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Happy New Year!

I want to take a moment to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Hard to believe that 2022 is over and 2023 is about to begin. Have a great start to 2023.

2022 in Review

I hope to have read my 100th book by Dec. 31, 2022, but as of now, I have read 99 books. My Good Reads goal was an ambitious 100 books. I probably shouldn’t have selected a chunky Stephen King book, If It Bleeds, for my last read of the year, but I wanted to end […]

Disbound by Hajar Hussaini

Source: Publisher Paperback, 72 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Disbound by Hajar Hussaini explores the life once tethered and now adrift, mirroring its title. Imagine your life as it is now, and suddenly it is gone, ripped apart by war, and you are refugee in another nation. There is a degree of uncertainty that […]

The Art of Revision: The Last Word by Peter Ho Davies

Source: Purchased Paperback, 175 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate The Art of Revision: The Last Word by Peter Ho Davies examines revision holistically through examples from published literature and revised stories over time from writers like Raymond Carver and his editor Gordon Lish, Frank O’Connor, Ernest Hemingway, and others, as well as a look […]

Mailbox Monday #714

Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]

Happy Holidays!

I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a happy holiday season. I’m aiming to bake, get some holiday meals planned, and to have fun with my daughter as she begins winter break. I even have a little surprise for her on Thursday. It looks like Disney will be bringing it’s own version to […]

Breaking the Blank by Dwayne Lawson-Brown and Rebecca Bishophall

Source: the publisher Paperback, 90 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Breaking the Blank by Dwayne Lawson-Brown and Rebecca Bishophall is a poetic conversation between friends and parents about parenting, their experiences in a society where Racism and toxic masculinity infect everyday life, and where they seek out the joy. The collection’s first section is […]

Mailbox Monday #713

Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]

Seed Celestial by Sara R. Burnett

Source: the poet Paperback, 92 pgs. I am an Amazon Associate Seed Celestial by Sara R. Burnett, winner of the 2021 Autumn House Press Prize, blends myth and motherhood in its reflection of the exasperating uncertainty of our modern lives, particularly with regard to how we treat one another and our very own planet. It […]

Some Days the Bird by Heather Bourbeau and Anne Casey

Source: the publisher Paperback, 96 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Some Days the Bird by Heather Bourbeau and Anne Casey have created a poetic conversation across continents and a pandemic. Over 52 weeks, these poets faced significant isolation and weathered a number of disasters even with COVID-19 lockdowns. Readers will not be surprised as […]