connecting and encouraging
Hi, reader friends! Goodbye, August! It has been so good to get back into the swing of things this week! Unfortunately, WordPress and MailChimp aren't playing nice so those of y'all who signed up for post update emails received a manual update from me yesterday.
Hi, reader friends! I'm still here! We've enjoyed a few days of gorgeous and seasonably cool weather and now we're bracing for the return of smothering heat and humidity. I owe y'all a couple of reviews and while I'm still trying to get back in the swing of things, I'm hoping to have those up next week.
Hello, reader friends! Let's have some bookish fun with our author friend Toni Shiloh! Follow the clues to for a chance to win a $10 Amazon gift card and see the full cover of her Finally Accepted, book 3 in the Freedom Lake series. Welcome to the Finally Accepted Cover Reveal Scavenger Hunt! If you are joining the fun for the first time, make sure you start at stop #1! You have arrived at stop #3.
Hi, reader friends and happy weekend to you! Around here weekends have been few and far between due to my husband's work schedule and overtime. On the rare occasion that we actually get the chance to enjoy a weekend (usually because he has taken a vacation day), we embrace it wholeheartedly! I think y'all can figure out where I'm going with this, yes?!
Hello, reader friends!!! Have y'all seen the Moms' Night Out movie?! There's a book too but the movie came first. I've never read a novelization of a movie and now I'm curious, which is better, the book inspired movie or movie inspired book? Anyway, there's a scene in the movie (several scenes actually but this one in particular) that I completely relate to on a regular basis...
Hello, reader friends!!! We're celebrating our nation's birthday this week (or your nation if you are an international reader friend) with a special patriotic edition of First Line Friday!
Hello, reader friends! Soooo... what do y'all think of the new colors and blog style?! Tell me what you like as well as anything you'd like to see changed or added. I appreciate all y'all and want your reading experience here to be as appealing and streamlined as possible so we can all be on our way to reading more of our favorite books!
There are times when this book blogging gig is completely crazy town... this is one of those times! We're going to shift gears just a little bit and move these highly anticipated book list posts from quarterly to three times a year, starting right now because July is insanely jam-packed, y'all!
Hello, reader friends! Let's have a little cover love fun and a giveaway! This month we're featuring Just Let Go by Courtney Walsh and I've invited her to join us and share some of her favorite font-astic covers as well!
Hello, reader friends!!! I was flying high after our first camping trip of the season a few weeks ago which was possibly our best trip yet. While this is our first season in our own camper, we've been campers for 15 years! I have to say I really hope we got our worst camping trip of the season out of the way last weekend!
Faithfully Bookish 