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I discovered Flower Friday while visiting Lorilin@Bugbugbooks. I decided to start sharing some flower pictures from our gardens along with some information about them. Please check out Lorilin’s blog if you haven’t already for book reviews and more!
Continue reading “Flower Friday: The Zinnia and the Spicebush Swallowtail”
by Fred Gipson
My thoughts on this book:
After reading Old Yeller a few weeks ago, my children were eager to get right into the sequel Savage Sam. It became apparent to us right away that this book was going to be very different from Old Yeller. Continue reading “Book Review: Savage Sam (Old Yeller #2) by Fred Gibson #SavageSam #BookReview #VintageBooks”
By Shawn Stevenson
My thoughts:
Finding this book was like a stroke of luck for me and I was really excited to get into it. After attempting to repair my sleep habits months ago, there were still multiple things I was doing wrong. Continue reading “Book Review: Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success by Shawn Stevenson #SleepSmarter #BookReview #Health”
This meme was created by Drew @ The Tattooed Book Geek. You pick a song that you really like and share it on Monday.
Last week I shared:
No Doubt’s “Simple Kind Of Life”
This weeks share:
“Sober”
Continue reading “Music Monday: Tool “Sober” 1993 #MusicMonday #AlternativeMetal #Rock”
I have a bunch of old vintage books and one of my plans when I first started blogging was to do a post every now and then sharing one of my cherished vintage books. Then I thought there might be other book bloggers out there that have some vintage books, heirlooms, or maybe some old books from childhood that they might want to share. I decided to start a meme titled ‘Shabby Sunday’ for those who would like to participate and share some of their old vintage books. Do you have some shabby books you’d like to share? If so, please feel free to participate as anyone can join. Feel free to use the picture I’ve provided if you’d like to. If you decide to do this meme, please consider linking back to me so that I can see the book you’re sharing.
Last week I shared:
This week’s shabby share is:
By Eleanor Estes
The Hundred Dresses is a book about a girl named Wanda Petronski who’s bullied at school because she’s different. Wanda is polish and the other students in class (particularly a girl named Peggy) make fun of her name and harass her outside of school whenever possible.
I thought it would be fun to share our January OwlCrate Jr. unboxing! As I mentioned earlier, we had OwlCrate Jr. in 2017 and I decided for a Christmas gift to give it a go again. The kids have been really happy with December’s and January’s box.
Here are some of the children’s books we enjoyed this week…
by Jan Brett
A few days ago I came across a blog post on Goodreads by an author complaining. The author’s main issue was that a reader came along and left a 1-star rating without a review. Her argument is that people should not be permitted to leave 1-star reviews without at least sharing a few sentences why. Continue reading “Debate: Rating a book without a review…”
This meme was created by Drew @ The Tattooed Book Geek. You pick a song that you really like and share it on Monday.
Last week I shared Hole’s “Violet” and “Miss World”
No Doubt
“Simple Kind Of Life”
Continue reading “Music Monday: No Doubt “Simple Kind Of Life” #MusicMonday #Music”
I have a bunch of old vintage books and one of my plans when I first started blogging was to do a post every now and then sharing one of my cherished vintage books. Then I thought there might be other book bloggers out there that have some vintage books, heirlooms, or maybe some old books from childhood that they might want to share. I decided to start a meme titled ‘Shabby Sunday’ for those who would like to participate and share some of their old vintage books. Do you have some shabby books you’d like to share? If so, please feel free to participate as anyone can join. Feel free to use the picture I’ve provided if you’d like to. If you decide to do this meme, please consider linking back to me so that I can see the book you’re sharing.
Andersen’s Fairy Tales – Illustrated by Arthur Szyk – 1945
Today’s shabby share is:
Old Yeller by Fred Gibson
I discovered Flower Friday while visiting Lorilin@Bugbugbooks. I decided to start sharing some flower pictures from our gardens along with some information about them. Please check out Lorilin’s blog if you haven’t already for book reviews and more!
In January I shared:
This week I’d like to share some tiger lilies we have growing in our gardens. Continue reading “Flower Friday: Tiger Lily #FlowerFriday #TigerLily #Flowers #Perennials”
by Lemony Snicket
My thoughts on this book:
By Ashley Poston
My thoughts on this book:
This is such a cute and clever story!
Ever since Elle was little, she’s loved a Sci-Fi TV series called Starfield. Her parents also loved the show and her dad actually started a convention called ExcelsiCon for Starfield fans. Now, there’s a Starfield reboot with new actors and a chance to enter a cosplay contest. Winners of the contest will get a chance to attend the ExcelsiCon Ball and meet the new actor playing the part of Prince Carmindor. Elle knows she must enter the contest because she’s an ultimate fangirl and lives for Starfield. The big problem is that Elle’s stepmother is bitter about anything that doesn’t benefit her and she hates Starfield. Elle will have to find a way to make this happen on her own and without her stepmom finding out.
This meme was created by Drew @ The Tattooed Book Geek. You pick a song that you really like and share it on Monday.
Last week I shared Chris Cornell’s new album release “When Bad Does Good.”
