Hi friends! It's been a while since I've been around here. For lots of reasons like we've been celebrating my birthday, a dear friend's birthday, going on adventures like ice skating in a mountain town and racing go karts. WordPress itself has been annoying lately not letting me add photos to my posts for some …
Hello again, friends! I have been quiet the past few months because I got married and went on a honeymoon. It feels good to melt back into my familiar routine. This is a post I've had on the brain since I first discovered the magic of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings …
Since the beginning of the pandemic, I lost interest in reading novels of all kinds. I felt I couldn't concentrate, and I just was not connecting to the stories. Recently, I've read some books that have shaken me out of my reading stupor. The Midnight Library was one of those books. It was recommended to …
Continue reading Book Report: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Before downloading this book on Audible, I had heard about it for a long time. Many people recommended it to me when it first came out. Originally published in June of 2020, this book from a Black woman author, Brit Bennet, could not have been released in a more relevant time for our nation. June …
Continue reading Book Report: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet
One of the audiobooks I listened to on my car trip to Texas for Thanksgiving was Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty. It was 18 hours and 4 minutes long which I mostly listened to on the way there and back. Here’s my take on it. This story centers around the Delaney family and a …
A few months ago, a friend gave me a book by Octavia E. Butler called Parable of the Sower. It was written in the 90s and accurately predicted a Trump-like politician. His slogan is even "Make America Great Again". The setting is in the 2020s and 2030s, which was in the future when Ms. Butler …
I am doing a very long drive over the Thanksgiving holiday and need something besides music to keep me entertained. Enter audio books from Audible. Audible is an app that allows the user to download books for a monthly fee. I listen to novels while on walks, doing dishes, folding laundry, and even on my …
For months I've heard about Yaa Gyasi's sophomore novel, Transcendent Kingdom, and put it on my to read list which I will share in a subsequent post. I've been a voracious reader in the past few months, so I've actually made a small dent in my to read list (if I could ever choose to …
Mae Goes West 