Happy Llamakkah! by Laura Gehl and Lydia Nichols (Review)

November 5, 2020

Celebrate Hanukkah with the Llama family in this joyful, rhyming picture book. Follow along with the Llama family’s Hanukkah traditions as they light their menorah, spin the dreidel, fry latkes, and more. Laura Gehl’s lively rhyming text and Lydia Nichols’s vibrant illustrations make for a festive read. The book also features kid-friendly back matter, with expanded information on the holiday’s history and traditions… Read More Happy Llamakkah! by Laura Gehl and Lydia Nichols (Review)

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Mad and Bad by Bea Koch (Review)

October 30, 2020

Regency England is a world immortalized by Jane Austen and Lord Byron in their beloved novels and poems. The popular image of the Regency continues to be mythologized by the hundreds of romance novels set in the period, which focus almost exclusively on wealthy, white, Christian members of the upper classes. But there are hundreds of fascinating women who don’t fit history books limited perception of what was historically accurate for early 19th century England. Women like Dido Elizabeth Belle, whose mother was a slave but was raised by her white father’s family in England, Caroline Herschel, who acted as her brother’s assistant as he hunted the heavens for comets, and ended up discovering eight on her own, Anne Lister, who lived on her own terms with her common-law wife at Shibden Hall, and Judith Montefiore, a Jewish woman who wrote the first English language Kosher cookbook… Read More Mad and Bad by Bea Koch (Review)

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Monthly Wrap-Up (September 2020)

October 24, 2020

Welcome to my monthly wrap-up post for September 2020! It’s very very late…but better late than never, right? Work has been crazy busy still and the only thing helping me kind of stay afloat with my reading is audiobooks. I will say that I’m suuuuuuper behind on writing reviews. You’ll see later in this post… Read More Monthly Wrap-Up (September 2020)

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Monthly Wrap-Up (August 2020)

September 2, 2020

Welcome to my monthly wrap-up post for August 2020! I had this post ready to go beyond this intro section way before the end of the month. Who knew that it would take this long to write my intro?! Haha. I’m gonna blame work because I spend almost every waking moment thinking about this one… Read More Monthly Wrap-Up (August 2020)

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Monthly Wrap-Up (July 2020)

August 10, 2020

I’m a bit late with my July monthly wrap-up post, but a few days late is still better than 3 months late right? Haha. It also looks like I posted quite a few book reviews! I’ve been catching up on my reading and writing reviews it seems. Yay! How’s your reading going? Are you on track?… Read More Monthly Wrap-Up (July 2020)

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Monthly Wrap-Up (2020 Update: April, May, June)

July 5, 2020

Well, it looks like a third of 2020 got away from me. We’ve all been dealing with COVID-19 one way or another, and I suppose that for me personally…the whole thing decided to target my mental health. I fell behind on reading and on my blogging. My apartment got messier and messier. Luckily, though, I… Read More Monthly Wrap-Up (2020 Update: April, May, June)

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Joy at Work by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein (Review)

April 25, 2020

The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Who hasn’t felt drained by wasteful meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails, and unnecessary tasks? These are the modern-day hazards of working, and they can slowly drain the joy from work, limit our chances of career progress, and undermine our well-being… Read More Joy at Work by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein (Review)

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The Brisket Chronicles by Steven Raichlen (ARC Review)

April 18, 2020

America’s grill-master turns to America’s favorite cut of meat: the brisket. Whether barbecued in Texas, brined into corned beef, or braised for a Passover table, brisket ignites passion in meat lovers, grillers, and comfort-food fans. Now here’s the best, from the best… Read More The Brisket Chronicles by Steven Raichlen (ARC Review)

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Monthly Wrap-Up (March 2020)

March 30, 2020

Welcome to my monthly wrap-up post for March 2020! I had to say that…while January and February went by very quickly for me…March. Oh, March. It makes me want to say “what a year this month has been!” I don’t know about where you are, but things have changed quite a big here in the… Read More Monthly Wrap-Up (March 2020)

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Monthly Wrap-Up (February 2020)

March 3, 2020

Welcome to my monthly wrap-up post for February 2020! How is it March already? I feel like all of 2020 so far has gone by way too quickly for me. Is this happening to any of you too? What were your favourite February reads and which books are you looking forward to in the rest… Read More Monthly Wrap-Up (February 2020)