Posts by Andrea
Introducing Spot
For those of you who might have missed the announcement buried inside this week’s Bookish Questions post, My husband and I are expecting a baby this April. I had to go in for a super early ultrasound due to some previous complications. The ultrasound showed that everything was good, and the baby was right…
Read MoreBookish Questions – What books might we be surprised to find on your shelves?
What books might we be surprised to find on your shelves? The most surprising thing you would find on my bookshelves today are the children’s books. No, I don’t mean the children’s classics, like The Wind in the Willows, that I often reread. I’m talking about actual children’s books. Things like, If you Give a…
Read MoreCoffee Talk – Around the House
It’s harvest time, which means the air is full of corn dust and all I want to do is sneeze. That mean’s I’m spending most of my time inside for the next few weeks, but I am still enjoying watching the ducks for a while every day. We’ve lost a few ducks to predators since…
Read MoreBookish Questions – If you could require the next president to read one book…
If you could require the next president to read one book, what would it be? It’s election year here in the US. The two major parties have selected their candidates, and one of them will most likely be the next president. Last night was the first official debate between the two candidates. My husband and…
Read MoreBook It!
I feel like I’ve really been slacking at posting the the blog this month, but at least I was reading. I’m now up to 63 completed books for the year. Hopefully, I’ll do a better job of posting in the coming months. The Tower Treasure The Tower Treasure is the first book in the Hardy…
Read MoreBookish Questions – Favorite series?
What is your favorite series? Picking a favorite series is almost as hard as picking a favorite book. Almost, but not quite. I have two series that I genuinely love for what they meant to me as a child. The first is Nancy Drew, a series about a brilliant girl detective who always solves her…
Read MoreBookish Questions – A Book You Didn’t Finish?
Disappointing, overrated, just not good: what book did you feel you were supposed to like but didn’t? Do you remember the last book you put down without finishing? The last book I started and didn’t finish was a book about the life of Mary Shelly. The Monsters : Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein…
Read MoreBook It! – Goal Achieved
I’m super excited that I hit my reading goal for the year this month. I’ve now read more than 52 books, so everything else I read it just icing on the cake. With 4 months left, I may end up getting to read a lot more than I expected this year. Beyond the Ice Limit…
Read MoreBookish Questions – Favorite Genre?
What is you favorite genre? My favorite genre will always be sci-fi/fantasy. I love being able to escape my ordinary life and go on dangerous and crazy adventures from the comfort of my favorite chair. We’ve all had that moment when we’ve wanted to leave the shire, but just like Samwise Gamgee, we know it…
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