i used to do a post called ‘gems of the week’ but at this point i feel like it’s GEMS of the YEAR?! however, in an effort to do better but not put pressure on myself, we will just stick with GEMS. so here’s what’s been up as of late: i am beginning to wonder if we do, in fact, live in the desert. we have had SO MUCH rain lately that it seems impossible, really. i am here to… Read more »
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em kat reads. october 2018.
in an effort to catch up and get back on the blogging train, here i am (SECOND time this week!) with another book post! i am very happy to say that i am on track for accomplishing my 2018 reading goals and i will work to make sure that i keep it up for the next two months!! so here is that october brought to the book shelf: side effects may vary by julie murphy if you recall, i read… Read more »
em kat reads. august & september 2018.
sooo….i’m just going to leave this here and pretend that it’s not november as i post about what i read in august and september!! thanks for playing along! the good news is, i read some REALLY AWESOME stuff those months and i have been excited to share it with you…which doesn’t explain why it’s taken me so long to do so, but here we are! what can i say?! anyway, here is what august and september’s reads looked like: el… Read more »
eating our way around montreal.
when my aunt and i decided to go to montreal, and we were talking about what we wanted to do there, food and drinks were at the TOP of our list. we didn’t really have any specific places we wanted to go, but we knew we’d run into some DELISH options. it’s safe to say that we didn’t have any BAD food while we were there, but here are some of our faves: tommy – we hadn’t heard of tommy. but… Read more »
em kat reads. july 2018.
well, this month was better! i managed to get back on track and read 4 books, all while doing my teacher librarian part 2 course! WOOP! i read some goodies this month, and i’m even going to share them with you BEFORE the end of july!! another WOOP! here they are: Educated by Tara Westover this one was so intense. i don’t really know how else to describe it, but i loved it. it is a memoir of her… Read more »
em kat reads. may & june 2018.
may and june were NOT good reading months. i don’t know what it was. you know that end of the school year swing? like everything is busy and insane and for some reason, during my free time i just COULD NOT read! in the little down time that i had, i did a WHOLE LOT of nothing. what can i say?! anyway, here are the few books that i read in may and june. and i will definitely try to… Read more »
i used to blog.
remember that??! the days that i used to blog? NO?! i hardly remember it either. and i have no excuses this time HA! but i will tell you that for ages linds has been telling me that i should VLOG. and i have been thinking about it recently. i even did some research. but i dunno??? do i have enough to say? enough to VLOG about?! and it’s weird because i used to hate the sound of my own… Read more »
a gallery walk through lebanon.
here is a quick (and better-late-than-never) look at my spring break in lebanon with pam! if you’re interested in seeing more, you will find them on my facebook 🙂
em kat reads. april 2018.
ok so i’m a week late…but you know how it goes. here is what april brought to the SHELF 🙂 Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart last month i read another book by this author (we were lying) and it was soooo good. so, naturally, i was very excited to get my hands on this book. it’s written in a really interesting way – starting with chapter 18, working its way to chapter 1. and then finishing with chapter 19. it… Read more »
may as a teacher.
may is SO weird. wouldn’t you agree?? like as a teacher, may just holds this strange feeling?! i think it’s so many things. it’s almost the end-ness. it’s there is still so much left to do-ness. it’s dreading goodbyes to those who you have grown to love-ness. it’s excitement for upcoming adventure-ness. but then it leaves us (or some of us? most of us? just me?!) with this strange feeling. i haven’t blogged. clearly. i haven’t really been reading all… Read more »
