I see this book everywhere -notably Target - and my daughter was asking about it recently so I thought that I would get it out of the library to read it. Feyre (pronounced Fay-Ruh) is a teenage human who has a very difficult life - she is the main support of her family and when she kills a wolf, she is dragged into a world that she literally didn't ask to join by the other main protagonist - Tamlin. Maas takes it from there and gives us a re-telling of the Beauty and the Beast story, complete with toxic and abusive relationships and gory battle scenes.   I'm not a fan of thi ..read more

  I hope that everyone had a good week! This weekend is shaping up to be busy so I hope that you enjoy these links! Unfortunately we're headed into flu season.  Here's a guide for the upcoming season! Cat lost in Yellowstone is home after traveling almost 900 miles. The top banned books of 2023. Gladiator 2 everyone! 8 of the worst Science Fiction worlds to live in. Readers' top books in the last 60 y ears. Will bananas become more scarce? Brett Favre announced that he has Parkinson's. What are the warning signs? 12 character driven novels. Journaling prom ..read more

  It went from fall back to summer this week. I guess Mother Nature has to have her say!  This weekend, I'm recharging by hiking at Wildcat and staying at the hut! I hope all have a good week! FDA approves some Apple Earbuds as hearing aids. 8 signs your  pet is trying to get your attention. Marcie Rendon on writing about murdered indigenous women. Some of t he best books set on Charleston, SC. 5 best campus books. One man's journey from prison to baking. David Bowie and the digital age. I've always liked fantasy books - and now I have ..read more

  There has been a lot of buzz about this novel and that buzz is well deserved!  I'm glad that I picked this novel up. The unnamed narrator is in her mid 40's and is a multimedia artist in Los Angeles. When we meet her, she's planning a road trip from LA to NY and has told her husband and son that this is what she wants to do. Instead of completing the journey, she pulls over in nearby Monrovia and spends $20K to revamp a cheap hotel room with the goal of spending two weeks there instead. She loves them, but feels stifled by them. While in Monrovia she meets an attractive younger m ..read more

  I hope that everyone had a good weekend. We enjoyed our last weekend watching football and running this 5K.  It is making me itch for a half marathon again! I hope you enjoy these links! Four gothic and neo gothic novels about mothers. 52 doorstopper books for the long fall (and winter) evenings. I just started watching this on Netflix and I'm hooked so far. Spoiler and a second season? five books set in historical Italy. Why you feel terrible after a flu shot. RIP James Earl Jones. All th e finalists for the National Book Award This blogger read ev ..read more

  I hope that everyone had a great week and long weekend! Christa McAuliffe has a statue now! Sweet Valley High's spiritual successors - recs for teen girls for books. Shower at night or day? 20 most fun states in the United States. Best new fall books according to Bustle. Some movies that are turning 50 this year and where to watch. Not so nice origins of the term "bookworm." September's read with Jenna list. The countries that swear the most. The oldest universities in all 50 states. Horror as social commentary. History of the Bronx with Ian Frazier ..read more

  In Emma Cline's newest novel, we follow an anxious, millennial grifter as she struggles to stay afloat in a barely concealed Hamptons location over the course of one summer. I had read  The Girls, also by Cline, and remembered enjoying it (I read it a long time ago) so I got this out of the library. The basic premise is that the protagonist struggles to maintain an outward aura of coolness while inwardly, they move closer and closer to a psychological break. This is the cause in The Guest, which also uses wealth to make the wounds and progression towards break all that much more ..read more

  That photo from above is when I went to Montgomery, AL. It was very random but the Fitzgeralds had their home there. I hope all had a good week. :) I owe you at least two reviews coming up so keep checking back. Novels to read with your book club this summer. Books about Pompeii. My son gave me this link and the recipes are easy and good. And quick! A literary road trip across America. Yay for drinking coffee! Adding rucking to your workout routine. How hurricane names are picked ..read more

  I have always been a fan of J. Courtney Sullivan. I've read all of her books and I was excited when she had a new one out - it's also a part of Reese's book club. The main character of this novel is an old Victorian home on a cliff on Maine's coast and it serves as a repository of stories but also as a guide to a woman's story of self-discovery. It was built for a sea captain in 1846 for he and his wife, Hannah, to live in but turns hands many times - it ends up as an artist retreat and also as a home for a Boston power couple. The story itself takes place in the present, with detours ..read more

  I hope that everyone had a good week. We made! Appalachian authors on JD Vance. A history of leaf peeping. This looks good. Japan's new Nintendo museum These ten villains are top contenders for Disney's villain land ..read more