-Today’s share-
Hole
I have a bunch of old vintage books and one of my plans when I first started blogging was to do a post every now and then sharing one of my cherished vintage books. Then I thought there might be other book bloggers out there that have some vintage books, heirlooms, or maybe some old books from childhood that they might want to share. I decided to start a meme titled ‘Shabby Sunday’ for those who would like to participate and share some of their old vintage books. Do you have some shabby books you’d like to share? If so, please feel free to participate as anyone can join. Feel free to use the picture I’ve provided if you’d like to. If you decide to do this meme, please consider linking back to me so that I can see the book you’re sharing.
Illustrations by Arthur Szyk
To me fairy tales are some of the best stories. I grew up reading fairy tales, I still read them to my children, and they’re stories I still enjoy today as an adult.
Thinking back, I can remember some of my favorites when I was four or five years old. I enjoyed listening to tales such as Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, The Ugly Duckling, and Little Red Riding Hood on my record player.
by MarcyKate Connolly
My thoughts on this book:
We read Shadow Weaver last year and really enjoyed it, so we were excited to get into the sequel, Comet Rising. Even though I requested this from NetGalley and was approved, we also bought a copy for our home library.
By Allen Eskens
My thoughts on this book:
I read The Life We Bury a few years ago and loved it. Naturally, I was ecstatic to see that Allen Eskins came out with this sequel The Shadows We Hide. This second book definitely met my expectations. Continue reading “Book Review: The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert #2) by Allen Eskens #BookReview #TheShadowsWeHide #Fiction”
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On January 12th, 2018, I shared my book review for Thyroid Healing by Anthony William, and I also shared my story about how I’ve struggled with anxiety and autoimmune disease. If you haven’t seen the original post and would like to read it, you can find it by clicking here. You can also follow all of my updates by clicking the link at the top of the page.
This meme was created by Drew @ The Tattooed Book Geek. You pick a song that you really like and share it on Monday.
I thought I’d share one of the new release songs off Chris Cornell the new album. This album can be purchased in a boxed set which features 11 never released songs and also other from his solo career, Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, and Audioslave. It’s hard to believe it’s coming up on two years since Chris left. I love this song, but the video was a little difficult to watch. I like that the video features Chris Cornell’s son riding throughout Seattle, but it evoked sadness in me I haven’t felt for some time now. Let me know your thoughts on it.
by Robin McKinley
I first found this book at foodinbooks.com which is a wonderful blog that everyone should check out. Please see Vanessa’s review of Beauty and check out her ‘cinnamon almond cake’ by clicking the link provided above. Continue reading “Book Review: Beauty by Robin McKinley #2019ReadingChallenge #Book Review #Retelling #ReadingChallenge”
Hello, lovely friends! Welcome back to another Saturday’s Kitchen, where I share with you some cookbooks and recipes from our Saturday cooking adventures. Today I’m going to talk about a cookbook I purchased for my 18-year-old son for Christmas. We’ve made some delicious recipes from this book and you can read my review of the book and see our recipe results below.
I discovered Flower Friday while visiting Lorilin@Bugbugbooks. I decided to start sharing some flower pictures from our gardens along with some information about them. Please check out Lorilin’s blog if you haven’t already for book reviews and more! Continue reading “Flower Friday: Hibiscus #FlowerFriday #Hibiscus”
By Lincoln Stoller
This is a very interesting and intense book that I personally found quite inspirational. I’ve always had a passion for gaining knowledge from other people, hearing other people’s life stories and learning lessons from them, so this book definitely kept my interest. Continue reading “Book Review: The Learning Project, Rites of Passage by Lincoln Stoller #BookReview #TheLearningProject”
I love retellings and what better way to catch up on the stacks of retellings I’ve had waiting on my shelf than to join this reading challenge! I wasn’t planning on joining any reading challenges this year besides Goodreads, but I just couldn’t pass on this one.
I originally saw this on Kate’s blog @everywhere and nowhere. Be sure to check out her post because she has an entire reading lineup for this challenge to meet all categories! I was very impressed and inspired by her post.
The challenge is being hosted by Tracy@cornerfolds.com. if you’d like to sign up for this challenge, click the link provided.
This meme was created by Drew @ The Tattooed Book Geek. You pick a song that you really like and share it on Monday.
By Jeannette Walls
From Goodreads:
A tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that, despite its profound flaws, gave the author the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.
Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and above all, how to embrace life fearlessly. Rose Mary, who painted and wrote and couldn’t stand the responsibility of providing for her family, called herself an “excitement addict.” Cooking a meal that would be consumed in fifteen minutes had no appeal when she could make a painting that might last forever. Continue reading “Book Review: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls #Memoir #BookReview #TheGlassCastle”
The Wild Robot
By Peter Brown
When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. Why is she there? Where did she come from? And, most important, how will she survive in her harsh surroundings? Roz’s only hope is to learn from the island’s hostile animal inhabitants. When she tries to care for an orphaned gosling, the other animals finally decide to help, and the island starts to feel like home. Until one day, the robot’s mysterious past comes back to haunt her….
