Well, here we are mid month and I’m just now getting around to posting about one of my favorite reading events, National Poetry Month!

So it may be a bit of old news to everyone but hopefully you’ve been enjoying some good poems all month.

I recently finish reading my first poetry collection of the year, I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer, which is a collection of erasure poems created from comments she received both from supporters and detractors. I especially loved the ones that were from negative comments and how she turned around the poem into something powerful and a way to fight back the negativity.

I plan to read another poetry collection but just not sure which one yet. I have some poetry books on my shelves which I haven’t read yet. Some Margaret Atwood, Tracy K. Smith and a collection of nature poems. So we’ll see which one I read next.

Other than that, just been trying to stay sane. Unfortunately the bookbinding class I was going to attend this month got rescheduled but something I can look forward to in the summer.

One exciting thing I did read recently, is that Austin is one of the best cities in the country for book lovers. We may not be #1 but we’ve moved up the ranks and are now at #15. Love that!

I hope you are all doing well and let me know if you’ve read any good poems lately or discovered a new favorite poet!

Hi Friends and Happy Easter! How have you been? I’m sorry for my very sporadic posts. I don’t know what to tell you other than I feel like I can’t get back into a regular routine of blogging. Overall, this month I’ve been struggling a bit with a lack of motivation whether it’s for blogging, exercise or anything else. But spring is here and so hopefully I get my mojo back soon.

My reading this month has included several books but I’ve only finished two: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng and The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane. Both authors I’ve read before but these books were not on par with my expectations. Especially The Half Moon, as I was really disappointed by that one.

Anyway sometimes that happens right?

Now that April is almost here I’m excited about National Poetry Month. I haven’t picked up a poetry collection yet this year but that will be my goal for April. I’m also very excited about this coming month as I have an in person bookbinding class I’ve signed up for. I’ve been doing online crafty classes this year but it’s been a long time since I’ve had an in person class – especially a bookbinding class!

I had planned to take off some time from work in March but that didn’t happen and I think I really need to do that in April. Unfortunately we don’t have any vacation plans this summer so I need to schedule some days off here and there so I can focus on my personal projects, rest and fun!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and here’s to a great month ahead!