Quickie Book Review- A History Of Women In America

 

I am a bit of a history buff. I'm no expert, don't claim to be, but I am very much a nerd about learning. This book caught my interest when I saw it at the used book store. The pictures on the cover drew me in. I wanted to know about those ladies and how their lives might have looked. 

The way this book was written made these women come to life. History can be a bit dry, but this was not a book that left you needing hydration. It's engaging, lively, and very well pieced together. The pictures and illustrations are well picked and brought some of the ladies highlighted to "life." 

It's a very easily readable and well written book that will inform and in some instances thoroughly entertain you. (Some of these ladies led quite "colorful" lives!) 

Highly recommend this one! 

Reading Plans

 

I finished my first book of 2026! I am really liking the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. So I'm moving into the 4th book, Wizard and Glass. I'm also going to try to dive into the Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward, so I'm going to read the first book in that main series. 

So these are what I'm going to try to get into this week. Wizard and Glass is freaking huge so I won't be done with it, but I do hope to at least get through half! 

What are you reading this week? 

Casual Readathon

 This is a casual lil shindig for me! Starting now (Thurs. 15th, @ 11am) and ending Saturday (not yet decided when yet) *maybe even rolling over to Sunday, I dunno* I will be reading any chance I get. Any time I can sit my ass on the sofa, reading. Anytime I have a free moment, reading. No pressure, no goals..though it would be lovely to finish a book..just reading. 

I have work, house chores, taking care of the Lady but in the in between times I have plenty of chances to read. 

This is also impromptu. 

First up:

I'm starting from page: 176 

I'll keep ya posted, probably daily, maybe more frequent. We shall see! 

Weekly Reads

 

This week I hope to wrap up The Waste Lands and start on the 4th book, Wizard and Glass, and finish Pride and Prejudice. 

I'm looking forward to marking The Waste Lands as my first read of 2026. I might make Wednesday a readathon as I have that whole day off. The Lady has a nurse visit so I'll have to take a break for that and of course the typical daily chores that I do, but otherwise I'm thinking about a social media/tv/youtube black out so I can focus on reading as much as I can cram into one day. 

That'll be fun. I have a lot of catching up to do. 

What are you reading or planning on reading this week? 

Check In

 

So how have you all been? Me, I've been all over the place mentally. Lately, I've been wanting to do the things but not finding the energy to actually do them. Starting on things and then putting them down. It's not been fun. I don't like to get political or whatever, but the state of the world lately has really pressed down hard on me mentally. I've kind of checked out and tuned out without any real progress on my goals. Reading, studying and working out hasn't really seemed important in the grand scheme of things, but I know that's not good for my mental health at all. I can only change the things that I can change and I have to remember that. 

So I'm trying to "force" myself out of the slump. Out of the fog that I've found myself in and try to get back to focusing on my goals and what I would like to achieve this year. 

So for the next few weeks I'm going to get back on a work out routine, focus on improving my diet and meal prepping, reading (and writing reviews again..still have several to do!), and studying. I want to take the exam to get my certifications, so I'm going to brush up on my studies and hopefully do the exam mid to late this year. I also want to become decently knowledgeable in Latin (started studying last year and kind of puttered out, so picking that back up). 

I want to aim for 30 books read this year. 

I want to become more fit and lose about 25 pounds.

So how are y'all doing? Are you hitting your goals so far?  How many books have you read by now? 

Most importantly..HOW ARE YOU FEELING? 

Weekend Plans

 

So because of a change in my work schedule I have this afternoon, tomorrow during the day and Sunday during the day. 

So that means I have plenty of time to read! I want to finish The Wastelands (book 3 in the Dark Tower series) and get some in on the rest of my TBR. 

I am extremely motivated! Also, reviews will start to show up here very very soon. I've got a little bank of reviews that need to be posted.  

So what are your plans for the weekend? 

Happy New Year!

 

Let's cross our crossables and hope that 2026 is a good one! Happy New Year everyone!