How about it, friends? Summer 2020 is the weirdest summer ever, hands down, no? Oof. Three cheers to all of you who are thriving during these bizarre days! Carrie and I have agreed we’re both more just surviving–while burrowing in with our books clinging to what shreds of sanity we can find amidst the chaos. […]

Dude, I have been cranking through the books! In the midst of these dicey days filled with family togetherness, endless board games, lots of walks, e-learning, more family togetherness, a rediscovery (husband and me)/discovery (kids) of 80s sitcoms, dishwashing upon dishwashing, cooking upon cooking and oh, did I mention family togetherness??–reading has become my ESCAPE. […]

Thanks to Carrie of Normal Level of Crazy for being a rockstar and bringing us this The Glass Hotel book club discussion in the midst of all this COVID-19 mess! I figured I’d start this review by covering a few current events so that we can get the elephant out of the room. There’s no […]

Have I ever mentioned the pile of books on my nightstand? More accurately, it’s a tower. A very tall one. With a very alarming topple-factor. Eek! It’s a bit scary, friends, but what is a girl to do when there are so many good books out there just waiting to be read? It doesn’t help […]

Thanks to Carrie for bringing our Dear Edward book club discussion this month. This book was such a great choice! There’s nothing more fun for me than picking out what our book will be for the month. I end up putting about five books a month on hold at the library because of all the […]

Oof! Raise your hand if you are feeling super-pumped and well-rested after the frenzy of the holiday season. What’s that? No one? I’m so with you. With the lateness of Thanksgiving, packing everything into the shortened season just about did me in. But Carrie and I still here and still kicking…sort of. One of my […]

Thanks to Carrie of Normal Level of Crazy for bringing this The Starless Sea Book Club discussion! We love sharing our online book club with you! Let me start off by saying that I don’t read fantasy. I don’t purposely avoid it, I just tend to look at other genres. That being said, I’ve (obviously) […]

When Carrie first suggested we read a thriller for the month of October, I was a teensy bit wary. Not that horror movies and books terrify me or anything, but…my version of a spooky story is It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown ;). That said, when Carrie has an idea for a book, it’s always […]

With school back in session, Meredith and I thought The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger would be the perfect early fall read. Not knowing much going in, I had a lot of preconceived notions about this book. A “gifted school” seemed both pretentious and elitist, to name a few adjectives I conjured up before cracking this one […]