Today I finished a book! This has been a year of refocus, but today I did a thing and I FINISHED A BOOK. Anyone else run into these moments where you know you‘re a reader, but you can‘t finish ANYTHING? Well today, that changed. Highly recommend Death Row Becomes you, with a trigger warning, but wow. Beautiful read. Spending this gorgeous fall day reading at my fav brewery with B. He‘s almost 6 y‘all. SIX.

Good morning

Yet mad, I am not. Throwback to Visiting Edgar Allen Poes house 🐦‍⬛

When date days become us reading. My husband told me I was “zoned”. #Saturdayreads

It‘s almost 90 today and I am loving this delightful surprise of a read #Summer

I was so moved and disgusted by Little Heaven that I emailed Nick Cutter aka Craig Davidson late one night. I wanted to share my thanks for reigniting my love of reading this year….. and my absolute dream of this book on screen some day. Did I think he‘d read it, let alone respond? Absolutely not, but I am so delighted this lit up my inbox this morning!! WHOLLY recommend this claustrophobic read if you need a good spook for your TBR.

Great insights from ~30 years ago. Loving this book. Also, got a big surprise when I realized that one of the editors of writing science series is the dad of my husband‘s best man. I opened the book and was like hey! I know him! We had a good laugh over it.

Our B turns 5 (you read that right) this week. Our family spends Saturdays visiting the bookstore and grabbing lunch together. We still do the library, and our library is AWESOME, but there is something so exciting about visiting the bookstore and hanging out together. And of course we see the changes at home too. It‘s such a fun thing to watch a book nerd grow up. ❤️

Raise readers yall ❤️

Happy New Year, we all have Covid 🦠 reads.

The pinnacle of my momming. This kid reading Arthur unscripted and unprompted on a Friday night. I did it yall. #raisereaders

Any @ Bookly users? Bloo has the CUTEST readathon coming up! 8 hours only?! Time to break out your spooky TBRs

*not an ad, I seriously f**king love Bookly. I‘ve used it since it dropped and love reading stats. 20/10 recommend

Spooky and ethereal read. Took an interesting direction and was a very quick finish. My only caveat is how often the author had to describe the cold. We got it, Siberia is cold. Granted, I‘ve only experienced bone-chilling, unable to breathe, cold once before and hated it.

On to Hidden Pictures!

Did I start and finish a book in one sitting last night? Yes. I did my nearly yearly rewatch of James Cameron‘s masterpiece on Sunday. B is now calling it “the ship with the iceburger” since he walked in at the iceberg scene. Did not expect I‘d have to explain Titanic‘s sinking to a 4.5 year old, but here we are.

Solid ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ quick read with a lot of fun facts and background.

Time for spooky season 🩻 💀 s

Just a boy and his first dog. Had to share this delightful photo. My babies are all growing up ❤️

Needed to escape to the cabin this weekend

Wild how different my life was before I became “mom”

I‘ve said it since he was born: Raise Readers. #raisereaders

@Eggs

1. Can I consider seeing Tom Felton a signing? I got a signed book?
2. I regularly buy paperbacks and kindle versions. Don‘t @ me. I have a four year old that loves to steal my book light.
3. 10 years ago I would‘ve said Hogwarts, but JK Rowling really soured that for me. Today, I would love to visit Derry, Maine.

Ok, started strong with some big horror elements, but did not expect where we ended up. 3.5 ⭐️ , wish it would‘ve stayed more zombie woman raised from the dead and actually discussed more about The Fisherman. I can see LOTS of cool stories within this story. I hope John writes more. Also this BEGS to be a film adaptation.

Shout out to my similarly morbidly humored husband for sending me this photo on his way through Donner pass today with the comment “Do you think they have any good places to eat?”

Hanging out with this grumpy old alien while I finally “deep dive” (pun intended) this book that I started on vacation!

Not sure what possessed me, but I‘ve powered through FOUR books in the last seven days and it felt good. Big trigger warning for my Litsy friends: This is gruesome to say the very least, but an excellent thriller that kept me on my seat (even if the twists were easily spotted). 4/5 ⭐️

Very creepy and quick read on Friday night. Could‘ve ended 100 pages earlier, but if you want to read some ethereal horror, 3/5 ⭐️

Two books in three days? I feel like this is a reading renaissance for me. Deleting social media (minus Litsy obviously) from my phone has proved a blessing. Another high recommendation, especially with the anniversary of D day coming June 6th. Not nearly as graphic as I expected, but heartbreaking and a reminder of what my Great Gramps went through as a soldier in the Pacific

An absolutely horrific and gut-wrenching read. I recommend to anyone and everyone, solid 10/10 I couldn‘t put down. Fair warning: prepare to be sad.

Lil B went on nap strike, so we started sending him to school with books. Apparently it‘s been a hit.

Kauai is paradise

All to ourselves all week

It‘s a Good Friday

I défend my portfolio/thesis this week, so ready to have time to read again after the last 3 years of work.

One of my favorite Christmas gifts to date arrived just on time 🖤

Every time I find one of these somewhere my heart grows 3 sizes #littlefreelibrary

#RaiseReaders

Well my reading light was cool before it was claimed. #raisereaders

@mrsmarch thank you for this thoughtful and delightful #Basicwitchswap delivery! My tarot deck is my life! And big shout out to @sprainedbrain Jenni, you‘re amazing for setting this up!!

A delight

Happy spooky season y‘all 🎃

@sprainedbrain thanks for sharing! Looking forward to my first Litsy swap of 2022!!!!

Since I was introduced to Libby, I started to see if I could listen to books I‘ve hoarded. Audio books are easier for me now especially since I start graduate school back up next week, and I love working and listening. Trying to get in some physical reading coupled with it as well, it‘s kind of nice to have both avenues when reading a book! And It‘s almost spooky season right?? 🎃

Our Thailand adventure finally became a reality and I spent 20 minutes in this swing reading after my obligatory instagram shot. In other news: if you haven‘t read The Evening and The Morning it‘s wonderful! PICK IT UP, TBR LIST IT, READ IT #BookNerdWillTravel #HistoricalFiction #beach #Thailand

Koh Samui sunrises.

Working on a chapter a day. Coffee, Deck views, happiness.

À Poutine pastrami in bed wild scared kind of night. Laundry is for tomorrow. ??‍♀️

An important purchase

My first trip to Joshua Tree, it snowed. The desert was a dream and worth the 18 hours of driving in 3 days.

I learned how I want to be memorialized. Never been to a library like this 📚 💀
Mountain View Cemetery
Oakland, CA