All You Need are Books and Houseplants (… maybe)
I think I’m impatient for spring because I have been buying House Plants like my house will run out of oxygen if I don’t add a green thing to every corner. It’s starting to look like the jungles of Hawaii in here… The cat is thrilled, by the way. My husband, not so much. So […]
Is it too cold to read?
I am an Arizona native. I am not made for cold weather. Tan lines? Yes. Margaritas? Absolutely. Learning how to remove cactus spines from men, women, children, and all forms of animals. Please, I mastered that specialty skill set at age 6. But cold? Not so much. Which makes this week all the more fun because the HEATER […]
the New Year’s resolution I knew I’d never keep
At the end of every year, my husband and I have an “Annual Relationship Meeting” to review the past year, plan for the new one, go over goals, budgets, calendar, etc … don’t laugh at me, I know it sounds very ‘business-y’ but behind my messy-hair-&-box-wine exterior lies a person who is a wee bit […]
All I want for Christmas is time to read…
I have been tasked with bringing two items for our family holiday get-together: Wine A dessert The wine was easy (just pull from the ‘stash’ in the pantry) … And for dessert I decided to make cookies! All my food-planning was going swimmingly till I thought to myself, “you know, I should also make these […]
Weekend plans: Pizza and books (almost)
My husband loves deep dish pizza… (I know he has good taste because he married me) … but he always laments how hard it is to find restaurants in Arizona that do a good deep dish. And Chicago is far away. … so I was SOOO excited when I found a frozen deep-dish pizza at […]
Why is there always so much laundry?
“Okay, I need your help,” I tell my husband with a huff of frustration. “I can’t get the dryer to work and I’m middle of laundry.” “Yeah, no problem,” he says and follows my stomping footsteps toward the offending appliance. “It won’t turn on.” I gesture dramatically at the now-useless metal box filled with dripping […]
It’s official: friends who read are the BEST! ❤️
When you meet a fellow reader who also likes the same books as you??? Match+Made+In+Heaven! One of my cousins just started reading fiction books… she’s “never been a reader” but then she discovered romance novels…. … and we all know once that happens, you can never go back. 😁 Because there is nothing more FUN than book-chatting […]
A Slightly Scandalous Interview with romance author Anya Sharpe
This week I was super-excited to chat with romance author Anya Sharpe, where we discussed our shared joy for Red Wine and Crispy Bacon, gawking at nude beaches, and her new novel Royal Snapshot. Keep reading below for all the juicy details… Olivia: First off, tell us something ridiculous, funny, or inappropriate about yourself that no one would […]
If you love books, you’ll understand
I started a new book today and before I even cracked it open… I was having ‘the feels.’ You know what I’m talking about. 😉 … that giddy feeling of a new adventure about to begin … the excited butterflies of finally sitting down to read the thing you’ve been waiting all day to read … the pop […]
Book Hunting. (I promise it’s worth it…)
I have a confession to make… I BURN through books. (Not literally, of course… but you, fellow reader, know what I mean) But lately, I’ve been super-picky about what to read next I’ve returned three library books, where I didn’t get past the fifth chapter and deleted at least two kindle books, having stopped at […]