Hello darlings,
Happy spring! (Feels a little late to say that, I know, but I checked and summer doesn’t start until June 20th – so I think I’m in the clear.)
I’ve been sneezy but happy, enjoying the endless discovery process that is living in a new house during a new season. We’ve been very lucky with how much gardening the previous owners of our house did over the 30 years they lived here. Mr DitL and I have no idea what we’re doing when it comes to maintaining that garden, but we’re going to do our absolute best to try to keep everything alive and flourishing.
Do you know what mulch is? Mulch is a subject I knew nothing about before. It took 44 bags to cover our garden beds. Yes, I do know this because we purchased it in bits and pieces over many trips to our local hardware store. Mulch! Who knew?
I’ve been a busy bee lately with a few blog posts and some fun freelance writing projects for individual brands. If you ever need more jewelry content than I’m posting here, you can always come find my articles over at Instore Magazine.
xoxo,
Becky
What I’m reading
The Veronica Speedwell by Deanna Radbourn series.
The Veronica Speedwell Series follows Veronica Speedwell, a Victorian era Lepidopterist, who is forced to investigate mysteries with her stoic and intelligent sidekick Stoker, a handsome nobleman disgraced and fellow scientist.
I’ve read a couple of these books before, but this was my first time doing the whole series all at the same time. It was a delight. This series is fantastic if you enjoy strong female characters, clever writing and a good mystery. They’re not capital R Romance, but there is a consistent, enjoyable slow burn love story.
Love at First Book, by Jenn McKinlay.
Emily is a library assistant who is also emotionally attached to the young adult fantasy series she rereads every day. Emily, who is a librarian, loves a series of young adult fantasy books from her childhood. But it’s unfinished. So when she gets her dream job, moving to Ireland, to help her favourite author write the final book of her favorite series. She discovers that there’s an unexpected complication. It involves the handsome and grumpy owner at the bookstore, where she works as a part-time employee. When he turns out to be her new employer’s son, she realizes she’ll have to get along with him somehow.
This sweet contemporary Romance had me in tears of happiness and sadness. It’s a true book lover’s fantasy and it fits my own personal relationship to books so perfectly that I already know I’ll be rereading it.
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