School’s Out; I’m Out!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sending holiday greetings to all my blogging friends! May your 2013 be filled with health, happiness, and lots of great reads!
Ahoy, I'm Natalie! I'm an educator and therapist, married to a dreamboat, and live near the beach in New Jersey. It's all about books here; I read and review them. Have a book you'd like me to review? Visit my
