Extreme Book Nerd 2025 – Almost Completed

(Feature photo: a book with multiple narrators) Once again, we enjoyed participating in the Idaho Falls Public Library Extreme Book Nerd for Kids and Extreme Book Nerd for Teens Challenges 2025. In order to count for the challenges, a book must be at least 100 pages long and no duplicate titles are allowed. Audio books … Continue reading Extreme Book Nerd 2025 – Almost Completed

Favorite Autumnal Things

Hello readers and happy autumn season to you! To celebrate this fall season, I’m sharing some of my favorite things right now. I hope you enjoy! quirky cowboy boot vase & TBR books got this card for my mom at Trader Joe’s because we’re always saying this to each other all fall/winter long black French … Continue reading Favorite Autumnal Things

The Brave Learner

Book #9 for 2025 The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life by Julie Bogart Overall, this book was a little more unschool-y than I totally agree with. However there were some really great ideas and concepts throughout the text as well. Here are my favorite takeaways from this book: “Surprise your … Continue reading The Brave Learner

DIY Summer Homeschool “Conference”

Last summer, I attended a few local homeschool mini-conferences and left each of them feeling underwhelmed, uninspired and like I’d wasted a big chunk of time. This summer, instead of scouring Facebook for local conferences and lamenting the travel cost to attend a large conference in California, I decided to read books instead. I felt … Continue reading DIY Summer Homeschool “Conference”

When Stone Wings Fly

Book #8 for 2025 “When Stone Wings Fly: A Smokey Mountains Novel” by Karen Barnett This was my summer fiction novel. I almost exclusively read nonfiction, but every once in a while I’ll pick up a novel and pack it in my duffle bag to bring on vacation for a brain break. This particular book … Continue reading When Stone Wings Fly