Bloom by Kevin Pancetta and Savanna Ganucheau   Bloom is a graphic novel, telling the story of Ari who is coming of age in a seaside town. He works in a family bakery but wants to move out to pursue a career in music so he decides to hire someone to replace him. Enter Hector, a... Continue Reading →
Best Books of 2018
Best Books of 2018 I generally don’t like making these lists but I thought I’d do a short one for the stuff that sticks in my mind. My husband in particular was interested in what I enjoyed most this year, and got me thinking about it anyway so I thought I’d go through and... Continue Reading →
2019 Reading Goals
2019 Goals My goals this year are going to be simple. I’m focusing on the bigger picture in my life, so I have a lot of goals this year that don’t have to do with reading. There are also some bigger family things hopefully occurring in the latter half of the year so I’m... Continue Reading →
November & December Haul
  I managed to unhaul two bags worth of books in my recent ‘catalog my books’ project. I’ve stopped buying books new unless I’ve tried it (library checkouts, samples online) previously. The used books though, that’s where I hit a hole. These are usually things I’ve heard about or sound interesting or I’ve already read.... Continue Reading →
Weekend Update & Reads
A quiet couple of weeks have come and gone, due to holiday obligations and work issues I haven’t been able to upload any posts. I have a few written, but not edited and posted, those should see the light of day soon. I thought I’d do an update for the weekend! With the way the... Continue Reading →
October & November Favorites
So I’m going to be 100% with you here. I really just want to talk about a few stand out books from the past two months. I can’t think of good theme to link them all into besides the theme of ‘Good God Sarah Loved These’ so that is what we’re going to use.    ... Continue Reading →
Weekend Reading 11-24
   I never know if I should love a Holiday week or hate it. For starters, it's a holiday week so hooray for time off! But I always have a slump in mental health over the holidays. I need a lot of structure to keep me feeling productive in my day to day and... Continue Reading →
Three Graphic Novel Reads
I'm not much of a graphic novel reader in all honesty. It takes a lot for me to buy one, simply because I read them so quickly that they never seem worth the money for me. At one time in my life I the DC and Marvel comics as they came out, single issue. Unfortunately... Continue Reading →
Library Haul
  Yes I am aware I just recently complained about a 'string of disappointing library books'. I have three rules for my library books. DNF quickly if not interested, I can always get it againNo renewals allowed unless actively reading on due date and lovingKeep my topic/genre choices wide   So even though I rarely... Continue Reading →
Intersections – Music, Reading, and D&D?
Does anyone else listen to music while they read? This is something I love doing, I've always been a fan of having different music going while I'm doing different activities but lately I've found some new and I think interesting. We can chalk this all up to my Dungeons & Dragons games. I spend a... Continue Reading →