October 2024 in Books

Hi. We’re about halfway through November. Between finishing up work and ensuring that everything is ready for my Maternity Leave, trying to get a mountain of baby clothing (and sheets and towels and wraps) clean, get my Postpartum Meal Prepping started (started… not close to finished), the exhaustion that comes with 35+ weeks pregnancy, myContinue reading “October 2024 in Books”

September 2024 in Books

I have lived in the Bay Area almost my entire life (minus that one year I lived in Seattle). You’d think that by now, I would remember that we don’t start Fall until November. Yet every year, I get excited for September, thinking “No, this is the year that Fall starts when Fall is supposedContinue reading “September 2024 in Books”

July 2024 in Books

Yeah, 2 months in a row where I didn’t take a reading while out and about picture. It’s not that I forget, it’s just that I… don’t remember 🙂 There is a difference. It’s mostly that when I get somewhere, I don’t remember to bring my book or I have a small purse that dayContinue reading “July 2024 in Books”

September 2023 in Books

Did you ever realize that SEPTEMBER has 9 letters and it is in the 9th month?! Mind blown. It’d be cooler if September wasn’t originally the 7th month of the year (“septem” is the Latin word for seven). I keep book notes by having tabs that I write on and insert into the book. WhenContinue reading “September 2023 in Books”

August 2023 in Books

If I had to describe August in one word, it would be “magical”. Perhaps it’s pure nostalgia that runs through my veins in August but there has always been something so special about this month. Most of our family trips to Hawaii were in August. We’d come back for the school year, sun kissed andContinue reading “August 2023 in Books”

June 2023 in Books

As I’m slowly listening to Twilight, one of my long time friends said, “If only you could tell Teenage Lauren that she’d marry a Native American man named Jacob. She would absolutely freak out.” And that, kids, is what we call manifesting (no it’s not, please stop). Trust me, it tickles me pink every timeContinue reading “June 2023 in Books”

January 2023 in Books

Boy, I really hope that January 2023 doesn’t set a precedence for how the rest of 2023 will be. Sure, I was in Mexico for week one [fantastic, got a great tan] but a week after getting back, my husband got the flu! Thankfully, I didn’t get his full blown sickness – it felt moreContinue reading “January 2023 in Books”

October 2022 in Books

Oh hello there, lovlies. Long time, no see. I feel like since August, I’ve been in a whirlwind of work and social responsibilities and I don’t see it ending any time soon. I have several started blog posts that are abandoned for one reason or another. I committed myself to a 31 Day Writing ChallengeContinue reading “October 2022 in Books”