Tag: The Secret Life of Bees

Ancient Ruins & an Unexpected Book: The March Wrap Up!

Posted April 1, 2019 in Checking In // 8 Comments

Y’all, I want to apologize in advance for the March and April wrap ups – Matt and I picked up the keys to our new apartment on Wednesday, so now we are 100% about moving, packing, unpacking, the works. Nearly all my other posts for the next two months have been pre-scheduled, but the wrap ups I usually do the weekend before, because I think it’s important they’re fresh. The March and April wrap up are going to be missing some bits and pieces that take me a little while longer to go through and talk about, but I promise […]

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Posted March 21, 2019 in Reviews // 2 Comments

The Secret Life of Bees is one of those modern classics that is so good in so many ways from cover to cover, I’m not sure I can really do it justice in a basic review. It tells the story of Lily Owens, a little girl who killed her mother when she was a toddler and is living with the weight of that accident heavy on her heart. Her father, T-Ray, blames her for the loss of his beloved wife and finds it impossible to love her. So when the only person who has ever shown Lily a little bit […]

Top Ten “Older” Books I Don’t Want People To Forget

Posted July 10, 2018 in Memes // 23 Comments

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is a freebie, and as such, I decided to go deep into the TTT archive and come up with something close to my heart. You, my lovely followers, will know that I’m not always on top of the hottest books. Sure, I read Children of Blood and Bone the month it was published, but it took me a year to get to The Hate U Give and I just read the hugely popular The Perks of Being a Wallflower last month (it was published in 1999). I love reading older books, ones that may have been hyped […]

TOTALLY AWESOME Assigned Reading – #TTT

Posted August 22, 2017 in Memes // 12 Comments

So last week, I ranted like crazy about Dune. My WORST EVER assigned reading book that, despite being in my genre, I HATED WITH THE PASSION OF BURNING HELLFIRE. I am dramatic. But there are really good books that I was assigned for school reading as well. ONE OF THEM is even in my Top Ten. So, without further ado – this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by the gorgeous ladies at The Broke and the Bookish. Elementary School I’m going to start at the lower grades and move up, because honestly, there are some SOLID books intended for elementary school […]