December 12, 2019
Heartwarmers
As I was reading the book, which is Amy Rebecca Tan's A Kind of Paradise, I realized that heartwarming books tend to, well, have a special place in my heart...a…
November 21, 2019
Books and Families
Family. It can be beautiful; it can be brutal; it's usually somewhere in between. There's both the blessing and the curse of it being meant to be unconditional. There's the…
November 5, 2019
Reading and Traditions: Carson Ellis’s “The Shortest Day”
One of my favorite things about books is that you never know what they'll inspire. As a kid, I was always pretending that I was living in whatever book I…
October 18, 2019
Mommy and Me: Books
I recently saw Erin over at Cotton and Stem sharing fall Mommy and Me outfits, which, naturally, got me thinking about...the book version.
October 11, 2019
All The Cozy Mystery Goodness
In the sleepy, mountainside town of Winchester, Vermont, every night and early morning, you can find Jane Littleton concocting scrumptious confections in the warm and homey kitchen of Red Maple…
September 26, 2019
Bookwandering
This is such a special book. I would have been obsessed with it as a kid and, as an adult, I still found it delightful and have been thinking about…
September 19, 2019
Books and That Fresh Fall Feeling
As the days, or at least the mornings, get to feel a bit cooler, I not only overdress myself in my favorite sweaters, I also feel a little buzzing in…
September 12, 2019
Fall’s New Releases as a Fall Capsule Wardrobe
This is obviously not an exhaustive list, but I wanted to write about some of the new fall releases I'm excited about and thought it might be fun to compare…
September 5, 2019
Rereading Little Women
I had been nervous to reread Little Women. Many of the books I loved as a kid hold up for me. I still believe Anne of Green Gables (and most…
August 23, 2019
Best Board Books You May Not Know
I read a lot of board books. A LOT. We are fortunate to have a decent library, but it's still easy to quickly get burnt out by reading the same…
