Happy New Year! Wow. I can’t believe it’s already 2015 (and we’re already 7 days into it!) Life has been quite crazy the past couple of days—getting caught up with all the things work after the holidays, getting back into the “Elsie and Andy at school” grove, and just getting back into the grove of life. Anne over at Modern… Read More

When I was twelve years old, I discovered my best friend. We were both home schooled, both preacher kids, and both loved books. She devoured them (I do believe she got an award one year for reading 380 books that year). I’ve been giving a lot of thought to books lately. How everyone seems to think that because I love… Read More

Lizzy and Jane Katherine Raey: Such a fantastic story. It’s a coming home story. A sister story. A foodie book—oh man is it a foodie book. I’m pretty sure I gained ten pounds just reading it. Great book. If We Survive Andrew Klavan: This one was . . .eh. I was told I need to read more Klavan. He just doesn’t… Read More

Title: The 5th Wave Author: Rick Yancey Genre: YA Fiction Thoughts: This is one of those books I picked up last year when it was first published and read two chapters and couldn’t do it. My friend, Adena (with whom we have an official unofficial book club) finished and told me I had to push through and read. I’m really glad… Read More

I’m currently in between books (gasp). I am about to dive into The 5th Wave, The Jewel, and MockingJay (heaven help me). I’m also gearing up for NaNoWriMo so I’m getting character interviews down and making tons of notes! What are you guys reading this week? Anything good?