One year later...

Hello there, fellow readers! It's been A YEAR since I updated my blog. Ouch. I'm sad that it's been so long, but it's been quite a year, so I'm trying to forgive myself, because...

I had a baby! :D 

Yep, now I'm a momma of TWO tiny peas! Being pregnant with another small pea running around was tough, and the newest pea spent some time in the NICU, and then it's been crazy getting used to being a family of four and all finding our new normal together. Pea #2 is finally starting to sleep better, so I'm hoping I'll have some time in the evenings to get back into blogging. 

Hope things have been going well for you all! Looking forward to chatting books again soon! :)

Quarantine update

Hello fellow bookworms... Hope you're all doing well and staying healthy and happy. Some reports I've seen are saying COVID-19 is starting to improve in some parts of the world, so congrats to you all for doing your part and I hope you get to enjoy your summer!

Where I am... we're not there yet. I'm still hunkering down at home, only going out for groceries. It's gonna be a long summer for us. But I'm trying to stay positive and look towards the light at the end of the tunnel.

I keep thinking, I could be doing so much reading. And reviewing, and blogging... But for some reason, I'm having a reeeeally hard time focusing on books. I'm doing better with fantasy books, books that are in no way realistic and are just total escapism reads. So I'm reading some books I've had on my TBR for forever, and some stuff I might not have picked up otherwise, and I'm enjoying it. I do want to make better use of my time and catch up on books that are waiting to be reviewed, and get back into a blogging routine, but I need my brain to get in the game and *focus*.

How about you? How are your reading habits this summer? Are you tearing through books at light speed? Or are you struggling a bit like I am? Trying some new books/genres or going back to old favorites?

Social distancing update

Hello fellow readers :)

Wow, crazy how much things can change in just a few weeks, isn't it? We are under a "stay at home" order where I live in the US - we can leave for essentials like groceries, but otherwise we're supposed to stay home. So that's what we've been doing.

My husband is a teacher so he's doing live lectures from home now. This leaves me to try to entertain our toddler outside for a few hours at a time so we don't bother him and his students. So far we're all doing fine - our little guy is kind of frustrated that he can't go out to all his favorite places having adventures like we usually do, but we're all still happy and healthy - which I am grateful for every day.

I haven't had much down time to pick up a book, let alone write reviews and do all the posts I want to be doing. We were just taking things day by day, trying to come up with new activities to keep us all entertained... but now that my husband is teaching live online, we're all having to figure out how this is going to work and come up with a new routine. I probably won't be posting much until we get everybody settled in that... but I'll be back as soon as I can!

Wishing you and your families health and happiness during these strange times. <3