Living a Joyful Life

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Beef, rice, veggies Tuesday: Late lunch at PF Changs I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... Nothing at the moment. What I'm Loving... NCAA March Madness What I've Been Up To... Watching lots of college basketball What I'm Dreading... Nothing at the moment. What I'm Working On... April content for my Youtube channel What I'm Excited About... St. Patrick's Day and our traditional Irish meal, new Tyler Hynes movie on Hallmark, college basketball. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: Hallmark, regular TV shows, college basketball Reading: I just finished reading The Upside of Falling by Alex Light What I'm Listening To... Morgan Wallen, Kelsea Ballerini What I'm Doing This Weekend... Watching college basketball, filming for my Youtube channel. What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month... Visits from family, Easter, baseball season.

  10 Blind Dates -Ashley Elston My Rating: 4 stars This is book 1 of the Messina Family series (there are just two books so far and I'm not sure if there will be more). I love the cover. I really loved this book a-lot. I loved the relationship between the characters as they are a close bunch of cousins and it reminded me of my childhood and teenage years growing up with my cousins. I recommend this book. 11 Paper Hearts -Kelsey Hartwell My Rating: 4 stars I enjoyed this book a-lot. I saw the ending come from a mile away but I still loved it. I Think I Love You -Auriane Desombre My Rating: 3 stars I enjoyed this book enough but it wasn't a favorite. I love the cover and I like the cast of characters. 10 Truths & a Dare -Ashley Elston My Rating: 4 stars I loved this book just as much as I loved the first one in the series. It was so fun to see the cousins back together again for another novel. Begin Again -Emma Lord My Rating: 4 stars This is the latest novel from Emma Lor...

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Leftovers of my mom's chili Tuesday: Pasta carbonara (my favorite!) I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... My trips to the Caribbean. I went there twice and both trips took place in the month of February. What I'm Loving... Filming for my Youtube channel. Watching re-runs of Chicago PD and Chicago Fire. What I've Been Up To... On the 10th, I had a bestie day with my best friend and her baby girl. On the 14th, my cat Davey Eli turned 15. I recently hit 300 subscribers on my Youtube channel and I hosted a giveaway on my IG account. What I'm Dreading... Pollen season. I'm allergic and I always feel so crappy during this time of year. What I'm Working On... Filming for my YT channel. What I'm Excited About... The new season of Outer Banks that starts tomorrow. What I'm Watching/Reading: Watching: Regular TV shows, the Superbowl, Hallmark movies, re-runs of Chicago PD and Chi...

  So, This Is Love -Tracy Andreen My Rating: 4 stars This is a sequel to the novel So, This Is Christmas. While the first book centers around Christmas, this novel centers around Valentine's Day. I really enjoyed this sequel. I love the characters and the storyline. I really hope that there are more books in this series. New Year's Kiss -Lee Matthews My Rating: 4 stars I thought this was such a cute novel. I love the relationship between the sisters and how it developed throughout the story. I also loved the storyline between the two main characters. Carrie Soto Is Back -Taylor Jenkins Reid My Rating: 5 stars I really enjoyed this novel. Taylor Jenkins Reid is one of my favorite authors and this novel is another great read from her. I wasn't sure if I would be as invested in this novel as her other's because I'm not a huge tennis fan and don't know anything about tennis. I ended up enjoying it just as much as her other novels so that was awesome. My Epic Spring...

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Chicken & cheese quesadilla Tuesday: Ham steak, sweet potato, veggies I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... My two trips to the Caribbean. What I'm Loving... Watching football, planning/filming for my Youtube channel. What I've Been Up To... Watching football/tv/movies, filming/planning, spending time with my mom. What I'm Dreading... Nothing at the moment. What I'm Working On... Planning out content for my YT channel for February & March. What I'm Excited... I had a best friend date with my bestie and her daughter. We hit up all of our usual stores and Starbucks and we went out for lunch. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: Christmas movies that I didn't see in December, football, TV shows Reading: I'm currently reading Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid What I'm Listening To... Mostly country music, pop, and 90's music. What I'm Wearing...

                                                                   The Christmas Wish -Lindsey Kelk (My Rating: 4 stars) I really enjoyed this story. Lindsey Kelk is a great author and I was so excited when I found out that she was coming out with a Christmas book. It was super cute and festive and I loved it. Talk Santa To Me -Linda Urban (My Rating: 3 stars) I though this was a super cute YA festive read. I enjoyed the main characters as well as the supporting characters and thought it was a fun read. Also, how cute is the cover? Christmas novels always have the cutest covers. ' Tis the Season for Revenge -Morgan Elizabeth (My Rating: 2 stars) I have a-lot of mixed feelings on this book. I thought there were a-lot of over the top sex scenes (I don't mind sex scenes in the novels I read b...

  Top 10 Favorite Books of the Year:   1.  Every Summer After –Carley Fortune   2.   The Summer of Broken Rules –K.L. Walther 3.  Blame It On The Mistletoe –Beth Garrod 4.  The Love Hypothesis –Ali Hazelwood 5.  The Stand-In –Lily Chu 6.  The Hidden One –Linda Castillo 7.  Book Lovers –Emily Henry 8.  After I Do –Taylor Jenkins Reid 9.  Meant To Be –Emily Giffin 10.  Postcards from Summer –Cynthia Platt   End of Year Book Survey:   Currently reading?  I haven't started my first book of 2023 yet. Your book goal of 2022? 60 books   How many books read in 2022? 63   Fiction/Non-fiction ratio? 62/1   Male/Female authors? 1/62   Favorite book(s) read? Every Summer After –Carley Fortune   Least favorite(s)? Flying Solo –Linda Holmes   Longest title? Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between –Jennifer E. ...