Hellobee

I can’t believe that I’ve never written a post about the Libby app before because it has been life changing for us living on an island with no libraries or bookstores. Libby is a free app by Overdrive where you can borrow ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and get access to third party sites like Craftsy. You […]

Reading is such a big part of my kids’ daily lives, and being in the US is like being a candy store with so many options available to us. It’s hard to live on an island with no bookstores! Lately both my kids have really been into a series called Warriors, and talking to other […]

For the most part, Charlie and Olive enjoy the same books, with a particular interest in fantasy and Greek mythology, but they will read just about anything. Olive really enjoys books with strong female protagonists, so I’m always on the lookout for them. I love that Charlie reads them too! Here are some books Olive […]

Since the pandemic started, we haven’t been able to buy books as there are no bookstores here. The kids vastly prefer paper books to the Kindle, and I do too because they tend to read more and reread their favorites over and over again when they have physical copies. Still I am eternally grateful for the […]

My kids were 4 and 5 when we moved to the Philippines, and they’ve forgotten most of their lives in New York. Something they still remember clearly is when I made all their breakfast foods green for St. Patrick’s Day one year – green milk, green pancakes, and green fruit. My kids have traveled a […]

I’m in a book club with a group of moms, and it’s something that I look forward to every month. We meet once a month and the person who selects the book hosts at their house, providing snacks and wine. Many of us travel frequently so sometimes it’s hard to find a date we can […]

Since Drake has almost finished the Harry Potter series, I have been looking around to see what other book series I can find to draw his attention. Many of these books were under the tree this year, and there are a few I’m interested in trying myself. The Wild Robot – A shorter series, two books […]