I heard a piece on NPR this week about how some people who have been “anti-car ownership” for environmental reasons are now renting cars so they can avoid public transportation due to COVID-19. Whatever the reason you may find yourself taking a road trip these […]
Today’s guest post comes from Kate Wiggins. Kate lives in North Carolina and owns Sugar & Kiki, which supplies avid and aspiring snail mailers with monthly shipments of postcards, stamps, and note-writing tips. My nose loves to be in a book, literally and figuratively. I […]
In the PlayAway audio books aisle of my library, I overheard (aka eavesdropped) a woman tell her daughter, “I should start listening to these, it would save me a lot of money on Audible.” I had to interject. I’ve found that in such situations when I […]
For most book lovers, particularly those of us with a large home library, this struggle of mine is common: I have so many wonderful books at home to read, yet I seek more from outside sources on nearly a daily basis. For me that’s listening […]
It’s almost 8pm and I haven’t posted yet today. This is the first day so far in this Ultimate Blog Challenge, that I haven’t pre-scheduled or at least pre-started a post for a day. As I’ve mentioned previously, I generally don’t have screen time after […]
People often assume I read so much because I am a book blogger. The reality is, I started this blog to combine my passion for writing with my already avid reading habits. I’ve written previously about reactions I receive from those who […]
After several long days in a row of socializing with out of town visitors, I finally had a day to myself yesterday. While tackling my household To Do List, I started an audio book that I’d been looking forward to for a while, Something in […]
Tis the season of the road trip! It’s my favorite form of travel and while I’m a huge fan of having the windows down and the music up, sometimes I like a change of pace. In those stretches, audiobooks are great company. Whether you’re solo or […]
We’re not even half way through 2018 and I am pretty confident I’ve found my favorite novel of the year. Yesterday I finished An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, which was published on February 6th. I immediately needed to shout from the rooftops (aka social […]
March was the month of the two star book. The majority of what I read this month was “solidly okay” and that’s about it. The up side is I marked off a lot of categories for my reading challenges! A Long Way Home – Saroo […]
