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title: 11/22/63 author: Stephen King genre: Adult Fiction thoughts: This book is massive. Like I swear to you it’s the same size as Oliver. This is my first ever Stephen King (other than On Writing—which is highly recommended if you’re a writer). I’ve mainly stayed away from him because I thought all he wrote was horror, and I’m not whacha… Read More
My little space is crazy as ever. Still doing some Litfuse work (apparently I have no concept of “maternity leave” . . . Whatever). Tour books are stacking up, and I’m trying to work on my book in the midst of it all (it’s mostly in my head while some of it is getting randomly scratched down on paper). Still… Read More
I’m a little bit of a Jane Austin nerd. Pride and Prejudice is on the short list of books I’ve read more than 3 times (it’s a very short list), so when I heard about Jo Baker’s Longbourn — a look at the world of Pride and Prejudice from the bottom up — I had to read it. (From Goodreads)… Read More
My best friend had a birthday. I wanted to give her something special (and to make her feel special). I knew I wanted to make her something, but being 8 months pregnant, I didn’t have much energy after spending all day working and kid wrangling. After scouring Pinterest, I started falling in love with the book of notes/letters I… Read More
(1) My new favorite picture. After basically not wanting anything to do with Oliver at the hospital, we came home and Drew is in love. (2) This article. Basically, um, yes. (3) Third kid, first “real” crib. (4) No one reminds you that when you bring a new baby home, the other kids instantly are grown-up. And that’s been a… Read More
title: Balanced author: Tricia Goyer genre: Non-Fiction thoughts: Amazing. If you are a WAHM you need this book!!!
Oliver didn’t start out as Oliver. In fact, Oliver wasn’t anywhere on our list. We had 3 others (two family names and a (shocking) non-family name), but we really couldn’t decide which name we liked best. So, doing what anyone would do, we just decided to wait. Fast forward to November and the Florida trip. On the way home, discussing… Read More