What a month! February is hard in a lot of ways, but it's the perfect time to lean into the things that give you life and focus on being as cozy as possible. It's also a great time to focus on books and notebooks because it can be so difficult to be outside! I love... Continue Reading →
Goodreads Help: How to Mark A Book as Abandoned or Unfinished
One of my biggest pet peeves on Goodreads has been the inability to accurately mark a book as Abandoned. The three default shelves they provide are Read, Currently Reading, and Want to Read. Every book that you add to your Goodreads shelf has to fit into one of those categories. But when I decide to... Continue Reading →
Reading & Knitting Round Up – Week 9 of 2020
Happy mid-week! On Wednesdays I love to participate in two linkups: Kat at As Kat Knits hosts Unraveled, which is a community full of readers and knitters who share their current projects, andSam at Taking on a World of Words hosts WWW Wednesday. The Ws stand for: What are you currently reading? What did you... Continue Reading →
Hobonichi Weeks – Week 8 of 2020
I can't start every Monday morning with an exclamation about how quickly the year is going by, especially given that the whole point of these Monday posts are about making the most of every day! So I'll just say here we are. We are starting a new week! Last week I started a habit tracker... Continue Reading →
Reading & Knitting Round Up – Week 8 of 2020
Today I'm linking up with a couple of great bloggers to share what I've been reading and knitting over the last week. Kat at As Kat Knits hosts Unraveled Wednesday - where a great group of people share what they're reading and knitting; andSam at Taking on a World of Words hosts WWW Wednesday. The... Continue Reading →
Book Hangovers
Have you ever had a book hangover? Have you ever read a book and then realized that nothing could possibly meet your expectations ever again? Sometimes the writing is amazing and it leaves you feeling in awe of the power of words. Sometimes it's the story that takes your breath away. Every once in a... Continue Reading →
Hobonichi Weeks – Week 7 of 2020
Don't blink, because we just finished the 7th week of the year. I hope you're feeling some peace this Monday morning. The year continues to slide by and I hope we can all find the time and motivation for the things we love, despite being suspended in the dark days of winter. I'm pleased with... Continue Reading →
Reading & Knitting Round Up – Week 7 of 2020
It's Wednesday - that means it's time for a round up! On Wednesdays I love to share what I've been reading and knitting. This has become a touchstone for me and a post that I look forward to writing every week. Thanks to a couple of awesome linkups, I've restructured how I think about my... Continue Reading →
Favorite Couples in Books
Happy week of love! Today I'm sharing some of my favorite relationships in books. I don't tend to read a ton of romance, but authors are really good at sneaking in the intrigue in nearly every novel! I've tried to include a nice variety of relationships: long-standing and comfortable, new and spicy, unrequited and quiet,... Continue Reading →
Hobonichi Weeks – Week 6 of 2020
Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend. It was a strange one here - we ended the week with snow days on Thursday and Friday and then Saturday was windy and frigid! But yesterday was bright and the sun made it warm enough for a good stretch of playtime outside, which made for... Continue Reading →
