Parenting in the time of COVID

Over the past six weeks, I've often wondered how I would feel in the current housebound situation of COVID-19 if my life were different. Mainly, if I wasn't a parent. I saw a tweet last week (or maybe the week before, let's be honest the days are all blending together at this point) that really …

BOOK REVIEW: The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica

Thank you to NetGalley and Park Row for an advance copy of this book. I thought this book sounded like it would be a fun thriller to take my mind off winter and it was — to a point. I liked how the narratives bounce back and forth between different characters. If you pay attention …

BOOK REVIEW: The Authenticity Project by Claire Pooley

Thank you to Penguin Random House Canada and Net Galley for an advanced copy of this book. https://www.amazon.ca/Authenticity-Project-Clare-Pooley-ebook/dp/B07STRV1RB/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1580655103&sr=8-1 I really, really wanted to like this book. When I read the description back in October, I thought it sound like a book that would be right up my alley. Since October, I would start The Authenticity …

BOOK REVIEW: I Want You To Know We’re Still Here by Esther Safran Foer

Book 2 of 40 https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1563755361l/46809528.jpg Thank you to Crown Published and Net Galley for an advanced copy of this book. Spoilers below. It's not often I go to write a review about a book and end up not knowing where to start. Firstly, I am saddened and horrified to not know so much about the …

BOOK REVIEW: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Book 1 of 40 Usually the first book I finish reading in a year is one I started the year previous. I don't think there's anything wrong with that, but also feel like I kind of am cheating my goal on number of books read when I didn't really read a full book of one …

What I read in 2019 & looking ahead to 2020

I've been using Goodreads to track the books I've read and make annual reading goals for seven years now. My reading goal for 2019 was 35 books, and I actually read 37 (apparently that total means more than 11,700 pages read!). Given this, my goal for 2020 will be 40. If I'm able to hit …

I have run 500 km (but I won’t run 500 more)

I was waiting to do my year in review on Strava until I hit 500 kilometres run in 2019, which I did Sunday night after a 5km run. Sadly, Strava did not include my run today — or my Christmas Eve run — so according to this lovely year in review, I ran 9km less …

Welcome to my blog

So here we go again. I'm starting 2020 much like I started 2010 a decade ago — by creating a blog. In 10 years, a lot of things have changed: my career, where I live, my hobbies. But my need to write is still there. I tried blogging many times before (and was actually most …