At the beginning of this year (2021), I was about six months into my blog and ready to spend more time reading and blogging. I decided to increase my yearly reading goal to 25 books. I am excited to say that I have already completed that goal! I have read some fantastic, memorable, and not-so-great [...]
By: Christy Lefteri “Where there are bees there are flowers, and wherever there are flowers there is new life and hope.” My synopsis of the book: The Beekeeper of Aleppo is centred around a Syrian family affected by the civil war that is spreading around them. The first few chapters show the reader how ordinary [...]
By: Robert Kolker “...for almost as long, Donald has consistently and unwaveringly maintained that he is, in fact, the offspring of an octopus.” Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker is a true story of a post-world war II family, the Galvin's, living in Colorado, USA. Through the Galvin family, [...]
Author: Abby Jimenez "You can't control the bad things that happen to you. All you can do is decide how much of you you're going to let them take." I want to start by saying that The Happy Ever After Playlist, by Abby Jimenez, is actually the second book of a series. However, I didn't [...]
This book is written by Lisa Wingate. “A woman's past need not predict her future. She can dance to new music if she chooses. Her own music. To hear the tune, she must only stop talking. To herself, I mean. We’re always trying to persuade ourselves of things.” Lisa Wingate, the author of Before We [...]
Turning Pages with Trish 