Happy Birthday Langston Hughes!!! Thank you for the beautiful poetry that still resonate with us today! If you were here with us you would be 124. Langston Hughes is one of my favorite poets. Poems like “I, Too”, “Harlem”, “Mother to Son” and “Weary Blues” are poems that I read repeatedly as I’ve grown as […]
September Book Wrap up September was a busy month, per usual. I am still in the middle of a few non-fiction audiobooks that I listen to on my walks. I also lost a weekend of reading to a head cold/allergy 1-2 punch. But I did get to finish some really good books this month! If […]
Sometimes you have to just accept how things move in seasons. I’ve noticed over the past two summers that the number of books I finish reading in June and July, take a significant dip. This is due to travel, a different schedule and spending time with my family. I’m still reading, it’s just taking me […]
Book Feature: The Climate Change Resilient Vegetable Garden: How to Grow Food in a Changing Climate by Kim Stoddart Do you garden? When I am not reading and blogging, I am an avid gardener. If you kept a kitchen garden this summer, then you definitely felt the effects of climate change depending on the gardening […]
I experienced my first Maycember this year with all of my kids finally in elementary school together. And June is not indicating that there will be any slow downs. However, I was able to read everything on my Reading Goals TBR. That, my friends, is a rare feat for this busy mood reader. Through the […]
May has already kicked off as a busy month for me, with May 7 being one of the hottest book release dates I’ve seen in a while! I’ve already published a few reviews for this popular pub date! Be sure to check them out below: May 7 Book Reviews to Check Out My May Reading […]
April Reading Goals April kicked off with two rainy days and I’m taking advantage of it to read and review books. I’ve been reading a lot of good verse novels and poetry lately so I’m looking forward to engaging in National Poetry Month this year. I’m considering possibly doing a mini read-a-thon of poetry after […]
For my March Reading Goals, there is an interesting mix of fantasy, horror, adventure and reality on my TBR. Most of the books this month are recently or soon-to-be published. One book, The Afro-Indigenous History of the United States has been on my shelf for a while and I picked it as my #readmyshelf goal […]
February Reading Wrap-Up: Library Holds Dominates the Game For February, half of my reading list were books that I was participating in for Blog and Instagram Tours. The other half were books that came off my library holds list. Audiobooks were the format that I stuck with for most of the month, as I found […]
February Reading Hopefuls List Are you into genre hopping or do you just stick with one genre that you love? I’m excited for my reading TBR I have lined up for February because it will have me genre hopping all over the place. Variety is the spice of life! Several of them are arcs or […]