Weekly Recap: 7/18 - 7/24

HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOGHi, everyone! Thank goodness this week was a bit better than the last few! I still didn't get much reading done, but I did start with my new dog trainer and things are going pretty well so far. We're making strides with house breaking Rufio and all three dogs are learning basic commands. Rufio immediately figured out everything, while the older two girls are taking a little longer. Bella is the last to figure out the down command, but she's doing pretty good for an old dog! After talking with some friends and browsing some doggy dementia groups, I'm not entirely convinced Bella has dementia. The vet diagnosed it based...

Top Ten Tuesday #303: One sitting reads

Today's Topic: Books I Read In One SittingHappy Tuesday! This week we're talking about one sitting reads. Truthfully, I don't really read books in one sitting, but these are ten that I flew through in a very short amount of time because I couldn't put them down!You by Caroline KepnesEcho North by Joanna Ruth MeyerHer Soul to Take by Harley LarouxAngelfall by Susan EeThe Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren JamesCaraval by Stephanie GarberWelcome to the Dark House by Laurie Faria StolarzCrave by Tracy WolffNeon Gods by Katee RobertDry by Neal Shusterman & Jarrod ShustermanTop Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy...

Weekly (Monthly) Recap: 6/20 - 7/17

HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOGHi, everyone! Well, it's been a month. 😅As many of you already know, I lost my three-year-old puppy Kovu just over a year ago after a long medical battle. On June 29th I went to pick up my new puppy, Rufio. I was so excited to meet him, but I was wholly unprepared for the trigger he would be. I spent the following couple weeks under crippling anxiety, thankfully with my mom around to help for much of it. I have spent the past 18 days waiting for something terrible to happen, waiting for a sudden fever or vomiting spell that would signal some horrible illness. Thankfully, it didn't come and I'm finally accepting that...

ARC Review: Small Favors by Erin A. Craig

Title: Small FavorsAuthor: Erin A. CraigPublication Date: July 27, 2021Publisher: DelacortePages: 480Add to GoodreadsEllerie Downing lives in the quiet town of Amity Falls in the Blackspire Mountain range--five narrow peaks stretching into the sky like a grasping hand, bordered by a nearly impenetrable forest from which the early townsfolk fought off the devils in the woods. To this day, visitors are few and rare. But when a supply party goes missing, some worry that the monsters that once stalked the region have returned.As fall turns to winter, more strange activities plague the town. They point to a tribe of devilish and mystical creatures...