
December 2025 Reading Recap + 2025 Faves
December’s reading recap is short and sweet, almost like how the holidays were this year. Busy holiday season meant I

December’s reading recap is short and sweet, almost like how the holidays were this year. Busy holiday season meant I

Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola was actually a highly anticipated read for me, having read Honey and Spice ages ago.

Unfortunately (for me), November’s reading recap is incredibly brief. Not only did I struggle to read all month in general,

October’s reading recap wasn’t very spooky – unless you count reading a couple of misses back to back as spooky.

Happy fall y’all! September was another brief reading month, a trend at this point, where I managed to read three

Mamey, A Spanglish Novel, follows the story of Dena and her mother Gloria, who has passed away. Dena is on

Oatmeal raisin cookies are my #1 favorite cookie. I’m talking about homemade cookies, because if this were the store bought

My mom is the main reason I got in the kitchen. Since I was a little girl, there was always

I happen to be somewhat of a people pleaser. I made chocolate chip cookies again recently, since they were such a

We celebrated my sister’s birthday last Monday, and of course there was cake. Every special occasion is a chance for

My family isn’t really into holidays. If I’m not at the helm of the celebrations, nothing actually gets celebrated. I’m

Meringues have always been one of my favorite mystery kitchen experiments. I never really understood how or what was required

A large bag of sliced white bread recently came into my possession, and I didn’t really know what to do

What happens when you throw in almost every single ingredient from your pantry into a bowl of batter? You get