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Attempts at Some Calm
Oh man friends, oh man. If you’ve been around here for any length of time you probably know that last year I was battling with my mental health pretty dang hard. That was a rough go, but I learned a lot of really healthy coping mechanisms and also was actually able to get really in touch with my emotions. Which was exhausting, but so nice. As this year has progressed though, I’m having to pull out those coping mechanisms more and more often. If you live the US right now, specifically in a big city like I do, I’m pretty…
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The Night Birds by Christopher Golden
The next gripping, atmospheric horror novel from NYT bestselling author Christopher Golden, set in a deteriorated, half-sunken freighter ship off the coast of Galveston, TX. Charlie Book and Ruby Cahill have history. After their love ended in heartbreak, they never expected to see each other again, but when terror enters Ruby’s life, Charlie Book is the only safe harbor she can believe in. In his work for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Book has been living aboard and studying the Christabel, a 19th century freighter that lies half-sunken in Gulf waters, just off the shore of Galveston. Over many…
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Book Review: The Seven O’Clock Club by Amelia Ireland
Four strangers are brought together to participate in an experimental treatment designed to heal broken hearts in this surprising and heartfelt debut novel from author Amelia Ireland. In a perfectly ordinary building, four strangers who couldn't be more different meet for the first time. Their skepticism of this new kind of grief therapy—and the unnervingly perceptive group leader—means they're all wary, but as the weeks go by, they find themselves returning again and again, pulled to work toward healing, even if it means first facing the pain head-on. A sharp-tongued lawyer who has no intention of letting down her walls,…
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Book Blitz: Mr. Not Your Savior! by Alina Jacobs
Hello friends, it’s time for another book blitz! This time we have a book that feels very much up my alley, our classic enemies to lovers story. A book that has a granny with a flamethrower and a happily ever after? Sign me up! Make sure to check out the excerpt below, and enter to win a copy at the end of this post! When your mean boss asks you if you’re ready to admit defeat—and move out of his car…you wonder where you went wrong in life.Two weeks ago, I was an optimistic office girl with a Pinterest vision…
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It’s all about that summer sunshine
Happy Monday awesome people! This is the first week in a few months that the temps have started climbing again, which is actually out of the ordinary. Usually by now we’re up into at least the mid 80’s consistently but the weather has actually been really mild and lovely. I am not complaining, trust me. It’s been so nice to be able to have the windows open more often, and honestly to be able to go for walks in other parts of the day besides just the early morning or evening. Plus this weather is conducive to me going outside…
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Book Blitz: The Forged Empire by Samantha Gillespie
Hello friends, it’s time for another book blitz! Let me tell you, this book has my attention. It’s not just the cover (which is perfect and gorgeous). It’s not just the blurb. It’s the whole package. The Forged Empire, and the books before this, immediately made it onto my wishlist. I hope it does that for you too! She married a prince. She loved a soldier.Now she must decide what she’s willing to sacrifice to save them all. As the specter of war looms, Meredith Ethan, and Connor are thrust into a final, desperate struggle for freedom. With Stonefall reclaimed…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (7/14/25)
Happy Monday bookish people! I’m flagging this Monday morning, and really just trying to motivate myself to make it through the week. I’m hoping that you’re doing a little bit better than I am, and that your weekend was lovely! Hopefully you had the chance to sit down and read. Maybe you ate some great snacks. Maybe you got some sunshine? Whatever you did, I hope that it was a great refresh to start the new week. Without further ado, let’s take a look at where things are this week, shall we? Read Last Week: Last week I finally finished…
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Hanging In There?
Hello again bookish friends, I’m here hoping that you’re holding it together and that you had a nice relaxing long weekend. I know things have been tough for a lot of us these last few weeks, and I’d be lying to you if I tried to say I was operating like normal. I am not. The world is not normal, so how could I be? What I am trying to do is just find joy in the little things, and that’s what getting me through each day. My birthday came and went, and honestly I had the best birthday I’ve…
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An Ending in Sight
Ah friends, the ending to our house renovations is finally in sight! Our contractors have been amazing, and now we’re in the stage of just cleaning things up and polishing things up. In fact, we’ve actually been able to move back into part of our house and it has been so appreciated. Sharing a single room with a husband a dog, when we both have to work out of it and also eat/relax/sleep in it was pretty exhausting. But the newness of our house is so worth it. Living in an 80 year old house that is now less creaky…
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Book Review: The Queen of Ocean Parkway by Sarvenaz Tash
An 11-year-old podcaster-turned-sleuth teams up with the new kid in the building to find their missing neighbor! A captivating adventure perfect for fans of When You Reach Me and Only Murders in the Building.
