Kiesha

Big News!

Over the past few months, I’ve taken a break from doing all of the things to focus more on myself and my family. There have been ups and downs and lots of crazy thrown in, and when slowly adding things back in… I realized that my heart is no longer in blogging. I’ve been half-assingContinue reading “Big News!”

Thursday Things 12/31

It’s that time of year, when everyone is thinking about the fresh start looming ahead of us and what we can do differently to make the next year even better than the last. With that train of thought in mind, here are a few things that are inspiring me for this coming year… Books forContinue reading “Thursday Things 12/31”

Thursday Things 12/24

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?!?! I am probably more excited than I should be, but whatevs. Cannot wait to see it!! & there’s this wonderful list from Buzzfeed to go along with the trailer. As soon as I heard ‘Hedwig’s Theme’ the tears welled up. I wish they would do theater showings of the HP moviesContinue reading “Thursday Things 12/24”

Thursday Things 12/17

I AM SO EXCITED!!! The first trailer for the BFG has been released!! Sophie’s glasses look exactly like the ones I wore when I very first read the book like 20 years ago. LOVE. And of course, here are some more really awesome gift ideas for the book lover in your life! This year sawContinue reading “Thursday Things 12/17”

The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman eager to give herContinue reading “The Grownup by Gillian Flynn”

Thursday Things 12/10

Well, we’ve got less than a month til Christmas (just over 2 weeks actually!!!!!) and if you’re doing some last minute shopping, here are a ton of really good ideas for the book lover in your life (or you can just send it to your significant other/best friend/sibling/parent,etc. like I did… 🙂 ) Sorry Lauren,Continue reading “Thursday Things 12/10”

Thursday Things 12/03

The holiday season is strong in me, and I always feel a lot more lovey-dovey and thankful around this time, so this list was perfect (and to be honest, it made me tear up a little bit). This is so beautiful. And it was made in a single night! I’m a little while away fromContinue reading “Thursday Things 12/03”

Hotel Ruby by Suzanne Young

Stay Tonight. Stay Forever. When Audrey Casella arrives for an unplanned stay at the grand Hotel Ruby, she’s grateful for the detour. Just months after their mother’s death, Audrey and her brother, Daniel, are on their way to live with their grandmother, dumped on the doorstep of a DNA-matched stranger because their father is drowningContinue reading “Hotel Ruby by Suzanne Young”

Beware the Wild by Natalie C. Parker

It’s an oppressively hot and sticky morning in June when Sterling and her brother, Phin, have an argument that compels him to run into the town swamp—the one that strikes fear in all the residents of Sticks, Louisiana. Phin doesn’t return. Instead, a girl named Lenora May climbs out, and now Sterling is the onlyContinue reading “Beware the Wild by Natalie C. Parker”

Thursday Things 11/26

Today, since it’s Thanksgiving and all, instead of doing a link roundup of all the things that have caught my eye lately, I’m going to tell you about a few things that I’m super thankful for right now, in no particular order. Lauren. I cannot tell you enough how thankful I am to have herContinue reading “Thursday Things 11/26”