Great chapter books for 2nd-5th grade: Gigi’s 7-year old summer reading...
We’re about a month into summer, and since school got out, boy has reading clicked on a deeper level for Gigi. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that right around the end of the school year we found...
View ArticleThis is how I know I’m a writer
I love to read, and I have a real love for books. The earliest memory I have of loving a book is first grade, when I fell in love with Harriet the Spy. I loved how she kept a journal and took notes as...
View ArticleEarly fall twitterature {31 Days of The Life Poetic, Day 18}
Still catching up here… I think you know how much I love books. Reading is one of my favorite ways to explore creativity, beauty, and well, life. It seemed only fitting to include an edition of...
View ArticleA bit of reading~ Twitterature, November 2014
Hey, lovely friends! I was going to wait and share these with you next month, but then I went and finished another book, so I thought, why not? Here’s what I’ve been reading in the last month in...
View Article3 Little Things {12.5.14}
I haven’t shared a list of happy things with you lately, so here I am to do so today! Let’s start with the most fresh in my mind… Last night my mom took me out on the town to see Wicked. David and I...
View Article3 {new} Little Things: an ebook, a photo wall, and team sports
This blog post feels a little like cheating. I definitely could have written three separate, more detailed blog posts, but that’s just how life is right now. I take what I can get, squeezing in writing...
View ArticleQuick lit 2015, first edition, part 1
I can’t believe we’re almost three months in to 2015 and I haven’t posted a summary of what I’ve been reading for you! I’ve already read some really good books, and I’m knee deep in a few more. Quick...
View ArticleQuick lit 2015, first edition, part 2
Do you go through phases with your reading speed? Sometimes, I’m racing to finish a novel, and then when I do, I feel like I can’t quite jump into a new one yet. It’s like I need some time to let the...
View ArticleQuick Lit~ late spring edition
During my little absence from my blog, you can bet I’ve been doing quite a bit of reading. It’s been a particularly good couple of months of reading in fact, and it seemed like it was about time to...
View ArticleQuick Lit: Summer Reading Edition 2015
There are still a few weeks left of summer for us– we start school officially after Labor Day– which means we are still enjoying the freedom and warmth of summer (yay!), although I am starting to feel...
View ArticleWhat I’ve been reading: Early 2016
Winter has come and gone (praise hands from the summer-lover!), spring has officially sprung, and I realized I haven’t shared the books I’ve been reading, or rather devouring, with you, not even once...
View ArticleWhat I’m reading 2016: vol. 2 {audioblog experiment!}
The year is half over, which is to say, it’s a fun time to take stock and see how much I’ve been reading. It’s been a good year of reading for me although I haven’t been sharing my books here very...
View ArticleSummer book club: Eight Hundred Grapes
Our lovely little book club met again this summer; this time to discuss the novel Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave. I really loved this book, not in the least due to my personal experience with the...
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