Blog + Dog, In My Own Words, Lifestyle

Happy 2nd Birthday Tess, My Little Liar

Last Saturday, Tess celebrated her second birthday with cake and a party hat. She also gave me quite the surprise and made me spend a good chunk of money at the vet to make sure she was okay... Yay... rescues!

11..., Lifestyle

11… Hopes for the New Year

I was hoping for an amazing start to the '20s. Instead a global pandemic arrived two months later, changing the social, economic, cultural, and all the other landscapes of the world. I have never been one for resolutions or goals, but I have hopes for 2021, and I will keep those in mind in the coming days and months.

Fiction

Finding Christmas Diversity in Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory

Christmas stories are not known for their diversity. I finally found one in Jasmine Guillory’s Royal Holiday. One of my favorite contemporary Christmas novels, and probably my favorite rom-com ever.

Books, Fiction, Reading Lists

11… Of My Favorite Christmas Books to Read

It's been hard getting into the Christmas spirit this year. I'm sure I'm not the only one. There are also a lot of crap Christmas novels out there, so I made a list of my favorite eleven to save you some time and pain.