MERYN MADE

  • BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2021 – THIRD QUARTER UPDATE

    Surprised myself this quarter with reading 6 books considering we moved out of our apartment in July and were road tripping across the US during August and September. I tried so hard to get into The Devil and the Dark Water in September but found it so slow going, so I gave up with the Read more

  • NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 5

    NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 5

    Photo dump up to day 65 of our national park road trip where we hit Great Basin in Nevada and the Mighty Five in Utah bringing our park count to 20! Great Basin National Park – Nevada Zion National Park – Utah Bryce Canyon National Park – Utah Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument – Utah Capitol Read more

  • NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 4

    NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 4

    Photo dump up to day 55 of our national park road trip highlighting California cities including the capitol and a relaxing 4 day stay with friends in San Diego, along with 6 national parks! Redwood National Park – California Santa Rosa, California Sacramento, California Yosemite National Park – California Sequoia National Park – California Kings Read more

  • NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 3

    NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 3

    Photo dump through day 33 of our National Park road trip highlighting 2 US capitol cities and 4 National Parks! Spokane, Washington North Cascades National Park – Washington Seattle, Washington Olympic National Park – Washington Olympia, Washington Mt. Rainier National Park – Washington Salem, Oregon Crater Lake National Park – Oregon Be on the look Read more

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 2 ISSUE 12

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 2 ISSUE 12

    A review and rating of the last 5 books I read and a look into my TBR list for books to come White Pine: Poems and Prose PoemsAuthor: Mary OliverPublication Date: November 1994Genre: poetryMethod: paperback borrowed from TPL Sadly and surprisingly, this was a DNF for me. I found it so boring. Do I even Read more

  • NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 2

    NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 2

    Quick photo update through day 16 of our National Park road trip which includes 1 National Monument and 3 National Parks Update: and a proposal Scotts Bluff National Monument – Nebraska Grand Teton National Park – Wyoming Yellowstone National Park – Wyoming Glacier National Park – Montana Next update will be a round up of Read more

Meryn is a thrifty physical therapist and book collector based in Ohio.