Whew, life sure does come at you fast! Doesn’t it? In April I quit my job, and in June, Alice put in her notice and just had her last day at work. On top of that, I am now moving to… drumroll, please… WALES! Cardiff specifically. There are a lot of big things happening in …
It’s SUMMER!!! (Summer officially starts Memorial Day weekend, feel free to argue with me in the comments for all you people that are convinced it doesn’t start until June ) After a random frost that led to the great tomato massacre of 2021 (Darn you, Colorado weather!), I purchased new tomato starts from my favorite …
I sit writing our “Best Books of April” surrounded by my lovely Alchemy Bookshop co-conspirators IN PERSON for the first time in over a year and a half. I have never appreciated more the ability to experience the simple pleasure of being able to hug and laugh with some of the people I love best …
It’s finally April, and it is gorgeous here in Colorado with 60-70 degree days all week! I’ve been hanging as much as I can in the sunshine, soaking it up like a sponge. I noticed that the warmer and sunnier it is outside, the better my overall mood. Sunshine = Happiness It is a little …
Well y’all, spring seems to finally be peeking its head around the corner! I can’t wait. I need spring so bad, gimme gimme gimme! I’m going to be honest with you, February was pretty rough. I felt underwater at work, I felt underwater with Alchemy, and I felt too guilty about being behind everywhere to …
Even though all of us have our favored genres we are avid readers and our reading tends to be all over the map. Every month we like to reflect on the best books we read that month, and fan girl over the books that remind us why we love to read in the first place. …
2020 is the year of book binging. Collectively, the three of us read over 250 books this year. If we add the re-reads of the entire Ilona Andrews and Tamora Pierce series, we read over 300 books this year! Now we have always been prolific readers, but staying at home has exponentially increased our reading …
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Welp… that sure was a month! With all the pressure from the election and Covid spiking, November has been a wild ride. We here at Alchemy all had to re-imagine thanksgiving in a new way this year with our families. From no thanksgiving to a delivered thanksgiving, to a thanksgiving outside with masks… we did …
Even though all of us have our favored genres, we are avid readers and read in genres all over the map. Every month we like to reflect back at the best book we read this month. The stuff that reminded us why we love to read. There were so many books to pick from this …
Every month we like to reflect back on the best books we read in the month. It’s our time to reflect on the things we are reading and why we loved them. Without further Ado here are the best books we read this month: Anne So You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma Oluo In …
