Books, Writing, & The Cozy Life
When we moved into our house, we started planting berry bushes almost right away. Our blueberry bushes have exploded in the last few weeks, and we've already picked all of our raspberries and strawberries. We were lucky to find some wild blackberry bushes all over the bluff down to the river behind our house. My... Continue Reading →
Never Let Me Go is my second novel by Ishiguro. I was so pleased with my first that I couldn't wait to find another by him. I think I tried to read this one at least five years ago but didn't make it very far. I'm glad that I returned to it because this might be a... Continue Reading →
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches is the sixth Flavia de Luce novel. Other than the Baby-Sitters Club and the Sweet Valley Twins, I don't think I've ever read so many books in a single series. I keep waiting for Flavia to get annoying or for the story to fall through, but either I'm not paying... Continue Reading →
"What kind of schedule? Something like this. One-thousand or two-thousand words every day for the next twenty years. ... For I believe that eventually quantity mill make for quality." This was my favorite piece of advice from Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury. I came upon this book by happenstance. I'd only just... Continue Reading →
Friends, today I am posting my 100th post! WHAT?! Thank you all for being so kind and generous with your time. I've truly enjoyed finding my tribe and sharing my interests with all of you. The best part about bookish communities is how no one really judges - people who read have such deep empathy... Continue Reading →
Getting my hands on this book was almost like real magic. I recently finished reading Faithful, which I got on NetGalley last summer. Less than a week after finishing that Alice Hoffman novel, I got an email from Simon & Schuster asking me to read her upcoming work, which I've been waiting for with baited breath... Continue Reading →
Faithful has an eerie beginning that feels like a ghost story. Each year, the town honors a young girl that was critically injured in a car accident. Her name is Helene and she's been in a coma since that day, lying in a hospital bed in her childhood bedroom. Some people believe that she can heal... Continue Reading →
Esme Wang recently published a beautiful ebook called Productivity Journaling with Limitations: The Morning Ritual. It was the exact guidance that I was looking for at the perfect time. I'd just ordered my new hobonichi and was excited to try some new layouts. I knew that I wanted to resume my daily tarot pulls but... Continue Reading →
Happy Saturday! I'm linking up with Modern Mrs. Darcy's QuickLit post again this month. This monthly check in gives me an opportunity to share what I've been reading lately. Check out the post and some of the other linkups - there are some great recommendations hiding there! What I'm Reading I'm listening to As Chimney... Continue Reading →
Attachments is the first adult novel written by Rainbow Rowell that I've read. But it has the same playful yet serious spirit that I've come to love from her other novels. It's 1999 and Lincoln is living back at home with his mother in Nebraska. He's about 28 and has gotten a job at the local newspaper... Continue Reading →
The Cozy Burrow 