August 2016 Reads

5 Star Reads 4-4.5 Star Reads 2 Star Reads Audio   What I learned from August’s reading selection? I can tell you the first thing I learned, I learned where to go to get romance recommendations!  8 of the books I have listed up there were all, either directly or indirectly, recommendations by a friend […]

Challenge COMPLETED!

I have to take one day to commend myself, here.  Bear with me. Every year I set the same reading goal on Goodreads.  It never changes.  It’s always 100 books.  Last year I thought I’d get bold and set it at 120, and I barely scraped out my normal 100 books.  In previous years I […]

Joy in Being Read To

When I was a little girl, my favorite story -well one of my favorites- was The Velveteen Rabbit.  I had it in print of course, but it wasn’t the print version that I fell in love with.  I adored the audio book, recorded by Meryl Streep with music by George Winston.  Everything about the narration and […]

Official THIRDS Nerd

It hasn’t been long, only about three months, but the moment I finished Hell and High Water by Charlie Cochet I was hooked.  It is one of those series that when you begin one of the books you can’t put it back down.  You read it almost non-stop.  I had to force myself to pause and […]

Introducing Birdie Bookworm!

First things first, I love books.  Books are probably my most favorite thing on earth.  (My birdies are not things!  They’re my friends.)  Actually, what I really love is a good fictional story.  Give me the opportunity to walk in someone else’s shoes and I’m in. For years I’ve entertained the idea sharing my love […]