Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, books I have read or acquired recently. I link to Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Book Date Off The Blog It has been a long time since I posted a weekly update, but I have a good excuse, I promise. In August, I moved into a […]
Impressions In a Nutshell: Sylvia Plath did an excellent job drawing the reader (or in this case the listener) into Esther’s world and her slow journey down the rabbit hole. My attention was not captured right away. I continued to ask myself when she was going to “get crazy”. I questioned Esther’s stability through the […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: Lolita, light of my life. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. Hosted by Freda’s Voice Page 56 The passion I had developed for that […]
Review I have mixed feelings about The Silent Child. It held my attention and listened to it in two days. I was engaged by Joanne Froggatt’s narration and hope to listen to more by her. However, despite all the build-up surrounding Aiden’s disappearance it just kind of fell apart at the end. However, I still […]
I’ve tried reading Brideshead Revisited several times and I always end up putting it to the side. I find it hard to get into and takes too long to “get there”. However, when I saw Brideshead Revisited on sale at Audible and that it is narrated by Jeremy Irons I decided to snatch it up. […]
Anagram Interactive provided me access to Paperless Post in exchange for an honest review. Putting a stamp on an envelope and sending a letter is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Email is fast, convenient and has become more the norm. Call me old-fashioned, but I miss that cute stationary and the personal touch […]
I’ve been a tea drinker for as long as I can remember. Recently, I learned that there are traces of plastic in teabags, and ever since, I’ve stayed away like the plague. I have started using loose tea and actually prefer it. The tea has a much stronger taste than bagged and if using a […]
When starting Plastic-Free July I promised to focus on my co-op’s bulk section when buying food and; if I wanted something sweet I had to make it myself. Well, my sweet tooth struck and deemed it was time to put on my baking hat. I looked in my refrigerator and compared its contents to that […]
Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, books I have read or acquired recently. I link to Caffeinated Book Reviewer Off The Blog Last week, I mentioned that my boyfriend and I had put in an application for an apartment and on Friday learned we are in the approval process! We are […]
This vs This One of my first purchases when starting zero waste was a Klean Kanteen. In the zero waste movement, a reusable water bottle is consistently listed as “One of the Big Four”. There is a bottle of water on my bedside table — it’s convenient and I’ve always done it. Upon starting […]