Book Review: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
My B*tches read The Correspondent by Virginia Evans for our August selection. I knew this book was well loved and received excellent reviews, but I was hesitant. An entire book of letters? I didn’t think I’d be able to get into it. Happily, I was wrong. By the third letter, I was hooked. Here’s a […]
Book Review: What Ever Happened to Eddy Crane?
True crime memoirs are my jam. My dad gifted my What Ever Happened to Eddy Crane by Kate Crane (the man’s daughter!) for my birthday. I deviated from my summer reading list to devour this work. Wow. I definitely didn’t expect some of the elements of this case. I’m forever thankful I had a tame […]
Summer Reading Check In
July is almost over and I’ve made progress on my summer reading list, plus added a few others. To refresh your memory, click here to see what’s on my agenda: https://emerybodie.com/2026-summer-reading/ Summer Reading If you recall, Yesteryear was the first novel on my list. This was a Book B*tches selection and let’s just say we […]
Travel Tuesday (on a Thursday): How I Pack to Save Space and Time
Whew! We just got home from our annual visit to Grand Haven, MI, for the Fourth of July right on the heels of our trip to Rome. To say I’ve been living out of a suitcase for several weeks would be an understatement. I can honestly say that I have perfected my packing methods over […]
Mahjong Mania
One of my goals this summer, besides reading more, is to play more Mahjong! I made a New Year’s resolution to learn how to play and, by golly, I did. I started strong and played quite a bit at the beginning of the year, but then spring craziness hit and my groups fell off the […]
2026 Summer Reading
One of the best things about summer (and there’s a lot) is that I have more time to read. Factor in that much of my reading is done al fresco and I’m in heaven. Today I’m sharing the books I hope to read before the kids start back to school in early August. I thought […]