Content We Love – 4 May 2021
The Bad Faith podcast is one of my favorite spots for level-headed thinking on all things politics. Briahna Joy Gray and Virgil Texas have in depth conversations with some of the greatest thinkers of our …
End of 2019 Reading Recap
Happy 2020! I am happy to be moving into a new year with new possibilities and a new TBR. Well, some of the old stuff made it to the new TBR, but still, a refresh …
Book Review: Recollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit
The focus that it takes to write a compelling memoir is fascinating and Rebecca Solnit has not disappointed with her, “Recollections of My Nonexistence”. Beginning with snippets from her childhood in the Bay Area and …
Autumn Reading Update
Updates are now quarterly Yes – I missed August and September, so I have decided to go quarterly with the updates. Since I am now writing reviews for NetGalley, I have trailed off in my …
Book Review: How to Build a Heart by Maria Padian
In “How to Build a Heart’, Maria Padian offers a tale of youth that is interesting and, at times, heartbreaking. Told from the first person perspective of Izzy (Isabella Crawford) this story portrays the struggles …
Book Review: Moving Forward by Karine Jean-Pierre
As my first review on Net Galley, I am feeling a great deal of pressure to get this right, but Karine Jean-Pierre has made my job much less difficult with her lovely memoir. Moving Forward …
July Reading Update
Happy July! Book club This month I skipped my book club meeting because I had 3 books in progress and zero new books (since the last meeting) completed. The great thing about the book …
June Reading Update
Happy June! I have been doing really well on my reading this year. In fact, I have surpassed my 2018 TOTAL already and it is only June! My goal for 2019 was 24 books read …
Read Harder Challenge 2019
So we are back where we started again, with this blog! I created this space to keep track of coffee and books and so far I have been pretty good at updating the books side …
from the archives: Birthday Month
Yes – It is November and tomorrow is my 44th birthday. I am both excited and tired. Moving to Alabama and getting settled in has been difficult. Last week was the midterm election and although it …