Simple Meals + Honest Book Reviews + Practical Living
Is it a surprise to anyone that I love numbers, graphs, and spreadsheets? I’d track absolutely everything if only I could find a system to organize and store all of it. Well, welcome to another series of Money Diaries, here on Peonies and Bees. It’s where I share every penny I spend for 7 days.
We have roughly two more months of reading to cram in before 2018 rolls around. I’ve read so many awesome books this year that I figured I’d share my top ten favorite ones so far, and I don’t know, maybe convince you to add them to your list, if you haven’t read them already. …
I’m a huge fan of audiobooks, and have been for quite sometime. My days are typically spent in someones kitchen, whether it be mine or a clients. One of the perks of personal cheffing is blissfully working in solitude for hours on end. I take advantage of this by popping in headphones and loading up an audiobook, while I begin preparing recipes for the next several uninterrupted hours.
Which brings me to a topic I’ve wanted to tackle for quite a while.
That is a serious question. I’m leaning towards HECK YES. Though, a lot of different factors go into it. For one thing, I truly believe that the narrator of said audiobook carries the weight of whether or not it’ll be a good listen. Does the narrator pour emotion and tone in while reading? Do they give different characters different voices? Does it feel like someone is simply reading a book out loud to nobody in particular? OR does the book simply suck? Because even the best narrator can’t make a poor story shine….
Shari Lapena released her long awaited second novel, A Stranger in the House, last month. I say long awaited because her first novel, The Couple Next Door, was just so damn fantastic. I literally could not be torn away from it last October and finished it over one weekend. The Couple Next Door was fast paced, suspenseful, and though the plot was a little off the wall, it was oh so good.
Like many readers who were blown away with TCND, we all knew we’d read Lapena’s second novel, A Stranger in the House without a second thought. But let me just tell you, it was sort of painful to get through. Let me explain why……
YOU GUYS! This summer has been totally bonkers. Intense, extreme, manic, overexerted… all great descriptions for what the past three months have been like over here. I definitely needed the blogging break, but I’m glad to be back. I really missed blogging about the books I’ve read. And I’ve read so many great books this summer that I’ve been dying to share… so here goes!…
I’m sure you’ve seen The Mothers by Brit Bennett
It’s tough to blog about this book without giving away too many spoilers. I’ll do the best I can to summarize the book without ruining it for you…….