Last year, I read Ruta Sepetys’ first novel, Between Shades of Gray , and was so blown away by the powerful historical novel that I gave i...

I have decided to merge my two book blogs into one, so from now on, you can find reviews of great books for kids, teens, and YA - as well as...

Happy Cinco de Mayo! I really can't believe it is May already...April went by in a flash! I spent a lovely, relaxing weekend at the...

I really liked the movie adaptation of The Silver Linings Playbook and had heard all the rave reviews of the book, so my expectations wer...

I was excited when my neighborhood book group chose the modern classic The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera because I vague...

Ah, the quiet solitude of a Monday morning! I really need this today, after a hectic weekend. My husband is visiting his dad in Oklahoma,...

Snapshot Saturday is hosted by West Metro Mommy Reads. My younger son was on spring break this week, so we took a couple of days off to...

Whew, I'm a bit late posting today - it's going to be a super-busy week! My younger son is home on spring break, so we went shopp...

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...

I thought I was late with my monthly summary last month! ha ha Here it is, April 19 already. Where did the last 3 weeks go?? Then again, s...

Last year, after seeing book recommendations fly back and forth between my far-flung cousins and aunts on Facebook, I started an online fa...

Wow, 80 degrees here yesterday and today - we seemed to have gone from snow and winter right to summer and skipped the nice part where it...

Ah, Monday morning...quiet house and no one to take care of but myself for a few hours. I started the day off kind of oddly...I cleaned o...

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...

Snapshot Saturday is hosted by West Metro Mommy Reads. Last weekend, we took a mini 48-hour vacation to St. Michael's on the eastern s...

For years, I have been hearing rave reviews of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay , a novel for which Michael Chabon won the Pu...

Wow, how can it possibly be the last day of March already? I am more than ready for April, since we've had such a long and hard winte...