she read, he said

I make quick decisions when I see book covers but I realized I don’t actually pay attention to what’s on them. I chose a handful of books for Tommy to judge based on the covers and tell me what he thinks they’re about. Not surprisingly, he does a pretty good job. Apparently, you *can* judge a book by its cover.

Still chugging along, killing my reading goal and my PopSugar challenge. There are lots of baby related things and I revisited some previous DNF’s. Sorry I ramble, it’s my thing.

It’s my two year podcast anniversary! Let’s go over all the things I love about this podcast and all of my goals for 2022! Thanks for listening. ❤️

It’s my birthday weekend so I had to do another Disney episode! It’s FMK but with Disney movies so it’s: watch over and over again, change/edit in some way, or get rid of completely. My brother, little Daltini, joined me for some controversy and to eliminate my last few subscribers with his terrible singing.

First of all, my husband just told me it’s called Emily in Paris because you’re supposed to say it like “Em-i-ly in Par-rhee” like the French would say it. Love that. Hate this show. It’s so bad. But we prevail. Basically all of the reasons why Emily is a dumb dumb, Sylvie is annoying, and Gabriel is the worst. #TeamAlfieDeservesBetter

Look… this is really long. I read a lot of books and I had a lot to say and honestly, I’m not sorry. Such a full reading month! I mentioned a terrible book from December and talk about a ton of books I DNFed. I go on a slightly long tangent about parenting and cleaning, and I finally read Verity. Grab a snack. Listen in pieces. LOVE YA.

A fun test to see just how well I know myself! I picked out 22 books that I plan to read during 2022 that I hope for one reason or another will be a five star read. We’ll see how well I do!

Did I finish the challenge this year? No. But that’s okay because as always, I feel like this challenge helps me branch out with my reading and it’s a super fun way to discover new books! 49/50 prompts isn’t the worst though.

A lil rundown of books that were amazing, or made me cry, or laugh, or authors that I just fell in love with this year. What does your reading survey look like?

The top ten books that I loved the very most (okay, some are series so there’s more than ten) in 2021. Anddd the ten books that I hated the very most in 2021. Shooting for a more enjoyable reading year next year. 🤞🏼

Surprising books I read and DNFed in December. Like finishing a book I’ve once DNFed and not finishing a book the whole world loves. 🤪 Also a lengthy baby and life update. Happy New Year friends!

Merry Christmas and happy holidays y’all! Like most Christmas loving people, I watched a handful of Christmas movies this December - mostly on the Hallmark channel and they were mostly bad. Let’s discuss!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Not Christmas, the 2022 PopSugar Reading Challenge was released, hooray! This list brings me so much joy every year because if there’s anything I love more than books, it’s making a list of books. I love diving into these prompts and finding books I love that will fit them. Try the challenge! It’s great fun.

I have a goal to read the backlists of my favorite authors, whether I just stumbled on them recently or they’ve been my favorite since high school. The problem is that I also want to re-read all of the books I have already read of theirs because I have a goldfish brain. So I will likely read all the same books I have already read and then run out of time in the year to read any of the books I have...

Holy cow she read ten books this month. Unfortunately they were all pretty much duds. But we are going to ruthlessly DNF next month in hopes that we read some gems!

Just a fun list of winter-y, Christmas books for you to add to your TBR and for me to add to mine and then probably never read. ‘Tis the damn season! ❄️

Holidays are my favorite part of life so it’s fitting that they are also what bring out the trauma in me, right? I cover my opinions on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas and while I say ‘unpopular’ I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking these things. Some may piss you off though (we aren’t doing Santa… start a riot!) What are your strong holiday opinions? Wishing you all the best this holiday sea...

Happy Red Taylor’s Version weekend! Part 2 of figuring out my favorite Taylor Swift albums and songs. In this one we work through her four albums during her 20’s. These four definitely have clear cut styles to them and I definitely have my preferences. As always peep the pregnancy emotions coming through in full force. And please tell me what your favorite albums and songs are! ❤️

In honor of November being Taylor Swift month, I present to you my breakdown of her first three albums; Taylor Swift, Fearless, and Speak Now - aka the teenage years. These albums really encompass what it’s like to be in high school, have your heart broken, and be totally enamored by a boy. I met my husband during these years so I obviously have strong feelings. Which songs do you love from these...

Remember when I used to have hour long wrap ups? *Sigh* me too. Workin with what we’ve got this month! The books I read and one I DNF’ed.

All of 2021’s newest publications from July through December. Because I don’t have enough books on my TBR and of course I needed more.

Basically: f***, marry, kill for books. Inspired by the love of my life Katie Colsen of course. Which books do I love enough to include but am I also willing to burn? So violent.

Just feed your babies. The rest doesn’t matter, okay? But here are the reasons behind my decision to formula feed from the start. Play nice. 😇

The measly amount of books I read this month, but it was literally the best I could do. Thankfully they were mostly great. Slight pregnancy update, basically I’m dying. 😅

Back at it again stealing from Little Free Libraries. This was at the beginning of summer so it’s slightly expired by now and I still don’t have the LFL up but it’s in the works I promise! Also enjoy a funny quip about how I’m not pregnant. Oh to be young again.