Book: Dance Hall of the Dead Author: Tony Hillerman My Rating: 3.5 Tumbleweeds As you read this, I’m on an epic cross country road trip with my family. We’re celebrating my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary! (And my 10th wedding anniversary!) We spent two days in New Mexico, which served up lots of adventure for us. […]

Book: Hunted Author: Meagan Spooner My Rating: 3 Wintery Stars It’s hot outside, y’all! So, here’s a nice cool wintry story. And it’s a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, which was my favorite fairy tale. Yeva lives a life full of fancy dresses and wealthy gentlemen suitors, but her heart longs to be in […]

Three Vacation Reads It’s summer! I love summer reading. Why does it feel different than reading in all the other seasons? I don’t know. But here are some I’m planning to read this summer. (And let’s be real, if I don’t get to them this summer they’ll be there waiting for me with a warm […]

Book: The Recovery Agent Author: Janet Evanovich  My Rating: 5 Adventurous Stars I found the perfect summer read, y’all! For some reason, I currently only have two modes. I’m either crafting or cleaning. So I was looking for an audiobook since I can’t read and do either of those tasks at the same time. I […]

Book: Carving for Miss Coventry Author: Deborah M. Hathaway My Rating: 4 Sweet Stars Hey bookworms! It’s been a minute since I’ve read a regency romance. I stumbled across this series by chance and really enjoyed the first book. So, it’s my duty to share it with y’all!  Ok, a brief synopsis before I get […]

Book: My Lady Jane Author: Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows My Rating: 5 Royal Stars Ok, so around Christmas I joined a corner of the internet that we like to call “bookstagram.” It’s where lots of bookworms go to post reviews and generally share a love for reading. And since I joined I have […]

Three Books Inspired by Van Gogh I went to a Van Gogh exhibit this week and it was super inspiring! When I got home I immediately started searching for any historical fiction books about the artist. I’ll go ahead and tell you now, I didn’t see a lot of promising options. However, it led me […]

Book: Warriors: Into the Wild Author:  Erin Hunter My Rating: 3.5 Claws I read a book recommended to me by an 8 year old. Her recommendation went something like, “It’s about warrior cats and it’s SO GOOD. Like, really really good.” And then I said I would download it and read it sometime, and she […]

Worst Mom’s in Literature  Mother’s Day is coming up and last year I did a book list of my favorite literary moms. But I decided this year, to go  a different direction. So, if you’ve ever dealt with “mom guilt” this list should make you feel much better about yourself. Here are some of the worst […]