This March I embraced my mood reader tendencies and enjoyed the freedom of spontaneous choice. I read multiple genres on different subjects using different mediums. I definitely enjoyed myself! Towards the end of the month I looked up and realized that I had read way more than I thought I had. So that made me […]
Mood reading seems to be the theme that has started my month of March Madness. So I’m going to keep this post short. Essentially, I don’t really have a pull towards any particular set of books right now. But I keep coming across interesting books that I hadn’t thought about in a while that I […]
February was a short, but busy month. Between my birthday and other things going on I didn’t finish as many books as I would have liked. I actually spent a good chunk of time setting up my reading journal for the year. So I’m happy about that and will hopefully share more in future posts. […]
I love soul food! I recently checked out a few soul food cookbooks from the library. So I thought I would put together a quick list of old and new cookbooks by Black chefs. Soul food recipes are steeped in tradition. They include knowledge handed down through generations. As a traditionalist when it comes to […]
Since February is the month of love, I’ve been playing around with going on a romance binge read-a-thon as I made up my February Reading TBR. A friend of mine is introducing me to Ali Hazelwood through a buddy read of one of her new releases. So I might use that as a kickoff. Of […]
Oooo weee! January typically feels like the longest. Month.ever! But this January it was simultaneously long and fast-paced… kind of like a good thriller that is more than 300 pages long. It was a Book Tour Palooza for me and I promise to never book that many tours in one month again! But there were […]
This is why you should probably give yourself a few weeks into the year before making any New Year’s resolutions. Because if I had, hypothetically speaking, made a resolution about reading more from my bookshelf and backlist I would already be behind the game. Backlist Challenge All of the books I have lined up from […]
December was a busy month, per usual. So I didn’t put a lot of expectations on myself for reading. I was moving around running errands and cleaning and cooking and still doing regular things. As a mom this time of year can be hard for me to focus on my own self-care because I am […]
Join me for another “Do What I Want” December Reading Goals list!!!! December is a super busy month for me as a working mom. So I’m going to continue my tradition of not putting too many expectations on my reading goals this month. Last year it worked out pretty well and I had a chance […]
The irony of November this year was that I was deeply entrenched in all things books and simultaneously too busy to do a lot of reading. So this post is dedicated to all of the Moms Who Read and I hope we are all blessed with quiet time during this holiday & winter season to […]