• BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // 2022 Q2 UPDATE

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // 2022 Q2 UPDATE

    Two quarters down, two to go! General stats Fiction: 36Nonfiction: 16 Audiobooks: 27Physical books: 25 Borrowed books: 29 → Library savings $612.81Personal collection: 23 2022 TBR: 162022 Release: 16Book of the Month: 11Buzzword Readathon challenge: 15Debut Work: 16 5 stars: 144 stars: 173 stars: 9Not rated: 12 General Goals ☐ 70 books → 52 books☐ Read more

  • LIFE UPDATE: WE BOUGHT A HOUSE

    The last week of June 2021, we announced our resignations from our full time jobs with a plan to travel the US for 3 months, embarking on what affectionately became known as our National Park road trip One year later, during the last week of June 2022, we closed on our first home Wild what Read more

  • BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2022 – SECOND QUARTER UPDATE

    BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2022 – SECOND QUARTER UPDATE

    APRIL – a book with LITTLE or BIG in the title A Million Little Pieces by James FreyA Little Hope by Ethan JoellaBig Little Lies by Liane Moriarty  MAY – a book with a direction in the title Behind Her Eyes by Sarah PinboroughBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates JUNE – a book with ALL in Read more

  • DREAM HOME LIBRARY

    Inspiration for our 1950s ranch, our first home Yeah, the intent was to post some iteration of this back when I drafted this blog in July of 2022, but it’s better late than never, right? Until next time, Meryn Read more

  • 2022 Q2 | STOPPED MY SCROLL

    Inspired by Elise Blaha Cripe (blog linked here), here are a couple dozen Instagram images that made me stop, pause, and save over the past 3 months Until next time, Meryn Read more

  • JUNE 2022 READING WRAP UP

    JUNE 2022 READING WRAP UP

    Another month and another couple memoirs, thrillers, a romance, a contemporary, and a poetry collection. The stand out favorite, without a doubt and as expected, is Riley Sager’s The House Across the Lake, which was a solid 4 star mystery-thriller. Pleasantly surprised by It Ends With Us, much better than the last few Colleen Hoover’s Read more