I met Kristin Hannah and her amazing novels during the heat of an African night. I was sitting in a hostel in Zimbabwe with two fellow volunteers, about to head to bed. I was tanned with permanent Birkenstocks tattooed on my feet by the sun, and I’m almost certain I was eating peanut butter because …
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The Couple Next Door
I won’t lie; I wasn’t completely sure how The Couple Next Door was going to go. Obviously being a suspense nut, I was intrigued by the storyline, but I was probably more drawn into the pages because of the cover. The cover is nothing special, but the light creeping in from behind the woman creates …
If You Only Knew
Before posting anything to this website, I promised myself that when I started blogging again, I would be respectful of a writer’s work and dedication. Writing is not easy. It’s scary and time consuming. It follows rules that much of our population does not truly have a grasp on. Before posting to this website, I …
Turtles All the Way Down
If you struggle from OCD or have somebody close in your life that ever has, Turtles All the Way Down is a great opportunity to feel understood or receive a better understanding of the mindset and the exhaustion that goes into life. At times, the book becomes a little cyclical, but I can’t help but …
I Found You
I wasn’t joking when I said that new books are one of the things that I keep my eye on the most. When Josh and I were on our honeymoon in Aruba, there was this girl around my age reading I Found You on the beach. The title alone sucked me in, and I wanted …
Bookworm
I don’t think I truly fell in love with reading until I was in my 20s. As a kid, I can only remember two different times in my life that I actually enjoyed reading. One included the infamous Junie B. Jones, and the other was a series of horse racing books that made me confident …