We finally went camping this weekend! Woohoo! We hadn't had our pop-up camper out of the garage since last June, so we have all been ...

My neighborhood book group’s April selection was The Yokota Officer’s Club by Sarah Bird. From the description of the plot that I’d read,...

Happy Earth Day! We are finally getting some spring weather with lots of flowers and trees in bloom, though it still feels more like Marc...

Each weekend, Beth Fish Reads hosts Weekend Cooking .  This is perfect for me since I love food and cooking almost as much as I love boo...

Happy Tax Day to my U.S. readers! Yup, big excitement today. We had another busy week here, and my streak of great books continues! I...

Each weekend, Beth Fish Reads hosts Weekend Cooking .  This is perfect for me since I love food and cooking almost as much as I love book...

At Home with Books hosts Saturday Snapshot. Today's picture is book-related, so it's perfect for posting on my book blog! On Th...

  I am a big fan of Barbara Kingsolver. Her novels, The Poisonwood Bible , The Bean Trees , and Pigs in Heaven , are al...

Silence is golden!  Ahhh...the kids' two spring breaks are over, and I am once again alone in the quiet house. Don't get me wrong...

Each weekend, Beth Fish Reads hosts Weekend Cooking .  This is perfect for me since I love food and cooking almost as much as I love book...

At Home with Books hosts Saturday Snapshot. With our boys' spring breaks only overlapping for 3 days this year, we took a little min...

Spring has been slow to arrive here in Delaware this year, with our biggest (and only) snowfall of the year at the end of the month an...

I’d heard great things about The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker and was intrigued by its unique premise, so I was thrilled w...

Happy April Fool's Day! When my kids were little, I cooked a whole April Fool's dinner one year, thanks to ideas from FamilyFun ...

We woke up to snow this morning! What happened to spring?? This is more snow than we've gotten all winter...and it's March 25. ...

Each weekend, Beth Fish Reads hosts Weekend Cooking .  This is perfect for me since I love food and cooking almost as much as I love books...

At Home with Books hosts Saturday Snapshot. First day of spring this week! And the next morning...  Not very spring-like, is it? A...

Am I the last person on earth to read The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, the best-selling and highly acclaimed novel published last year? It...

We had a long and tiring weekend here, but it was good to spend time with family. My dad and his wife spent the weekend with us, and we a...