January Reading Update & 2025 Reading Goals | Book Explorer Vol. 15

Happy belated New Year internet friends! I hope we’ve all survived January with our sanity intact, it was a wild time in my house to say the least. 2024 Reading Review I set my 2024 reading goal for 20 books, hit that goal by July, ultimately ending the year having read 31 books. According to […]

2024 Reading Progress Report | Book Explorer Vol. 14

Books Crying in H Mart and Big Friendship stacked on a bookshelf with an ear bud/airpod case on top with other blurred book spines visible in the background

Or How Moira Got Her Bookish Groove Back There’s no other way I can start this post, the reading groove is BACK and better than ever. I feel like a little kid again, going into the library to return a stack and taking home a tote full of new books. On top of that, 2023 […]

Kicking off the Fall Reads | Book Explorer Vol. 12

I’m so so sorry to tell you all, I’m one of those obnoxious fall people. September 1st hits, and it’s jeans and sweaters. I’ll wait a couple of weeks before cracking out the pumpkins and all, but just trust that I’m already planning my Thanksgiving menu. I wanted to get through my last two summer […]

Reading Goals and New Favorites | Book Explorer Vol. 10

Woman's hand holding a Kindle ereader with the cover of The Five Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand while a dog sits on a couch in the background looking out the window

I made it my mission for 2023 to get myself back in touch with the things that bring me joy, and nothing made me happier than reading. It’s been an upward battle, and then my health struggles and unending brain fog throughout 2022 made reading tough. In 2023 though, I double down with fun, new, […]

How to Stick to Your Read More Books Resolution

Welcome to week two of January, the time where we’re all doubling down trying to keep to our resolutions. Note “we” and “our,” you are not the only one giving these resolutions all you got. One resolution I have been able to successfully stick to each year is reading more books each year. It takes […]

Book Explorer Vol. 7 | Becoming by Michelle Obama

The sun is shining, the blog is active again, the ‘gram is moving, and y’all I am feeling mo-ti-va-ted. It’s been absolute and utter chaos at our house basically from the day we brought Levi home and I’ve barely had time to think. Things are changing again and we’re all starting to settle into a […]

Book Explorer Vol. 6 | My Reading Mojo is Back!

Happy almost Spring, happy March, happy Tuesday! Ladies and gents, it’s a new month and I’m feeling so ready for it. Especially with my reading, believe it or not. I read two books in February (Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing and The Vanishing Half) and I’m really proud of that. It’s taken a while for me […]