Category: Wrap ups

Happy December, folks! I feel like December crept up on us because one minute it was Thanksgiving and the next minute it's all about the holidays. Then again, I guess every year is like that. I think the only difference is that the weekend after Thanksgiving this year was December 1st. While there were a [...]

After a night of Halloween candy and watching scary movies, it's finally the end of October. And that means another wrap up of my reading month. I read nine books this month. I feel like I need to re-name my wrap ups to "books Simone spent a month yammering about because they're so good." Because [...]

I felt like I spent the last few days of August trying to fit in as many books as I can. It didn't work, of course, because whenever I force reading I get burnt out faster. But August was good to me and I read a lot this month. I end August with a total [...]

I can't believe it's already the end of July. I mean, can you? This month felt like it flew by and almost every weekend I had plans with friends either in town or visiting from New York. I loved spending my days with friends and talking about everything including books. But it also means my [...]

Well, June, you've bested me. I wanted to spend this month reading books for myself, for Pride, and just getting back to what matters. Alas, I'm at a loss because this month beat me down with tons of work, catching up, and general June Gloom. But the sun is shining and I think summer is [...]