Life of a Reader
What’s on the Menu? This week for my Monday Minute I will be sharing my menu for the week! Monday Lunch Egg Roll in a Bowl from I-can’t-for-the-life-of-me-remember-where I literally chopped up cabbage (raw), put it in a meal prep container, and threw in some pre-cooked hamburger before running out the door for work. When I was ready for my […]
It’s That Time of Year Christmas time is almost upon us yet again…and I’m celebrating six months of my blog! One of my resolutions is to be more faithful with my blog (going completely silent for three months at a time is not the way to go!) But I’m also resolved to read more books in 2021. Honestly, reading more […]
A Prequel to Wrap Things Up I often wonder why we need prequels. There are also times when I wonder why an author had to leave so many stinkin’ questions unanswered! These are reactions based off of my dual personality when it comes to books. Half of me reacts to a book based on my tendencies as a writer – […]
Mystery Extraordinaire I love a good mystery. But not just any mystery; I like ’em mixed up, jumbled, and completely complicated. The tough nuts are always the funnest to crack. Here’s the funny thing: I’m a horrible detective! Remember Murder on the Orient Express (2017)? I was riveted and spent the entire movie replaying all possible options for who did it. All […]
“Yes, often, I am reminded of her, and in one of my vast array of pockets, I have kept her story to retell. It is one of the small legion I carry, each one extraordinary in its own right. Each one an attempt – an immense leap of an attempt – to prove to me that you, and your human […]
June was an uneventful month for the most part, until I broke my middle finger on my right hand on the 28th. I have now entered July with another surgery added to my tally and a bright purple cast the size of a club. Besides the pain, the nausea, and the dizziness that I get from reading (due to my […]
“Anne’s hand found its way into Diana’s. They sat for a long time in a silence too sweet for words. Long, still evening shadows fell over the grasses and the flowers and the green reaches of the meadows beyond. The sun went down…grey-pink shades of sky deepened and paled behind the pensive trees…the spring twilight took possession of Hester Gray’s […]
Family Traditions… Since my maternal grandparents were married nearly 55 years ago, our family has had a tradition of Friday night pizza. Somewhere along the way, a movie with our pizza also became tradition. We enjoy watching movies together almost as much as we love watching Dodger baseball games together! My Mom’s oldest brother along with his wife and her […]
The Maze Runner tells us the story of a young man who wakes up in a box…That is moving…And completely dark…And he can’t remember…Anything.Well, anything except his first name: Thomas. A Glade, a Maze, and a boy… The Maze Runner begins as the box Thomas has somehow found himself in stops moving and drops him in a glade. This isn’t just […]
Sweet, Sweet Summertime May 2020 hit me so quick I did a double-take! And that’s not even a joke…but the cool thing is that college is officially a thing-of-the-past for me and I am free to read anything that’s not a textbook! Maybe you’ve got some more free time on your hands too and are looking for some reading suggestions. […]