Tag: The Spaceship Next Door

So Long Sweet Summer – My August Wrap Up

Posted September 7, 2020 in Checking In // 0 Comments

I cannot tell you all how grateful I am that the heat has finally broken here in New England. In line with the coming storm season, we’ve had either sunny days or massive thunderstorms and nothing in between, and I am LIVING for it. I love thunderstorm season – there’s something to that electricity that makes me feel so alive. Also, feeling grateful because a massive might-as-well-be-a-whole-tree branch missed falling on our house by about six feet. With a little help from the wind we avoided some serious damage – the thing took down all the saplings in its wake […]

In Which I Participated in a Readathon and … Passed My Last Exam? The July 2020 Wrap Up!

Posted August 3, 2020 in Checking In // 4 Comments

Here we are everyone, in the first days of August, the summer mostly over. I guess one of the good things about 2020 is that it’s really flying by. I didn’t really expect that because … well … we’re all stuck at home. Or at least, I am! The United States has honestly been atrocious with handling COVID-19. There are “guidelines” in place, but only about half the citizens I’ve seen out and about actually follow them. … It’s so basic y’all! *huff puff* ANYWAY. Still, a lot of positive movement this summer. Let’s just dig in and I’ll tell you […]

The Reading Rush 2020: In Review

Posted July 27, 2020 in Bookish Things, Readthons & Reading Challenges // 2 Comments

As I announced a couple weeks ago, despite knowing how busy I am, I decided I needed to participate in The Reading Rush again this summer because I had a lot of fun with it last year and … well? I just wanted to. And I’m glad I did, because even though I knew it would be a lot when doubled with my studying and work being busy but… you know? Sometimes you gotta treat yourself. And I’m glad I did because this is my only major readathon this year (Start On Your Shelfathon is more of a reading challenge) and […]

The Spaceship Next Door by Gene Doucette

Posted July 25, 2020 in Reviews // 0 Comments

The Spaceship Next Door is a fun story I would never have discovered without Evelina’s glowing recommendation, so before I go any deeper into this review, I want to shoutout my thanks! Book bloggers do make a difference. 🙂 Sorrow Falls, Massachusetts feels very much like where I live – a small New England town with more cows than people. Where everyone knows each other, and there’s one small diner, and nothing interesting really ever happens. Except, in the case of Sorrow Falls, a spaceship lands in an empty field. Just, lands. Then does nothing. For years. The Spaceship Next […]

My Very Ill-Advised But I’m-Doing-The-Readathon-Anyway READING RUSH 2020 TBR!

Posted July 13, 2020 in Bookish Things, Readthons & Reading Challenges // 4 Comments

Hey everyone! I have been so, so light on readathons this year because of EVERYTHING but also because of my limited ability to read frantically due to other responsibilities. That said, I really still wanted to join in on the Reading Rush because I had a blast with this readathon last year. So here we are! This is, for the record, the absolute worst time for me to be doing a readathon. It falls the week before my FINRA 99 exam and I honestly should be hitting the books hard. With this in mind, I’ve tried to compromise a bit between having […]