Bibliomane Books

I'm linking up today with Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday  THE WEATHER::  Upper 30s, lower 40s.  Lots of rain.  Eh.  I don't like the in-between weather.  RIGHT NOW I AM:: Meal prepping for the week.  PLANNING:: Not much.  Life is blessedly slow right now.  ON MY READING PILE::  I just finished Find Me Unafraid by Kennedy Odede & Jessica Posner    I have mixed feelings on this one.  I will post a review in a day or two!   Right now I am reading In the Woods by Tana French  and Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance  ON MY T.V.::  Still binging Hawaii 5-0 (in season 3) and started watching E.R. from the beginning on Hulu.  Oh, and all of my YouTube videos! FAVORITE BLOG/VLOG THIS WEEK::  Another very cool junk journal!  FAVORITE THING OF THE WEEK::  Finishing my first junk journal.  MY...

I'm linking up today with Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday  THE WEATHER::  It's a very traditionally cold January type of weather this week.  Highs in the 20s.  We might get some snow mid-week.  RIGHT NOW I AM:: Relaxing.  I just got back from Meijer for grocery shopping and Dollar Tree for some fun goodies.   PLANNING:: The kids and I are going over to my dad's this evening.  I'm going to make everyone dinner.  Meatloaf, potato wedges, veggies, and a big salad.   ON MY READING PILE::  I finished "Caroline: Little House Revisited" .  You can read my review HERE.  I'm mid-way through "Find Me Unafraid" . I started this book a long time ago, took a break and now I am back.   I started Tana French's "In the Woods" last night.  It was on sale for Kindle at 2.99 and I have heard good reviews.   ON MY T.V.::  ...

Caroline Little House Revisited by Sarah Miller  My personal review:  ***  Three stars  From Amazon:    In the frigid days of February, 1870, Caroline Ingalls and her family leave the familiar comforts of the Big Woods of Wisconsin and the warm bosom of her family, for a new life in Kansas Indian Territory. Packing what they can carry in their wagon, Caroline, her husband Charles, and their little girls, Mary and Laura, head west to settle in a beautiful, unpredictable land full of promise and peril. I really wanted to love this book.  I was SO excited to find it on sale for my Kindle.  I chose it to be my first read of 2018.  But unfortunately, I did not love it.   There were so many references to the stories I read growing up and the t.v. show I watched into adulthood that there were warm, happy feelings reading parts of this book. Laura's precociousness, Charles' great love for the West and hard work ethic, Mr....

My goal is to read at least 52 books in 2018.  I have found a couple of challenges and a book club that I will follow along with.  I pick and choose what best fits in with my life, so I don't really follow any one thing completely. Modern Mrs. Darcy 2018 Reading Challenge  About 10 of the books I read last year fell under the Modern Mrs. Darcy challenge.  I read 3 books by the same author, a book set in a place that I want to visit, a book over 500 pages, a classic, a re-read, etc.  This year I plan to read most of the items on the list above! It puts some intention into my reading. One book I already have planned for MMD for "memoir, biography, book of essays" is "Just Kids: Patty Smith"  Another challenge that I plan to work off of this year is the Book Riot Read Harder challenge.  Here is a link to a printable pdf of the Book Riot challenge This challenge has very diverse labels and I am excited about changing...

I'm linking up today with Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday  THE WEATHER::  We're finally coming out the other side of a polar vortex.  Last week with the windchill we got as low as -20.  This week we may hit 50.  I, myself, prefer the cold.  RIGHT NOW I AM:: Catching up on Empire.   PLANNING:: My best friend is coming from New Hampshire for a visit this weekend.  I'm super excited to see her!  ON MY READING PILE::  I'm reading "Caroline: Little House Revisited" by Sarah Miller.  It's the Little House story told through the eyes of "Ma".   ON MY T.V.::   Empire  Chicago Fire/P.D./Med  When Calls the Heart  Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman  Bring It  Criminal Minds SWAT Hawaii 5-0 YouTube videos  FAVORITE BLOG/VLOG THIS WEEK::   This vlog gave me some great ideas to try in my Bible journaling. ...

It's been a frozen tundra here in Michigan for the past couple of weeks.  I am one of the very few who seem to enjoy it!  It makes one realize how blessed you are when you step inside of a warm little house, sit under old family quilts while reading a book, or having a kitty snuggling in your lap.  2017 was really difficult for me.  Losing my mother early in the year painted the remainder of the months with grief.  The sting is still just as sharp when I need to call her to seek out her advice or when I go through the motions of a holiday without her magical touch to make it truly special. I spent a lot of last year lost in the mind-numbing world of binge watching.  It was the most simple way to shut my thoughts off and have time pass. My reading suffered.  It was too difficult to raise that amount of attentiveness for very long. I only finished the year with perhaps 20 books read.  My Bible and Bible study suffered along with me. ...