The New One by Josh and Elizabeth P.
The New One: Klaus Daniel Peterson Est. 4/9/2014 The New One is decidedly cute, and much adored by The First One–both are doted upon by The Mom One and The Dad One, and also by A Grandma One and an […]
Category: Reading Life
I love reading and sharing about what my reading life has looked like each month. I read in a variety of genres, too many books at a time, and love every second of it. As mothers, I believe that developing our own reading life is one of the greatest things we can do in order to serve our families well. There are thousands of different ways to be a reader, mine is only one of them, but I believe we can learn a lot from the way other people fit reading into daily life. I aim to share how I fit reading voraciously into my life as a home-educating mother of four.
BOOK REVIEW: Letters From Skye by Jessica Brockmole
Book: Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole Genre: Historical, literary In early 1912, a fan from Illinois writes a letter to the little known poet, Elspeth Dunn, who has never left the tiny island of Skye. They begin […]
BOOK REVIEW: Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini
Book: Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini Genre: Historical Fiction Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker chronicles the friendship that sprung up between Mary Todd Lincoln and her dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckley–a free black woman–during the Lincolns stay in the White House. A […]
March Reading Goals
Since my latest trip to the library, I’ve set a few reading goals for the month of March that I’m going to share with y’all here, and then hopefully follow up on as I complete them. Firstly, I want to […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Book: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Genre: Fantasy, Historical, Literary, Romance The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique […]