Pandemic Picks!

I'm back! It's been a while since I've wrote anything on here... Covid, ya know? I feel like everyone's been saying that a lot but even so, we all know what it means. It was a trying time for everyone. I ended up working from home for about 3 and a half months and kind …

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The Lost and Forgotten: The Books You Buy and Forget to Pick Up

What's the last book you bought and never read? How long has it been since you've picked up one of those long forgotten books? I am notoriously bad for this. I love the process of buying books... It is so comforting. I love going into the store and wandering around, looking at every book. Then …

Review: The Outsider by Stephen King

I have to admit that I was not a Stephen King fan before reading this book. I am now. The Outsider begins in Flint City, Oklahoma with a gruesome murder and a manhunt to find the killer. However, once the case begins to unfold it stands clear that the murderer might not be who everyone …

My Shelves and Why you Should Take a Look at Yours!

How do you organize your bookshelves? Are your shelves cluttered, with books piling up in front of others, leaving no room to even see the titles? Are yours neatly organized by author? By the color of the cover page? What about by title? I don't know about you, but the joy that having a crisp, …

The Sword of Truth: Why You Need to Read this Series

There is one series in my library that has been the most influential in my life and is the one that got me into fantasy in the first place. The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind. This series is packed full of adventure, monsters and magic and will forever hold a special place on my …

Transforming your Passions

This post is a little off base from my previous posts, but it has been sticking in my mind all afternoon while I have been thinking about what to write about. How can we use our strengths and passions to assist us in all the other work that we do? I work with parents and …

Dracula

“Do you not think that there are things which you cannot understand, and yet which are; that some people see things that others cannot? But there are things old and new which must not be contemplate by men´s eyes, because they know -or think they know- some things which other men have told them. Ah, …

Favorite Fall Fantasies

“I often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that what they’re really doing is reading to find reason for hope, to find strength. While a bad book leaves readers with a sense of hopelessness and despair, a good novel, through stories of values realized, of wrongs righted, can bring …

Action and Adventure: Whats not to love?

I remember sitting in my old bedroom at my parents house when I was young. My room was in the basement so it was always freezing. I was wrapped in a warm blanket in bed, reading a James Rollins book. Amazonia. This book reeled me in from the first word and I still love it …

Books or Movies? Is one better or do they both have a place?

I think it's time to get into that age old debate: books or movies. Let me paint you a picture… you put on your favorite old sweat pants, feeling the soft worn fabric on your skin. You put on an old t shirt, one that has a band name you can no longer remember from …