Book Club | 2019 List
2019-01-22
In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold. Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes Winter reading is a mug of coffee and comfy socks. When the temps dip below 65 it is winter (hey, it’s Houston we’re a bit delicate when it comes to cold!) and we huddle in our warm homes with the heat on. That is all the excuse we need to stay in. And if you are going to stay in you might as well read. Here is what we’ll be reading this winter. Always, something new, something timely and some quality suggestions for kids of all ages.Read More →
Book Club | 2018 Summer Reading for your Beach Bum
2018-05-29
Load up the beach bag I am ready for summer and hitting our summer reading list! We have pics for mom and her littles to bigs. We’re are keeping it simple, so channel your inner beach bum and let’s read!Read More →
Book Club | 2018 Winter List (a.k.a. 6 Excuses to Stay Home!)
2018-01-03
Nothing burns like the cold. George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones It’s cold – as if I needed another excuse to stay in and read! This winter in Houston is being especially wintery (excuse my technical jargon). It is so cold. My nose is cold. My toeses are cold. I’m so cold. If my family would let me I would just sit right here in my comfy house until summer. Remember summer? Ahh, heat, I miss you. And, for good measure, humidity, I miss you too. My hair looks great but, dang, I don’t want to go anywhere! Good news, here are sixRead More →
Book Club | 2017 List
2017-09-08
Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don’t feel like Spring. I feel like a warm red Autumn. Marilyn Monroe Fall. Ahh, I just sigh. The whole season is just cozy. Even though I still have a million things to do it’s the season of anticipation. Around the South, we’re just waiting for a chill. And, wonder of wonders, that has already happened, so perhaps I’m a bit more ready for the autumn take over. (lalalalalalala, I can’t hear you telling me it’s going to get warm again!) Maybe, I just like a good excuse to curl up with a bookRead More →
Book Club | 2016 Winter List
2016-12-02
Outside, snow solidified itself into graceful forms. The peace of winter stars seemed permanent.? Toni Morrison, Beloved Oh, the website redo has really cut into my reading time! I have read two of the Fall books and I am half way through the other three, but, alas, I have yet to have time to chat about them. So, I’m going to bring them into winter with us and just add a few more! (The book covers use referral links. Read our disclosure policy for more info.) The Non-Fiction: ?Nurture Shock: New Thinking About Children, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman A book that confronts theRead More →
BOOK CLUB | 2016 Summer List
2016-06-14
Ah, 2016…I’m a bit behind but I plan on dragging summer out to the fullest extent. What to read? There are lists. So many lists. So here’s mine! I like a mix. (The book covers use referral links. Read our disclosure policy for more info.) The Fluff: These are sort of like a lady from another generation excusing herself because she needed to go watch her “stories.” No excuses here, but probably not on the average summer list. The One (Book 3 of The Selection Series), by Kiera Cass Finally, we find out who Maxon chooses! What America wants! Will the rebels find the books!Read More →