Psst. Here's a secret about my recent vacation to South Carolina: I liked Charleston... but I fell deeply in love with Isle of Palms. Welcome, Tartlets, to Part 2 of my South Carolina vacation. As I said in my previous vacation post, Mr Tart and I spent a few days in Charleston, then we headed to the nearby Charleston sea islands for a few days of relaxing on the beach. Of course, we didn't do that much relaxing. That's really hard for us. We...
See this photo below? This is me, hugging a palm tree in Charleston, South Carolina. Why? Because I love palm trees, and I love being by the water. And Charleston, bless its lil' Southern heart, gave me both of those things in abundance during my vacation. Hello, Tartlets! The last time we checked in on my wanderings, I'd taken a long weekend up to Enders Island, CT. And while that was absolutely lovely, after 2.5 years of trundling around the...
I’ve been trying to write my review of Two Steps Forward since June. Yup, June. That’s how long ago I read this book. I usually read and prep my reviews a few weeks in advance, but six months is really stretching it. It's hard to see a story for what it actually is and not the hopes you were pinning on it. I first fell in love with author Graeme Simsion's writing with The Rosie Project, which took the world by storm and, if you remember,...
I hate not finishing a book.
Whenever I start a new book, it has 50 pages to get me hooked, or I put it down. This is my "50 page rule." While some books have come perilously close to the cutoff point, it’s rare that a book actually gets the dubious honor of being put on my Did Not Finish (DNF) list.
With great regret, I inform you that I must place The Road to Little Dribbling in this category.
Mind you, it’s not because the book is awful....
It's the middle of the summer, and it feels like EVERYONE is going on vacation. Except me. Co-workers are taking weeks off to spend at the beach or mountain resorts; a blogger I follow recently spent one month in coastal Connecticut (swoon); and photos of tropical islands are popping up in my Facebook feed like whoa. And, me? Or, should I say, us? Husband and I are spending a luxurious summer at...the Cottage. Now, don't feel too bad for us...
Sometimes you just need to take a day off from everything. I don’t do this nearly as often as I should, but whenever I do, I find it so fulfilling. Husband and I recently celebrated our third wedding anniversary, and we have a tradition of taking the day off work to spend together (as opposed to spending it separately, with me in hours of commuter traffic and him behind a desk for 9 hours straight). Our first anniversary, we spent half the day...
