading the answers is so much fun. This is my first time participating and it is so much fun! ON THE FIRST DAY... Continue Reading →
Blogmas: December 12, 2020
CHRISTMAS CARD DISPLAY AND STORAGE As the Christmas cards start to come rolling in (yeah!) I always want to do something special with them. This year, I took a wide ribbon and decorated one of my doors and I will spend the rest of the season decorating it with cards when they arrive. I got... Continue Reading →
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win WWII by Sonia Purnell
Virginia Hall's story is captivating and inspiring. All I can say is I am so thankful I am not her mother! SYNOPSIS The never-before-told story of one woman's heroism that changed the course of the Second World War In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied... Continue Reading →
Blogmas: December 11, 2020
NONFICTION BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS READING The Truth about Santa: A Bright red cover with an illustration of Santa with a fancy power funnel strapped to the top of his sleigh. We all know Santa Claus: fat, jolly, omniscient, swift. Lives in a nice home in the Arctic, with the missus and a pack of elves.... Continue Reading →
Blogmas: December 10, 2020
HAPPY CHANUKAH! Chanukah begins today and I must admit, I am fascinated by it. Here in Chicago there are several trucks / vans with a huge menorahs on them that drive around with a loudspeaker. Over and over again, over the loudspeaker someone says, "It is the first night of hannakah, light one candle." And... Continue Reading →
