Oof, it's been a minute. Do I even know how to word anymore? I read books in 2025. In total, 101 which is slightly less ridiculous than the year I read 131 books. Here's an interesting fact: I read more audiobooks this year (YES, THEY COUNT) and my number decreased. Correlation or causation? Who can… Continue reading The 5 Best Books I Read in 2025
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Tiny Library, Big Fun: What I’ve learned from starting a Little Free Library in my neighborhood
Our Little Free Library, freshly restocked My neighborhood's HOA sometimes lives up to the stereotype: useful in some regards but too expensive and strict to the point of nitpicky about the smallest aesthetic things. (If you're on our HOA and somehow found this itsy-bitsy blog: Please don't take this as a personal attack! I'm just… Continue reading Tiny Library, Big Fun: What I’ve learned from starting a Little Free Library in my neighborhood
My Unauthorized Guide to the Tucson Festival of Books
How I maximize my book festival experience as a librarian, mom, aspiring author, and deeply committed bookworm “Tucson Festival of Books 2010” by Digital Bookmobile / CC BY 2.0 You know what my dream job would be, other than the ones I have (school librarian and mom), the one I aim to have someday (published… Continue reading My Unauthorized Guide to the Tucson Festival of Books
25 books I want to read in ’25
As each year winds down, I make a TBR (“to be read”) list for the approaching year to keep my reading momentum. Typically, this list begins as the remnant of the current year’s list, all the titles I kept putting off until it was too late, and then I build on that. Each year’s TBR… Continue reading 25 books I want to read in ’25
My 24 Favorite Reads of ’24
As a high school librarian and a ravenous bookworm, I read a lot. In fact, I read so much in 2023 that in 2024, I made a goal to read LESS. I ended up reading 131 books instead. Whoopsy-daisy. From those 131 books, I’ve selected my favorites from each month of 2024 to share in… Continue reading My 24 Favorite Reads of ’24
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