What’s On Your Nightstand? | Reading List & Book Recommendations {Stephenie @Reads.On.Wednesdays}

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 ~ Genevieve ~ Leave a comment

Welcome back to another edition of The Nightstand Series!

I am super excited to introduce you to my friend Stephenie AKA @reads.on.wednesdays today. She is a fellow boy mom and we have such a similar taste in books.

Her Instagram feed is just gorgeous, she always makes my TBR list grow when I read her reviews and she has the sweetest cat and pup duo!! I mean, how cute are they?!

Nightstand Series Introduction:

Hi, I’m Stephenie Freeman from @reads.on.wednesdays! I live in Southern California with my husband of almost 20 years, our two teenage boys, our dogs, and

February 2020 Book Recap & Ratings {Monthly Reading Wrap-Up)

March 4, 2020March 6, 2020 ~ Genevieve ~ Leave a comment

Hello March!

Last month was a pretty spectacular month of reading! All of my books (I only had one go to the DNF pile) were 4 stars and higher! I owe this to all the awesome #bookstagrammer recommendations.

February Reading Highs

While I had many favorites, my 5-star reads were The Girl with the Louding Voice, The Vanishing Half, Friends and Strangers, Nothing to See Here and All Along You Were Blooming.

LibroFM Bookstore Link!

One thing before we get started. A couple of months ago LibroFM started Bookstore Link. This allows you to share … Read more...

What’s On Your Nightstand? | Reading List & Book Recommendations {Susanna The Librarian}

February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 ~ Genevieve ~ Leave a comment

What’s On Your Nightstand Book Friend Series

Welcome to another edition of my reading list and book recommendations guest post series. Today I have my first guest poster that is a librarian! While I consider myself a big reader, librarians are on a whole other level of reading awesomeness.

Over the last few years, I have become involved in our town library as a volunteer and it has been so fascinating to get to know the librarians that work there, especially Susanna, who you might have heard me mention quite a bit on here. She is also the one … Read more...

Coffee Talk | Currently Loving…Winter Blues, My First Podcast Interview, Cozy Must-Haves & Book Giveaway!

February 13, 2020February 14, 2020 ~ Genevieve ~ 2 Comments

Happy February & The Winter Blues…

I have been meaning to check in with a coffee talk blog post and now we are halfway through February! How is your month going?

It has been a more challenging winter for me personally. The weather has been particularly dark and gray and I know that adds to the overall feeling of sadness and increased anxiety for me personally (and also many other people…)

While this is something I have been managing quite well for a while now (with medication, regular therapy, exercise, talking with close friends, time outside, etc), it doesn’t mean … Read more...

The Best Books of 2019 {Gen The Bookworm Book Recommendations}

January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 ~ Genevieve ~ 1 Comment

Best Books of 2019…

Hello! I have been planning on doing this post for weeks and I am so happy to finally be sharing it today. For some reason, figuring out which books would make this list was much harder than I initially anticipated. I think this is partly because I read so many amazing books last year that it was just hard to narrow it down, which is NOT a bad problem to have.

Tracking My Reading:

After overthinking it for weeks, I decided I was going to look back at all the books I read and then decide … Read more...

December 2019 Book Recap & Ratings {Gen The Bookworm Monthly Reading Wrap-Up}

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 ~ Genevieve ~ Leave a comment

Hello January!

Who else is feeling so good to be getting back into the swing of things? I love structure and routines and the fresh start to a new year. This is our first full week back at school and work and I am here for it!

One of the hardest parts of juggling parenthood and work-life is when your schedule is all thrown off because it ends up feeling like you aren’t doing any of it well…which is pretty much how the last three weeks have felt for me…

I am happy to be getting back into the swing … Read more...

Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin | Celadon Books {Gen The Bookworm Book Review}

January 4, 2020January 4, 2020 ~ Genevieve ~ 1 Comment

Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

Book Summary:

Hailed as a “marvel of a book” and “brilliant and unflinching,” Alexis Schaitkin’s stunning debut, Saint X, is a haunting portrait of grief, obsession, and the bond between two sisters never truly given the chance to know one another.

Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X. Several days later, Alison’s body is found in a remote spot on a nearby cay, and two local men–employees at the resort… Read more...

The Gift of Failure by Jessica Lahey | Better Together Book Club | January 2020 Selection {A Motherhood Book Club}

December 17, 2019December 18, 2019 ~ Genevieve ~ 2 Comments

Better Together Book Club!

Last week we had our final Better Together book club of 2019. Although our book club has only been going for a few months now, I am feeling so excited about the bonds and connections we have already formed, the amazing discussions we have had and the exciting things that are to come!

Our First Three Book Selections

Our first three books were all impactful in very different ways and each of them resulted in such fascinating conversations.

To Have and To Hold by Molly Millwood was the perfect book to start off with as it … Read more...

What’s On Your Nightstand? |Reading List & Book Recommendations {Mandi}

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 ~ Genevieve ~ Leave a comment

What’s On Your Nightstand?

Welcome to another edition of The Nightstand Series! It’s been so fun to have this series back in the swing of things and today I have another book-loving friend sharing her reading list and book recommendations!

Today I am Excited to Introduce you to Mandi!

Mandi and I have known each other since our early 20s and she has been a part of my adult reading life for almost as long as I can remember. We have always swapped books and it has been fun to watch our reading tastes grow and change over time. Mandi … Read more...

Holiday Gift Ideas for Your Favorite Bookworm | Favorite Things… {Gen The Bookworm}

November 29, 2019December 1, 2019 ~ Genevieve ~ 5 Comments

Gift Guides Galore!

It’s that time of the year when holiday gift guides are going around the internet like wildfire. While I have found some that are super helpful, it can also get very overwhelming and can sometimes feel a bit..insincere.

As a blog reader myself, I often struggle with wanting to support bloggers, who do put in a lot of time and energy behind the scenes to share content online, AND the idea of super overconsumption and also authenticity.

Tried & True

I wanted to put together a gift guide of tried and true things that I have purchased … Read more...