I was always super jealous of people’s Shazam app, but for some reason never felt like downloading it myself. I guess I just really didn’t want yet another app crowding my phone. But late in 2022, I finally caved. Now I’m constantly whipping out the app. Anytime I’m watching TV or at a restaurant or …
10 Fun Things I’ve Found Online
Here are 10 fun things I found online in November of 2023. Movies Rolling Stone‘s nostalgic oral history of the movie The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. With the new release of The Boy and the Heron, we’ve been getting our Ghibli on lately, and who hasn’t fallen absolutely in love with …
In Search of the Perfect Tubing Mascara: A Review
I’ve been a Too Faced Better Than Sex girl for years now. There’s just nothing else like it that creates so much length and volume all with one swipe. But after years of rubbing off panda eyes, I finally had to face the facts that liquid mascara just isn’t for me. Read on for my …
10 Fun Things I’ve Found Online
Here are 10 fun things I found online in July of 2023. Art (Or Not?) Whether or not you choose to refer to AI prompters as artists, or even if you’re undecided, it’s hard to deny that Ben Myhre is creating mysterious and magical worlds with AI. From dark manors to country lanes, from Oz …
The Best Novels I Read in 2023 (Part 1)
Check out my reviews of the best novels I’ve read so far in 2023.
7 Great Novels I Read in 2022 (Part 2)
Continuing my mid-year idea of sharing all my four- and five-star reads, here are seven more novels that fit the criteria from the second half of 2022. (By the way, several of these reads came from Book of the Month Club. If you’re curious, you can check out what’s inside my current box, as well …
13 Pieces of Advice That Have Gotten Me Through
We all go through hard times now and then. Here are 13 pieces of advice that have stuck with me and carried me through the bad. I made both Pinterest and Instagram versions for whichever you prefer. (And you can grab the Pinterest versions here.) This post will be the first in a series with …
9 Great Novels I Read in 2022 (Part 1)
In 2021, I decided to start recording the best novels I read in a year–anything I award four (or higher) stars. This year and going forward, I’ll split them up into half-years (or maybe quarters if I keep reading so many good books!). Fantasy I’ve found a new favorite! I loved just about everything about …
7 Reasons to Join Book of the Month Club
I’ve been aware of the existence of Book of the Month Club my entire life. But I didn’t realize until just a few months ago that I could be a part of it. I don’t know what I thought BOTM was. But being a “club”, I assumed it was exclusionary. And I guess it had …
15 Cheesy Hallmark-Style Movies to Start Your Holiday Season
I’ve always been all about that Christmas spirit. It’s my absolute favorite holiday, and fortunately for me, there are a ton of films on the subject! They’re mostly cheesy, low-budget productions with bad acting, unbelievable scripts, and unintentionally cringeworthy human behavior, but hey, they serve a purpose. My brain isn’t really sure what that purpose …