Welcome to Carmen's Book Adventure

I was looking at a journal page on the Decorative Journaling group on fb today, and I saw a reference to "not many spoons today". I had...

I just finished an awe-inspiring book. You can find my review on both Goodreads and BubblyBibbly.com. It was "King and the Dragonflies"...

Friday is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, and Monday most Americans are off work to honor this man, as a holiday. As we prepare...

This summer I was visiting a friend (now ex-friend, but that's another story), who had another guest and her dog. We were sitting on the...

Since the siege on the United States Capitol building Wednesday morning, I have heard a word over and again with which I am unfamiliar:...

I am a sucker for online quizzes. Which Friends character am I? Monica. Which Hogwarts house? Gryffindor. My Hipster Aesthetic is Tumblr...

It is time that I look in the reading mirror and admit a truth to myself: I am not much of a series girl. Some series ... wait, no. A...

I think we can all agree that 2020 was an inconvenient shithole of a year. It was the worst year ever for some, and a mere ripple in the...

I have always been intrigued by the salon. No, not the kind where you get your hair and nails done. And not the one that is considered an...

I attended my first Zoom cocktail party last night, and had so much stinking fun! Bubbly Bibbly, our podcast, hosted it, and we had a...

Have you ever noticed that people hate going to the dentist? I was on a conference call today for work, and the boss joked that he needed...

Did you happen to see that the family of beloved children's book author Roald Dahl apologized for anti-Semitic comments he made in the...

All Christmas movies are starting to be the same. Spoiled and engaged man/woman gets cut off from money, struggles at first and then...

Have you ever noticed that the Word of the Day sites usually provide words that no one has ever heard of, no one will know the definition...

Yesterday, Rachel and I interviewed author Linda Olsson. Since we recorded it for our podcast, we did it over SquadCast. To see why this...

At my gym, the elliptical machines are right behind the treadmills, with a carpeted walkway separating the rows. So, they are not very...

Please explain to me why anyone gives a damn about when someone else puts up their Christmas tree! I have seen posts on social media,...

I was listening to Duran Duran the other day on Amazon Music. It was a playlist someone created of all of their hits. I had NO idea that...

Welcome to Alabama, where we LOVE to put ignorant people in office. Whether it's a state supreme court judge who flaunts breaking the...

There is no doubt in my mind that one of the best written, most sincere, time honored, and definitely most enduring love songs ever...