March Book Challenge: Green With Envy It is a new month and that means it is time for a new reading challenge and this month our challenge is called "Green with Envy". Which means we reading books with colors in the titles....and there are so many to choose from! As usual I have a list of recommendations...books I have read...and books on my "to read" list. Let's start with some of my favorite books with colors in their titles: Devil in the White City by Erik Larson: I ... View the Post
February Book Challenge: Fairytale Ending
February Book Challenge: Fairytale Ending We are more than a week late in sharing the book challenge for the month...but that makes us no less excited about it. This month our challenge is "Fairytale Endings"...which means we are reading retellings of fairytales. This isn't a genre that I've read a lot of but recently have been enjoying. Below I have a list of retellings that I have read and some that are on my "to read" list. Let's start with the retellings that I have ... View the Post
January Book Challenge: Start with a Finish
January Book Challenge: Start with a Finish It's a new month...a new year...and we have a new reading challenge!!! This year (and this month) we are going to "start with a finish"! Which means we are going to finish reading a book that we have started....but...never got around to finishing. So....this challenge will be different for everyone...with no one list fits all... For me some of the books that are on my list include: Deep Work by Cal Newport Team of ... View the Post
2023 Monthly Book Challenge
2023 Monthly Book Challenge I had so much fun reading along with our 2022 Monthly Book Challenge that I wanted to do it again this year. One of my favorite things to do is listen to an audio book while I sew and I'm looking forward to a year of good sewing and good reads. So....in case you didn't read along with us last year....here's how it works: Each month we will post a challenge topic along with book suggestions. Then, each month, we will post again with recipes and ... View the Post
Favorite Books from 2022
Favorite Books from 2022 This year I had so much fun reading along with our monthly book challenges! Here is what I read for each month: January: "Tuesdays At the Castle" by Jessica Day George February: "Rising Strong" by Brene Brown March: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving April: "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers May: "Small Favors" by Erin Craig June: "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio" by Terry Ryan July: "The Stranger Beside Me" by Ann ... View the Post
December Reading Challenge: Stories to Stitch By
December Reading Challenge: Stories to Stitch By This month our challenge is to read something that was written by an author that is no longer living. And with that for the challenge....there are sooooo many great choices. Here are a few good reads that fall into this category: Since it is December I have to put "A Christmas Carol" on the list....because even though I make my family watch the "Muppet Christmas Carol" every holiday season...it is my favorite movie version of ... View the Post