So it goes, I’m months behind on sharing vacation photos again (oops). Though it’s been six months since I toured the Los Angeles, California area with my mom, dad, and my mom’s family, I couldn’t resist writing a post and sharing photos of beautiful coastal California. I really, really enjoyed my first trip to the Pacific coast, and I’m already California dreaming about the next one. Here’s a little recap for you — along with 25 of my favorite snapshots from our travels.
Read MoreTime to set aside the beach reads — fall/spooky season is here! Reading is one of my favorite hobbies all year long, but I love, love, love reading in the “ber” months (cooler weather and cozy couch reading, yes please). After a slow couple months of summer reading, I’m looking forward to a new season of heart-racing thrillers, mysteries, witchy fiction and other romances, and maybe even a horror novel or two (gasp — definitely outside my comfort zone but ‘tis the season). Here’s a list of 10 books I’m hoping to read this fall.
Read MoreTrouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club is concerned, and I can’t get enough! Featuring three installments (The Thursday Murder Club (4 stars), The Man Who Died Twice (5 stars), and The Bullet That Missed (5 stars)) with a fourth set to release this week (The Last Devil to Die — out September 19, 2023), the Thursday Murder Club is an entertaining cozy mystery series that offers a fresh, fun take on the crime fiction and thriller genres. When I stumbled upon and started reading the first book a couple years ago, I had no idea I was about to immerse myself in what would become one of my favorite fictional worlds, solving crimes and cold case murders in the Jigsaw Room at Cooper’s Chase Retirement Facility with my septuagenarian friends Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim, and Ron (aka the Thursday Murder Club).
Read MoreBack on the reading train after a quiet couple months and it feels so good! In August, I finished 4 books — 2 physical books and 2 audiobooks. Let’s recap!
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