Disclosure: Affiliate links appear in this post. Any purchases made using these links will earn Taz + Belly a small commission. You can read more about our affiliate relationships here. We got such a great response from last month's kid-friendly book review post, that we thought we'd make it a regular series. Aren't you excited?! In case you missed it, Ella (my ten year old daughter) thinks she'd like to start her own blog, so we're giving it a test run by letting her guest post here occasionally. I'd love to tell you that the book series will occur monthly, but it might be every other month, depending on the number of books she completes each month. Ella will be using the same Goodreads scale to rank her books each month. 1 star // she did not like it 2 star // she said it was ...
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What I Read in August
Warning: Affiliate and sponsored links appear in the following post. Although shopping the embedded links won’t cost you any additional dollars, it might mean that I download a few extra audio books this month. Your support of my reading habit is always appreciated! At the end of July, I was up to thirty books for the year. I'll admit to thinking I'd be way ahead at this point, but it's been slower going than I expected. Part of me thinks that having a goal has been more hindrance than help, but I'm determined to finish the year strong either way! After a pretty dismal July, I'm proud to say I have my reading mojo back. I might not have tackled ten books this month, but I'll consider these four a win. Josh worked so much this month and the kids have been exhausted from their return to ...
What Ella Read | Part 1
Disclosure: Affiliate links appear in this post. Any purchases made using these links will earn Taz + Belly a small commission. You can read more about our affiliate relationships here. A few days ago, Ella asked me if I would help her start a blog. Of course, I think she's adorable and that a blog written by a ten year old girl would be super fun, but I asked some questions about exactly what she wanted to share. I asked her to brainstorm a list of post ideas and promised we would talk about it. For now, she's going to be sharing periodic posts about what she's reading. I've actually had lots of questions about how we read with the girls and what their favorite kinds of books are, so I thought this might be a fun feature to share with you. She'll be participating in a reading challenge ...
Collaboreads | And the Mountains Echoed
I was so excited when I heard Amber and Rachel were resurrecting the Collaboreads link up this month! You all know I love to read and sharing my monthly posts is one of my favorite things to do, but joining other readers in a monthly link up? Sold. I highly recommend hopping over to visit each of them tomorrow. I had to post a day early since tomorrow is Wardrobe Wesnesday! This month's book criteria was to read a book by an author of a different race or ethnicity than your own. I mentioned last month that reading books my african american authors was something I wanted to pay more attention to, so I considered choosing something from that list, BUT this book has been on my shelf for three years and I've started it twice, but never finished. I ...
What I Read in July
Warning: Affiliate links appear in the following post. Although shopping the embedded links won’t cost you any additional dollars, it might mean that I download a few extra audio books this month. Your support of my reading habit is always appreciated! I'm not sure why I couldn't read in July, but I had no desire to turn a single page. Josh has been working sixteen hours a day/seven days a week. I haven't cooked a single time this month (meaning I completely failed at my Whole30). We pulled the plug on our cable, so I've been catching up on the DVR before it vanishes into nothing in a few days. I had so many hours of podcasts to catch up on after being at the beach for two weeks last month. I just didn't have the time to fit reading in and if I'm being honest, I wasn't interested in ...
What I Read in June
Warning: Affiliate links appear in the following post. Although shopping the embedded links won’t cost you any additional dollars, it might mean that I download a few extra audio books this month. Your support of my reading habit is always appreciated! I was hoping to be able to tell you I conquered double-digits this month, but it just wasn't in the cards. I'm going to publicly acknowledge the fact that I have two (demanding) children, a blog and a full time job, so endless hours of reading every day isn't something I can commit to. Some of my favorite book-reviewing bloggers knock it out of the park every month and I'm always so jealous! I keep reminding myself that I'm not in that season of life right now. Four to six books a month is super reasonable for me, especially when two of ...