
School’s Out; I’m Out!
July 5, 2017 By Natalie 6 Comments
As I work towards my master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health counseling, a fever-pitch overtook me–I want to finish this program already!–so I signed up for three 6-week summer classes. On paper it didn’t sound quite so bad but the reality was a different story. I spent a regular day working and then headed off to […]

Recommending and Lending Books
May 27, 2017 By Natalie 2 Comments
Before my Grief Counseling on Monday, I got to chatting with a classmate and friend. She was singing the praises of Jodi Picoult’s 2014 Leaving Time. I’ve read a few Picoult novels over the years and even met her at a local book signing a while back but haven’t really kept up with her. Our professor […]

Having the Love You Want
May 20, 2017 By Natalie 2 Comments
During my spring semester in my program, I was enrolled in a Couples Counseling course. One of the required projects for this course had me reading and creating a presentation on a marriage self-help book. I perused the section on Amazon looking for a book with solid reviews as this genre was a new one […]

Mary Berry’s Baking Bible
May 16, 2017 By Natalie 5 Comments
In my break between spring and summer semester from college, I binge watched the three available seasons of The Great British Baking Show on Netflix and boy, howdy was I hooked! My cousin recently mentioned this baking program and at first I was doubtful. Visions of the jarring and stressful American cooking shows left me […]

Old Dog, New Tricks
May 14, 2017 By Natalie 9 Comments
I’ve been nostalgic for my book blog for a few months now and am brining it out of retirement. The last few years have been filled with many adventures, most time consuming of them all was a return to college. Syllabi, professors, papers, presentations, and research have consumed my days, nights, and weekends for the […]

539 Days and Counting
July 1, 2014 By Natalie 11 Comments
It’s been 539 days since my last post here on Book Line and Sinker; I feel a bit like a cicada digging my way out of the earth after a long hiatus–I couldn’t even remember my login here at the old website tonight! I’ve been doing lots of reading and listening (to audiobooks) over the […]

Danke schön: Belated Thanks
January 8, 2013 By Natalie 13 Comments
In July 2010, my sister underwent a bone marrow transplant as part of her treatment for leukemia (ALL). While biological siblings are the best hope for a viable match, I was deemed unsuitable because our HLA tissue only matched 50%. After a few weeks of searching the National Marrow Donor Program (Be The Match), two […]

Weekend Cooking: Cookbooks for Christmas
January 6, 2013 By Natalie 15 Comments
In addition to several other great gifts, I received two visually stimulating cookbooks for Christmas. Both cookbooks are filled with stunning photographs of ingredients, preparation methods, and finished meals–I can’t wait to get cooking! The first cookbook, A Year of Pies by Ashley English of Small Measure, was an early gift from Anthony. While away […]

Holiday Greetings from a Wayward Blogger
December 24, 2012 By Natalie 8 Comments
Sending holiday greetings to all my blogging friends! May your 2013 be filled with health, happiness, and lots of great reads!