It’s the final day of January and it’s time to look back at the month and share my local adventures for Local Tourist, co-hosted by Dara from Not In Jersey. We post every last WEEKDAY of the month if you’d like to link up with us in the future! Local Tourist: January 2019 Friday, January […]
Parkland Speaks: Survivors From Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories, edited by MSD teacher, Sarah Lerner Review by Lauren source: copy from publisher; all opinions are my own Official Summary (add to Goodreads): The students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School share their emotional journeys that began on February 14, 2018, and continue today. This revealing […]
See the Light by Kate McMurray Review by Lauren source: copy from Netgalley; all opinions are my own Official Summary (add to Goodreads): Up-and-coming Broadway actor Jeremy was given two days to get up and get out. Dumped by his long-term boyfriend and suddenly homeless, he needs a sofa and a sympathetic ear, stat. Enter Max, […]
This past weekend, I finally watched two Netflix films based on books, Dumplin’ and Bird Box. I read Bird Box back when it came out and loved the book, so I was excited to check out the film. As for Dumplin’, I just recently read the book for my book club and I didn’t love […]
I never gave an update on my Holiday Activity Bucket List, so here we go! Host my annual Cookie Exchange party (yes, and it was a lot of fun!) Drive around and see Christmas lights (Not as much as I wanted to, but yes, I did!) Watch as many Holiday movies as I can (Definitely! […]
The first Monday of each month, The Blended Blog has TBB Asks, but they sometimes have other prompts. The image above shows their January prompts for every Monday. Today, I’m joining in with Fresh Starts: Resolutions and New Beginnings. I think today is the perfect day to share my 2019 goals – reading, blogging, and […]
Alright, I’m back! I’m keeping the other post up, but I’ll include the link up to this post too in case you still want to share a planning/scrapbooking/memory keeping post. As always, thanks to my co-host, Alexandra! My 2019 Planner It took me awhile to finally get a 2019 planner. I know, I know, it’s […]
Hey everyone! It’s the first Keep It Together post of 2019. This monthly link up happens every THIRD Thursday of the month, and it’s hosted by myself and the wonderful Alexandra. I meant to get my post ready last night, but there was a bit of a family emergency so I’m running behind. I didn’t […]
Rough Terrain by Annabeth Albert Review by Lauren source: copy from Netgalley; all opinions are my own Official Summary (add to Goodreads): Navy SEAL Renzo Bianchi has a soft spot for Canaan Finley, and not only because the man makes a mean smoothie. He’s the first guy to get Renzo’s motor revving in a long time. […]
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl This week’s topic is New-to-Me Authors I Read in 2018. This means the author doesn’t have to be new, but I hadn’t read anything by them until 2018. These are all books that I really enjoyed, so I will definitely keep an eye out for […]